Bullshit. This is in no way slander. Slander is spoken, it would be libel when it is written.

As soon as I saw your sig I was like quite a flashback.

I don't really think we're through all of the low hanging fruit. There are a lot of single family home dwellers who have yet to buy EVs. Just drive around a residential suburban neighborhood and you'll still se a LOT of CV cars in the driveways and garages (with the doors open).

I'm a city dweller who doesn't have access to a home based charger. Fortunately I do have access to about 8 level 2 chargers (30A 220V) a little over a block from my house. We have two Teslas and typically charge 1 to 2 times a week for our pattern of usage. It's not the best but it definitely works. We do need more city charging options and more curbside charging to complete the transition to be sure, but there are places that are making it happen, and in those places owning an EV without a charger is a definite option.

When it comes to long distance driving the reality is most US residents don't drive large distances on a daily, weekly, or even monthly basis. So, for most US residents an EV with a 200 to 300 mile range is completely practical. (For those who drive long distances on a daily or weekly basis I do agree an EV isn't the solution now.)

EVs are definitely going to win. It's not really a new thing either. The first EVs were made in the early 1800's. They just weren't practical, and the combustion engine took off and eclipsed them. The big innovation that helped the CV win was the electric starter of all things. Anyway, yesterday we finished the complete electrification for our family. It took a little over three years including a complete gut remodel of our home to take it from plaster on lathe on brick to a modern efficient envelope inside the historic exterior using heat pumps, and induction cook top (best cooking experience ever). Two months ago we sold our last combustion vehicle and got a Tesla Model 3. (So, I guess technically we were completely electrified two months ago.) Yesterday we picked up a new to us Tesla Model S with 320 miles of range. We're never going back. The electrified and modernized house is amazing, the cars are just.... wow. The next project will be solar, but we can not net meter due to the grid we are on. So, that's going to wait until the whole house batteries are a bit cheaper. All of the things are going to be electrified, not just cars.

I don't think the number of people with family and friends in Hezbollah who aren't already at the maximum level of hate for Israel is going to go up after this attack... What happens? going to raise 100% hate to 110% hate?

They are wrestling (WWE).

The pretending part doesn't come into the definition of words.

Wrestling is defined in at least two ways. First would be the way NCAA wrestling is, the second would be the way WWE Wrestling is. Both are wrestling, but since the definition is different for the use of the word both fit the definition of wrestling.

WWE is not pretending to NCAA wrestle. They're WWE wrestling.

They're two different things, and if someone doesn't give enough context clues it's likely confusion can occur.

It's like people who get upset that "literally" is now defined as both literal and metaphorical, it is how language evolves.

If you can't admit that language evolves over time, you are left behind.

No, Football (American) players play football, and Football (Soccer) players play Football.

You renaming it to make it seem like its not two words for the same thing doesn't make you correct.

Wrestlers (NCAA) wrestle.
Wrestlers (Pro WWE) wrestle.

Words can have multiple meanings.

That bird is a Crane.
They used a Crane to lift that heavy object.

I have an ant bite on my arm.
It's important to arm yourself with a solid education.

I enjoyed watching a clip from that video.
My mom is going to clip my hair.
The boat is moving at a fairly fast clip.

My favorite flower is a rose.
He quickly rose from his seat.

I like a good pedantry here and there but this is just silly. Football (Soccer) players play Football, and Football (American Football) players play Football.

Just because the same word is used for two different things doesn't make it incorrect.

Professional Wrestlers for the WWE (World Wrestling Entertainment) are wrestling when they go out there, and NCAA Wrestling tournaments are wrestling as well.

Examples from Merriam-Webster about wrestling:
https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.merriam-webster.co...

Pro wrestling has always been staged, and the audience knew it but didnâ(TM)t care.
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Irina Aleksander, New York Times, 20 Feb. 2024

The third-generation WWE star first crossed paths with her at a wrestling event in 2012.
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Jacqueline Weiss, Peoplemag, 7 Sep. 2023

The legacy that has been building around USA Wrestling, the bar that has been raised in freestyle wrestling, is amazing.
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Maddie Hartley, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2024

Must I?

