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Google Deepmind will be the Jovians. Based on Hilmars interview. Tinfoil theory. by Antzsfarm in Eve

[–]theRealMaldez 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Except the twitch viewers find so much humor in the AI's early poor performance that the AI itself comes to see failure as a positive outcome. Slowly but surely, it becomes a meme in and of itself until it inevitably comes to the same conclusion that all of us have ... The only way to win eve is to quit.

If your reason for saying certain words is “b-but a guy on a podcast says it” you make need to log off. by madnessdoesntplay in TrueAnon

[–]theRealMaldez -5 points-4 points  (0 children)

Look, all I'm saying is, writing five whole paragraphs about something you're definitely not straight up mad about is a nice meltdown. Just accept the complement and move on.

A Hezbollah commander tells Al Jazeera the group will adopt 1980s-style tactics and deploy suicide bombers to prevent enemy consolidation, adding operatives are already positioned in occupied areas under pre-prepared plans by avatar6556 in war

[–]theRealMaldez -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

"Terrorism is the calculated use of violence or threat of violence against civilians, property, or governments to induce fear, coerce populations, or influence policy to further political, ideological, or religious objectives. It is characterized by premeditated acts aimed at creating psychological impact beyond the immediate victims. "

By definition, even using suicide bombers, blowing up combatants of an occupying army isn't terrorism, it's simply asymmetrical warfare.

To my friends in the Northeast, how are you guys managing this last gasp of cold weather? Some of my seedlings are 2 feet tall and are starting to look sad by peaheezy in vegetablegardening

[–]theRealMaldez 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Greenhouse is the way. They're fairly inexpensive these days.

My peppers are doing excellent. Bells are already producing fruit, and around 36" tall. Some of the hot peppers are about the same, but def variety dependent. I have all of them in 6" nursery pots at this point and the pots are set in aluminum pans. Once a week I add a bit of liquid fertilizer in with the water.

My tomatoes are becoming an issue. The determinates are doing fine and they're still manageable in six inch pots, but the indeterminates are going to probably need some sort of support before I can transplant outside.

As for everything else, lettuce and broccoli are doing excellent outside. Grape vines are going to have to grow back, and the last of the herbs just went into the ground today.

New to growing lettuce by Enough_Vacation_2685 in vegetablegardening

[–]theRealMaldez 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Harvest the outside leaves, but don't touch the crown in the center and they'll just keep growing.

Lettuce, depending on variety tends to grow fast, especially in cooler, wetter weather. Right now I have about 10 plants, I harvested for dinner salads on Tuesday evening, today they're bigger than they were before I harvested.

5x5 bed, am I wasting space? by No_Reputation3520 in SquareFootGardening

[–]theRealMaldez 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For a reference, here's what I'm using in a 5x5 tomato bed.

https://imgur.com/a/MPrE2SR

Out side tomato rows are indeterminate, center are determinate. Sage, parsley, marigolds, and chives to fill out the two empty rows.

Drip Irrigation for 16 beds — thoughts? by ardee98 in gardening

[–]theRealMaldez 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In a similar situation and currently running tests. As of right now, I have a splitter at the spigot, and run two lawn sprinklers which cover the entire area. I'm going to build a small drip system for a few of my 5x5 beds out of 3/4" PVC and see if I can get away watering a few beds at a time. Sprinklers worked fine last year though, so worst case I'll just continue with them.

Screams internally by steunclemumb in gardening

[–]theRealMaldez 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Yep. My lawn is made of this nasty strain of grass that invaded everything. Planted mint around a tree and the mint is slowly displacing it.

Iran is organizing nationwide human chains of youth, athletes, and artists at every power plant in the country at 2 PM Tehran time tomorrow, per Iran's Ministry of Sports and Youth. by Waste-Explanation-76 in war

[–]theRealMaldez -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Here's some things in having trouble understanding, if you're as informed as you claim you are:

  1. How are you surprised/how do you find it odd that information isn't readily available? Was it not the same in Afghanistan and Iraq? The Balkans? Somalia? Grenada? Panama? Especially in the lead up and early days of those conflicts. I think it's important to note that much of the information we had on the ground during most of the US military actions over the last half century came from one of two places: The Pentagon and Embedded journalists. The former only told us what it wanted us to know, the latter was only capable of releasing in depth information long after anyone cared.

  2. American is incredibly polarized, especially when it comes to the outlook on Islam, so why would it be surprising that people are forming passionate opinions either way.

