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Brisketexan

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  1. Pretty sure. And the functional repeal of the 13th is in the offing, so....yeah.
  2. A resource that was brought to my attention. Not spot-on for everyone here, but some good practical and thematic advice: https://www.episcopalchurch.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/protesting_faithfully_-_handbook.pdf
  3. Well, see, you know how cops will beat the everloving fuck out of you if you are an unarmed protester, but 200 cops will stand idly by while children get slaughtered if you are armed? It's the same thing. Going after actual criminals? Scary and hard. Nabbing a dude in the middle of picking lettuce? That's REAL police work. Remember that fascists are cowards and fascism is a regime based on cowardice, and it all becomes clear.
  4. The majority of folks here would agree with that? Probably. Would a sizable chunk of folks here rationalize their way around each and every one of those principles? Also yes (it's treason to protest for foreigners! January 6th was fine! The Feds have a DUTY to remove traitor leaders from power!, shit like that). You have to understand that a sizable plurality of Americans absolutely want an authoritarian government, and they will justify and rationalize anything and everything to support it. Including posters here who will 1) claim that they don't, yet 2) without fail excuse/support every authoritarian act committed.
  5. "I came here to deal drugs and rape, but I just can't pass up this opportunity to pick lettuce" is certainly a take.
  6. Putin's play in all of this will simply be "which angle of chaos is most likely to benefit Russia?" That's the one he'll choose. And he WILL choose such an angle, for sure.
  7. Failure to fully and properly identify as a US Senator, with all paperwork, stamped in triplicate and reviewed by the Office of Regime Vetting? Performative shitheel who should be taken down by law enforcement immediately. Failure to show any identification establishing oneself as an actual badge-carrying cop (or even showing your face) as you storm a fucking taco restaurant? Well, that's just good government right there. Medals all around.
  8. You mean how all of the "libertarians," and "no gestapo in Bastropo," and "no big government," and "no overreaching government," "freedom and liberty!" types can't muster a single peep of resistance to a fucking avalanche of authoritarian actions by the Regime? Yeah...I wish it was a joke. What we now realize is that all of those arguments/values were just pretexts to support the ultimate end: a right-wing christo-fascist police state, subjugating any and all who dare dissent. Every one of those "values" wasn't a joke - it was a lie. At least, coming from the people who shouted them the loudest, it was a lie.
  9. Except if it's by right-wingers intent on decapitating and overthrowing our government. Then 1) it is absolutely a peaceful protest, and 2) anyone who the authorities dared to arrest/charge must be pardoned. The right has absolutely succeeded in creating and imposing a double standard. Not only is the right not answerable for violent conduct, it is REWARDED for it. The opposition should learn. You win by 1) repeated and consistent violence and threats of violence (congresspersons are legit fearful for their lives if they vote against the Regime), and then 2) using that violence and threats of violence to take power. Those are the rules. They've been written, and demonstrated to be true.
  10. So.....you're still black, right? Then...you know why.
  11. i.e., soft intelligence and context. AI is not good at it, across the board. AI reads hard data. It is not good at soft data (context and subtle cues). I had a long conversation with a friend of ours a year or so ago -- he's an AI pioneer type, and as we got to drinking, I asked the time-honored "when does AI become self-aware and go all batshit crazy human?" He chuckled and gave a speech he's clearly given many times before: it doesn't. It's just not able to do the soft thinking that the human brain can do. I see lines of cars parked on the side of Far West at 3:30, and I know - from experience and context - that children will be in the area. And I know that children do stupid things, like dart out into traffic. So, I slow down, allowing me to adequately respond to any unanticipated hazard. The Tesla and I both won't see the kid who darts out from between the cars in that case, but I'm going 20, the Tesla is going 30, I have a better chance of stopping and of doing less damage if I do hit the kid. Tesla didn't do anything "wrong," it just doesn't have the soft IQ to do the right thing.
  12. "Hey doc, I have a problem. I can't bone on a boat unless Kenny Chesney is playing." Yeah, you'd get some therapy for that. Everyone knows that Al Jarreau is the best boat sex artist.
