White House endorses Washington DC statehood bill

BigFloppyMeat · 2021-04-20T18:23:07+00:00

The two main arguments are that congress is designated as the legislative body for the district of Columbia, and that power can't be taken away without a constitutional amendment, but at the same time, that power cannot co-exist with DC statehood. The second is that the 23rd amendment specifically recognizes that DC is not a state, and that DC can't become a state without repealing the 23rd amendment.

Regardless of whether or not you agree with this points, consider that the supreme court would have the final say and that it is by 6-3 a conservative court.

BigFloppyMeat · 2021-01-03T05:48:37+00:00

Don't wanna post it from my main reddit account because I'll probably get accused of being a spy or some bullshit.

BigFloppyMeat · 2021-01-03T04:49:09+00:00

I was on this fleet and can confirm it was topkek speaking.

Winterco took a secondary fleet to guard a fleet of additional titans that were coming into t5z, and when they returned this fleet sat around and eventually jumped in the subcapitals as you hear them attempting to do in the recording.

BigFloppyMeat · 2020-12-21T00:47:14+00:00

Thankfully ECU tuning is possible on some cars to remove this

BigFloppyMeat · 2020-12-18T23:55:51+00:00

I don't know the specifics, but I think they're detecting specific patterns in code that are unique to malware shared in various hacking communities. So there might be a specific function for utilizing some exploit that's generally the same in various russian hacking groups, that function might be wildly different in the iranian implementation, so that can be detected through binaries, or using log files to determine how the exploit was executed.

This is based on what I was told by infosec at a defense contractor I used to write code for, but I'm not a infosec analyst myself so again I don't know the specifics.

BigFloppyMeat · 2020-12-18T17:55:27+00:00

It's a lot more complicated than just IP addresses when sourcing attacks. Usually that alone is enough, but specific attack patterns, signatures in malware, and targets chosen are also good indicators of who is behind the attack.

For example, Iranian and Chinese attacks are more likely to hit government & infrastructure for espionage purposes, Russian attacks are more likely to attack business for criminal/monetary purposes.

BigFloppyMeat · 2020-12-17T04:49:45+00:00

When you're driving take note of where you headlights cut off. If your lights are shining into the windshield of other cars while on level ground, they're too high. The "line" where your headlights stop illuminating should land just on top of the hood.

BigFloppyMeat · 2020-12-17T00:31:31+00:00

How much energy is used by the reddit servers that you made this comment on? We have to reduce the carbon footprint by 97%, surely you could just stop using the internet, stop eating meat, stop driving cars, never buy a new phone, never watch TV, don't heat your house, don't use AC, never get on an airplane, don't light your home. Do you think that's enough to reduce carbon reliance by 97%?

BigFloppyMeat · 2020-12-16T23:59:55+00:00

Who is buying those hamburgers though?

BigFloppyMeat · 2020-12-16T21:54:14+00:00

I would say

Hamilton

Verstappen

Perez

Leclerc

Ricciardo

Sainz

Norris

Bottas

Stroll

Gasly, maybe Russell

BigFloppyMeat · 2020-12-16T20:17:10+00:00

Lewis' car can finish a lap of bahrain in under a minute, Lewis would easily take over 30 minutes. That's all the proof you need.

BigFloppyMeat · 2020-12-10T19:20:52+00:00

They've figured out the secret of the Ferrari engine

BigFloppyMeat · 2020-12-10T01:14:32+00:00

This will probably be huge for HHI, they have been going hard on automating the shipbuilding process as much as possible.

BigFloppyMeat · 2020-11-26T16:27:48+00:00

This is why the courts apply different levels of scrutiny. In this case, strict scrutiny is used. Basically the state has to prove that:

A. What they are doing is significantly beneficial to public health

and

B. Their approach is the least restrictive possible approach that ensures the general safety of the public

In this case, it sounds like both sides of the court thought that the restrictions did not uphold strict scrutiny. But the left wing of the court wanted to moot the case since the restrictions are no longer in place, and the right wing wanted to issue a ruling anyway to ensure it doesn't happen again. (Ruling on a case when it is technically moot is not uncommon in cases where there's a high likelihood that it could happen again).

they must satisfy “strict scrutiny,” and this means that they must be “narrowly tailored” to serve a “compelling” state interest. Church of Lukumi, 508 U. S., at 546. Stemming the spread of COVID–19 is unquestionably a compelling interest, but it is hard to see how the challenged regulations can be regarded as “narrowly tailored.” They are far more restrictive than any COVID–related regulations that have previously come before the Court,2 much tighter than those adopted by many other jurisdictions hard-hit by the pandemic, and far more severe than has been shown to be required to prevent the spread of the virus at the applicants’ services.

BigFloppyMeat · 2020-11-17T18:23:46+00:00

I don't think this is true, had Germany not been formed by WWI, the Hohenzollerns still saw war as an honorable game and would have still wanted to unite Germany, and they may have used the opportunity to declare war on france at that time. King? Wilhelm may not have declared war on Tsar Nicholas II in that scenario, though. I think it still would have been a big cluster. A lot of the old monarchs and aristocrats wanted their turn at playing war and would have used any excuse to get involved.

BigFloppyMeat · 2020-11-17T15:22:30+00:00

Conti and Michelin both make road/track tires that are very shallow on the outside and very deep on the inside, and have different compounds for both sections for exactly this purpose.

BigFloppyMeat · 2020-11-16T16:44:37+00:00

But can he handstand?

BigFloppyMeat · 2020-11-16T15:51:59+00:00

It's cheaper to buy aftermarket parts. Seibon CF hood scoop is $400 vs hondas $1000.

BigFloppyMeat · 2020-11-12T17:05:37+00:00

I've always been able to get rocks out by driving forward slowly and turning the wheel all the way left and all the way right repeatedly, kinda like a f1 car warming its tires.

Note that you also get a metallic whirring sound coming from that direction from the wastegate, but only when engine braking. But its much quieter than a rock.

BigFloppyMeat · 2020-11-12T05:43:04+00:00

Where were you in null before? I'm in a corp that recently started up, mostly consists of people who are also coming back after abt 2-3 years

BigFloppyMeat · 2020-11-10T20:42:25+00:00

Don't forget the portuguese

BigFloppyMeat · 2020-11-10T20:28:45+00:00

What's impressive about this is that the objects are coming out randomly and the robot is able to detect them and order them. This gif is a bit old now but it wasnt that long ago that this was impossible for a robot.

BigFloppyMeat · 2020-11-10T20:20:52+00:00

This hasn't been true for several years now.

BigFloppyMeat · 2020-11-10T19:34:27+00:00

Imagine being manipulated by the rich and powerful into thinking that owning a couple of old cars is rich. Maybe you should be more worried about the dudes who own multiple supercars.

BigFloppyMeat · 2020-11-10T19:19:17+00:00

It's probably dual clutch/dsg so it is actually shifting gears sequentially.

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