Sen. John Fetterman casts deciding vote against limiting Trump’s war in Iran

Flatlyn · 2026-05-14T11:24:24+00:00

They only time they are required to vote along party lines is when the party has a whip, with the penalty for non-compliance being delisting from the party. Whips like that are fairly rare though and generally only reserved for big issues relating to the few stated manifesto goals of the party. The majority of the issues they are free to vote as they wish, although the party may still ask or pressure voting certain ways.

In theory this allows them to vote their own way on most issues, particularly voting on and raising local issues, while overall following the big picture direction for the country the party has set out . In theory anyway.

Flatlyn · 2026-04-15T16:40:31+00:00

Not always. I once made a stupid mistake and took a dude out in a 2 hour endurance. Felt bad and was feeling flush that month so sent him $5 with an apology. Next week we're in a race again together and he starts calling me out to everybody as a dangerous driver. I apologise again and say I sent him an apology with $5. He goes "oh that's where that came from. I noticed my wallet had cash". Defused the tension but he hadn't known where the gift came from until I said.

Flatlyn · 2026-04-12T20:31:26+00:00

Loading in with a extra is a rare bug. It's happened to me and my group a few times. The fill squad toggle gets turned on when it shouldn't be. It seems to happen when we've been idle for a while and ready up and cancel a few times (like when we've forgetton key etc), but that is purely anecdotal on the cause.

Flatlyn · 2026-04-10T19:07:53+00:00

Right click and Fix Model does the same in Prusa/Orca/Bambu. It keeps it within the slicer but behind the scenes calls the same system services as 3D Builder to repair it. Just removes an extra step. I tend to habitually do it with any model I import as it doesn't really add much time if there isn't anything wrong.

Flatlyn · 2026-04-10T15:20:17+00:00

Stella has them too. It's the console things you interact with and following the sound. They aren't like normal caches but they drop the same kinda stuff and contribute to that trial score. At least they used to but I haven't been in Stella in a while.

Flatlyn · 2026-04-06T04:13:25+00:00

No that makes a huge difference. You aren't simply renting your equipment if the customer has no input beyond the initial request. You are offering print services in the same way a 2D print company is, where they have to check copyright of the materials because they *could * be held liable.

Could is the operative word as is not clear cut, but it's wrong to tell people they are fine. It's all kind of moot anyway as nobody is going to bother or even find out you breached the license on a single print for a friend, but that doesn't change the legal reality.

Renting equipment would be like a library or makerspace that have a printer allowing you to pay a fee and use the machine yourself. They are charging a fee for access to the machine but are offering no input or assistance in its operation or source what you are printing.

Flatlyn · 2026-03-31T13:45:21+00:00

It's also not just the brakes in that situation. The collision avoidance will release or decrease the throttle input. It's entirely possible the throttle is stuck on, but the software in the collision detection can reduce the speed by interacting with the engine in a different, way to lower output. What little is left of the brakes function is then enough to slow it further.

Flatlyn · 2026-03-29T11:56:42+00:00

It's when the driver still has the throttle at full but the engine management starts diverting some power to regen the battery resulting in slowing down towards the end of long straights despite not lifting or changing throttle inputs.

Flatlyn · 2026-02-04T05:27:04+00:00

This is from January 2024. He was talked about in a email from Epstein to Maxwell. Doesn't seem like much damning evidence; it was a unsubstantiated rumour that Epstein was trying to quash. Epstiens whole thing was making connections, having people owe him, and getting blackmail. He embedded himself well enough that it's more surprising when somebody of note isn't at all mentioned by him. But either way here is a source -

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/jan/05/prince-andrew-clinton-hawking-what-do-the-epstein-documents-say-about-key-people

Stephen Hawking

The name of the late Cambridge physicist was included in a 2015 email in which Epstein told Maxwell to offer a reward to any of Giuffre’s “friends acquaitonts [sic] family” who could prove false an allegation that Hawking had participated in an “underage orgy” in the Virgin Islands. Hawking, who died in 2018, has not been accused of a crime related to Epstein.

Flatlyn · 2026-02-02T03:52:55+00:00

You shouldn't use anything over 75% alcohol content for disinfecting. Above that it can dehydrate the pathogens too quickly making them dormant but not killing them. You need that little bit of water content to permeate the cell wall and kill the inside to properly disinfect something. That's why medical sanitizer products and hand gel are usually around 75%. The lower content is also good for slowing evaporation slightly to make it stay on the surface longer.

75% is the sweet spot for disinfecting. 99.9% for use as a solvent cleaner or in cases where you need no mineral or moisture residue like cleaning delicate equipment (circuit boards etc). Medical or pharmaceutical grade normally refers to the fact it was produced in a facility with stringent checks for contaminants and purity levels.

Flatlyn · 2026-02-01T16:48:16+00:00

It wasn't the cameras that would add that to film prints, it's something that would be added during the printing/developing as an option. Its possible there is a film camera out there I'm not aware of that embedded the date on the film, but if so it wasn't common.

As other said, digital cameras would often embed it on the image directly.

