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Cake day: July 9th, 2023

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  • Is it hopelessly naive to say it’s a good thing we have identified the specific agent, and it is not a core part of tires nor the tire material itself that is this specific problem.

    We don’t have to figure out how to filter tire dust from runoff (yet) or outlaw cars, or even completely reformulate tire materials. Just replace one chemical.

    We’ve done that in other scenarios, so it ought to be possible. It’s got to be easier than removing transfats from the food supply or PFOAs from teflon manufacturing


  • we have what, 11 aircraft carrier groups and we are using what, 2 of them on Iran

    That’s the problem with

    • excessively complex vehicles
    • keeping our fingers in every pie

    We start with 11 ships

    • but at least a third are undergoing maintenance at any given time, so only 7 active
    • we’ve committed to having one near every possible trouble spot
    • leaving at most 2 per ocean



  • Buy ya gotta admit their point that streaming still costs way less than cable …… assuming you’re subscribing to what you want rather than try to recreate

    When I first switched, the math said I cut my costs in third while getting much better internet service and three streaming services

    • Gigabit internet + 3 * streaming service == 1/3 (200M internet + cable)

    The math is still positive but much less so, however streaming services attempts to alienate me are succeeding - I only subscribe to one streaming service and am considering giving it up. Enshittify away and see what that gets you

    I pay for Netflix family plan but since Netflix has decided my kids are no longer in my family when they are at their moms or at college…… I no longer need that. Clear cause and effect