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Comment Re:If masks do nothing (Score 0) 31

by r_naked (#65093477) Attached to: FTC Says Refunds For Razer's False N95 Face Masks Are Going Out Now

Face masks do, in fact, help prevent the spread of airborne viruses. The key is that it's the INFECTED that need to wear them. And the second key is that in the case of a widespread pandemic with a long incubation and post-symptom contagion period, you don't know if you are infected or not. That's why widespread masking was the recommendation.

It's a pity that Trump's Treason Fucks and the rest of the Inbred Klanass Republican Brain Dead Shitbags don't understand that logic. Thank you for killing my grandmother you sick treasonous subhuman sacks of shit.

N95 masks *help* -- they don't PREVENT, and the paper masks that most people were wearing don't do a GOD DAMN THING.

Dumbasses like you gave people a false sense of security. You caused more harm than good with your "wear a mask and you will be safe!!" bullshit.

Oh, and FYI, Trump is your president now -- deal with it.

Comment Re:so, Tor? (Score 1) 31

by r_naked (#65028075) Attached to: This VPN Lets Anyone Use Your Internet Connection. What Could Go Wrong?

Bid difference between being aware you are running a tor node, and being unaware though..

I think most thinking people would agree that PUAs are bad. I think a lot of people who would never set themselves up to be a tor exit node for a variety of reasons would install some vr head set stuffs to play with. If the hey and you'll be a vpn transit egress is not disclosed or buried down in the fine print, well that is kinda nasty behavior

If they are unaware (and that is a very big if) then yes, PUAs are bad.

I was referring to the general tone of the article, and a lot of the comments -- that allowing VPN connections to exit *in general* is bad.

Comment Re: Beaurocrats with too much time on their hands (Score 1) 279

by r_naked (#65026399) Attached to: NHTSA Will Require Audible Seatbelt Reminders For Everyone In the Car

Canada has universal healthcare. Despite the strain our system is under, we both pay less per capita than Americans, and have better health outcomes and greater life expectancy.

You should not be asking "How will we pay for universal healthcare??" You should be asking "What are the best ways to spend the billions of dollars we save once we have universal healthcare?"

The reasons universal healthcare saves money are many. Some of them are: Getting rid of the profit motive in healthcare, encouraging people to get treatment before it progresses to a severe (and expensive) stage rather than avoiding going to the doctor for fear of fees, and having much more leverage when bargaining over drug prices because you represent an enormous buyer.

LMFAO!

Canada patient: Doc, I have a hangnail. Can you help me out?
Canada doctor: Have you considered the end of life options that we have?
Canada patient: ??????? WTF???????

Before anyone thinks this is a joke:

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Freason.com%2F2022%2F09%2F07%2F...

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fapnews.com%2Farticle%2Fcov...

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld...

https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.nationalreview.com...

Comment Re: Beaurocrats with too much time on their hands (Score 2) 279

by r_naked (#65026387) Attached to: NHTSA Will Require Audible Seatbelt Reminders For Everyone In the Car

Canada has universal healthcare. Despite the strain our system is under, we both pay less per capita than Americans, and have better health outcomes and greater life expectancy.

You should not be asking "How will we pay for universal healthcare??" You should be asking "What are the best ways to spend the billions of dollars we save once we have universal healthcare?"

The reasons universal healthcare saves money are many. Some of them are: Getting rid of the profit motive in healthcare, encouraging people to get treatment before it progresses to a severe (and expensive) stage rather than avoiding going to the doctor for fear of fees, and having much more leverage when bargaining over drug prices because you represent an enormous buyer.

LMFAO!

Canada patient: Doc, I have a hangnail. Can you help me out?
Canada doctor: Have you considered the end of life options that we have?
Canada patient: ??????? WTF???????

Comment Re:By that time SpaceX will have a base on Mars (Score 1) 81

by r_naked (#64963211) Attached to: NASA Wants SpaceX and Blue Origin To Deliver Cargo To the Moon

Hi. SpaceX's new rocket uses methane, which burns to create CO2 and H2O. CO2 is a greenhouse gas, but this reaction is much cleaner than what a lot of other rockets use. The cleanest would be hydrogen, but hydrogen is very difficult to store.

There are something like a million commercial airliners that fly every day (data is here: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.oag.com%2Fairline-fr...), so the amount of greenhouse gas from rocket launches it extremely tiny by comparison - like literally five orders of magnitude less.

In terms of non-chemical alternatives, those are coming, but it will be a decade or more. Here is one project that I am hopeful about: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fpsatellite.com%2Ftechnol...

I am no fan of Musk personally, but the whole reason he got involved with Tesla was to shift us to clean energy.

