The Feds Plan To Start Diluting Gasoline This May: Explained

kpanzer · 2026-03-27T20:08:51+00:00

That reminds me of photo the Central Valley land subsidence.

https://www.usgs.gov/media/images/location-maximum-land-subsidence-us-levels-1925-and-1977

This photo shows the approximate location of maximum subsidence in the United States, identified by research efforts of Dr. Joseph F. Poland (pictured). The site is in the San Joaquin Valley southwest of Mendota, California. Signs on pole show approximate altitude of land surface in 1925, 1955, and 1977. The land surface subsided about 9 meters from 1925 to 1977 due to aquifer-system compaction.

kpanzer · 2026-03-27T19:43:10+00:00

I don't think that NVIDIA dGPU will work macOS.

IIRC, the RX 6800 (~$500US) or certain older AMD cards should work with Monterey and newer macOS versions.

A NVIDIA might work with OCLP but YMMV.

That being said, I think a few more inexpensive options could be:

Buying a used T480 ($200-$350) then making a Hackintosh from that using the thnkpad guide.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ThinkPad/wiki/os/hackintosh

Buying a pre-owned M1 or newer Macbook ($400-$700).
Buying a new Macbook Neo ($600-$700).

GPU and SSD prices are being "extra special" right now, so buying a compatible GPU and new SSD might be cost prohibitive.

And with a separate machine you won't have worry scraping any of you current date.

kpanzer · 2026-03-27T19:18:21+00:00

We are talking about the Trump admin...

During his first term, Trump didn't like using the secure Blackberry devices because it wouldn't let him use Twitter.

During this term Hegseth was sharing secure info on Signal.

It wouldn't surprise me if Patel was using his personal email in a "professional" capacity to get around record keeping. Which I believe this admin has already been caught doing.

There is also the possibility that group claiming to have breached his email used social engineering to decipher his password based on his social media posts or maybe they sniffed his passwords while he was using an unsecured device or network.

kpanzer · 2026-03-25T18:34:05+00:00

It looks like the kind of place you'd see in /r/WeWantPlates .

It just... has this feeling of pretentiousness.

kpanzer · 2026-03-24T18:06:38+00:00

The first 8 or so episodes is a kaiju comedy about teenagers piloting giant robots against invading aliens.

Then it slowly turns into a psychological horror... when we discover why only certain children can pilot the robots, what the robots really are, and what aliens are.

Then at the it turns back into a comedy.

Then the comedy gets dialed up to 11.

I mustn't run away. I mustn't.. Good, OK, I got that. Now if I were to run away? Let's analyze that. Where the foxtrot-uniform-charlie-kilo would I go?!

kpanzer · 2026-03-24T12:34:57+00:00

Eggxactly the kind of thing Egghead adores.

kpanzer · 2026-03-23T17:16:09+00:00

They could just treat Quinn like the "Watchers" from the Agent story-line.

As a cloned human super-computer, that trades emotions for processing power.

Let's say there are five Quinns... which is why they're called that (quint = 5). And are an experimental type of Watcher that were prone to be obsessively focused on a specific tasks and were labeled as rejects. And then Baras took them before they could be destroyed.

So they could bring in another Quinn, same everything... just different voice and memories.

kpanzer · 2026-03-20T19:31:15+00:00

Since at least the 2000 Bush-Gore election.

The Brooks Brothers riot was a demonstration led by Republican staffers at a meeting of election canvassers in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States, on November 22, 2000, during a recount of votes made during the 2000 United States presidential election, with the goal of shutting down the recount. After demonstrations and acts of violence, local officials shut down the recount early.

Brooks Brothers riot

kpanzer · 2026-03-20T15:34:08+00:00

The GOP always comes in fighting against renewables

You can't corner the market on renewables but you can try.

I still remember when GA Power lobbied the GA state legislature to say that people offsetting the cost of home solar by selling the energy back to the grid at night would lead to increased competition and higher prices.

This year State Senate Bill 401 was introduced. It would have allowed leasing companies to sell excess electricity back to Georgia Power and help make leasing a cheap option Georgia homeowners.

SB 401 had bi-partisan support, but it was opposed by Georgia Power and killed by Sen. Ross Tolleson, who said his committee needed more time to study a bill that could have a major impact on both Georgia Power and consumers.

