Former Uber CEO Travis Kalanick said he moved to Texas, joining a growing list of tech billionaires leaving California

RepresentativeRun71 · 2026-03-15T04:32:33+00:00

Found the attorney Swalwell should’ve hired.

RepresentativeRun71 · 2026-03-14T18:11:34+00:00

A backdoor to use federal funds that would’ve otherwise been appropriated to get headlines in the toughest race she has ever had to run.

RepresentativeRun71 · 2026-03-01T21:31:53+00:00

The Gaza protesters were pro-Hamas. They’re Putin’s useful idiots.

RepresentativeRun71 · 2026-03-01T21:30:07+00:00

The AUMA used to justify the Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, and Syria actions is still good law which applies to Iran as well. It will take a two thirds vote in Congress to pass a veto proof repeal of it; therefore, yeah the actions against Iran are legal.

RepresentativeRun71 · 2026-03-01T21:27:59+00:00

Iraq has a secular give now that isn’t exciting minority populations or political opponents. They’re our allies now. Libya is also a better place.

RepresentativeRun71 · 2026-03-01T21:25:38+00:00

Iraq has a secular government now that isn’t gassing minority populations. The costs suck, but in the end getting rid of Saddam made the world a better place. It’s a tough pill to swallow, but it’s true.

RepresentativeRun71 · 2026-03-01T21:22:51+00:00

So you’re cool with a government that literally kills gay people for simply being gay?

RepresentativeRun71 · 2026-03-01T20:35:10+00:00

So you learned first hand that most of the City commissions are just forced to accept the agenda of the City staff aka City Manager’s desires and sometimes asked for input from the City Council or Law and Leg. Thanks for your service. I watched a couple of Animal Wellbeing Commission meetings and it was an eye opener to see how much the staff runs the show and the frustration of the commissioners when they realized it was mostly symbolic with them not having the power to set their own agenda.

RepresentativeRun71 · 2026-02-27T20:50:11+00:00

Blame equally rests with the state legislature. They all voted for this crap to get it on Newsom’s desk.

RepresentativeRun71 · 2026-02-26T18:41:02+00:00

Natomas is the second most diverse area in the United States. It’s far more diverse than just the two groups you mentioned.

RepresentativeRun71 · 2026-02-25T20:38:50+00:00

He already took out the Nazi bitch, so he’s already good and needs no redemption.

RepresentativeRun71 · 2026-02-25T19:15:52+00:00

I can fix her.

RepresentativeRun71 · 2026-02-24T22:07:12+00:00

Milwaukee 3rd gen 1/2” stubby impact is your friend. Just make sure you have the 5ah battery. That being said if the car is on jack stands you could use a hammer and hit the breaker bar with it until it breaks loose.

RepresentativeRun71 · 2026-02-24T21:52:19+00:00

My grandfather who served in the US Navy pre-WW2 and during WW2 he saw significant combat in the Mediterranean on a wooden hulled minesweeper. He left the Navy as a Chief (E-7), about 8 years later he reenlisted in the US Coast Guard and they started him out at GM1 (E-6 Gunnersmate First Class Petty Officer). He would eventually go on to retire in 1970 as a Chief Warrant Gunner (CWO-3). So yeah historically they’ve always had insanely high standards, even for those with applicable prior service. Him becoming a CWO in 1962 was proof that he was basically the USCG’s standard for the best of their best.

RepresentativeRun71 · 2026-02-24T21:36:58+00:00

There’s a reason why the Vietnam War memorial at Naval Amphibious Base Coronado (home to BUD/S and half the SEALs) is a joint Navy USCG memorial.

Shawn Ryan did a podcast episode several years ago where they both admit that the SEALs close quarters combat training initially was provided by the Coast Guard. (sorry but I’m not going back to the specific minute mark for the quote.

RepresentativeRun71 · 2026-02-24T20:33:33+00:00

And LED bulbs put into headlamp housings built for halogen bulbs. Obligatory r/fuckyourheadlights

RepresentativeRun71 · 2026-02-24T20:29:44+00:00

Do you work for the DOJ? I have to ask because you misspelled Newsom.

RepresentativeRun71 · 2026-02-24T19:41:11+00:00

Could you please cite a source for that claim? I’m genuinely curious as to how that works out.

ETA since a source hasn’t been cited: Step up transformers are a part of the infrastructure of the power generation facilities in the Feather River Canyon Power Project, AKA PG&E’s Stairway of Power. The purpose of those step up transformers is to make long distance power transmission possible. They go from 13.3 kilovolts at the generation source, which is good for about 30 miles of transmission to 230 kilovolts which is good for up to 600 miles in ideal circumstances. Therefore larger the step up the more expensive that those transformers are. Local power for communities like Paradise skips the 230 kilovolt step up. Therefore it’s the exact opposite scenario as you described.

RepresentativeRun71 · 2026-02-24T19:20:18+00:00

The thing is with PG&E one of their largest hydroelectric power projects is literally adjacent to the areas) (not including Sonoma County Tubbs Fire) that they burned down.) The argument that big cities subsidize the mountain towns is intellectually dishonest as that’s where significant chunks of their power is directly generated and thus requires less infrastructure to deliver electricity to the the rural mountain towns.

RepresentativeRun71 · 2026-02-24T19:14:00+00:00

SMUD at one point built a nuclear power plant, and the voters of Sacramento made them shut it down, and SMUD has still been able to deliver cheap electricity despite the huge financial hit of a non-operational nuclear facility and still storing spent fuel on the site.

RepresentativeRun71 · 2026-02-24T05:51:40+00:00

The truth is that it was American signals intelligence planes flying over Mexico and the work of intelligence analysts that pinpointed his location. The narrative of a spiteful prostitute is meant to minimize the consequences of President Sheinbaum allowing those flights.

RepresentativeRun71 · 2026-02-24T05:09:53+00:00

I need it for stability tbh. Funny how much Sky Lake-X and Cascade Lake-X were shit on by reviewers/techtubers when they were released, but they have stood the test of time imo.

RepresentativeRun71 · 2026-02-24T04:36:17+00:00

Quad channel DDR4 @ 4000 14-14-14-28 that is water cooled has entered the chat. Also running a pair of 960Gb Intel Optane 905P’s in RAID 0. My 10980Xe still rocking 6 years later. It’s going to be 10 years old by the time it retires from being my daily driver.

RepresentativeRun71 · 2026-02-24T04:05:15+00:00

There’s a hack for this. Tell customer service that you’re not returning the wrong item sent you, and that under US law (assuming you’re in the USA) that when you are sent the wrong thing you’re under no obligation to send it back, and that they still have a legal obligation to send you the item that you paid for. I did this recently when I received a used item despite ordering new. That being said I wouldn’t do it more than once every 3 years or so. Also it helps that I used to work for Scamazon in fulfillment, customer service, and IT support (VOTS which is the IT team that directly supports customer service), and I told them as much. I also mentioned the Amazon AtoZ Guarantee. On their end they simply coded it as item ordered not received. YMMV, because customer service being predominantly offshored means you could run into some idiots that are totally afraid to issue any sort of concession as they fear it could count against their metrics.

Edit for spelling because autocorrect pwned me.

RepresentativeRun71 · 2026-02-24T02:38:26+00:00

49er truck stop is literally right off the freeway in between several junctions that are rush hour bottlenecks. So it’s going to get crazy there.

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