Prisons are punishment but that won’t deter crime committed out of necessity or substance abuse from self medicating mental illness. Root cause that shit - meet the basic needs (food, water, shelter) of everyone unconditionally, provide physical and mental health care to everyone as a basic right, and you suddenly have less need for prisons.

Interesting cases that challenge this argument: white collar crime - would this be consider a mental illness? Sexual predators - definitely mental illness likely caused by prior trauma, we need to provide mental health care.

First and last. Radeon 9600xt

That makes sense. That’s why physically bending my harmonica never worked! I still don’t understand mechanistically how moving your tongue in your mouth changes the vibration of a reed, but I’ll work on that part.

Edit: found it!

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/13714801_Acoustical_and_physical_dynamics_of_the_diatonic_harmonica

Do you actually bend the harmonica? Or is it just messing with the hole using your tongue?

If you get a + shaped tire iron, you can simultaneously pull up on one end and step down on the other, increasing your torque and keeping the nut properly engaged.

Have those emissions results been verified by an independent third party?

I agree that at least on paper China is taking much stronger action than many other countries.

Could be bad actors trying to sway the vote. Could be sweet summer children who believe the means justify the end.

Sudoku all the time. It’s the perfect tool for waiting 7 minutes. I bought the app “Enjoy Sudoku” many years ago and it is my most played game ever.

I love pigeon lady but who tf is Piers Morgan? Pierce M’Organ?

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I had two ford Tauruses and both were gems. However the Chevy Malibu Hatchback I had was garbage.

All the biking I’m not doing. If no one is home, my obligations are fewer so I should go for a bike ride.

Who you have sex with matters more than how you convinced them to.

Wheel truing and building is not as scary as it seems.

Who wants a g&t?

Let it be dirty. I wet lube, wipe, and let good enough be enough.

Did you click the SB article I linked? It was a joke that I used to point out diminishing returns of effort. I don’t want to spend the extra time and use the extra space for equipment and extra chains needed to wax my chain.

The 5 block test method on the site you linked does not seem valid as it would change based on the sequence of blocks. It could have been designed to favor a particular lubricant.

Define quickly? Is there data showing that waxed chains last X% longer? And what is the net present value of the time needed to maintain a waxed chain? I suspect it is cheaper to replace the chain slightly more often using “good enough” procedures than to obsess about it and spend more time doing a “better” procedure.

The only way to get it all is to go full Sheldon Brown: https://www.sheldonbrown.com/chainclean.html

Maybe I don’t do enough? I tried degreasing my chain in jars and with one of those chain cleaner things and saw no benefit but lots of extra work and mess.

Now I never degrease. Add lube to chain on the bike, several rotations to work it in, several rotations through a rag to clean it off. Takes three minutes and I do that monthly for the road bike, weekly for MTB, and after cleaning the bike. I never have to take the chain off until I replace it.

I use wet lube on the MTB and rock n roll extra dry on road bike.

There are books I started and did not finish that I do not remember. However, there a few that I finished but hated. The worst was:

Reverie - this was a lgbt book club thing in Libby. The protagonist was a whiny incapable teen that never redeemed themself. I kept thinking it would get better and it never did. Things resolved because magic, so poor/lazy writing.