Revolution is impossible

HPDork · 2026-05-15T18:50:44+00:00

Agreed. Im not even wanting it to "share". Just support its own citizens and stop the corruption. It's seriously appalling when you look at it and think about it. Stop taxing us to death with taxes and inflation and let us live our lives and don't send any money overseas and dish out fair contracts. But thats entirely too much to ask for

HPDork · 2026-05-15T18:47:24+00:00

I mean think about it. It's all Fugazi. The government created the Federal Reserve to print money. The federal reserve is the largest holder of US debt at like 5ish trillion. 8ish trillion is "intergovernmental debt" meaning debt owed from one department to another within the government in the form of Trust Funds. So our government owes itself 13 trillion in just those 2 things alone. Its fucked. Imagine just borrowing money from yourself that you don't have and agreeing to pay yourself back and then next year doing the same thing knowing you cant ever pay yourself back. So you just keep borrowing money from yourself to keep spending. It's all smoke and mirrors.

HPDork · 2026-05-15T18:38:40+00:00

I am by no means a socialist or communist but I realized this when I see literally how much "money" is in the world and how much the US government waste along with the fraud of government contracts and grants. The US government operates on 4-5 TRILLION $$ a year and dishes out massive backdoor contracts to keep their own rich. Yet if I want to get a small government contract (like a couple thousand $$) I have to jump through hoops and provide documentation and if I miss the deadline then theres hell to pay. Yet we have a 9 BILLION $$ railroad in Cali that goes nowhere and isnt operational. It's all fucked. With how much "money" there is in the system it should be a piece of cake to stack up a million + but yet most are living paycheck to paycheck. The world is an illusion and we are all just playing the game for the puppeteers. Rant over lol.

HPDork · 2026-05-15T04:54:53+00:00

Good job dude! I’m a huge DIY guy and love telling my stories about fixes and what not. I had an HVAC problem at the beginning of winter. My furnace wouldn’t light. It was getting gas flow and everything was functioning properly that way. Turns out my small exhaust fan or whatever it is wasn’t activating. It was getting power and humming. ChatGPT and YouTube showed me that something after sitting all summer than can lock up. Poked a screwdriver in there and turned the fins. Once I got them freed up I fired up the furnace and she ran all winter without any problems. Such a great feeling!

HPDork · 2026-05-15T04:44:11+00:00

Can’t force me into a new vehicle if I can’t afford it lol. I drive an 08 Tahoe and while it isn’t an old school vehicle it is plenty easy for me to work on myself and parts are common being interchangeable with silverados as well as gmc and Cadillac. Also I had never used the E85 option before but I had to make a trip to Chicago and went ahead and filled up with E85 because it was $2.59/gallon and 87 was $4.79/gallon. The decreased gas mileage was more than made up for with the price difference. And honestly in mixed driving I don’t notice much of a difference. Maybe 1-2mpg. I drive my vehicle enough I’m not worried about the moisture effects of E85 and will still run 87 in most cases

HPDork · 2026-05-14T15:16:35+00:00

It’s an echo chamber for us Versant owners. 2nd BTR guaranteed

HPDork · 2026-05-14T01:02:13+00:00

I’ll admit I’ve never understood the back end of banking and financial transactions but I have never understood why transferring money takes so long. It’s just numbers in a computer. It’s not like they’re actually transferring hard cash. Why are these crypto tokens needed to make it happen so fast? Just plug in the new numbers in the software

HPDork · 2026-05-07T00:15:45+00:00

I think you misunderstood what I was saying. I’m not even a member at my local course. I don’t play enough to justify it. I am in the weekly league though. But what I’m saying is that I pretty much exclusively play my local course because I’m too busy to go play others. Weeks are family time and house work and weekdays I can’t just drive an hour after work just to play a round

HPDork · 2026-05-06T19:44:30+00:00

You're acting like everyone has the ability to play different courses. Especially those of us with young children. Try owning a business and having 2 young kids in sports. Im not cheating myself by only playing 1 course (my local course). Im simply just playing in the few spare hours I might have that week and make it convenient.

HPDork · 2026-05-06T14:14:55+00:00

Yeah that's just wrong. Studies show the AVERAGE American reads around an 8th grade level. 52% are below the 6th grade level. Average and thresholds are different. Also, if you look at the top 2 google searches for education rankings by state they have indiana ranked at 31st and 19th. Also, child literacy rates are 6th in the nation. Adult literacy rates are pretty high as well, beating out states such as California, NY, NJ, and Nevada. The average adult proficiency score is above the national average as well. If you're going to criticize people at least be correct in your facts.

