September chat thread: it's almost nice enough out again to fix some rust

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ilkhan: Oct 7, 2004; I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

Good news / bad news: I remembered my car's registration was due, before it was due.

# ¿ Aug 31, 2016 22:08

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 15:57

ilkhan: Oct 7, 2004; I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

Somewhat Heroic posted:

Same. It counts when registration expires today right? And I'm already home and don't want to go back out but probably will.

My car turns 1 on the 4th, registration is due on the 9th. So I was fine. Paid online and dont need to worry. Its just a $300 hole in my checking account.

# ¿ Aug 31, 2016 23:57

ilkhan: Oct 7, 2004; I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

kastein posted:

Yeah, I feel like your house burning down kinda gives you reason to be a bit negative.

I think it was just one room, right? Could have been worse.

# ¿ Sep 1, 2016 03:08

ilkhan: Oct 7, 2004; I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

go3 posted:

im not sure what the past 15 years has shown you that makes you think the US military would be effective at all against widespread insurrection in the US

And a small group storming the capital building would be pretty effective too. And depending on what sparked said insurrection there's no guarantee the military sides with the gov in the first place. Worst case would be civil war type thing within the military.

As to the political issue: The [U.S. political] left has had complete confiscation as their goal for 50 years. Saying otherwise is bull poo poo. We can argue over how long they've wanted it, but not over the fact that incrementalism to confiscation is their exact goal.

And on the legal side lets see the left supporting (paid-fee) background checks and fingerprinting requirements for press credentials with a 10 day waiting period and a 1 interview per month limit, with specific limits on topic coverage and microphone size limits and going into a national database as constitutional.

And if you want a megaphone its a $200 fee plus an in depth background check and having to have your local law enforcement sign off that you aren't crazy and a 6-12 month wait and still not being able to cross state lines with it without another form going to the government and having to have your full name engraved on the megaphone with specific engraving requirements and having to carry your stamped paperwork proving you did all of the above and if you lose said stamped paperwork mere possession of said megaphone is a $10k and 10 year felony. And if it breaks you can't possess spare parts or in many cases get it repaired, you have to do the whole thing over again.

But requiring ID to vote is loving unconstitutional as poo poo.

<sorry for the rant>

Elmnt80 posted:

We should issue firearms to all black communities presided over by overwhelmingly white police forces.

Why yes, I'm bored and want to see an arguement. I'm stuck at work for the next 3 1/2 hours because "hurricane" isn't a good enough reason to close early.

I'd *almost* like to see a minimum weapons safety/familiarization course, and gun ownership requirement for everybody. Explicitly legal under the "well regulated militia" clause the left likes to quote, and with a $1000 non-compliance ~~tax~~ ~~fee~~ ~~penalty~~ [whatever will make it legal] shoved up their rear end too just because. Its a bad idea for a whole host of reasons, but seeing the anti's try to turn around their own arguments would be amusing.

Pham Nuwen posted:

That's probably not going to get a ton of argument from SA gun owners. Besides, it worked for the Black Panthers, up until Reagan enacted some ridiculously strict gun control in California specifically because of them: http://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/09/the-secret-history-of-guns/308608/

There is a real argument to the saying that the only difference between a slave and a free man is the right to own weapons. Minority communities should be huge gun rights proponents (we saw a glimmer of this after the Orlando shooting). But overwhelmingly they're not, primarily due to the effects of drugs and the drug war. Pity.

ilkhan fucked around with this message at 01:26 on Sep 2, 2016

# ¿ Sep 2, 2016 00:09

ilkhan: Oct 7, 2004; I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

meanwhile Obama has been a right pansy about gun control and guns have proliferated in the USA under his watch. Enough with the left is evil gun grabber bullshit.

Obama didn't manage to do anything because they millions of Americans are single issue voters and the last time they passed an assault weapons bans they lost congress for many years as the public backlash. And even mentioning it is a big part of what caused them to lose congress again.

The US political right is pro-gun and the US political left is anti-. Stop arguing semantics.

iwentdoodie posted:

Why do you feed the troll. Why.

I work on a loving marine base and that's still more right wing than poo poo I hear at work.

LOL.

I'm also pro- gay marriage and pro-choice and pro path to citizenship. Figure that one out.

# ¿ Sep 2, 2016 00:52

ilkhan: Oct 7, 2004; I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

iwentdoodie posted:

And I'm super left wing but own multiple guns and hunt. What's your point? It's possible to own guns without pushing fear mongering poo poo head Facebook talking points like they're fact, and dividing everything into black and white like that.

Then you disagree with the US political left aligned party, but its still true.

Its not a slippery slope, I'll give you that. Policy A doesn't lead to B lead to C leads to confiscation. But the left only pushes policy C because they can't get C or B or confiscation. Its incrementalism.

