omg what is even the point of scientific progress and the advancement of human knowledge unless one specific person gets all the glory. What is science even for if not the validation of some human’s individual ego.

Democratic numbers man Geoff Garin, summarizing their analysis, stop saying, “We’re not going back.” It wasn’t focused enough on the future, he argued. Second, lay off all the “weird” talk — too negative.

omg 🙄 Geoff Garin is a dinosaur with a book of dusty mid-90’s “political wisdom” in his back pocket. Guys like him are the whipped dogs of the Democratic party who can only grovel towards “centrists” and push the Overton Window further right.

Geoff Garin must see young progressives as not even worthy of attempting to placate with platitudes because we will somehow offend the mythical “on-the-fence” boomers that Geoff in all his political wisdom has been relentlessly pursuing his entire life. He is the embodiment of the pussified towel-twisting Democrat who enabled the rise of fascism by taking off his hat and bowing deeply as soon as it entered the room.

I hope they put Geoff Garin out to pasture and nobody ever EVER trusts his political instincts ever again. If he is numb to the vibe and trying to reign it in then he’s overstayed his welcome and utility.

We can all think of at least five little shits from our early education who absolutely needed an age-appropriate beating to make them into people fit for society

Okay so the magic sauce here is USBC-PD which is some type DC-DC voltage converter. Then it’s just a matter of barrel connector roulette to find the appropriate plug for each device.

I live part time out of an RV semi-off grid for some of the year and the “using AC/DC power packs off an inverter” always struck me as super dumb which your data basically confirms.

What you’ve given me is a roadmap to figure this out without having to reinvent the wheel.

Well said. It’s impossible to be a free speech absolutist without condoning some pretty heinous forms of human expression. But you’re right that the proper ethical yardstick is whether any meaningful human expression causes demonstrable harm.

Non-sexual nudity is definitely not harmful.

You have inspired me.

Are you suggesting that modern USBC power supplies don’t have that parasitic draw that other DC power packs have?

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Participation in any community demands some level of censorship or else there would literally be CP on youtube. The problem is that the decision making behind the administration of censorship should be better democratized instead of being decided by advertiser’s attempting to divine the median consumer’s level of tolerance.

I am still using a pixel 3xl and probably will until the battery dies.

I am waiting for the egg shaped phone that somehow has sharp edges and remains slippery when dry.

Cats are really big on consent. As a dog person this is unusual to me. Dogs are sluts for everyone. I can basically go and touch almost any dog I see out in public and it appreciates me for it.

Man … If you touch a nice lil kitty they can get real nasty. Even if they appear friendly and affectionate at first they can just slap your hand with their nails right outta nowhere.

I have one very nice USB C made from the softest silicon rubber. It feels premium, never kinks and it is tough like nylon rope. It has max specs for USB C for power delivery and data transfer and it cost me $30.

All the others are freebies that came with various devices and are all disposable compared to my “one true cord” which is the only one to enjoy being apart of my personal arsenal of accoutrements

The Russian people are the greatest victims of the Russian system they perpetuate

It’s called “dibs”

Islam Christianity and Judaism all neat to sit down and take a beat for one hot second.

They all have this toxic byproduct which are intransigent zealots who want to punish all the other people in their country who don’t follow their dogma.

Blame the algorithms, but yes otherwise you are correct. Being an intransigent shithead is a pathway to success in this world. The bully is rewarded endlessly while the victim is stigmatized.

All of history’s greatest figures in our mind are people with the biggest body counts. Napoleon killed a whole generation of young men in Europe and was basically his era’s Hitler. Today he has Fanboys who rush to defend him online.

That’s why Putin invades Ukraine and dgaf about bodies because he’s playing to an audience 300 years in the future who also dgaf about the victims anymore than we care about Napoleonic war casualties.

We are a species of savage assholes and we survive today as the beneficiary’s of that legacy.

We are witnessing an idiot’s grift. There is no other place in the world for a Rittenhouse other than prison.

He’s so transparently pandering.

Ted Cruz is smarter than all of this which is why I hate him more than MTG. She’s sad as shit because this is real to her. Ted is just a spineless grovelling coward with a shame kink who wants desperately to be powerful.

I mean if not then wtf is even the point?!

They are just so desperate for an Olympic level “gotcha” in their cultural crusade that they just singled out a woman boxer for being “too butch” and just ran with their assumptions.

Then every try-hard wannabe right wing influencer type just gloms onto it hoping to be chosen by the algorithm for ten hot seconds of vainglorious right wing attention/validation.