Wow, you have far more patience than I do -- taking the time to actually explain to that idiot. I would have gone with something along the lines of: "DEAR FUCKING GOD YOU ARE A FUCKING MORON!"

Either way he isn't going to actually pay attention, comprehend, and process the facts you threw at him.

Comment Re:We fear change. (Score 0) 522

by r_naked (#64885407) Attached to: EVs Are Just Going To Win

I don't drive at all.
However, I know what the safety recommendations are.
If your wiener feels a tiny touch larger because you don't take breaks while driving, then you do you, mate.

You'll come around when your friends or relatives get wounded or killed by a tired driver.

It is 453 miles from my house to Atlanta. Doing the speed limit, it is 6.5 hours to get there. I have a 15 gallon tank and get around 35 mpg.

If you can't handle that drive, it is a good thing you aren't on the road. That isn't a "rough" drive. That certainly wouldn't be considered exhausting. I agree if I had been up since 5am and I hopped on the road at 11pm and tried to make that drive, I would be a moron -- hell, even taking 2 hour breaks would be stupid. Getting on the road at a reasonable time (10am) and just driving through is is not only safe, it is fucking normal.

You are the prime example of the pussification of America. Please shred your man card.

Comment Re:We fear change. (Score 0) 522

by r_naked (#64884957) Attached to: EVs Are Just Going To Win

A full electric is totally impractical for this kind of thing given current recharge rates.

No, it is not, unless you drive for more than six hours continuously, or have two drivers alternating, neither of which is an ideal, or even recommended situation.
Current recharge rates for new vehicles are around 1h on average, with an average charging station. You could go 20%-80% in about 25-35 minutes, once every 4 hours or so. Less if your car allows faster charging. Let's say 30 minutes on average.
Sure, if you drive like a maniac and ignore safety recommendations, you won't like it. That doesn't mean "totally impractical".

When they get it down to 5 minutes, we can talk...

Comment Re:Counting down (Score 5, Interesting) 77

For all the complaints about Star Trek and being "woke" now and somehow missing all the previous symbolism in their money free socialist utopia. What did you think the episode about the half black and half white aliens was really about?

Now for Doctor Who. I love the character of the new doctor. He actually seems to enjoy himself compared to the terrible acting of Jodie Whitaker. However the episodes themselves were mostly bad. Space babies with CGI mouths?

Woke didn't destroy Star Trek and Doctor Who -- *REALLY BAD WRITING* did.

Doctor Who: Retconning the origin of the Doctor just effed it all up, but the god damn sonic screwdriver just FUCKED THE WHOLE year 2005+ episodes. Every fucking episode the fucking screwdriver just saves that day. PISS POOR WRITING.

Star Trek Discovery -- there was not ONE good thing about that series. Nothing. Zilch. Season 4 finale is a great example. They just stood in the shuttle bay and in a matter of hours figured out way to communicate with a species so advanced that they didn't even realize humanoids had sentience. Give me a fucking break.

As for the new Section 31 movie. I watched the trailer, and if it didn't have the name Star Trek: Section 31 I would have had no clue what I was watching. That doesn't mean that it is going to be bad, but don't fucking call it Star Trek if you are going to make something that isn't Star Trek...

Comment Re:Well, that explains a lot (Score -1) 190

by r_naked (#64538611) Attached to: Microplastics Found in Every Human Semen Sample Tested in Study

Yeah, well, they should go the fuck back into the closet...

Do they make your pants feel funny?

If you are a dude who wants to fuck a dude -- sick -- but go for it.

If you are a chick that wants to fuck a chick -- a waste -- but go for it.

If you want to parade down the road half (or even completely naked) -- fuck right off.

If you want to do tranny story hour for kids -- fuck right off.

The rest of the BBQ alphabet has fucked it up for the L and the G.

Seriously, go the fuck back into the closet.

Comment Re: Original screenplay?!? LOL!! (Score 1) 100

by r_naked (#64399400) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Are Movies Becoming More Derivative?

Didn't bother actually grok my post? Yes I said that "Hollywood hasn't had a truly original screenplay in years." but then I said that was an exaggeration and it was just really hard. No where did I say that they hadn't released new shit.

As for "getting out more" the last time I went to a theater half the audience had their phones out -- hard pass.

Lastly Everything Everywhere All At Once has been done .. many times. As I stated, it is nowhere near as good as some of these: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fscreenrant.com%2Feveryth...

Comment Original screenplay?!? LOL!! (Score 1) 100

by r_naked (#64398366) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Are Movies Becoming More Derivative?

Hollywood hasn't had a truly original screenplay in years. Sure, the script may be original, but the movies they are releasing have already been done and the original is usually better.

Alright, that might be a slight exaggeration, but "over half" -- no way. A truly original screenplay is really hard to do because almost all the ideas have been used up.

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