“We don’t just take [Rotterdam] apart for the phallus symbol of a megalomaniac billionaire,” said the protest’s organizers, who oppose dismantling the historic bridge.
It's just a Subaru, John Deere has been fighting Right to Repair for years. Wait till your 400,000 dollar tractor is setting in a field, waiting for a week till a technician can get there with his laptop.
John Deere 8345RT
Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.
@d_blades said:
It's just a Subaru, John Deere has been fighting Right to Repair for years. Wait till your 400,000 dollar tractor is setting in a field, waiting for a week till a technician can get there with his laptop.
John Deere 8345RT
People wonder what the fuss is. Here's an example:
When my Kubota was brand new, the PTO quit suddenly. I'm thinking "what the heck?", I was used to my old Ford tractor crapping out, and I usually knew what to do to at least finish today's work, if not a quick permanent fix.
So, new tractor, warranty, blah-blah, call Them to come fix this. Meanwhile, unable to rest my mind, I start checking it out and find that a section of wire that should have been tucked away and zip-tied in place, wasn't. Sure enough, it's wrenched out of the connector and the connector is screwed up, but only on the accessible side. Cool.
Technician arrives, I tell him what I've found, he looks at it and grunts and proceeds to follow the algorithms in his manual. OK, I think I know where that's going to lead him, so I just wait. Surely he's got a pin kit in his 3/4 ton bag of tricks.
After about 20 minutes of poking and grunting and referring to the manual, he arrives at the conclusion: "The rear sector wiring harness must be replaced". Huh? He explains that the tractor will have to go back to the shop, where they'll await the arrival at some undetermined time of the new parts, then be placed on the schedule for repair. New part should run about $1,300, possibly up to 3k for entire repair, since it would be considered operator error that the wire had been pulled out while operating the tractor.
I thanked him for his time as I told him I'd think of another way. Once he was gone I went over to the corner of my shop to the piles of old lawnmowers and motorcycle parts that reside there. After a few minutes work I've located a suitably sized pin in one of the connectors, remove it, solder it in place in the damaged connector on the tractor, voila! Been working ever since.
Kubota place sent me a bill for $47.00 "parts & labor". Well, y'all can probably guess the rest of the story.
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@d_blades said:
It's just a Subaru, John Deere has been fighting Right to Repair for years. Wait till your 400,000 dollar tractor is setting in a field, waiting for a week till a technician can get there with his laptop.
John Deere 8345RT
I saw a documentary on YouTube that highlighted John Deere's desire to handle all repairs. I think John Deere is being quite unreasonable. I also think it is best to go with simple machines whenever possible. By "simple machines" I basically mean machines that you as an individual are capable of repairing when things go wrong.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
Thinks it's less to do with the trial diversity and more to do with the treatment being low cost. Diversity was just an excuse to get some cheap political points.
Cancer is sadly a huge money maker, not to mention a fear to hang over people's heads. If a low cost treatment exists for lung cancer, the government's fetish to save everyone from 7th hand smoke, goes up in...smoke
@TheKraken said:
Thinks it's less to do with the trial diversity and more to do with the treatment being low cost. Diversity was just an excuse to get some cheap political points.
Cancer is sadly a huge money maker, not to mention a fear to hang over people's heads. If a low cost treatment exists for lung cancer, the government's fetish to save everyone from 7th hand smoke, goes up in...smoke
Interesting take, I hadn't thought of that. I certainly wouldn't put it past the government.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
Canadian Parliament moots a bill to make it a criminal offense to even intend to express hate speech in the future. In other words, if you haven't said anything yet, but someone complains that you might say something some day, then that's your crime.
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
@webmost said:
Canadian Parliament moots a bill to make it a criminal offense to even intend to express hate speech in the future. In other words, if you haven't said anything yet, but someone complains that you might say something some day, then that's your crime.
@webmost said:
Canadian Parliament moots a bill to make it a criminal offense to even intend to express hate speech in the future. In other words, if you haven't said anything yet, but someone complains that you might say something some day, then that's your crime.
Like a bunch of 5 year old kids. "I thought he was going to hit me so I hit him back, first"
Sad thing is, that's about how an all too large portion of humanity thinks. For real.
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@webmost said:
Canadian Parliament moots a bill to make it a criminal offense to even intend to express hate speech in the future. In other words, if you haven't said anything yet, but someone complains that you might say something some day, then that's your crime.
@webmost said:
Canadian Parliament moots a bill to make it a criminal offense to even intend to express hate speech in the future. In other words, if you haven't said anything yet, but someone complains that you might say something some day, then that's your crime.
