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> Small calibre gunfire does not have a big enough shock/impact to really affect bystanders.

Unfortunately at my public range it seems like there is always one guy with a muzzle brake and he ends up setting up beside me.

The rationale(s) for creating National Forests are multitude, but one good reason why they exist is in the Northeast the Green Mountain NF and White Mountain NF form the watersheds of multiple important rivers (Hudson, Connecticut, Androscoggin, etc) that are critical for industry and welfare (drinking water, etc). The federal govt recognized this a century ago and put these forests into management without putting them into 100% preservation and as such created a delicate balance between conservation/preservation and commercial and recreational use.

IMO the National Forests are the true jewels of the American conservation system because they set aside some of the most valuable (from a land value perspective) lands in the interest of multiple use.

I guess I should re-watch it since I read the story first, then watched the movie and I had a hard time with what I perceived was unnecessary monkeying with the story of the daughter that I felt made the movie story less rich and complex. But it's probably time to revisit both mediums.

Plenty of people live, travel or recreate in places in the US with non-existent cell reception. Rivers, lakes, mountains etc are full of cell dead spots.

No it's doomed because it's a classic Elon Musk product: it was rushed into production, build quality is low and the aesthetics, which are unrefined and overwhelming, are used to mask an overall shoddy product that overpromised and underdelivered. The pedals are just one example of it. The body panel gaps and poor off-road performance are others.

So this is a chintzy clip on pedal cover that serves to give an aesthetic illusion that the pedal is made of stainless steel?

The Cybertruck is doomed. I'll be surprised if it still being made in 3 years.

Yes, especially all the delivery trucks that bring goods in from online retailers directly to the steps of buildings. I'd support a heavy tax on those, since they are the most dangerous of all the vehicles. Would also like to see a tax on scooters and mopeds that food delivery drivers use.

This whole subthread is a five bagger.

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Every single group chat that I use on a day-to-day basis has a non iPhone participant. The biggest argument against the way apple treats SMS vs iMessage I see is people feel ostracized for having green bubbles. I just don't understand why this rises to anti-trust.

Coffee really complements certain fats on my palate. Avocado and coffee taste like magic to me. Some cheeses too. Peanuts and almonds are good too. Bacon and eggs are fine, but not particularly special. I love coffee and a simple 80/20 hamburger with mayo and potato bun.

> Also maybe do not provide card info "for card confirmation".

I could be wrong but I don't believe I was given the option not to. I was unaware it was sent in the clear until now.

Capital One makes it very easy to generate virtual card numbers that map to a credit card account.

Maybe, though the owner seemed legitimately annoyed with Booking.com having the listing still active. Their direct price ended up being 10-15% cheaper in any case.

This was it. They add calendar events too apparently.

Within the last few days I booked a hotel on Booking.com and then got a call the next day from the hotel saying they actually don't use the Booking.com anymore (and that their account is inactive so they can't log in) and that I needed to cancel the stay through booking.com (the booking was pay on arrival but I still entered a CC).

I re-booked with the hotel directly through their site (small independently owned hotel in a ski town). The whole process felt _shady_ but also it seems like the owner couldn't find a way to get their Booking.com listing removed. I am regretting not using a virtual card number for the initial booking through Booking.com.

Most full-sized trucks come with beds smaller than 6.5ft, that doesn't change the fact that most trades people drive full-sized trucks.

Four wheel drive is more necessary in specific climates (before the snow tire scolds come in, I run snow tires in the winter) and because an unloaded truck has a light rear end. Many trucks with 4wd can switch between 4wd and RWD. My truck has RWD, 4A (4 auto, aka AWD-ish), 4 high and 4 low as an option. I drive mostly in RWD unless I need power to all wheels for traction in snow and ice or when I am accelerating quickly off an incline (think uphill a dirt road onto blacktop where you have a blind corner) and then I drive in in 4A. I have needed 4 high and 4 low a handful of times. I have a "big v8" and get 21-22 MPG on the highway in RWD and and 18 or so around town. I drive heavy all-terain tires or my MPG would be better.

Yeah what a weird comment from GP. The refrain that no one needs a full-size truck, that they're mall crawlers or compensation for undersized you-know-what is common on this site but I've never seen it taken to the level that "trades workers largely don't drive full sized trucks, actually".

> If people disagree with the second Amendment, then it needs to revoked or changed. Until then, it's the law of the land.