Darchangel posted:

I have been waiting my entire adult life to see just that. It's cathartic just to hear it. You want to have the same privileges as motor vehicle? You follow the same goddamned laws. I have nothing against cyclist as a group, but nothing ticks me off more than people who get away with breaking rules while I have to follow them.

I'll sometimes jump the light, but only after looking. If they blew the light without being able to look thats stupid in addition to illegal. Good cop.

# ¿ Sep 2, 2016 01:31

ilkhan: Oct 7, 2004; I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

Magnus Praeda posted:

As others have said, it's both slightly more $ and slightly harder to find, but it makes a nice change from plinking .22LR (and I only have a bolt-action .22, not a semi-auto, so it's a different skill as well). I also just like small or oddball caliber firearms in general.

Browning buckmark is on my to do list. Fun little plinkers.

But yeah, at least .22LR is available. Not so much with .25ACP.

# ¿ Sep 4, 2016 00:15

ilkhan: Oct 7, 2004; I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

Phone posted:

Ride bikes.

Today turned out way milder than what the forecast said. I need to go ride around for a bit.

I was dumb enough to still be awake at 3AM. My plan of going riding for a couple hours fell apart. And I have a headache. Its even 8 degrees cooler than yesterday was or tomorrow will be.

# ¿ Sep 4, 2016 19:53

ilkhan: Oct 7, 2004; I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

nm posted:

Next weekend doesn't look terrible.
Or at least that's what I keep telling myself. I need to get one GF in soon as I don't want to do it right before the century October 1st.

I'm signed up for 10/1 too.

I went and did the ride I was planning for the morning yesterday afternoon. Good weather. Twas only 30 miles.

Next weekend I'm taking the MSF course, so the only chance Id have to ride is late Sat/Sun or Sunday afternoon, and Sunday afternoon is earmarked for football. We'll see. Gonna have to squeeze in the September GF 3rd or 4th weekend of the month.

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

Good on her for getting over it and gently caress the cunts that have a problem with someone working as an escort. Or "slut shamers". Guy gets lots of fucks? AWESOME! Girl fucks? SHAME SHAME! What a bunch of hypocritical bullshit, there frankly should be MORE women who have no problem with banging whomever and how many other people they choose. Some goony fucks need to think this one through for a sec - if women want to put out, this is a GOOD thing. And so what if they ask to be paid? Sure, why not?

Frankly a bunch of people need to mind their own loving business and stop giving a poo poo what other do of their own free consenting will in private.

Agreed.

ilkhan fucked around with this message at 04:52 on Sep 6, 2016

# ¿ Sep 6, 2016 04:43

ilkhan: Oct 7, 2004; I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

1500quidporsche posted:

I think the most straightforward approach at this point is to get the RX7 running and then figure out the actual issue with the Scirocco.

Scirocco and a rex. So when people ask if you have reliable transportation you say no, right?

# ¿ Sep 7, 2016 17:09

ilkhan: Oct 7, 2004; I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

Geirskogul posted:

Because it's a loving headphone jack. I use it everyday, and I don't have to remember a loving adapter.

I haven't plugged in headphones since.... gently caress. My Nexus 4? Gnexus? I can't even remember. BT is awesome.

# ¿ Sep 8, 2016 07:59

ilkhan: Oct 7, 2004; I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

some texas redneck posted:

3 months in this apartment. They're finally coming out to fix my kitchen sink (which leaks from the knob and won't turn completely off) and replace my dishwasher tomorrow. Supposedly.

Took a few very bitchy phone calls over a couple of weeks to their corporate office and a visit from the city building inspector today. Apparently that combination got the regional president's attention (called me) , along with their "director of brand marketing" (emailed me) and an apologetic yet bitchy voicemail from the on-site management. My lease actually states they can evict me for calling the city for "unfounded" issues, but the inspector told me that I'm far from the only person bitching about this place.

says they don't offer to renew my lease next year.

lovely apartment is lovely.
News at 11.

# ¿ Sep 13, 2016 01:59

ilkhan: Oct 7, 2004; I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

some texas redneck posted:

I'm paying almost $300/mo more than my last apartment - it's a bit more space (750 sq ft vs 600), but it's older than my last apartment, doesn't include a washer/dryer like my last one (but does have connections), the building has structural issues, and they don't maintain the property for poo poo. It's owned by a large national property management company too, which contributes a bit toward my "not spending a penny fixing their poo poo" attitude.

ilkhan posted:

lovely apartment is lovely.
News at 11.

# ¿ Sep 13, 2016 04:22

ilkhan: Oct 7, 2004; I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

Cage posted:

As of this morning I am down 40 pounds since Feb 1st. Halfway to my short term goal which if I keep it up should be around next March. And maybe next summer I can wear regular people clothes!

