As an FYI, (In the United States) all modern cars will have to have some kind of screen (whether built in the mirror, on the dash, or as part of the gauge system) as all cars are required to have backup cameras as of 2018.

Starting in 2029 all cars will be required to have automatic braking technology as well.

We're never going to be able to purchase new cars that are completely dumbed down ever again, but with how many lives it will save I'd say it's worth it.

I'm glad that there are some companies that are willing to offer cars with the bare minimum of features at least. I personally would prefer having automatic windows over crank, but if someone wants to save money more power(har har) to them!

EDIT: weather vs whether Braking vs breaking

I couldn't find anything on the great depression requiring pet food to be safe for human consumption. I would love for someone to prove me wrong through.

According to this PetMD article, prior to WW2 pet food was a luxury item. During WW2 pet food production completely stopped due to the war. (No cited sources on this article though, I am not sure how accurate it's claims are?)

According to this Vice article, pet food is held to some standards but technically does not need to be safe for human consumption. (Again, I am not sure how trustworthy of a source Vice is)

This is the best source I have found, a peer reviewed and cited research article published on Jan 30th 2023: Insights-Driven Development of Humanized Foods for Pets. It clashes with the above article in that it talks about pet food production during WW2 and actually cites sources. In regards to pet food being required to be fit for human consumption, it doesn't mention anything about the great depression. It actually mentions that this is a more recent development and that there still isn't a "set standard"

A seemingly simple yet confusing claim that has appeared recently in the pet food space is “human-grade,” whereby additional regulations regarding manufacturing, packaging, and storing of the food ensure compliance with safety standards of human consumption guidelines (Oba et al., 2020). Although this claim has been used for pet foods for a few years, it has no definition in animal feed regulations. The term “edible,” however, is defined by the US Department of Agriculture as foodstuffs that have been processed, inspected, and passed manufacturing regulations that are designed to ensure safety for consumption by humans. Pet foods that truly meet this standard must include only ingredients that are human edible and must be manufactured, packed, and held in accordance with the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Title 21 (AAFCO, 2021; FDA, 2022). Currently, AAFCO is in the process of drafting guidance for “human-grade” claims in pet foods in an attempt to provide clarity to the claim (AAFCO, 2021). The proposed definition outlines that pet foods using the “human-grade” claim are first and foremost animal food products that are subjected to inspection under 21 CFR 507, manufacturing must be in accordance with 21 CFR 110, and the overall process is conducted according to standards ensuring human consumption safety (Carter et al., 2014; Oba et al., 2020; FDA, 2022). Furthermore, the pet food bearing a “human-grade” claim must be manufactured in accordance with the applicable human food regulations for ready-to-eat human food (AAFCO, 2021, 2022)

This was a real ad apparently. Snopes Article

Here's a video of it in action

Apparently there is a Wikipedia page dedicated to Titanic Conspiracy theories, who knew!

In regards to swapping the Olympic with the Titanic, this section summarizes:

British historian Gareth Russell, for his part, calls the theory "so painfully ridiculous that one can only lament the thousands of trees which lost their lives to provide the paper on which it has been articulated." He notes that, "since the sister ships had significant interior architectural and design differences, switching them secretly in a week would be nearly impossible from a practical standpoint. A switch would also not be economically worthwhile, since the ship's owners could have simply damaged the ship while docked (for instance, by setting a fire) and collected the insurance money from that 'accident', which would have been far less severe, and infinitely less stupid, than sailing her out into the middle of the Atlantic with thousands of people, and their luggage, on board, and ramming her into an iceberg".

I know we are all on here because we dislike the kind of algorithms that tik tok, Instagram, and Facebook have, but that is exactly the thing my wife was looking for. When I had her download pixelfed and loops she was like ' I have to search out content and manually follow people like I did with Facebook back in the day?' and she uninstalled.

Algorithms can be addictive and evil, but for some people that's what they're looking for.

Well, here's his twitter. He seems to be doing rather financially well. Sadly, he's a bit Tesla obsessed.

I'm from the area of TN she grew up in and it is pretty solidly middle class. Like obviously there is some higher income mixed in, but this isn't the 'beverly hills of TN' (that would be Franklin,TN).

I've got 14hrs played so far and I am enjoying it still. I am currently level 21 and have beaten the first story boss.

TL;DR Jack of all trades, master of none, but does a good job of mixing things together. 8.5/10 so far.

Palworld is kind of like fortnite imo: it didn't invent the monster capturing, exploration, crafting, or building, but it is one of the first games to mix them and it doesn't run like complete ass. The building is kind of basic, the exploration isn't too in depth but there is always something going on( you can find fast travel beacons, area 'boss' monsters, story bosses, dungeons, and there are pokemon throughout all of this), the monsters have some variety but they all feel like a mix of different asset grabs, and the crafting is simple (BUT, you can use your monsters to craft for you and take care of your base).