I wish your recap wasn't wrong in the first portion, but okay. the summary ACTUALLY SAYS: but they're taken by "only a little more than one-third of people in the U.S. who could benefit". Not your assertion that only 1/3 WEREN'T doing so. With such a simple mistake, can we trust any more of your recap? Lets see.

Absolutely agree you were going for the "It was only a joke" route.

Absolutely agree less sex = less likely to get HIV. Never said otherwise. What makes you believe this matters when it's not 0%?

The subject of your comment was "Or..." It wasn't "And...", implying your method would be as effective as a vaccine would. That is patently bullshit, as shown by two examples which your "just don't fuck" method of HIV prevention doesn't work with.

Stop and consider the situation women are in here. From https://worldpopulationreview.... "For the year 2010, South Africa had the highest rate of rape in the world at 132.4 incidents per 100,000 people. In a survey released by the South African Medical Research Council in 2009, approximately one in four men admitted to committing rape. However, the government in South Africa is working to address this dysfunction, and proponents maintain that the rate has dropped to 72.1 in 2019-20 reporting."

25% ADMITTED TO COMMITTING RAPE. This is what women in South Africa (where the study was conducted) are putting up with.

What you fear and what a woman in the study fears are two different things. As I've already said, people are more fearful of flying than driving to the airport for the flight, but it is statistically much more dangerous to be in the car than the plane. (I think Boeing's MAX actions are trying to reverse that statistic though)

Have I missed a part of this study where the vaccine is being recommended to everyone on Earth?
I can go today and schedule vaccines for Malaria if I wanted to, just tell my Dr I'm travelling and I'm set.. The WHO recommends vaccination against Malaria where it is prevalent essentially like they recommend FLU vaccines where the FLU is prevalent. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.who.int%2Fnews%2Fitem%2F...

I'm unsure why this matters to this conversation? Are you implying since you don't go to BDSM conventions it is impossible for you to be raped or for your partner to cheat on you? I am unsure what the connection is there.

When did I say anything at all about responsible sexual behavior, other than that it is not the only reason to get a vaccine that is effective against HIV? I'd love to hear your thoughts on my motivation here.

0%. As the National Sexual Violence Resource Center will remind us, Sex without consent isn't sex, it's rape. https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nsvrc.org%2Fpublicat...

Again, it doesn't matter in this situation which is higher unless the smaller number is literally 0. This data is all pretty easy to find. One example I'll use: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftechreport.com%2Fstatist...
1: The percentage of men and women in 2017 who cheated on their partners was 20% and 13%.
3: 16% of married couples admitted to being unfaithful at some point in their marriage.
5: According to research, 57% of marriages ended in divorce due to infidelity.
I am happy for you that you have never been sexually assaulted or cheated on. You're in the majority. But the Minority isn't 0, so why someone would decide to get a Vaccine or not get a vaccine doesn't need to be because they decided they want to fuck like bunnies at a BDSM party.

What causes the majority of cases has precisely zero to do with why an individual would get a vaccine.

Maybe you should look up things like people being terrified of flying because they fear a crash, but are fine with the much more dangerous activity of driving to the airport in a car. /RollsThemBack

I know right, it's not like rape or cheating exists. Those are myths.

Maybe think a bit, I know, it's inconceivable.

Did it improve your driving so you stopped getting moving violations?

Turbo Pascal was my first professional language. It enabled us to do amazing things on bare bones PCs and be amazingly productive. The Borland character based IDEs were some of the most productive tools I've ever used. Fond fond memories.

I dislike when I see people misunderstanding the perjury part of the DMCA stuff. The DMCA mentions perjury twice in the law. the first is this line about filing a DMCA takedown notice: "A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed."

The statement that the information in the notification is accurate is *NOT* a part of the under penalty of perjury, just that you're authorized to act on behalf of the owner. Meaning you can sit and fire inaccurate notices constantly without penalty of perjury as long as you're authorized to send out notices by the content holder.

On the flip side the counter notice has the following under penalty of perjury: "A statement under penalty of perjury that the subscriber has a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled."

Yep, the person countering the notification has to say under penalty of perjury that the material itself was not the accusers material.

Seems unfair to me.

What you're missing is that it is carry-on only for Skip Lagging, no checked luggage.