-
Posts
307 -
Joined
-
Last visited
Reputation
1207 Surly 10%Recent Profile Visitors
The recent visitors block is disabled and is not being shown to other users.
-
https://www.cnn.com/2025/09/09/europe/poland-scramble-jets-russian-drone-reports-intl-hnk-ml Uh, are we about to have a bunch of modern hussars fucking Russia up?
-
Job hunting - A different kind of happy ending
choripan replied to Macanudo's topic in Can You Help Me With This?
@Bodhi, love to see it, seriously! I'll reach out if I'm in Denver for recommendations, if for nothing else, since I've never been. [Postscript on mine, since I never followed up. I ended up getting an offer in early October last year and starting November 11th and am thriving in my not-quite-new role. Through applying AI as you and I described, I made a ton of progress but it ended up being old-fashioned networking. I contacted an old classmate of mine, who put me in touch with a well-connected friend of his, who put me in touch with the General Counsel of where I work now. They'd been looking to fill the role for almost a year but were being picky, as was I with my interviews, and it worked out. I should have also added that my ex-wife and I had a tacit understanding that we were getting divorced after I went back to work and we could walk away alimony/child support free on both sides, so the pressure was there, too.] -
Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
choripan replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
-
Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
choripan replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
Holy shit, it's a drink. I thought it was a cup of canned green beans or okra the first time around! -
Actually laughed out loud.
-
Because it's the second time it came up between your buddy and someone's kid. Believe me, I was married to a black woman for almost two decades, so she would definitely identify it. And I'm a big buzzcutted white dude who carries myself with a military bearing. Whities have no problem being open with me. Been recruited to militia-type organizations a shitload of times throughout Michigan. Snowmobiler bars, dives, bonfires, all kinds of places. Lots of conspiracy theories, lots of horseshit, not a ton of racism.
-
Of course. I tried to use two paragraphs in my post to delineate, talking about the bubble of A2 in the first paragraph and the rest of the state in the second paragraph. Coulda been clearer, I suppose.
-
That would totally be one of the yahoos that comes in from the hinterlands just to be a dick. Perfect example.
-
I didn't say that the first time, but eyeroll at both of these posts. I live in Ann Arbor and haven't seen a confederate flag in years, except for a couple times when some yahoo with a lifted truck tries to make a point. And my ex-wife is black/kids mixed, it's something she/they or I would have noticed and talked about. Not but 3(?) in the 6 years I've lived here, and all of us are out and about quite a bit. Now, downriver, the Howell area, and West Michigan can be racist AF. Most of the state outside of that is pretty rural and "everyone leave me alone and stay away," which includes minorities, people from downstate, people from out of state, gubmint people, etc. I wouldn't categorize that as racist, just misanthropic. To label it as racist or the area as racist is just ignorant armchair quarterbacking (or basing on small sample size anecdote) from distance.
-
Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
choripan replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
-
Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
choripan replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
Ford CEO shuts down Tesla Full Self-Driving deal, says Waymo is better Ford has long been rumored to be in discussions with Tesla about licensing its Full Self-Driving technology, but CEO Jim Farley has now shut down those rumors. Farley confirmed that Ford talked with Tesla, but he believes Waymo has a better solution. Back in 2021, Tesla CEO Elon Musk mentioned that he had early discussions with other automakers about licensing self-driving technology, but these discussions didn’t lead to any agreements. In 2023, the CEO announced that Tesla would be open to licensing Autopilot and FSD to other automakers. [rest of the article under spoiler...] I guess all I can say is, "duh." The thing I wonder more is whether Tesla's already at it's dead end with cameras. I think we all, except for the most Tesla-optimistic, have known for some time that there's a ceiling on what you can do with a camera-only approach. This makes me think that we are already there, or damn close to it, with Tesla stuck at SAE Level 2+ and no way to climb higher, even if some reckless Tesla owners treat it like Level 3/4 in practice. -
Like we all didn't already know this.
-
Elon Musk: Nazi traitor piece of shit [Confirmed]
choripan replied to MaybeACoordinator's topic in Daily Texan
@Beau Vine Your meme game is strong -
I fail to see the problem here.
-
choripan changed their profile photo
Football ... Basketball ... Baseball ... Other Sports ... Futbol ... 🤫995🤫 ... Gambling ... Movies & TV ... Music ... Hobbies ... Lulz ... Food & Travel ... Daily Texan ... Business and Markets ... Cloak Room ... Help ... For Sale ... Board Discussion ... Subscribe!... Donate!... COOKIE MONSTER!