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People outside the US, how do you feel US expats or exiles would do in your country or region?
  • That’s really funny - my very Catholic mom is going to Poland next year with some church group and the priest, lol…I apologize for her in advance!

    I’ve always wanted to visit Poland and still hope I can, one day. But no weird Catholic shit!

  • Tesla recalls Cybertrucks for faulty inverter, the 6th recall this year
  • You seem nice. Anyway, a crumple zone is assumed to be designed in such a way that it protects the occupants of the vehicle.

    No one said it didn’t “crumple” on impact. The problem is that it doesn’t sufficiently crumple in such a way that it dissipates the energy effectively.

    In this case, the vehicle’s occupants are still traveling at a decent rate of speed and the material of the vehicle is thick enough so they could potentially sustain head injuries. Other vehicles do not have a similar concern.

    Hope your day gets better. Cheers.

    https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/tesla-cybertrucks-stiff-structure-sharp-design-raise-safety-concerns-experts-2023-12-08/

  • Absurd AI Slop About How Elon Musk Will Fix America Is Megaviral on Facebook
  • I have a question about this and I hope I’m able to ask it correctly the way it’s sitting in my head.

    I know throughout history there have been strongmen who come to power, promise the world, and don’t deliver.

    I also know about propaganda and its role in the above scenario.

    My question is - if these images are seen by enough people who truly believe what they say - and they’re poor, maybe older, not in a great place overall, etc, and they voted Trump because they believe this…shit….what happens when they don’t deliver?

    If they’re expecting homes and help and a magic, simple solution to all of their problems that never delivers, what happens not only to them psychologically, but also what bigger impact will their reactions have on the country as a whole?

    In the US, I’m not so optimistic we’ll have that moment given the past 8 or so years. There will never be a realization that the Emperor has no clothes but the help will still never arrive. How long can that be sustained, and what happens when it can’t?

    I hope that made sense and I apologize if it doesn’t.

  • Tesla recalls Cybertrucks for faulty inverter, the 6th recall this year
  • He was bragging about the stainless steel being made to withstand bullets and we do live in a large city in the US in a state with basically no gun control, so I told him I could potentially see that coming in useful during rush hour on the freeways.

    He had a story for why it was shaped the way it was, the windows are angled at the most aerodynamically possible angle because that’s important for a car that will probably spend 50% of its life stuck at a red light.

    He’s obviously drank the kool aid. When I got back to the office I told my current coworkers, and a couple of interns said that car is super dangerous because it basically has no crumple zones. Then they pulled up some YT videos showing tests proving it.

    The best part? We’re all engineers. The interns knew about the crumple zone thing. The senior Elon fanboy was just impressed with the window angle and bulletproof doors. I didn’t ask who he voted for, but I can guess.

  • Tesla recalls Cybertrucks for faulty inverter, the 6th recall this year
  • I ran into a former coworker (we still work at the same place, just different groups now) at a work thing recently and he told me I had to see his new car.

    It was this. I told him it was ugly. He tried to show me all the bells and whistles. I told him I was glad he liked it, but it was still ugly.

    He said yeah…that’s what my wife says too. She hates it.

    lol

  • Immigrants
  • So I agree that this is awful, and our family is most definitely the result of immigrants coming here due to persecution in the country they were in.

    But my MAGA family’s response to that? They were “legal” at the time (1700’s). These immigrants are coming here illegally.

    Never mind that ~ 100 years ago my grandparents were punished at school (beaten) for speaking their native language there - because they made that illegal, too.

    But they’re still the “speak English this is murica” MAGA types. But this time it’s different. They do not see the hypocrisy. They do not care. They just hate brown and black people.

  • Cards Against Humanity Sues Elon Musk For 15 Million Dollars

    Lawsuit:

    https://cah-sues-elon-musk.s3.amazonaws.com/240919+Plaintiff's+Original+Petition.pdf

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    New York Times gift articles @sopuli.xyz PrincessLeiasCat @sh.itjust.works
    www.nytimes.com What Makes Tiny Tardigrades Nearly Radiation Proof

    New research finds that the microscopic “water bears" are remarkably good at repairing their DNA after a huge blast of radiation.

    What Makes Tiny Tardigrades Nearly Radiation Proof
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    iPhone 15 Pro keeps randomly dropping wifi

    I upgraded from a 13 Pro to a 15 Pro. So far the only internet I’ve connected to since I got the phone is at home, but with 2 different networks (one is 5g but otherwise same router and everything).

    I never updated the 13 Pro to iOS 17 because I knew I would be upgrading soon, but I never had this issue with any former phone and have been on this same internet setup since 2016.

    I have an iPad Mini 6 that I did update to iOS 17, and it’s fine.

    I’ve tried resetting network settings, turning off Wi-Fi assist, turning off networking and wireless in location services-> system services (saw that as a potential fix), and restarting multiple times, but it still randomly drops my WiFi signal on both home networks.

    Everything else wrt network/connection on my previous phone is the same - VPN setup, etc.

    My SO has a 14 pro & did update to 17 and does not have this problem.

    Does anyone have any ideas? I’ve searched for answers and I see that this has been an issue off and on for the past few years, but one of the fixes I mentioned above usually seems to help I guess because I haven’t seen any other suggestions.

    Could it be the phone itself? Is it worth exchanging it for another one before the 2 weeks runs out?

    Thanks everyone.

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    I forgot to go back for Lae'zel, is it too late?

    Long story short, I ran into Lae’zel in the cage just after we wake up on the beach in the very beginning.

    I went by her and reloaded for reasons, but accidentally went a different way after that, forgot about it, & just realized she would be good to have as a Companion during combat.

    I’m about to kill the goblins, and I went back for her at her previous location but she’s no longer there. Did I lose her for good, or is there still a chance?

    Thanks everyone, I’m new to BG/D&D completely so apologies if this is a dumb n00b move, but I am one :)

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    www.theguardian.com New Orleans archbishop ignored board findings on clerics accused of abuse

    Gregory Aymond promised ‘to be transparent’ – but a Guardian investigation found that he hid allegations, and an expert questions whether it was against Vatican policy

    New Orleans archbishop ignored board findings on clerics accused of abuse

    A board which helps the Roman Catholic archbishop of New Orleans, Gregory Aymond, evaluate abuse allegations against priests and deacons in six cases found clergymen to be credibly accused only for Aymond to ignore the findings and conceal them from the public, a Guardian investigation has found.

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    Request: Option to change location of comment voting button(s)

    Lemmios is my favorite iOS Lemmy app so far, but I find that when I go to upvote a comment using the voting button next to the commenter’s username (top), I inadvertently collapse the comment.

    Would it be possible to have both voting buttons either on the right side like posts have, or at the bottom?

    I understand gestures are an option, it’s just a personal preference with the voting buttons. Old habits die hard :)

    And if this feature exists, I apologize for missing it. I have looked for it in the settings but did not see such an option. Thank you for such great work with Lemmios!

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