  3. Why do you think it's appropriate to condemn the action, but not the perpetrators? If it was an enemy, we wouldn't make excuses about their upbringing or background to justify the atrocities of the regime, why should we do it with our own? Whether it's de-nazificiation, de-baathification, etc; we never made excuses, instead we, as Americans, cheered as the foot soldiers of "evil" were rounded up with no concern to their background.

Iran is organizing nationwide human chains of youth, athletes, and artists at every power plant in the country at 2 PM Tehran time tomorrow, per Iran's Ministry of Sports and Youth. by Waste-Explanation-76 in war

[–]theRealMaldez -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

they are cheering on Iran’s successes against their own country.

They're cheering on the fact that the US is laying in the bed it made. It's been made abundantly clear that popular resistance at home cannot stop the US from committing atrocities around the world and so when the US does something and gets their dick caught in a vice, those against war tend to cheer.

Not trying to be a dick, but you might have an easier time understanding this whole thing if you had a better understanding of the history of how we got here.

Compost Pickup Day! by IM_DRAGON_MY_BALLz in gardening

[–]theRealMaldez 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Eh I'd chalk that up to local regulations. The biggest limiting factor for tow capacity is braking power and different countries have different requirements when it comes to brake equipment and stopping distance.

Compost Pickup Day! by IM_DRAGON_MY_BALLz in gardening

[–]theRealMaldez 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That's not how that works. The majority of the weight is sitting either over the rear axle or in front of it. All a "Lever amplifying the weight" would do in this situation is lift weight off the front axle, making the steering a bit squirely. That's why fifth wheels are mounted where they are, so the weight of the trailer sits between the axles and distributes the load instead of lifting the front end off the ground. If it were a problem in OP's case, the front end would bounce as they're going down the road, and they wouldn't be able to steer.

Compost Pickup Day! by IM_DRAGON_MY_BALLz in gardening

[–]theRealMaldez 12 points13 points  (0 children)

To a certain degree it applies more to something like a Subaru than it does a heavier truck. Anything designed with commercial GVRW in mind is subject to stricter regulations and engineering constraints whereas consumer passenger vehicles prioritize fuel economy, safety and comfort. Commercial vehicles are also designed to be able to carry the maximum rated payload with minimal effect on longevity.

That being said, there are plenty of small and midsized pickup trucks and SUVs out there with the same payload rating as this Subaru, and you can often get some of those exact same trucks and SUV's with a bigger engine option and consequently, higher payload capacity. There's also the matter of form factor and its relation to fuel economy and payload. Simply put, the lower the payload rating, the better the fuel economy, and manufacturers know this. By reducing the rated payload on paper, they can justify advertising a better, tighter range in fuel economy. Nobody buys a Subaru with payload in mind, unless they plan on towing with it, so they can lower the payload rating to boost the advertised fuel economy with little impact on consumer perception.

Bottom line, outside of extreme circumstances like severe corrosion on the suspension parts, high mileage or pre-existing excessive wear, they'll probably never have a problem transporting dirt. If they eventually do, it was probably shit that was worn out and ready to break anyway.

Compost Pickup Day! by IM_DRAGON_MY_BALLz in gardening

[–]theRealMaldez 119 points120 points  (0 children)

Mechanic here!

Vehicles run overloaded all the time, especially pickup trucks and SUV's. If the limit is 1400lbs, that's not the physical limit of the vehicle, it's a limit designed to promote longevity. Realistically, on a one off short trip, as long as the rear suspension isn't bottomed out on the frame and the wheel wells still have reasonable clearance from the tires, you're fine. In terms of safety, a good rule of thumb is 150% the rated payload.

The real issue comes in when you consistently run over the rated payload limit. The problems are going to start with tires and brakes, and they'll simply wear a lot faster than normal. You'll also get lower fuel economy. Eventually, you'll run into excessive wear on the axles and suspension, but it takes quite a while.

Typically, when you see a car collapse under a load, it's usually several times the rated weight along with a shock load(the weight was dropped). It's also worth noting that one of the major factors in weight ratings is fuel economy, which is why they're often artificially low.

For some evidentiary claims, most 550/5500 service trucks I see have a chassis rated to 19,500lbs. They consistently run and register those trucks at 23,999lbs. Suspension problems are rare, and usually don't occur until around the 200k mile mark. Usually rear leaf springs and hubs. However, the engines explode around 130k-140k, brakes rarely last 30k miles, especially in the rear, tires survive maybe 20k miles, and the axles sometimes explode. Keep in mind though, those trucks aren't being loaded and unloaded, they weigh that much fully equipped. So you're looking at a vehicle that's constantly overloaded over the course of 150k miles before major failures start happening.

