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frezik

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  • The guy who made it explicitly rejected a van for his purposes. Maybe we should let him decide how to do his job?

    . . . very small niche of of tradesmen . . .

    How many niches does it take when, all together, they're no longer niche cases?

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  • This is a weird argument to put here. You're actually advocating against the smaller option.

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  • There are plenty of reasons a worker would choose a van. There are plenty of reason a worker would choose a truck.

    Consider this setup:

    Everything is made to be easily accessible. The rack can hold ladders and conduit that are as long as the vehicle (or even a bit longer). Other setups will have side access toolboxes.

    Fifth wheels are not just for campers. They haul Bobcats. They haul livestock. They haul large sheds or even small houses. They haul several pallets of bricks.

    For that matter, try getting pallet into a van as opposed to a truck bed. If it's even possible to fit it in a van, you have to be a lot more careful while doing it.

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  • It does no such thing.

    Are you aware of what a fifth wheel is? If you don't, you really shouldn't be commenting about what's better for work or not.

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  • This "just buy a van" crap really needs to stop. There are plenty of reasons specifically to get a pickup truck. The F250 isn't even sold to customers without a commercial account with Ford. Work vans and trucks are often made on exactly the same platform with a different shell put over it. The van will tend to have worse gas mileage due to the frontal cross section usually being higher (they ride a bit lower while having a same or higher ceiling height).

    The problem is really the F150 and similar. It's still gigantic, it's sold to whomever can apply for an 8 year/25% interest rate loan, and is rarely used for anything like actual work. The diesel version was also discontinued, which pushes some people--the type who do actual work with it--to either buy the F250 or find a somewhat older F150 model.

    It is outright impossible to buy a small truck in the US. I know guys who do real work with it and they aren't happy having to buy a big machine. No, not the Maverick. That's "well, there's spam egg sausage and spam, that's not got much spam in it" but for trucks.

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  • It's a temptation every Miata owner faces.

  • Checkmate, Round Earthers 🌍

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  • But we wouldn't see sunrise/sunset.

  • Guy explains to CEO of Signal (messaging) that it's going to add "AI" to the service. She says no. He insists, not knowing or caring who he's talking down to.

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  • She's also the founder of AI Now, which produces reports on the social impact of AI.

    Its 2023 Report argued that meaningful reform of the tech sector must focus on addressing concentrated power in the tech industry.

    The company behind Signal, Signal Messenger LLC, is not publicly traded. That and VC money tends to be where the problems begin. When it comes down to it, companies are just collections of people who band together to accomplish something that they couldn't on their own. We're so used to companies being soul sucking parasites of capitalism that we've lost track of what they're for.

  • Guy explains to CEO of Signal (messaging) that it's going to add "AI" to the service. She says no. He insists, not knowing or caring who he's talking down to.

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  • Why split hairs about what's going on rather than focusing on the fact that he talked down to a subject matter expert?

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  • Dr Noonien Soong has entered the chat

  • Bringing a "please don't" to a gun fight

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  • Or Franco or Pinochet or Marcos or Saddam. Hell, put Tito on that list. Or any number of countries that had been subjugated by colonial empires, like India or the Philippines.

    There are so many ways that oppressive governments work and ways that protest movements can work effectively against them. Germany 1933 has parallels to today, but it's by no means an exact match, or even a very good match.

  • Bringing a "please don't" to a gun fight

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  • Can people learn about dictators that aren't Adolf Hitler? Please?

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  • Is this based on a careful study of violent and non-violent protest movements under regiemes in many countries? Or did you pull it out of your ass?

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  • The Estes Corporation makes rockets that will do 600 meters.

    It's great that Honda is doing this. We really need other companies in this area, because SpaceX is dominating it. Even if Elon weren't a walking disaster, we don't want one company so badly outclassing everyone else.

  • A friendly reminder, the USA took 4 Presidents, thousands of lives, trillions of dollar and 20 years to replace Taliban with Taliban.

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  • Did the cocaine just kick in? WTF is going on with this post?

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  • Almost like non-violent protest movements are a marathon, not a sprint.

  • We’ve had a Denisovan skull since the 1930s—only nobody knew

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  • It's not just breeding. Are the offspring sterile? A male horse and a female donkey will get you a hinny, but they're sterile. Male donkey and female horse makes a mule, which are almost always sterile with a few exceptions.

  • A friendly reminder, the USA took 4 Presidents, thousands of lives, trillions of dollar and 20 years to replace Taliban with Taliban.

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  • Are you saying all those refugees showed up in 2022?