Yeah, lithium ion batteries are a real danger.

People are saying yes, but that seems bonkers to me. I’ve done some extensive repairs for the last two cars I’ve owned (a Honda and a Toyota), as well as for my mom’s Volvo, and I’ve certainly never encountered adhesives to attach any parts. In my experience it’s always hex bolts or plastic clips. I’ll admit I don’t love those plastic clips, they probably break 1/4 of the time when you remove them, but they seem perfectly reliable when they’re in.

But hey, like I said, I haven’t been servicing any American cars, so who knows, maybe it’s used all the time. Maybe yesterday’s bad ideas are today’s tried and true best practices.

What. The. Fuck…

Are we taking lessons from Samsung now? I mean are they serious? Adhesive for car parts?!

Well gee, as long as car exteriors don’t experience extreme heating/cooling cycles on a daily basis, then adhesive should work just fine. Oh wait.

It’s like they wanted this vehicle to fail.

Does jellyfin do any kind of library sharing? Because that’s the killer feature that Plex has for me.

I have three friends who have Plex servers and between the four of us, I think we have all the content anyone could want.

Also lacking a soul is a more flowery, poetic way of saying that they seem unable to have kind of compassion or joy and they treat situations as mathematic

Ok, that word you’re looking for is “empathy”, but soul is definitely the wrong one. The words you use to describe people matter a lot, I’m not being pedantic.

Like, I’m glad you’re looking out but I think you’re missing the nuance here.

You think I’m missing the nuisance? Funny. Ironically, I think the language you’re using just lacks empathy.

Absolutely! I mean you’re acknowledging that they’re people, and people have conflicts all the time, this is normal. Feel free to have all the opinions about that you want.

But saying that as a group, they all lack basic intelligence or a soul, that’s not helpful to discourse, and that’s really my only point.

I accused you of dehumanizing people and you respond with…

It’s not a binary

What does that even mean in this context? Are you saying they’re like part people?

For the record you said earlier that they lacked intelligence and a soul, which is pretty literally dehumanizing, that’s what I was responding to. Look, I’m not trying to shame you here, I get where you’re coming from. I’m trying to remind you that you’re being taken advantage of. That foreign and corporate powers are actively trying to influence public discourse and divisiveness is their most powerful tool, they’re pitting us against each other for their own gain.

So don’t fall for it! Don’t take the bait! As soon as you start treating the other side like they don’t even matter, like they’re some different species who aren’t smart enough to think for themselves, then you’re giving up the game, we lose.

And you’re right about one part for sure though, conservatives are lacking in communication skills, unfortunately, so are liberals; that’s just a human problem. (And on that note, maybe some day I’ll learn how to communicate all this in one sentence rather than having to write several paragraphs every time.)

Don’t dehumanize people who disagree with you, this is the wrong path.

I understand that, it can’t be. Because fusion power generation hasn’t all been worked out yet. Unlike fission. That’s my point.

Also, once fusion does work, it will still be the most expensive way to generate energy man has ever devised, so there’s that too.

Well, the first ones didn’t fly at all, they usually just killed the inventor.

That’s basically where we are today with fusion, they don’t work at all yet. Luckily it’s not killing people.

Well, really it’s the opposite, nuclear works already. So why not just build nuclear plants at 1/20 the cost? (and actually get some net positive energy)

Just saying…

Agreed. Plus, when talking about that reactor you get to say “stellarator”, which is always fun.

Eh, fusion isn’t that complicated. You push things together and heat them up until they get even hotter on their own. That’s all that’s happening.

I feel like the awesome back to future reference was missed completely.

Why not secede?

Actually, if this rhetoric gets much worse, I’ll be in favor of a succession “dead man’s clause”. We could put forward a referendum question on the next state ballot to explicitly ask the public, a question something like “In the event that the federal government were to declare war on Canada, or demand territory from Canada, or assume control of Canadian territory or engage in military action against Canadian forces or civilians, are you in favor of recognizing federal authority to make such actions, or conversely, are you in favor of denying that authority and refusing to participate in or support any such actions.”

I mean, that’s just off the cuff, you would of course still need to get real specific with all the language and make it absolutely clear what a yes vote or no vote does. But if states ran referendums like that, it would make it exceedingly clear to our governors and sensors where the public’s opinions fall, and what their duty should be. And so then if something that truly idiotic were to happen, we’d all be prepared.

I’m more interested in becoming a Canadian province.

And I dare say, if the US did officially go to war with Canada, New England (and probably New York) would be likely to switch sides.

And they would in all likelihood bring with them all military bases and forces within their territory.

So are people treating this as a generalized sign of inflation, or are people actually worried about eggs?

Because if you’re treating this as a gauge of inflation, it’s a bad one, as there’s a bird flu outbreak greatly affecting egg prices.

And if it’s just concern about eggs… I don’t get it. I mean, I think our household eats a lot of eggs, but a lot is like 2-3 dozen a week. And if eggs cost $2 more than usual, well, that’s $6 a week. Meh? I doubt this is breaking the bank for many people.

But that’s all changing the subject.

His point was, at least Apple made a stand to begin with. Sure, they didn’t stick to their guns in the end, but if Apple left, while Android manufacturers continued advertising on Xitter this whole time, then isn’t Apple still showing more spine than the others? Does it really make sense to leave Apple for Android over this?

You can’t legislate piracy away…

I literally cannot imagine that.

Even being boring would be fascinating. If their society was identical to ours it would be fascinating and we could learn from that. If all they did was watch TV all day, we could still learn from that.

We’d also want to study their DNA, their evolution, their planet.