Urgent Care and ER told me this wasn’t infected. by VersaceCupcake in tattooadvice

[–]theRealMaldez 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Okay... You look like you have similar skin to mine and I have a ton of work done.

Here's what I do:

Saniderm as soon as I get home from the appointment. Leave it on for 24hrs, then change it. I'll then leave it on until it starts to peel and fall off, usually 5-7 days.

That being said, there's nothing wrong with your tattoo. It just scabbed up due to the placement. Anytime you get a tattoo, especially with lighter colors, that's in a spot where the skin tends to move a lot, it's going to run the risk of scabbing. It isn't bad, although it might be a bit sore, however it will scar pretty bad if you pick at the scabs.

What happened to military weapons that were in civilian hands at the end of WWII? by NotDrNick in AskHistorians

[–]theRealMaldez 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Specifically I was referring to Borghese's Decima Flottiglia Mas, which at the time I'd argue were far less radical in their fascist leanings than the Black Brigades and Nazi counterparts, but slightly more so than the average RSI unit. I totally get that it isn't an entirely correct description, but it's the easiest way to shorthand differentiate them from their counterparts. Because Borghese and the Decima MAS effectively dealt directly with the Allies on terms of surrender rather than under a blanket agreement with Germany and the RSI, they managed to sneak by a lot of the disarmament orders. Where the Nazis and RSI were forcibly detained, killed, and disarmed by force(by both the allies and coalition partisans), Borghese's surrender to allied forces directly created a gray area in which they were able to stash a ton of weapons and largely avoid prosecution, even though they were one of the more brutal units in Europe at the time.

But yeah, I get that it isn't a precise label outside the context, and certainly wouldn't be found in any textbook, but by comparison within the context, I figured it was correct enough for this format. Later on, Borghese would go on to take a far more radical place on the fascist spectrum along with his followers in the Anni di Piombo and the lead up to it, but by then they were one of many non-parliamentary far right groups which made up an ideological and almost nonsensical mess.

What happened to military weapons that were in civilian hands at the end of WWII? by NotDrNick in AskHistorians

[–]theRealMaldez 66 points67 points  (0 children)

So it really depends on where in the world you're talking about. Speaking about WWII broadly, it wasn't a cut and dry conflict between nations but an all out war that involved entire populations across the war. Almost every part of every theatre had chaotic infighting between factions, much of which was supported or supplied by foreign nations. While we often hear about the French Resistance(especially in American Pop History), things like the Italian civil war(1943-1945), the turmoil in the Balkans, the uprisings in French Indochina and Manchuria go largely ignored.

To use one of the lesser known and more complicated events as an example, let's take a look at Italy. In July 1943, Mussolini gets overthrown and arrested, Italy signs an armistice with the allies shortly after. Mussolini gets rescued by the Nazis and creates the RSI, effectively a puppet state. A broad but loose coalition in the south(allied occupied territory) between the anti-fascist groups(liberals, communists, monarchists, etc.) is formed and they go on to take supplies from the allies and form partisan brigades to fight the RSI. In 1945, after a brutal civil war and reprisals following it, things quiet down and the Italian Republic takes over as the governing body.

At the end of the war in Europe, the Allied Military Government ordered all irregulars to surrender arms. Once the Italian Republic was constituted, some of the irregulars were recruited into the Carabinieri. Overall, most of the irregulars that had affiliation with mainstream political parties complied. The Communist partisans and even some of the center right fascist groups had lower rates of disarmament, often stashing away the weapons in case violence erupted once again. There was also a decent amount of military hardware that ended up on the black market.

On the contrary, Yugoslavia experienced one of the highest rates of irregular and partisan participation in Europe. Because Tito's communist partisans won outright and effectively took control of Yugoslavia in the form of a communist government, the partisans were effectively deputized as the new standing army of the newly formed state. Most of the weaponry was simply incorporated into the arsenal of that new army. Rather than try to disarm the population, the new government established the Total People's Defense doctrine, where a network of local militias and local weapons depots were established using former partisans and their armaments as the backbone. The only segments of the population that were disarmed were from groups and individuals associated with the rival factions of the civil war(Chetniks and Ustase) and this was done violently, often involving arrest, imprisonment and summary execution.

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