  13. A natural and expected consequence of the failure is not a "dramatic flair." No more than plummeting into a river is a "dramatic flair" when FSD misses the clear "bridge out ahead" sign. The sign and signal is LITERALLY a warning of "there may be kids crossing/darting out unsafely, you should slow down/stop." FSD failed to slow down/stop. Just as it would be with ANY driver who failed to do so, the consequence of hitting a darting kid - the very hazard warned about - is a real thing that happens. Nothing was manipulated. It was 100% a realistic scenario: a schoolbus with warning devices deployed while kids are boarding/exiting, and a kid darts out in the street to do so. The full scenario occurred. FSD missed the warnings, and as a result, hit the kid. Hitting the kid isn't a "dramatic flair." IT'S WHAT FUCKING HAPPENS WHEN YOU DISREGARD THE WARNING SIGNALS.
  14. Jesus fucking Christ. The dummy shows one of the NATURAL consequences of the failure. YES....you cannot SEE the child that darts out in front of you. THAT IS WHY YOU HAVE AND FOLLOW THE SIGNALS AND WARNINGS. THOSE WARNINGS ARE LITERALLY THERE TO SAY "SLOW DOWN/STOP, A KID MIGHT BE DARTING OUT FROM HERE." Jesus tapdancing Christ. The kid is the WHY and the CONSEQUENCE of the shit that Tesla missed. Which Tesla missed both because...it fucking missed a clear signal, AND because it's not smart enough to read context.
  15. This. This is the "soft intelligence" that humans bring to the table. We recognize a situation as presenting a particular kind of hazard, so we slow down to account for it. A computer just reads the hard data. You mean, minus the object that flags any educated driver that there is a risk of a kid running out....yeah.
  16. Which are the literal red flags that we use to warn that a child MIGHT be darting out from in front of a bus, etc. Tesla AI is heavy on the A, light on the I.
  17. This. And that is the challenge of AI-driven vehicles, even the best of them: for as good as their reaction time and such is with respect to immediate hazards (and it is quite good at that, faster than a human), it does not do "human anticipation" well. A good human driver can spot a kid on the side of the road and tell if the kid is contemplating running into the road, or we can see the driver next to us glancing left, and realize he may make a quick illegal lane change and maybe sideswipe us, etc. The best AI-driven car has a hard time with that. A shitty AI-driven car like Tesla has an even harder time with it.
  18. Not if you keep playing Kenny fucking Chesney.
  19. The fact that we've discussed yacht rock, and even shared playlists with some of his music on it, and NOT focused on the greatness that is Gerry Rafferty and over-the-top 70's sax riffs....well, I have lost all respect for y'all. I didn't have much before, but what I had, I've lost. Baker Street? Right Down the Line? Man, light a fire, pour a glass of whiskey, and let the mellow perfection roll over ya. What does this have to do with rain? Well, hell....yacht rock is nice to have rocking along on a nice rainy day.
  20. This is very, very true. All the "no more endless war!" and "why should we spend money supporting another military?" types will suddenly do a 180. Because dominionism, end-times prophecies, and other stupidity.
  21. That’s how fascists roll, dude. A sizable plurality of your countrymen are evil fascists. Get used to it.
  22. Resident libertarian continues his perfect streak of not criticizing a single authoritarian thing done by the Regime. You know, just what you would expect from a libertarian.
  23. Yep. I’ll probably have a short trip overseas later this year. My plan is the same that it always is: if they want to search my phone, nope. It has access to privileged client info, I can’t and won’t grant access (PW only, no biometric access). They will detain me and confiscate my phone. 1) fuck it, I’ve been delayed in airports plenty. 2) I can buy another phone. 3) the govt hassling me, a successful American with zero criminal record, would be a good story. I wish a motherfucker would.
  24. If that’s true…that’s fucking problematic. The president is the head of the Iranian government. That’s a national decapitation strike. You kill a country’s government leader, it ain’t just a one-off strike kinda thing. Iran has no choice but to strike back hard. They may not be able to do so right away…but there are no restraints left. This isn’t good.
  25. To be honest...I actually got the 6 steak finger basket the other day, on a whim and an indulgence. At my age, I should stick with the 4 finger basket, and even then, it stopped tasting good after the 3rd steak finger. That's probably for the best, cardiologically speaking.
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