TitaniumButterfly
Rivers in the wasteland
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I agree that most people would be vastly better off using FSD, and I'd be better off if they did that too. However, personally, I find it to be a worse driver than me and can't stand the sensation of letting it handle things. For example, it always starts moving into a turn just a bit later than I would, takes a bad line, and every single time I have that moment of wondering whether it's going to turn at all. It always does! But not as soon as I would.
I do use it sometimes on long drives on fairly straight freeways, like I5 up and down California.
For reference, I'm an excellent driver in that I drive a ton, have a perfect safety record, and perhaps more importantly have professional training on and off the racetrack. Also the usual high IQ reaction times and 'common' sense. Very conservative, etc. So definitely nothing like the modal murder-chimps surrounding me on the road all day.
And man have I seen it all. Women curling their hair. A man flying by at 80 MPH in a 65 zone, with bad visibility, eating a cob of corn with both hands. Too many examples to even remember any more.
By all means get everyone else on FSD ASAP. Just please don't make it mandatory.
TitaniumButterfly
Rivers in the wasteland
1d ago
frats taking advantage of drunk girls who wake up with no memory of the night before is incredibly white christian coded
I don't know what you mean by this and can't think of any sense in which it might possibly be the case.
TitaniumButterfly
Rivers in the wasteland
3d ago
Malcolm in the Middle revival
First I've heard of this, and it sounds like I wasn't missing out. What a pity.
TitaniumButterfly
Rivers in the wasteland
3d ago
Thanks
TitaniumButterfly
Rivers in the wasteland
4d ago
What the hell is a car tab?
TitaniumButterfly
Rivers in the wasteland
6d ago
As always, I think the language about 'skin color' is intentionally-evil rhetoric. The question is about ancestry, genetics, and shared culture; of which skin color is an exceedingly minor and unreliable indicator.
A huge number of leftists sincerely believe that racism is about skin color and frankly I think the only responsible thing to do is push back on that whenever it comes up.
TitaniumButterfly
Rivers in the wasteland
6d ago
Not benign to whom? I think it's extremely benign for western civilization.
TitaniumButterfly
Rivers in the wasteland
6d ago
Oh man I didn't realize that was Cleese. Just scrolled past what I thought was another twitter anon rehashing a well-tread point.
TitaniumButterfly
Rivers in the wasteland
6d ago
(what's the word that means the opposite of anarchotyranny)
Justice? Not sure if that's granular enough.
Re: democracy in general, I don't think any of the American Founding Fathers would disagree. In fact they'd be greatly disturbed that we're even talking in terms of democracy rather than republic, and were well-aware that universal suffrage would be a fatal mistake.
TitaniumButterfly
Rivers in the wasteland
6d ago
I'm asking myself whether, if elected President, Kamala would have admitted she finds anything silly about this if asked. Can't know, of course, but I suspect not.
TitaniumButterfly
Rivers in the wasteland
6d ago
Enrolling in clown school is the least questionable decision I see in this story.
TitaniumButterfly
Rivers in the wasteland
8d ago
The Verve: "Bitter Sweet Symphony" was everywhere
They got sued for it, too!
TitaniumButterfly
Rivers in the wasteland
8d ago
Will we ever get the truth about the origins of Covid?
I've taken the time to review the below thread and am pretty sure the answer is "no".
It’s amazing how far many of us have gone since only 20 years ago and believing we could Democratize the world to now I would not consider myself a believer of Democracy in Germany because of the simply fact that ethnic Germans in half a generation lost the ability to control their own politics.
My thoughts as well. Sweden is also in this situation and several others are rushing headlong into it.
I've been trying for a while to think of any mistakes nations have made of the same magnitude, throughout history. Vortigern hiring the Saxons might be an instructive one.
It's so weird to me, though fitting in retrospect, that sanctimonious grundyism is what's finally killing Europe. Old ladies tutting reproachfully at anyone who makes non-socially-approved arguments turns out to be an existential threat. Or perhaps it's just that the men have forgotten God and their own right place in the world.
TitaniumButterfly
Rivers in the wasteland
9d ago
I just made a dedicated keybind on my moonlander keyboard. I have a bunch of neat special purpose keys. :)
TitaniumButterfly
Rivers in the wasteland
11d ago
Valheim has a very big world and most of it is entirely useless and empty. Lonely place though.
TitaniumButterfly
Rivers in the wasteland
13d ago
Care to elaborate?
I am not a priest, but my understanding is that demonic 'possession' is a gradual process with much consent involved. It's a long slope of choosing to conform to evil urges until one is remade in the shape of them and no longer seeks to resist.
Addiction is probably a handy parallel to consider. The people who are into gooning are excellent examples of what possession looks like. Surrendering their agency to things that want to hurt them until it's habitual and they will act even against their own interests, not even wanting to stop any more.
Once aware of this dynamic I expect that most of us can find examples in our own lives. Local minima that seem to be pulling us in and must be resisted.
TitaniumButterfly
Rivers in the wasteland
16d ago
What sort of negative consequences do you expect?
TitaniumButterfly
Rivers in the wasteland
16d ago
Yeah it's just old. And near the bottom of the roll.
TitaniumButterfly
Rivers in the wasteland
16d ago
Yes, this is my go-to as well. Still trying to convince everyone else to do it.
TitaniumButterfly
Rivers in the wasteland
16d ago
My wife wants me to tape something. I go to the packing tape roll. Naturally someone has come along and abused it such that the strip isn't ready and on the guard. Instead it's compacted into itself such that even finding the edge requires specialized lighting and a keen eye.
I wrestle with it. It fragments in every direction. There is no way to get the entire thing up and off the roll, but in time I manage to consign enough of the recalcitrant bits to oblivion that a whole stretch rises up and off the spindle.
The teeth do nothing. The tape is infinite and invincible. No combination of the cutting edge and brute force are enough to cause it to tear. Any amount of yardage is wasted attempting to get it into working order.
I manage to extract a couple of inches, make sure that the remainder is well-situated such that this won't happen again, and make the minor repair.
My wife wants me to tape something...
Hey that's pretty good! Really gotta finish Legend of Galactic Heroes.
TitaniumButterfly
Rivers in the wasteland
16d ago
Yes.
I'm not as into it as I used to be but basically just driving personally-owned sports cars at Laguna Seca etc. At the moment I don't own anything interesting and am busy with other pursuits.
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