Everything posted by Paper_jam
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2020 Texas Early Voting Numbers
They have a "Contact Us" section of their website that allows users to send in questions. I have some questions. http://woodfilllaw.com/contact-us/
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I voted in the 2020 election thread
Couple of yellow-dog Democrats.
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Getting paint off a car door
With small scuffs, I've sometimes had luck working the area with a clay bar and lubricant. But nothing as big as the area you've got there.
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Cali Hiker Found In Zion NP After Two Weeks
Just gonna point out that on this graph, the Y-axis baseline level of crazy is 4.
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Cowboys vs Cardinals: Week 6 MNF Edition
Pic stolen from another board but it seems to fit tonight's quality of play:
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Smart Tv’s
I lurk on some A/V forums and it seems to me that many or most new "smart" TVs require an inordinate amount of updates and fixes before they really work properly in all respects. I liked it better when consumer products were fully tested before release and didn't need constant updates and patches. I have a Panasonic plasma TV from 2005 that worked great out of the box (and still does, mostly) and I've never needed to update it or reboot it or reset it. TVs now are more like a whole damn multimedia computer.
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Voter Suppression
Well good, now I'm less concerned about my hypothetical scenario. But to be clear, I'm not concerned about people sending in fraudulent or forged ballots. I'm talking about a third party generating fraudulent applications based on whatever personal information they can find, which then results in legitimate voter(s) being put on the list of people who were sent mail-in-ballots. The legitimate voter should know that something is up when they get an unsolicited ballot in the mail, but they may not know that they have to bring it with them when they vote, and/or deal with the process of voiding it. That may be enough of an inconvenience or delay to make some voters just say to heck with it. As to the who and the why, I'm not going too far out on a limb to suggest that some people would like to disrupt this election as much as possible. Even more so if they could find enough information to create a targeted disruption or inconvenience for certain demographics who tend to support a particular political group or policy. I'm not claiming any of this has happened or will happen, but I'm just wondering if it's a possible vector for mischief. Edit: as far as the signature on the form, does the election office actually verify the signatures against whatever they have on file?
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Voter Suppression
I don't know what's involved in requesting a mail-in-ballot--hopefully there is something in place to protect against large-scale, fraudulent requests intended to disrupt the election. Imagine if 100,000 people go to the polls on election day and are shown on the rolls (incorrectly) as having requested mail-in ballots. Even if they can do the required paperwork to vote in person, it would still gum up the works.
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The Surly Official 2020 I voted thread.
Voted about 10 AM this morning at the Manor ISD Admin building. Basically no line (2 people in front of me). Straight DEM except for Madeleine Connor (left that one blank). She's unopposed anyway. It's funny, when our voting was completely electronic I was never too paranoid about my vote being counted...but now that we have a paper ballot, I have all kinds of anxiety about it getting jammed in the machine, or otherwise not being scanned properly...
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Voter Suppression
I'm sure it's just a coincidence that the places not getting the ballots are the blue(ish) areas.
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Surly Official 2020 Electoral Map Predictions
After 2016 I'm not sure what to expect. Given the way everything else has gone in 2020, I expect it to be agonizingly close.
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Carrollton Mayoral Candidate Arrested for Voter Fraud
Seems like a lot of trouble to go to for 109 votes.
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Modern family size
Based on my neighborhood, you'd never know families are getting smaller. 20 years ago, each house had one or two cars in the garage, and maybe a car in the driveway. Now it's typical for a house to have 3-4 cars in the driveway and 2 more cars parked on the street in front. And probably a boat or trailer somewhere for good measure. These were supposed to be "starter homes" for young couples and singles.
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The New Car Fanatic Thread
I used to be a little sad that I couldn't afford a BMW (at least, the hot models) but the styling on their recent models is curing me of that. Same with Lexus, christ the front grills on those are an abomination.
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Voter Suppression
How do longer lines "improve security"? This justification is not even paper-thin.
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DT 2020 Presidential Debate (No Politics)
If people don't listen to ideas and policies when deciding who to vote for, our system of government is doomed. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWdfRRtAs3o
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Animals you have ran over
The only thing I've hit was a cat, at night, about 30 years ago. I was driving at highway speed and it jumped right in front of my car out of nowhere. Made a "gong" sound on the chrome steel bumper of my 1970s Buick.
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UT Campus map 1940s
Thanks! I'd love to see that scanned in an even higher resolution so I could read some of the finer details.
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SAE seems rapey
My freshman year ('89) I had a rich roommate from Dallas (seeing a trend here) who pledged Sigma Nu. He had the most impressive vocabulary of racial slurs I'd ever heard. Also would openly brag about him and his buds going out to beat up homosexuals for sport. I can't say if all his frat bros were anything like him, but it sure gave me a bad impression. I know Sigma Nu got closed down not long after.
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Electric razors?
My first electric razor was a Norelco from about 1979 (it was a gift for my dad but he never used it). It was a tank, I used it from 1986 until the late '90s. Never had to replace the heads or anything. But the electric razors made now seem almost disposable. The heads wear out in like a year, and replacing the heads costs 2/3 the price of a new razor.
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SNF: Patriots @ Seahawks
Yes, over DirecTV. Every few seconds the picture goes black (and audio is gone too). Given how 2020 is going it's probably interference from an approaching asteroid, or alien invasion fleet.
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Dallas Cowboys 2020 Regular Season Thread: Finally No More Garrett!
Dallas just looked mediocre all over. Not many explosive plays. Running game lukewarm and inconsistent. Defense can't get the big stop on 3rd down. Key penalties at the worst possible times.
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Car inspection in Austin
As far as I can tell, you can get inspections if you want to, but the waiver on vehicle registration renewal is still in effect.
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Car for kid
That doesn't look like a car that's going to get much ass.
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Formula One 2020
It kind of kills me that the current regulations in F1 and Indycar mean we can never see cool, one-off designs like this. Part of me wishes the only design rules were: 1) Car must have at least 3 and no more than 8 wheels, unless car uses some type of levitation technology (which is allowed if you can invent it). 2) Car + driver race weight (at end of race) must be at least 1200 lbs and no more than 5000 lbs. 3) Car must be fully piloted by a human--no "autonomous driving" technology. Use any fuel you want, any engine displacement or tech you want (gasoline, diesel, electric, turbine, nuclear, rocket boosters), any kind of tires you want, any aero tech you want (active or passive). Take as many or as few pitstops as you want. I guess the concern is that this approach would kill the series by making the less-well-funded teams noncompetitive (and unwilling to participate). But at least we'd get to see what bleeding edge technology and design could really do. In terms of actual performance (speed) it seems race cars haven't made much progress in 20+ years.