I own eight firearms, including a semi-auto centerfire rifle and autoloading shotgun. None of them would be banned under the original terms of the FAWB. My Second Amendment rights would perfectly intact if we brought it back, even if we omitted the grandfather clause.

I guess there's always a world where we bring it back and criminals 3D print high capacity mags for Model 740s but we have to start somewhere.

> Does that mean that we shouldn't have done it?

We can only change what we can change and that is in the past. I think it's reasonable to ask if the phones and the communication tools they provide are good for our future. I don't understand why the people on this site (generally builders of technology) fall into the teleological trap that all technological innovation and its effects are justifiable because it follows from some historical precedent.

I love Wessels. His book, Reading The Forested Landscape, is a must for anyone that spends time in New England forests. It's fun to imagine all of these small mountains being essentially sheep fields at one point.

Anytime I'm in the woods I'm looking for pillows and cradles and trying to determine if they were formed by hurricanes, nor'easters or typical storms.

The price is going up in '24 as well, by about 4k per model. However they are putting their Co-Pilot package (blind spot info system, collision detection, lane keep), extended range fuel tank and 12" screen standard across the board. This is bound to annoy fleet purchases but overall at 37K it's a nice truck at the basic trim level.

The Co-Pilot stuff is good to have standard as it increases the safety of the big, unwieldy trucks.

Maine does not have a right to roam, but trespass is implicitly allowed -- that is to say if law enforcement is called on someone trespassing on private land that has not been posted, they will basically receive a warning and be asked to leave. If they return to that private land after being told not to be on it they will be ticketed. The landowner will be advised to post their land if they do not want people accessing it. Owners are indemnified against lawsuits if an accident happens while a person is trespassing on the owners land.

We outlawed it immediately via Rubocop but I use it all the time in IRB.

We also don't allow single letter variable names. I'm an old school rubyist and find this to be an annoying constraint that can't be auto-corrected so it adds a little friction to writing code but arguing for more terse code is always a losing proposition so I just deal with it.

I assume it's more that kids are far more tolerant of ads and they'll relentlessly watch youtube all day regardless of the ads.

> I'd rather have YouTube over Netflix, HBO, Hulu, etc all combined.

Had the realization recently at a family reunion that, aside from Succession, I haven't watched a full season/series of a TV/streaming show in the last few years. I actually don't know what the shows of the moment are. I almost exclusively watch YouTube in the evenings, if I'm watching anything at all.

I've been sub'd to YouTube Premium since it was called YouTube Red. Anytime I have to watch it withs ads I'm horrified. I wish I could give yearly subs out as gifts.

> They would need to pare back their operating costs quite a bit to break even

Their cloud commits from their S-1 is still an all timer for me. Billions of dollars.

Practically speaking I agree, but it's a step backwards in that it's the direct consequence of legislation to remove extant environmental/habitat protections that were put in place by state/federal management agencies. This is not really dissimilar to legislatures in certain states that legislate policies that override hunting/fishing agencies recommendations due to public sentiment (NJ bear hunt ban or the bill in Wisconsin legislature trying to increase quotas for wolf harvest).

Conservation, habitat and environmental protection should, by nature, be managed on longer scales than what election driven and political legislatures are capable of.

Great observation. Also true that these little fruitless acts of opt-out and opt-in aren't just limited to climate but also politics and living under capitalism. We are all just trying to make sense of complex systems that are outside of our control. In many ways the most healthy (for ones own mind) approach to all of this is to just give in to everything, or as some have called it: take the grill-pill.

I have a friend who will never idle his car with the AC on. His justification: 10 minutes of discomfort isn't worth the emissions output. He knows it's a minuscule drop in the surface tension of a drop in the bucket of carbon output but he will never ever do it, no matter how hot it is. And he'll subject his passengers to discomfort in service of his principles.

At the same time he flys from LA to Europe 5+ times a year.

It's hard to truly live ethically in such a deeply unethical world.

I recently picked up a cheap sewing machine to attempt to make some covers for a foam mattress I cut up to put in the back of a truck for camping. Sewing is super interesting and a little intimidating to get started with, but once you get the machine setup and start making some basic things it's really rewarding. I'm still very new to the world but I find myself inspecting every sewn thing I pick up -- backpacks, bathroom travel bags, pillowcases, clothing, etc.

It re-orients your relationship to the construction of so many products that you take for granted. Everything that is sewn is up for repair or upgrades. It's a really cool hobby and if you have a tinkerers or DIY streak to you I highly suggest trying it out. Check out the MYOG reddit to get inspiration.