sounds like it wasn’t intentional.

or at least plausible deniability is a thing.

Tau. because i like pi and 2 pi is always better than one.

Anything with iron can rust, including stainless steel.

Stainless that gets scratched will rust, as well as if the mild steel (or whatever the dust is,) causes a galvanic reaction. Or any where that the stainless is exposed to lesser steel. (Which is why you can’t store stainless with mild.)(including, in point of fact to milde steel dust…)

Alternatively, exposure to corrosives- bug juice, road salt and other deicers, potentially a dozen kinds of automotive fluids.

There’s a reason the rest of the automotive industry doesn’t use exposed stainless anywhere. And that reason me is it rusts (and is difficult to work with, and is more likely to kill people in an impact.)(people at Tesla told musk this. He didn’t care. Musk is an idiot.)

A wired as a source talking about the issues in CA drivers (where there is a lot of salt in the air.)

Yup.

Edit: why do you think google bought Fitbit?

Dr. Normal, I presume.

Jumping is a bad way to go.

Personally, assisted suicide should be allowed; (but also maybe mandate a few rounds of therapy?) this way people don’t have to find out what being a human shaped puddle is like, because they jumped from not-high-enough.

When it’s a private agreement, that’s not BUILDING CODE.

Read my comment again.

Building codes are regulations imposed by city, state, or federal governments. Not by HOAs or landlords. If there is a building code that restricts political speech, it’s a first amendment violation.

I disagree.

It’s not that public education makes people progressive, though.

It’s that there’s now tons of poorly educated people who completely lack critical thinking skills.

You can see that in the resurgence of conspiracy theories like Flat Earth, and some of the antivax theories. (Microchips that can’t be found?)

Conservatives believe the shit people tell them because they’re too stupid to be critical of it. Like when trump tells them immigrants are eating pets, or that a wall is going to solve all the immigration problems; or that the economy some how suffers and it’s all their fault.

They’re uncritical and unable to reason out how self-evident his lies are.

We need that back. It won’t solve our problems, no. But if we’re going to solve them, we need people that are capable of discourse beyond macros.

this election is definitely moving “fund public schools” up on my priority list of things I care about. It’s now barely second to Climate Change quite possibly the top thing, because these idiots vote and we need the votes to deal with climate change.

Can’t smoke on the balcony,

Because that smoke goes into other people’s apartments. People who may not also be smokers or may have asthma or other medical conditions in which 2nd hand smoke is bad. not actually a building choice… most states now bar smoking inside or near a multi-unit residential building.

can’t dry clothes on it,

19 states have some form of “right to dry” legislation, most of which would protect drying on patio space.

can’t cook on it,

usually a matter of firecode. where I am, it’s illegal to have wood burning fire pits or charcoal grills, but gas grills are fine. Also, turkey friers.

These rules are because people are stupid and have caused apartment fires numerous times with these things. can you use charcoal safely? sure. Also, another reason smoking is generally illegal. there’s always that one smoker that forgets to clear out the ashtray every so often and that catches fire. (or they put a tissue in it or something, and that’s not at all fire retardant.)

can’t display any thing like a flag or banner on the balcony because of some made up aesthetic code, etc.

not actually legal. if there’s a residential building code that bans political speech (banners, flags, etc) then that’s a first amendment violation. The apartment can (maybe) ban things in their contract agreement, but that’s not a building code. that’s a contract agreement, and as long as it’s not exactly graphic, it probably falls into the “unenforceable” category.

so like, even if it were a box…

They don’t really have to encase each floor. most buildings are concrete, and they could just as easily seal that floor off and leave the observation platform open. But the reality is that it gets pretty windy up that high, and most people won’t want to be out there for very long at all. And not at all if it’s at all inclement.

not to mention… jumpers.

This is funny.

I don’t think you meant it to be, but it is.

yup.

edumpster is the polite way of describing it.

even if you don’t ignore musk…

They’ve achieved all that despite musk. musk is an idiot and a fool, and he’s far from an engineer. Imagine what they could do if his coke-and-ketamine fueled dipshitery decided to take up a different hobby.

Yes, they’re expensive.

But also extremely reliable, I’ve had ever had one go bad on me.

But, again, if it’s out of your budget, streamlight offers less expensive options (though they’re the ones that started the feature-craze with stinger strobe.)

(Keep in mind, if you’re using the strobe as intended…it’s either going to piss people off or cause an epileptic seizure. So those “features” are basically useless.)

So i carry a sure fire. They don’t. The one I carry takes a rechargeable 18650, and has 2 settings “intellibeam” that adjusts brightness based on near-and-far and intensity, and full-on-burn-your-eyes-out.

They have other lower cost models. Alternatively , if you’re not looking for something that’s incredibly bright, stream light offers a very inexpensive penlight that’s pretty handy. (Only complaint with that is they take AAAA’s)

thanks for that image.

in any case, her base listens to her because she spews out the same shit they do, and votes the way they want her to vote.

I don’t listen to her- I pay attention, but I don’t go along with her bullshit, either. But if she could, she’d retconn all the stupid shit she’s said to try and get back into committees and stuff. The antidote to that is paying the fuck attention and keeping her bullshit front and center until she goes away.

Congresscritters like her make think of the old school congressional duels.

If we start ignoring heels, she can launder her reputation and get back into those committees.

Sadly, we can’t. The damage she does as a US congress person is immense.