Like a bunch of 5 year old kids. "I thought he was going to hit me so I hit him back, first"
Sad thing is, that's about how an all too large portion of humanity thinks. For real.
Sad thing is, it's not even about hitting. It's merely "I don't like the way he thinks."
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
Putin puts nuclear forces on high alert as Ukraine announces talks with Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he had put his nuclear deterrence forces into high alert, attributing the move to “aggressive statements” from the West against Russia.
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"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
yeah, but totally understandable:
BBC: "He told defence chiefs it was because of "aggressive statements" by the West...."
lol.
This stuff is getting to me; 'rona, Putin, "patriots", Trump, Biden, Korea, China, intolerance, all the -isms, old age. I laugh as much as I can but it's effin' depressing.
Not sure if this is the best thread for this, but it is just really bugging me. This guy kidnaps a 4 year old, beats him to death and leaves his body in the street, then goes back for the twin brother but gets spooked and runs away.
How is it even a debate on whether or not he understood what he was doing was wrong? He ran away when he heard a noise, he did this under the cover of night, both are indications that he didn't want to get caught, which means he understood it to be wrong.
He even tried to kidnap a toddler once but failed, then came back and apologized to the toddler's grandfather. Again, evidence that he knew what he was doing was wrong.
@Hobbes86 said:
Not sure if this is the best thread for this, but it is just really bugging me. This guy kidnaps a 4 year old, beats him to death and leaves his body in the street, then goes back for the twin brother but gets spooked and runs away.
How is it even a debate on whether or not he understood what he was doing was wrong? He ran away when he heard a noise, he did this under the cover of night, both are indications that he didn't want to get caught, which means he understood it to be wrong.
He even tried to kidnap a toddler once but failed, then came back and apologized to the toddler's grandfather. Again, evidence that he knew what he was doing was wrong.
All-in-all, this is why I take the measures I do in keeping my home secure.
Deeds are facts.
Shrinkology is a series of conjectures based on fluctuating and frequently preposterous theories. Shrinks may fool themselves, lunatics may fool shrinks, and evil deeds may result from such tomfoolery.
When ought guilt or innocence be based on facts instead of lunacy?
“It has been a source of great pain to me to have met with so many among [my] opponents who had not the liberality to distinguish between political and social opposition; who transferred at once to the person, the hatred they bore to his political opinions.” —Thomas Jefferson (1808)
I've never understood the argument that "he might be insane "
Duh! He beat a 4 year old to death, no shitt he's insane. But what's your point?
Let the punishment fit the crime. Drop him into a rock crusher.
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Comments
https://hyperallergic.com/710546/thousands-pledge-to-egg-jeff-bezos-mega-yacht-rotterdam/
“We don’t just take [Rotterdam] apart for the phallus symbol of a megalomaniac billionaire,” said the protest’s organizers, who oppose dismantling the historic bridge.
It's just a Subaru, John Deere has been fighting Right to Repair for years. Wait till your 400,000 dollar tractor is setting in a field, waiting for a week till a technician can get there with his laptop.
John Deere 8345RT
Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.
People wonder what the fuss is. Here's an example:
When my Kubota was brand new, the PTO quit suddenly. I'm thinking "what the heck?", I was used to my old Ford tractor crapping out, and I usually knew what to do to at least finish today's work, if not a quick permanent fix.
So, new tractor, warranty, blah-blah, call Them to come fix this. Meanwhile, unable to rest my mind, I start checking it out and find that a section of wire that should have been tucked away and zip-tied in place, wasn't. Sure enough, it's wrenched out of the connector and the connector is screwed up, but only on the accessible side. Cool.
Technician arrives, I tell him what I've found, he looks at it and grunts and proceeds to follow the algorithms in his manual. OK, I think I know where that's going to lead him, so I just wait. Surely he's got a pin kit in his 3/4 ton bag of tricks.
After about 20 minutes of poking and grunting and referring to the manual, he arrives at the conclusion: "The rear sector wiring harness must be replaced". Huh? He explains that the tractor will have to go back to the shop, where they'll await the arrival at some undetermined time of the new parts, then be placed on the schedule for repair. New part should run about $1,300, possibly up to 3k for entire repair, since it would be considered operator error that the wire had been pulled out while operating the tractor.
I thanked him for his time as I told him I'd think of another way. Once he was gone I went over to the corner of my shop to the piles of old lawnmowers and motorcycle parts that reside there. After a few minutes work I've located a suitably sized pin in one of the connectors, remove it, solder it in place in the damaged connector on the tractor, voila! Been working ever since.
