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GreyEyedGhost

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  • Toyota Chairman Goes Full MAGA At NASCAR-Inspired Event He Threw In Japan - Jalopnik

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  • So, using the handy little tool you referenced, I scrolled down to see how much of those contributions were from individuals associated with Honda, versus contributions from the Corporation. We'll, the total from Honda, since 1990, was $324k. The total that wasn't from individuals, from the Honda corporation, was...$0. Meanwhile, if you want to find a year where that's applicable to Toyota, you will have to go back to 2012, the furthest back that the history (easily) allows you to go on that site. And their total from corporate and individuals comes in at $8.9M.

    My embarrassment knows no bounds.

  • Why is the majority of the homeless population seemingly either white or indigenous?

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  • If the problem isn't race, statistics indicate they will likely match the trends for the region. Would it surprise you to learn there are a lot of homeless Indians in Delhi?

    If the problem is race, you need to ask why. No studies I'm aware of have strongly linked success or mental health with race. If people don't want to rent to, sell to, buy from, or employ certain races, this has a chance of increasing the number of homeless people of that race, relative to their proportion of the community. It may also drive up the number of that race leaving that area, further inflating the relative proportion of homeless people of that race.

    And finally, if the demographics of your community are an outlier of the demographic statistics you're reviewing, the more likely they are to not match the statistics.

  • Toyota Chairman Goes Full MAGA At NASCAR-Inspired Event He Threw In Japan - Jalopnik

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  • The difference is assuming, rather than looking for evidence, and then doubling down like now, after being told that at least one automaker is making a point of not making political overtures.

    If you care to pore over my post history, you will see plenty of comments from me making the same point to people saying, "I won't buy an EV because of all the privacy violations," with me responding, "All new cars have this problem, ICE or EV." They then respond with, "Well, that's why I won't buy a car made after x year," to which I respond, "Then why mention EVs at all?"

    If you don't want to bother educating yourself before making sweeping statements, don't be surprised if someone calls you out on it, echo chamber or no.

  • Toyota Chairman Goes Full MAGA At NASCAR-Inspired Event He Threw In Japan - Jalopnik

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  • Well, as long as everyone is being shitty, I guess we shouldn't mention how they're shitty. Except apparently some aren't.

  • Unremovable Spyware on Samsung Devices Comes Pre-installed on Galaxy Series Devices

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  • That's pretty funny. It's been legally mandated that bootloaders be unlockable in my country, which I've done before.

  • Rebble · Core Devices Keeps Stealing Our Work [Update: see comment]

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  • Claiming that someone stole what you stole is a little hypocritical. Not having a Pebble, and having discovered them just after they were shut down by Google, I'm glad Rebble did what they did. But claiming ownership seems a little over the top. Having an archive of apps available via a third-party site sounds like a win for both parties, except for the financial side. Certainly, not paying anything would be a benefit for RePebble, and not having an option to charge anything would be a loss for Rebble, but it sounds like an unmitigated win for Pebble and RePebble users.

    RePebble seems to be very committed to going FOSS, up to releasing some or all of their code as GPL3, which is hard to argue around. I'll be revisiting this saga in 6 months or so when I'm in the market for a smart watch.

  • Don't get catfished

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  • Don't get catfished

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  • I still have all my digits! I can count to 20 without resorting to binary!

  • Don't get catfished

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  • Freudian typo there! Yes, I heard of this one before, but that seems to be a one in a million accident. One should always be familiar with the holes they're going to stick appendages in if they want to keep them. I've known more than one person who lost fingers clearing grass clippings from a running mower. 🤷‍♂️

  • Don't get catfished

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  • ...but a vacuum?

  • Female tourist takes down phone-snatcher in Argentina

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  • Vigilantism is a common response to the failure of the justice system. When people feel like the justice system will serve them, and policing will protect them, they're more inclined to let justice be served.

  • Unremovable Spyware on Samsung Devices Comes Pre-installed on Galaxy Series Devices

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  • You can mostly disable them. Delete your Samsung account, don't agree to their terms of service besides the most basic one or two that is required. No defense of Samsung, just what I did to deny them as much as I could of my information until I replace this phone and never buy Samsung again.

  • Unremovable Spyware on Samsung Devices Comes Pre-installed on Galaxy Series Devices

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  • I'm a pretty big fan of using fuck, but holy fuck, that was a lot. I wonder why you feel that passionately about it?

    I deleted my Samsung account when an update about 6 months ago came along that basically wanted ALL your personal data so you could use AI for photo search, etc. Then I found out about all the other minor things they insist you have an account to use. So, yeah, Fuck Samsung! Now I need to find a phone I can live with to replace it when it stops working.

  • How far back in time could you go with your skills?

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  • Nice to have certainty for the future.

  • How far back in time could you go with your skills?

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  • Being able to set a bone, sterilize a wound, and stitch it closed would make a huge difference for a lot of people. High proof alcohol and cauterization, and fine enough needles are the hardest parts on that list.

  • How far back in time could you go with your skills?

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  • But only for about 500 years, then you're a madman or a witch and things get really interesting.

  • What would be the most optimal way to have good bodily nutrition with the lowest cost per meal?

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  • Had to upvote because you're entirely correct. Protein deficiency isn't really a thing in the developed world, except for those who are eating exceptionally poorly. There is one amino acid that is absent or very low in most legumes, but it can be found in most grains or nuts, so the slightest effort can remove the risk of deficiency.

    Most nutritional diseases in the developed world are due to excess, not deficiency.

  • What would be the most optimal way to have good bodily nutrition with the lowest cost per meal?

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  • The main goal for MREs isn't to be cheap, it's to be nutritious, shelf stable, and easy to prepare. There are certainly cheaper ways if your only goal is to be nutritious.

    I made some burritos a couple weeks ago. Mainly rice and beans, with some beef, cheese, and salsa for flavor, seasoned to my liking in a flour wrap. The intent was to freeze them for quick meals, so no fresh veggies. One or two of those paired with a salad would be quite nutritious, and probably cost less than $1 each. If I skipped the beef and cheese, it would certainly cost less than $1 each.

    The bulk of those meals would be rice and beans, and you can buy them in bulk, but they're still cheap even if you don't.

  • Breaking: Google is easing up on Android's new sideloading restrictions!

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  • Android isn't FOSS, AOSP is. If you keep conflating that, I'm not sure what you're getting at. And having a sandbox or VM that allows you to run Linux apps is not the same as having native support. That would be like saying Windows had Linux support 20 years ago because VMWare existed.

    And no, control of your phone doesn't equal Linux, but native support for a FOSS OS at the base level means that if the maintainers decide to go in a different direction, you can more easily part ways with them. AOSP used to be a more complete version of Android, but that has been clawed back repeatedly as Google transfers functionality to Google Play services and elsewhere, which has caused difficulties for LineageOS and GrapheneOS to be maintained over the years, including Graphene exploring moving to another device for support from the one line of devices they support now.

    Clearly, this isn't solely the fault of Android and Google, hardware vendors bear a lot of blame, as well as their desire to exert more control over their customers. But Google and Android have the exact same issue and certainly won't be pressuring hardware vendors to open up their standards.