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  • I think her going on his podcast would have been a fucking disaster.

    She probably would have given a bunch of PR nothing sandwich answers and Joe would have lost interest.

    I mean who knows, maybe it would have gone over amazing, but thinking Kamala lost because of that podcast or Trump won because of that podcast is a fucking anatomical amount of cope from the Democrats.

    There is a long list of consistent missteps that come before the whole podcast fiasco for the Democrats.


  • I’ve never personally used that exact CPU cooler, but it looks fine.

    Never had any issues with MSI boards or Corsair RAM.

    I haven’t heard of it used that SSD brand so you might wanna do some research and make sure it isn’t some cheap nonsense that’s just gonna fry itself in 6 months.

    4gb of vram on the GPU is probably fine for 1080p mid to low settings but I feel like if you can swing getting something even a little better it will improve performance significantly.

    I haven’t used that case specifically but I have a a thermal take case currently and I love it. My only issue is the power button can get stuck fully depressed if your are careless about turning it on. Something that will result in boot looping if you don’t figure out what is causing it lol.

    Personally I would not risk the PSU from Apevia. 650w is definitely more than enough for that system as it’s specked but I would get a reputable brand PSU if anything. Never go cheap on the PSU.

    The only other thing I see is that you’ll need to potentially do a BIOS update on that MOBO in order for it to work with that CPU. I’m not sure how tech savvy you are but if you are planning on building a computer yourself in the first place I’m guessing you are comfortable enough to figure out that process.





  • Combination of spam callers being more prevalent and the younger generation has unbelievably high social anxiety as a direct result of them mostly being raised indoors and alone with family.

    I’m not saying that the way we older folks grew up was inherently better at all times, but it certainly forced us to converse with strangers and develop those skills.

    My little twin brothers and my little sister were actually afraid to call a pizza place and order pizza when they were younger. They still don’t really do phone calls aside from work related things or direct family.



  • I bet you are exhausting to be around IRL. Obviously there are many politicians I agree with much less than her.

    I didn’t mean literally she’s a 5 on my personal truth scale and all politicians are a 5 on my truth scale. I meant that on some topics I agree with her and on some I don’t. Which I could pretty much say about any political figure.

    I meant that to varying degrees I agree with or disagree with most politicians. I can probably find policies I like within any political figure. Hitler was a horrible fuckin person but he was weirdly protective of animals. I like what he did to protect animals during his lil hissy fit about getting kicked out of art school.





  • Yes and no. It depends on what material you are specifically looking for.

    For the grand majority of materials needed in an ICE vehicle we have had “ethical” sources for everything for awhile now. Which makes sense the industry has had 100 years to clean up its image as much as they cared to.

    The materials needed specifically for large lithium batteries are still currently gathered primally in places where human rights aren’t even considered. People are working on getting that changed, but last time I checked it was still really bad.



  • Hey super genius if your have a car that only has batteries inside it as an energy source what do you use to heat up the batteries so the batteries are working inside their correct temperature range? The batteries. Which are cold because you parked it outside in a place that averages close to zero degrees depending on the region and time of year. Sure if you park it in your heated garage and then park it at work at a heated garage and you only ever drive it between those locations the cold will basically hit matter but if you ever leave the car anywhere that it will drop down to ambient outside temps then it will be causing damage to the batteries when they use their own cold juices to get warmed up enough to do their job right.

    I know that when charging they will sip power to heat the batteries to the proper temperature for charging (and they heat up a tad naturally when charged), but anyone who isn’t always charging it while parked or leaving inside a heated garage that will not be the case.


  • Brother what are you talking about. I said they function in the cold. They don’t work well in the cold. They have recommended temperature ranges for a reason. I am simply pointing out the significant hit to battery performance and lifespan that the deep cold adds.

    I havent posted any “misinformation”. You can literally verify every statement I’ve made with a number of scientific papers and studies on the effects of temperature and batteries. We have known they don’t work well in the cold for years. I have had to stick an untold number of cellphones into my inner layer pants pockets to prevent them from completely shutting off or refusing to charge because they got way too cold to safely operate.

    By owning and driving fully electric cars in the significant cold they are absolutely lowering of the lifespan of those batteries meaning they need to be replaced more often. The batteries are far and away the biggest source of pollution in an EV.

    You can call me names and whatever else you want but at least be scientifically accurate.



  • https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2023/02/01/1152893248/red-cobalt-congo-drc-mining-siddharth-kara

    Feel free to do your own research at any point. The materials required for the massive batteries in all those EVs have to come from somewhere and they generally are obtained through slave and child labor in third world countries.

    Also your “source” is a privately run show from a former actor and comedian who really likes EVs and he gathered an audience that donate money to him through patron to keep the show going. That’s a biased source if I’ve ever seen one. Of course the guy who makes a living in the EV space is going to do nothing but sing the praises of the Almighty EV.

    I feel it bears repeating I am not even again against EVs. I simply do not care for how the EV super fans talk about their stuff. They always seem to pick and choose whatever information is convenient for them and their favorite tech while conveniently leaving out anything negative.

    I do believe electric will be the future. We just have some problems to sort out on the energy density side of things. Battery technology still just isn’t quite ready and even if we sick with lithium we need to find a better way to get the materials required.

    Edit: spelling


  • I care more about posting fake crying photos for brownie points than I do about minor policy disagreements. It shows a real lack of integrity and character when any politicians pose for bullshit pictures to try and garner sympathy/attention or votes. It’s pathetic and insulting to my intelligence.

    I have my gripes with her policies, but no more or less than I do for any other politicians. I think she plays some stupid games with some of the things she says, but I also really appreciate when she goes after other career politicians who just sit around and do nothing, but collect a paycheck.

    I think she’s a little misguided at times and like one of the other comments said I fear she’s going to go down the Hillary Clinton route and not the Bernie sanders route.