CompactFlax

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[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (7 children)

Look at the 1950 American cars. They’re wild.

One reason for the perception that cars look fancy or not is that you become accustomed to a design when you see it all the time.

Supercars are wildly impractical, and slapping that body on a Corolla chassis would make a Corolla that only seats 2 and has no space for bags, but somehow takes up a lot more space than a Corolla. Also, downforce is bad for fuel efficiency.

Your note at the bottom is interesting. The perceived luxury of a car is not related to the quality of the vehicle. As a car guy with a penchant for German cars, I do have to admit that while they’re wonderful in many ways, a beige Corolla or Civic will stand far more abuse.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Signing an email generates a string that can be used with your public key to verify the contents haven’t been tampered with and that it came from you (assuming that you haven’t leaked the private key).  Encrypting an email is a different process; you’ll need the recipients public key, and they will decrypt with their private key.

The intent of the design of public key cryptography is that the public key can be shared freely without risk.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Awesome! Keep at it and you’ll be smashing multiples!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago (1 children)

They are so fucked up when they leave that they don’t have the capacity to do much.

And even so, the institutions are protected. The people who get out “have a track record”.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Sounds about right. The trash collectors around here work like they’re on piecework.

Complete garbage way to treat people - offer the appreciation bbq but no reduction in work.

[–] [email protected] 27 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I made it to chapter 60 over the last 90 minutes.

I can’t even describe how angry I feel about that. Expletives don’t fit. I’m not big on death penalty, but I think these people deserve it - more than some who are sentenced to death.

I also am feeling incredibly grateful that my parents didn’t get caught up in the scam.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago (3 children)

Sounds like they’re choosing to work instead of attending. A bit of an odd situation.

[–] [email protected] 93 points 2 weeks ago (7 children)

Latin incantations are all you need to get out of trouble!

[–] [email protected] 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

How about them abandoned wells?

Better to address the problem before it starts. All these massive projects should have a cleanup fund before they put a shovel in the ground, whether it’s renewable energy, a factory complex, or a mine.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Dodged that bullet, wow.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 2 weeks ago

I’ve started blocking communities more frequently as a result. I just need a curated summary of the most impactful actions at an international scale every couple weeks, not a daily feed of rage bait created by morons.

[–] [email protected] 51 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Per Wikipedia, on October 7, approximately

  • 1195 people were killed by Palestinians, plus 3400 wounded
  • 1609 Palestinian militants killed.

In the time since, per Al Jazeera, 62,614 Palestinians have been killed.

Genocidial Israelis can fuck right off.

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