Kubota place sent me a bill for $47.00 "parts & labor". Well, y'all can probably guess the rest of the story.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
I saw a documentary on YouTube that highlighted John Deere's desire to handle all repairs. I think John Deere is being quite unreasonable. I also think it is best to go with simple machines whenever possible. By "simple machines" I basically mean machines that you as an individual are capable of repairing when things go wrong.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
https://www.wnd.com/2022/02/homeless-man-becomes-unlikely-hero-man-goes-missing-days-desert/
Lol, only 10 - 14,000 dollars
https://www.acquiremag.com/style/leica-officially-releases-watches
Holding up lower cost, effective treatment, because the trials weren't racially diverse enough.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/fda-slows-approval-of-affordable-cancer-drug-in-the-name-of-racial-equity
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
Thinks it's less to do with the trial diversity and more to do with the treatment being low cost. Diversity was just an excuse to get some cheap political points.
Cancer is sadly a huge money maker, not to mention a fear to hang over people's heads. If a low cost treatment exists for lung cancer, the government's fetish to save everyone from 7th hand smoke, goes up in...smoke
Interesting take, I hadn't thought of that. I certainly wouldn't put it past the government.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
At any given time the urge to sing "In The Jungle" is just a whim away... A whim away... A whim away...
It's not dangerous to democracy, it's dangerous to the agenda. Democracy only works with varied viewpoints being freely expressed.
Don't let the wife know what you spend on guns, ammo or cigars.
Dangerous to their profit margins as well.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
What? Looks ready for sea level rise.
Yeah, if there was a sea within 300 miles of here lol
Leaky roof? No problem, just tip the house to one corner to help it drain.
Canadian Parliament moots a bill to make it a criminal offense to even intend to express hate speech in the future. In other words, if you haven't said anything yet, but someone complains that you might say something some day, then that's your crime.
https://www.parl.ca/DocumentViewer/en/43-2/bill/C-36/first-reading
Reminds me of Minority Report.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
Sneaky Magpies Outwit Scientists by Removing Tracking Devices
https://apple.news/AJYeeJlDdRwW9wXu-rTWghw
Like a bunch of 5 year old kids. "I thought he was going to hit me so I hit him back, first"
Sad thing is, that's about how an all too large portion of humanity thinks. For real.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
Leftist "progressives"
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.
Sad thing is, it's not even about hitting. It's merely "I don't like the way he thinks."
Gypsies stole a Russian tank. (Not a trusted source but really hoping it’s true for the laughs)
https://www.diglogs.com/cesko/the-ukrainian-roma-achieved-success-seizing-the-russian-tank/
aw, jeez just put us out of our misery:
Putin puts nuclear forces on high alert as Ukraine announces talks with Russia
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that he had put his nuclear deterrence forces into high alert, attributing the move to “aggressive statements” from the West against Russia.
Dude's a total thug.
Oh wait, I mean genius, right?
Nah, I think I'll stick with thug.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
yeah, but totally understandable:
BBC: "He told defence chiefs it was because of "aggressive statements" by the West...."
lol.
This stuff is getting to me; 'rona, Putin, "patriots", Trump, Biden, Korea, China, intolerance, all the -isms, old age. I laugh as much as I can but it's effin' depressing.
Not sure if this is the best thread for this, but it is just really bugging me. This guy kidnaps a 4 year old, beats him to death and leaves his body in the street, then goes back for the twin brother but gets spooked and runs away.
How is it even a debate on whether or not he understood what he was doing was wrong? He ran away when he heard a noise, he did this under the cover of night, both are indications that he didn't want to get caught, which means he understood it to be wrong.
He even tried to kidnap a toddler once but failed, then came back and apologized to the toddler's grandfather. Again, evidence that he knew what he was doing was wrong.
https://www.dailywire.com/news/man-charged-with-murdering-four-year-old-dallas-boy-cash-gernon-wont-stand-trial
All-in-all, this is why I take the measures I do in keeping my home secure.
"Iron sharpens iron, and one man sharpens another." - Proverbs 27:17
Deeds are facts.
Shrinkology is a series of conjectures based on fluctuating and frequently preposterous theories. Shrinks may fool themselves, lunatics may fool shrinks, and evil deeds may result from such tomfoolery.
When ought guilt or innocence be based on facts instead of lunacy?
I've never understood the argument that "he might be insane "
Duh! He beat a 4 year old to death, no shitt he's insane. But what's your point?
Let the punishment fit the crime. Drop him into a rock crusher.
"If you do not read the newspapers you're uninformed. If you do read the newspapers, you're misinformed." -- Mark Twain
Or a wood chipper, feet first. Hopefully they'll alert the family before they let him out so they can give him an appropriate welcome home party.
Trapped in the People's Communist Republic of Massachusetts.