I'd say individually each of these things are rated 7/10 or 8/10, but when you put them all together it's pretty great. The crafting and the base building are there, but I just come back, build some things up, and then the monsters do all that for me while I go back to exploring. Last week I went through and beat Raft and Palworld is a breath of fresh air: I'm not spending hours grinding resources and crafting shit, instead I'm wandering around finding new monsters and locations and I come back and stuff is built. The crafting and resource finding isn't the entire game but it's a nice accessory. Similar to fortnites building + battle Royale, I didn't think monster capturing + base building would be that fun, but they have done a great job of mixing the 2. I find myself looking for certain monsters so that I can have them do certain tasks at base, and that's a win-win in a way.

The game is kind of janky in parts: I've had monsters fall through floors, some areas feel like they were ripped right out of other games (I swear some of the old, broken down churches look like they were stolen from elden ring), and the climbing mechanic isn't fully polished, but unlike other early access games it runs pretty well so far performance wise. I've gotten so used to games like valheim, cyberpunk, and starfield where the game comes out and just runs like complete ass (30fps or less) for the first few weeks. Hell, we were playing Raft last week and our host told us to stop building the boat more b/c he was scared the game would crash. I'm not running Palworld like I ran CS:GO, but it feels like a steady 60fps+ at all times which is really great. As a counter to that though, hosting a dedicated server is okay at best so far. There is a memory leak that has the game go from taking 2-4gb of ram up to 8gb+. After 8gb gets used the computer I have hosting it tends to crash and then I have to manually turn it off and on again to get things going.

In the end, I know I'm going to get my money's worth out of it (30+ hrs), maybe even double that(we'll see) and I'm happy with that. I'm not expecting this to be the next Skyrim/baldurs gate/fallout, I don't expect to play this for thousands of hours non-stop, and that's fine b/c there is other stuff out there I'd like to play anyways. Similar to Valheim (I have 58.2hrs of playtime as of writing this), I expect to play through palworld, shelve it, and if there are any updates in the future I might come back to it.

It does look kind of complicated, but with less than 100 parts how hard could it be?

https://www.americanrifleman.org/...

Probably a fake post (b/c 4Chan), but maybe they got stuck at a specific section of the rebuild?

TBH it was pretty barebones, but I did enjoy seeing some of my worlds in stereoscopic 3D. It also scares me for the future of VR (minecraft is a REALLY popular game. If it is dropping VR does that mean adoption isn't going that well?).

Also, this is specifically regarding Bedrock minecraft. Java has never officially supported it, but there are mods that add the functionality.

.....is this a canary in the coalmine joke?

When I used to manage people (for a call center) I would do that but via text. I didn't wanna catch anyone off guard with a phonecall where they agree to it without realizing they already had plans or something.

I also always tried to stress that this is optional, if there aren't enough people, that's on us, and we should have prepared better.

I don't love the idea of the Trump administration being in charge of creating a national ID system, but this maybe the best time to make one.

If Democrats proposed a national ID database the crazy 'FEMA is coming to round us up' republicans would freak out about it. As proven with Trump sending the national guard into D.C., as long as Trump does it they don't care.

I love that this comic about Octopi/Squids is posted by Flying Squid

Drunk at 3pm? Jesus.

Not excusing drunk driving, but based on the shape of the road I see how this happened. From Google maps, if the driver was coming from blanchett street there is a bend in the road right in front of the building. Here is what it looks like from street view. The driver was probably drunk and/or lost control of the vehicle and went speeding forward into the side of the building.

So, the Alaska Airlines door plug incident is more than likely Boeing's fault(we don't have the footage or a record of who did the repair because Boeing deleted/lost it....which makes me even more suspicious tbh), but this was a 25yr old 737-800 Boeing hasn't seen in decades. This looks like a united maintenance issue as do all the other united 737 issues.

Now, don't get me wrong, Boeing definitely has a plethora of issues going on, but I think the FAA might want to also look into United's maintenance department as well cause they're also having a plethora of issues.

This is awesome, thank you!

I always love recap threads like this. It's an easy way for me to catch up the next day and make sure I didn't miss anything.

I always chug a beer/soda, open the top of the can using a can opener, and pour the grease into that.

NOTE: make sure all the liquid is out of the bottom of the can (maybe wipe it down with a towel) or else the grease may shoot back out

I think he's having a flashback to his literal "first rodeo", which I imagine didn't go that well.

Yeah, according to the Contributing.md on the github it is missing some files that are included if you buy a copy of the game:

The BarotraumaShared/Content folder, which contains Barotrauma's art, item XMLs, sounds, and other assets, is not included in the GitHub repository. If you have a legal copy of the game, you can copy the Content folder from the game's files to BarotraumaShared/Content.