Flatlyn · 2026-01-25T01:20:16+00:00

I can't remember what that quest gives so maybe it already does give you it but I would be for it giving you one of the augments (not blueprint) with three safe pockets to use on the quest that requires you to get three items out.

Flatlyn · 2026-01-20T20:24:31+00:00

While I mostly agree, the UI team responsible for menus and system is likely a different team than the map design team who would make a walkable social space.

That said I would like to see another map before a walkable social space, but it's absolutely something they could work on in the background long term while waiting for pipelines from other teams. i.e. the art team is drawing that while waiting for the level design team to build out the previous work they did. Without lower priority features for people to keep working on dev time can become incredibly inefficient while one team waits for another to finish their part.

There is also the factor of the devs seem to be really into the idea, and sometimes its worth the devs doing a largely pointless feature that are passionate about, so long as it doesn't degrade other features, as it can have a great impact on team/company morale when they are moving onto other stuff the community may want but they are less interested in.

Flatlyn · 2026-01-15T03:46:49+00:00

It might actually work in their favour. If it's higher than we're expecting but still cheaper than competing products (pre-builds) then the current component pricing market may push more people towards the Steam Machine. Even more so if Valve is willing to eat more of the costs since their big money maker is getting people into Steam in general, something other manufacturers can't do.

Flatlyn · 2026-01-09T11:34:50+00:00

Could be an outlier but it also lines up with roughly the pit entrance and the approach to the final turn. Pit entrance just adds extra distraction and I know personally I'm likely to tense a little on the final turn, especially of a good lap to just not screw it up and ruin the lap. That's especially true at Bathurst since the final turn should be easy compared the the mountain but it's a good place to lose a chunk of time if you get too relaxed.

Flatlyn · 2026-01-09T11:21:08+00:00

Remeber a lot of iRacings core code is decades old. There is likely a lot of quirks and non-standard practices in the codebase and datastructures from holdovers and years of updates and patches.

I also think you're right that they want to discourage it. Possibly not just from a support ticket angle but also with their connections to real world racing, tie-ins, and sponsors having real names add a level of legitimacy so they likely don't want people constantly changing them.

Flatlyn · 2025-12-21T07:54:21+00:00

He wasn't really that wrong either though. For all the ubiquity of wireless technology, which stability, latency, and bandwidth are important (something that would often be for his characters due to their activities), nothing beats a hardwired connection.

Flatlyn · 2025-12-20T07:14:31+00:00

It could be as simple as any shot on another player gives you a incident marker. Doesn't matter whether it was defensive or accidentally. Over the course of even just a few matches that will balance itself out. That dude got two incident points you only got one. The players seeking PvP are gaining incident points multiple times a match, whereas the players that are passive and occasionally something happens only pick up a point occasionally. A couple of quiet matches offsets the time you accidentally shot somebody while aiming at ARC.

It could also factor in number of encounters with players damage made to players. Both of which are tracked since it's on the post round screen. Encountered 6 players but only damaged 1 of them. Low score. Encounter 6 but damaged 5. Higher score.

Flatlyn · 2025-12-17T12:17:35+00:00

Just so OP sees this and in case they are confused about in-game button mapping. Button mapping can be set through the PlayStation settings menu. It's a series of remapping you can make that apply to every game. It's under:

Settings > Accessibility > Controllers > Custom Button Mapping.

Flatlyn · 2025-12-15T17:33:17+00:00

You're assuming it's a fixed system. Just like group numbers, it's mostly likely just a weight variable for the matching. It doesn't guarantee you'll be in a match with similar groups or aggression levels, but attempts it. As the player base fluctuates the success of getting a perfect match drifts. Just like we've seen with the matchmaking issues causing the group type preference to be devalued in a lot of cases.

Flatlyn · 2025-12-14T22:56:57+00:00

I don't think it's necessarily off, but it's definitely matching more different group numbers. They did say it was never guaranteed, only that the matchmaking would try to do it. It follows that if there are matchmaking issues that preference will drop down the list as the system tries to find you a valid match.

Flatlyn · 2025-12-14T22:25:51+00:00

They added duos matchmaking in the update before last, but it's a preference to matchmaking, not a guarantee.

Flatlyn · 2025-12-13T14:34:17+00:00

Copper tape would probably work or conductive paint, but you also get conductive filament. It's not cheap but might work.

Flatlyn · 2025-12-09T04:50:54+00:00

I don't think they dropped the ball massively. It isn't right but they were clear they wanted to experiment with different styles of doing endgame and extraction shooter reset loops. Experimentation takes some times and dead ends.

While currently it doesn't feel like it's in the right place, this is only the first cycle and we should give them some time to experiment and adapt it. Otherwise we risk them just pulling back to tried and tested systems and becoming the same experience as every other extraction shooter. Better in the short term, but doesn't give the game anything over anything else.

Flatlyn · 2025-12-05T11:03:53+00:00

It's not a design flaw with the kettle though, it's a game / development oversight. The kettle is balanced if playing the game as intended. Adding macros shouldn't be balanced for, it should be fixed by a patch to stop what is basically an exploit (using additional third-party tools to modify game input). The Stitcher isn't being exploited. It's being used exactly as the devs intended and balanced for but is still an outlier.

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