I'm down 50 since Jan 1 and have been stalling for a drat month, so I know how hard that is. Awesome job Cage!

Also didn't quite make my 100 mile ride today. Was only 93.5.

# ¿ Sep 14, 2016 02:47

ilkhan: Oct 7, 2004; I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

some texas redneck posted:

Never made a living at it, but I've always kept a decent camera around. Phone cameras have gotten good enough that it's rare for me to drag my DSLR out. It used to go everywhere with me; my only gripe about a phone camera for quick snapshots is phones take a couple of seconds to get ready to take a photo, then a bit to focus... while a DSLR is pretty much ready to go the moment you pick it up. Might take half a second to focus, but even my relatively old D5100 goes from power off to shutter clicking in less than a second, assuming it's bright enough for it to focus on its own. The autofocus assist light burned out years ago, so AF on it is useless in low light.

Not working tomorrow, I may drag the DSLR out to the lake. Might find some trails. Who knows. I just wanna get the gently caress out of the house and get outside and maybe take a few pics with something with a decent lens. The weather should be nice, low 90s.

The issue with phone cameras isn't so much quality, but versatility. No zoom (and the lenses are so damned wide), still pretty noisy in any low light conditions, etc.

# ¿ Sep 15, 2016 20:18

ilkhan: Oct 7, 2004; I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

Swagger Dagger posted:

I have a Canon t3i, a total entry level DSLR, and I never take the 50mm prime I bought off of it.

Wide shots and zooming are for the weak-minded.

Zoom lenses also let you get various lens perspectives: compressing background, emphasizing depth, or getting great bokeh. Can't do that with a fixed lens.

# ¿ Sep 15, 2016 23:26

ilkhan: Oct 7, 2004; I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

leica posted:

You can get excellent bokeh with prime lenses just fine. My Canon 135L produced the best bokeh I've ever seen and I've had Leica setups before. Zooms are great if you need them, most of the time you don't.

Sure. But not from a cell phone lens.

# ¿ Sep 16, 2016 05:09

ilkhan: Oct 7, 2004; I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

14C yesterday. Misreble cold.

You're in the wrong hemisphere, though.

# ¿ Sep 19, 2016 00:19

ilkhan: Oct 7, 2004; I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

Concerts: loud but fun!

# ¿ Sep 25, 2016 06:49

ilkhan: Oct 7, 2004; I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

Randomness: wtf. Michelob Ultra is advertising 95 calories, 26 grams of carbs, 0.6g protein, and 0.0 fat. So where the gently caress do the calories come from?

# ¿ Sep 26, 2016 02:43

ilkhan: Oct 7, 2004; I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

Geirskogul posted:

Alcohol. Pure ethanol is 240 calories per 1.5oz.

Ah. I thought alchol was itself covered as a carb. That makes sense, then.

# ¿ Sep 26, 2016 03:07

ilkhan: Oct 7, 2004; I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

nm posted:

This is more thought than I'd ever want to put into Michelob Ultra

I love to (or at least, "do") read the fine print on commercials. Its all the stuff they have to tell you, but don't want to. It had the breakdown on an ad and the math didn't add up to me. Thus the question.

# ¿ Sep 26, 2016 06:47

ilkhan: Oct 7, 2004; I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

Tusen Takk posted:

is the 2017 Raptor as sexy and cool as I think it is or is my opinion bad and wrong?

it's pretty much the only pickup that i'd ever consider buying

It is, but its even more monstrously wide than a normal F150 and is only available with the miniature bed length (5.5')

Its also $55-70k. *shrug*

ilkhan fucked around with this message at 21:35 on Sep 26, 2016

# ¿ Sep 26, 2016 21:33

ilkhan: Oct 7, 2004; I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

SouthsideSaint posted:

Ford have only gotten worse with time. The new honda Ridgeline looks awesome is four doors super useful and we'll it's a honda.

Did you really just compare one of the most bad rear end factory off road trucks around with an AWD 3 inch ground clearance ute?

# ¿ Sep 27, 2016 00:34

ilkhan: Oct 7, 2004; I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

IOwnCalculus posted:

Yes, because for the majority of ways that Raptor owners will actually use their trucks, the Ridgeline is probably better at all of them except:

*Actual extreme offroading
*Parking hard

So would a civic. You're arguing need vs want in AI?

# ¿ Sep 27, 2016 02:23

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# ¿ Apr 27, 2024 15:57

ilkhan: Oct 7, 2004; I LOVE Musk and his pro-first-amendment ways. X is the future.

Theres still 24 hours left of September. How come we don't have an October thread up yet?

# ¿ Sep 29, 2016 19:15

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