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the governor is saying that the shooter thinks republicans are fascists, and we can probably assume he means “the left” thinks republicans are fascists. i’d say beyond that isn’t anything we can infer from the statement alone

still there from australia too

perhaps simply putting something like cling wrap over the lens and moving it for each photo would be enough: adding some scratches and roughness that slightly changes each time you move it

i’d guess that the digital processing is a well known change so you can account for it

after all, modern post processing on a phone afaik is done in the raw sensor data, so is using a lot more data than is actually stored in the JPEG: it probably leads to more information being available than if it weren’t done (more shadow detail rather than crushed blacks, etc)

The same applies to radio transmitters and every analogue medium like probably microphone or preamp or ADC.

exactly why when you buy any halfway decent mic there’s the option to buy them in sets: they’ll have come off the production line together so that their imperfections are as close to each other as possible so that they sound as identical as they can be

there will always be burner phones

if you’re taking about charlie kirk with that “civil conversation” bit, those conversations were using misleading half truths to publicly debate people he disagrees with in order to convert the people around said debate to his cause. i wouldn’t call that civil… civil is healthy, truthful debate on the merits: not winning at all costs

honestly the text kinda looks like it’s AI generated… has weird kerning, things aren’t quite right

of course you’re right! we should just shut down some of the largest mines in the world

i foresee no consequences from this

(related note: south australia where one of the largest underground mines in the world is, largely gets its power from renewables)

people should probably move from canada and most of the north of the USA too: far too cold up there during winter

the fact that it made you uncomfortable, or at least thought that it was too much is the point. in the future the author/designers are making a comment on sexual exploitation for profit is commonplace and has been normalised

it’s there to make the setting similar to those familiar to us from universes like blade runner, altered carbon, (to a lesser degree) firefly. it’s the standard sci-fi canon that future corporatocratic society is filled with these things: the money buys whatever you like - the basest of desires are on the table no matter what

and it’s also there in all of those universes as a comment on exploitation and morality: just because you (or rather a select few) can buy it doesn’t make it right

it may not often be part of the narrative per se, but it’s an integral part of universe building: you can’t have narrative in a void, so you need to build a convincing universe to tell the story inside

sounds reasonable… i’ll just go tell large parts of australia where it’s a workplace health and safety issue to be out of AC for more than 15min during the day that they should do their bit for climate change and suck it up… only a few people will die

130 is extremely rare. even 110 is very rare tbh (interstate type roads, and they can often be 100 too)… 80 is our common “fast” speed in metro areas

yeah its pretty standard for australia: +50% of the cost of the item in shipping

shipping TO the US though… when shipping from a lot of places in the US that say free shipping for north america and incorporating that into their product cost, we subsidise your shipping and our own exorbitant rate

australia: $30 product, free shipping to north america, $20 shipping to australia… guess i’m subsidising y’all’s shipping while also getting fucked aye?!

PLA is pretty brittle AFAIK. these need to be squeezed, so i’m not sure it’d do… perhaps they could add something to it? but whether that additive would also be compostable… it’d certainly make it non-recyclable

response to unmissable basketball hoop vid: get good nba players do this every game multiple times

then you have to pay for it though

the UN is a place for diplomacy at all costs: nothing more. any action that comes from the UN is simply a secondary outcome of facilitating talk between countries

it’s not meant to have teeth - it’s meant to facilitate agreement, and avoid misunderstanding

there are lots of different covers for license plates which block photography only, and allow humans to see the plate. i’m not sure how all of them work