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[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 16 points 1 week ago

Had stinky tofu with curdled pig's blood in Taipei a while back. The people I was visiting had me try it at a night market. The smell was much worse than the texture or flavor. I could totally see someone who had grown up with it considering it comfort food.

Helped that we had all had a fair bit to drink already.

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 week ago

1000 charge cycles. If you charge twice a week, that's 500 weeks or a little less than 10 years. There's no mention of degradation over time.

But back-of-the-napkin, it means for this to be cost-effective, they may want to come up with some sort of replaceable or battery swap system. Not sure anyone will want to buy a vehicle that needs a massive battery retrofit every 8-10 years.

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

There's a divey bar 10m away where people have been watching results the last few years. Might head down there. Pretty sure it'll be packed.

Alternative is to crawl into bed and wait till January.

Edit: we have a lot of local races (Mayor, City Council, propositions) on the line. Might hit the bar just to watch those and just ignore the national stuff.

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 week ago

There's no real value to any of it.

Attach free beer to point levels and watch this thing explode.

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago

I always assumed it was planned , since she was wearing a sun-shaped cover underneath. Why else would you wear one?

It sucks that the pearl-clutching media ostracized her so much.

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 13 points 1 week ago (1 children)

One of the prime rules of storytelling is that the hero has to have a flaw.

Superman is super. He can't lose. That's why the writers introduced Kryptonite. Captain America is a super-soldier, but is still mortal. Thor is a god, but can lose his hammer and his powers.

The problem with Superhero movies is that they all got so much power they became invincible, and boring.

Good, classic storytelling beats VFX 10/10.

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[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 17 points 1 week ago

Yet again, grateful to live in California, where school breakfast and lunches are free to all students. Hands down, best use of my taxes (public libraries are a close #2).

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 48 points 1 week ago

If they show up. Have done phone-banking. Hard to beat apathy.

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago

Fat old Hamburgler vs ripped, brook-no-shit woman.

Good luck with that.

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 week ago

In a previous post, somebody called it a name that will forever live in my head:

WankPanzer.

[–] fubarx@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Losing the all-important male stripper customer base.

Obligatory:

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/20603742

U.S. version of the venerable British news/comedy show, #HIGNFY.

 

U.S. version of the venerable British news/comedy show, #HIGNFY.

 

Earlier today, at Oakland, CA charging station.

 

Not sure if true, but someone raised an issue when this was first announced. That you can no longer refuse to unlock your phone when stopped, since you'll have to unlock it to show your digital driver's license.

 

Next step would be realtime updates from journalists on breaking news.

 

Is a REST API to spread peace and love (or not) thanks to cats.

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