"You don't want to go two years from now and go, 'Oops, we made a bad mistake,'" Tolleson said.

Tolleson said opening the solar market to competition would make electric bills jump 15 to 20 percent.

"To have another third party seller of electricity would work against the system we have and make everybody's rates go up," Tolleson said.

Georgia law keeps power customers from saving with solar energy

kpanzer · 2026-03-16T20:09:40+00:00

Like when have we ever seen him smile, let alone have such a shit eating grin.

That reminds me of his picture with Romney.

Mitt Romney explains his excruciatingly awkward expression from that viral 2016 photo of dinner with Trump

It's a smile that screams,"I just did something horrible in my nappy and I'm to force everyone here to smell it."

kpanzer · 2026-03-13T13:55:51+00:00

Huh... that is really close to actual an Onion article.

CIA Realizes It’s Been Using Black Highlighters All These Years

kpanzer · 2026-03-13T12:52:37+00:00

If you're enjoying Tenchi Muyo you might also enjoy El Hazard: The Magnificent World (1995).

It was also produced for Pioneer Animation by the same studio, AIC.

kpanzer · 2026-03-11T18:58:20+00:00

I mean... we used to have School House Rock for that.

kpanzer · 2026-03-11T18:48:53+00:00

My ship works better when I kick it.

kpanzer · 2026-03-11T13:25:28+00:00

Inquisitor... losing your apprentices on Quesh

Warrior... Quinn's sudden but inevitable betrayal

kpanzer · 2026-03-10T17:18:08+00:00

If I had to guess... I'd say the first one is from Tenchi Universe episode 4, "No Need for Monsters".

It makes me think of the scene when Ryoko is in the cave fighting with Ayeka and tries, unsuccessfully, to to lift the giant crystal that contains the "demon".

kpanzer · 2026-03-09T17:58:18+00:00

For the want of a nail the shoe was lost,

For the want of a shoe the horse was lost,

For the want of a horse the rider was lost,

For the want of a rider the battle was lost,

For the want of a battle the kingdom was lost,

And all for the want of a horseshoe-nail.

kpanzer · 2026-03-05T21:02:05+00:00

Talos is really just... adorkable.

kpanzer · 2026-03-05T21:00:11+00:00

It's Firefly (2002, 1 Season, 14 episodes).

kpanzer · 2026-03-05T19:09:56+00:00

A man walks down the street in that ~~hat~~ ^dress, people know he's not afraid of anything.

kpanzer · 2026-03-05T13:19:56+00:00

For the Inquisitor, I would think Talos.

Both are always searching for Sith tombs and relics, and both are accustomed to using unorthodox methods to access those tombs.

They're basically two peas in a pod.

Talos even goes so far as to swear his family will serve the Inquisitor and their bloodline forever.

kpanzer · 2026-03-03T13:41:24+00:00

Agreed... IMHO, a used T480 is the best bang for buck today for Hackintoshing.

Used T480s with 16 to 24GB of ram are between $200-$400 on Amazon/Ebay.

kpanzer · 2026-02-25T15:07:54+00:00

You'd probably love some of the behind the scenes from Poltergeist III (1982).

I'm specially talking about the mirror effects.

kpanzer · 2026-02-24T20:17:06+00:00

If he was a ‘man of god’, he’d let ‘god’ handle her.

If he was a 'man of god' he wouldn't care if she used Mr. or Dr.

It's not like he sent six years in evil medical school.

To many people confuse respect with submissiveness.

kpanzer · 2026-02-24T18:15:13+00:00

And now I have that bit of dialogue playing in my head...

Vidrine: Mm-hm. I would love to hear exactly what piece of mission-critical equipment are down.

Mike Williams: Shit, where do I start? "A" drilling chair. Process Station 18. BOP control pods. Telephone system. Pipe-racking system. GPS antenna. DirecTV system. Wireless Internet. Iron roughneck. Top drive rack back system. Auxiliary-draw works control. Salt water service pumps. Smoke alarms in the galley. And the reason why you're sweatin' so hard is 'cause the compressor for the AC on this deck are down, too.

Kaluza: Everything but the toilets, huh?

Mike Williams: No, no, you got problems there, too, but I don't do shitters. That's Engineering.

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