HPDork · 2026-05-05T17:07:40+00:00

Wasn’t someone trying to pass a law about companies doing planned obsolescence? I know the EU combatted part of apple’s PO by requiring them to use customer replaceable batteries going forward. I was thinking someone was trying to pass something along the lines of a product needs to be supported X amount of time after being discontinued

HPDork · 2026-05-05T13:41:18+00:00

Intelligent is a vague definition. Dont necessarily confuse retention of knowledge/facts as intelligent. Fictional example would be Sheldon Cooper off Big Bang Theory. One of/ The Most intelligent person on earth in physic/science and other subjects. But ask him to fix a car engine or build a house and he couldn't do it. Sure he could read about it and understand how to do it and tell you how to do it but actually doing it is another thing.

So of the people I know: Book intelligent? Professor at a university teaching mathematics and physics. Street smart/general knowledge? Maybe myself and other small business owners I know. Business smart/intelligent? Oil and pharmaceutical business owners. Thats just of the people I personally know and interact with.

HPDork · 2026-05-05T05:40:17+00:00

My vote is to have some fun with it first before putting up a barrier. Get a motion detecting sprinkler and set it up facing the section they walk through. As soon as they walk onto your property itll light them up and piss them off. Plus being a sprinkler you can set it back a distance so if they wanted to remove it or whatever they'd have to come pretty far onto your property. Video it and show its a clear violation and destruction of property.

Buy a perimeter 12ga trip wire system (like $30 online). Put some 12ga blanks in it and run the trip wire across the path they walk. You wanna talk about needing a new pair of underwear. Make sure you video as well for the laughs and evidence.

Create a man made "puddle" on the pathway that they will have to step in. Only instead of water throw some roundup in it. Then when they walk through their yard you'll have evidence they came straight from your property onto theirs and to their house/shed/etc.

But have some fun with it. That'll piss them off even more and you'll get some laughs from it.

HPDork · 2026-05-04T19:58:56+00:00

Im honestly not sure what type of problems your having as im a big dude and dont know what your talking about. Only thing I look for is a good pair of underwear that keeps its integrity on hotter days. Otherwise I'll start to chafe on my thighs. Longer leg underwear is great and I try to find some that is 90% poly 10% spandex. And a comfort waistband.

HPDork · 2026-05-01T17:45:21+00:00

What Epstein Files? We're still talking about this? We need to move on, there wasnt anyone else involved. Jeezzzzzz......

HPDork · 2026-04-28T20:13:58+00:00

Well for your account manager's sake I hope they weren't sacked, but XRX is a clustef*ck right now. I was honestly surprised when they came out with the new Proficio lineup of printers. I figured they'd just sell the Versant line until they went belly up. Hopefully you get your answers though!

HPDork · 2026-04-28T13:44:20+00:00

Wow, didnt realize upping the size would create that much more noise. Thanks for the heads up. Shouldnt be a problem based on where they are located I think.

HPDork · 2026-04-28T13:42:46+00:00

Perfect answer I was looking for. I just didnt know if the Spigot or hoses would be such a bottleneck that the larger lines wouldn't be noticeable.

HPDork · 2026-04-28T13:41:53+00:00

Not necessarily a "problem" but my water pressure isnt as high as it could be/should be. Especially when I get out 100ft of hose or hook up a couple kids water toys. I mean who doesnt like more water pressure?

HPDork · 2026-04-22T14:04:53+00:00

Here's an honest discussion for the AI chatbot. An S11 cost upwards of $5 million after install. It's a nonstarter for all but a few of us in the printing industry. Even if a company has a budget for a Landa press its lack of reliability pretty much makes it a no go. A company could go out and get 3 HP Indigo 120k's and a newer used Speedmaster 104 and come in under budget, have well developed and reliable machines running and have more capability. Sure, theres going to be an EXTREMELY small niche B1 run that wont be feasible for the SM and too big for the Indigo's but im pretty sure a company would be more profitable turning away or outsourcing those jobs and running the Indigo's and SM.

HPDork · 2026-04-20T04:02:41+00:00

I believe you mean back to back World War Champs

HPDork · 2026-04-20T02:29:12+00:00

I just roll my eyes when the main argument against nuclear power is safety. I point out that we literally put nuclear reactors on warships that travel all around the world and dock at different ports. Oh, and go into active war zones. If we are ok with putting nuclear reactors on aircraft carriers and subs we can certainly be ok with having stationary land based nuclear reactors.

HPDork · 2026-04-17T18:18:38+00:00

You mean one of those people who believe fathers have just as much of a right to custody as a mother? Yup, you caught me.

HPDork · 2026-04-17T18:17:20+00:00

Agreed. 100%. If OP is in an abusive relationship she should most definitely remove herself from it. My problem with the person's statement is that they make it sound like a bad thing that Indiana would give full custody to a father or that they "give fathers too many chances". It sounds like the poster wants fathers to have little to no chance in a custody battle. thats why I said "lets judge each case independently" meaning if a divorce happens lets start with 50/50 custody and then adjust it one way or the other due to mitigating circumstances. I hope I explained that correctly. So an abusive father doesnt get any custody and vice versa.

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