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Cake day: July 15th, 2023

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  • Exactly.

    groups a, b, and c enjoy the same rights doesn’t change if group b wants to take those rights away from c, it is cool with a having them.

    B still enjoys those rights and C still enjoys those rights. Everyone also gets to call group B assholes, though, for trying to shit on group C.

    In any case, I’d call the US uncivilized. I don’t think that’s particularly racist, in the same way it would be if I called South Africa uncivilized , or something. It kind of depends on the reason and way I’m using it.

    I think the US is uncivilized because kids are going to school hungry and not being fed because some asshole in Texas thinks feeding kids is bad.

    I’d need to know the context here, but from what I’m seeing, yeah, that person was racist.





  • Most cars have an electro-mechanical lock; with a physical connection between the interior door pull and the lock that pulls the bolt back if you’re trying to get out.

    This is an industry standard safety feature, and has been for decades.

    Tesla, in their infinite TechBro Douchiness decided they knew better than the entire car industry and took that out. Their locked are electrically activated.

    Also?

    Because of the risk of electrocution, and fires caused by snorts, Teslas turn off the power if it detects a crash.

    Fortunately, regulations require that cars sold in the US have a mechanical release somewhere accessible from the inside.

    Unfortunately for Tesla drivers, Musk doesn’t care about their customers dying in their cars and have opted to make it both non-obvious as to where it is, and frequently actually-hard to activate in an emergency.

    This is why a few people have died inside Tesla car fires- being unable to get out.

    The response by consumers is for them to add pull-thingies to make it obvious and simple. Like most models, it’s hidden under panels or carpet. Now imagine removing those panels when you’re freaking out because your car is on fire and doing something you’ve almost certainly never practiced.

    (This lack of safety conscious design is one of the biggest reasons I will never drive a Tesla.)



  • Is that good enough? Who’s responsibility is it to check? Are vendors always supposed to keep tabs on their customers or is it a good enough excuse to say “naughty customer we told you not to do that”?

    if you create a rule, be it like a law, or a thing in a license agreement; or like, parents telling kids how to behave… It needs to be enforceable. Which means there needs to be some mechanism for identifying people who violate it.

    The obligation is on the vendor for ensuring their ToS’s are complied with; and have mechanisms in place to validate that. just saying “well that’s against our ToS” and expecting everyone to follow it is kinda like making a law that says “you’re not allowed to think about the color blue.”

    and by the way, if you think Win 11 isn’t telling MS everything you do; I got news for you. Now if win 11 or whatever tool they’re using is reporting on what the [defense contractor with classified secrets] is doing, that’s a different matter. But, it’s probably not actually a rule, and that’s probably some spin doc spining up the bullshit machine.












  • I use a muhle (they sell them on the link.) I’d suggest starting with a closed comb head and whatever handle suits you. (They’re interchangeable,)

    I use an open comb and it’s much more aggressive, and not for starting out.

    I’d recommend staying away from the frequently recommended “entry” razor- the Merkur 34c. The head on the one I tried has a ridiculous amount of play in how it held the blade- it’d clamp down but it’d never consistently seat itself so it was always off center or twisted.

    As for blades, I use feather, but you can buy variety packs and find the set that works for you. That tends to be the most variable part.