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  • Make sure there’s absolutely no wind. Those one-handed clamps and temporary lumber for bracing really come in really handy. You’ll probably also want to get the foundation totally complete first, so you can then get the structure all assembled in one day. A lot of metal structures are essentially membrane structures, which aren’t strong until they are complete, so you don’t want to leave it overnight partially complete.

    Looking at the picture on the box, you’re really going to want some help, or a tractor with a loader, or something. It’s possible if you are supposed to assemble trusses and then lift them into place that will be really difficult by yourself.


  • I was thinking Khorne wasn’t appropriate for the USA because Khorne cares about honorable combat. Then I thought Nurgle because we’re all fat and sick and because of the ivermectin brain-worms shit, but no, Nurgle is actually an avuncular and loving god in his own way. Tzeentch actually plans stuff and thinks ahead.

    I think its a Slaanesh cult. The elites are all pedos, the propaganda is obsessed with genitalia, the populace doesn’t give a shit as long as the treats flow.



  • Yeah I think the future of what you describe is Chinese. They are already making autonomous electric tractors, but its early. Tractors are kind of uniquely suited to carry big heavy batteries and never get too far from the charging station. There are smaller autonomous vehicles that can do simple tasks like mow, and of course all the good drones are Chinese. I don’t know if they’ll make it open source, but they may not be openly hostile to users like western corporations. Deere and company won’t just have a fee, all the telemetry, controls, everything will be tied into their own proprietary cloud shit, mandatory reliance on the dealer network, coupled with warranty service, etc.

    Hopefully it’s possible that even if a Chinese vehicle doesn’t have FOSS software it’s compatible with FOSS route planning software or diagnostics, or whatever. Maybe it’s not FOSS out of the box but if you flash it, it won’t brick itself because your binary isn’t signed with their private key, or some shit. The lack of dealer would suck and of course, the government could just ban Chinese ag equipment when the check from Deere clears.



  • They exist, they’re just more corporate and centralized, and inundated with basic tech support questions due to the huge install base.

    Like this: https://techcommunity.microsoft.com/category/windows

    If you dig deep enough in there you’ll find administrators talking about powershell hacks and devops and group policy and stuff like that. There’s probably people who are “passionate” about Windows, I’d imagine, but since it’s closed source there’s only so much you can do without being literally an employee of MS. The people I’ve met like this are kind of smugly defensive about Windows because they’ve invested so much training and knowledge into its arcana, but it’s not exactly “passion”.



  • Somebody here said something like, “Can’t wait for libs to tell me I’m responsible for a Vance presidency because I refuse to vote for this ghoul.” I think about that every time he opens his mouth. Can’t wait for all the milquetoast liberal pushback against Newsom’s despicable rhetoric to melt away into “Blue no matter who” the minute he is coronated by the plutocracy.



  • There’s also a lot of posts with pictures of a half-built deck, or plumbing, or whatever and a caption like, “what did my contractor do wrong?” or “I say this is the way it’s done if you disagree you’re fired off my jobsite!”

    I think it’s rage bait for blue collar boomers. I have no idea what purpose it actually serves financially.

    Here’s an example. I keep a burner FB account because it’s the only website a bunch of local businesses and communities use, and it’s infested with this shit. Why?


  • If that’s true the sequence of events will be something like:

    • Trump demands the ship be sent immediately because he doesn’t understand what “dry dock” is.
    • Someone in the chain of command who understands how bad that is uses proper channels to politely call for a small delay.
    • That officer is immediately fired. Right-wing media starts rumor they are a trans immigrant when a document from 2012 is found where they listed pronouns.
    • The officer is replaced with a 26-year-old toadie who has a background in podcasting about flat earth.
    • Toadie immediately sends the ship.
    • Ship sustains heavy damage from corrosion because it wasn’t painted yet, or some shit.
    • The hospital ship spends 90 days sitting off-shore in Greenland. During this time it treats a handful of patients who, it later turns out, got paid to be there and aren’t even citizens of Greenland.
    • Ship returns to USA to actually do the refit, where it turns out the damage is now catastrophic.
    • Jared Kushner receives contract to build replacement ship, named “USS TRUMP 12” because we have 11 other USS TRUMPs.
    • The money changes hands.
    • The ship is never built.
    • This is only reported by Common Dreams.

    edit: fuck it, made it more elaborate.




  • Thanks, I plan on doing this when my phone dies. Just some questions:

    A computer with a Chromium-based browser (e.g., Google Chrome, Brave, Microsoft Edge, Vivaldi?). Unfortunately, I must recommend Windows 10/11 here, because then you don’t have to mess around with any drivers; it’s the simplest option.

    This is the first I’ve read this, how much of a pain is it to use Linux instead? I don’t have any Windows computers.

    First of all, we need to make sure that our phone’s software is updated to the latest available version. For this purpose, we go to Settings -> System -> System update. If necessary, we update

    How is this possible if the previous step skipped SIM and Wifi setup? I assume, if there’s updates, to setup Wifi then proceed?

    securing the phone with a fingerprint; I personally am an advocate of this solution…

    Recommend not doing this for users in the USA, as police can compel you to unlock biometric locks. Yes, it’s fucked up, that’s what happens when octogenarian fascists run all three branches of your government.




  • Taber addresses this in her videos and her sources are linked in the description. I highly recommend watching a few then drawing your own conclusion vis-à-vis something like More Perfect Union.

    The TLDW on the suicide rate is that it sounds terrible when comparing occupations, but when compared with the cohort that mostly represents farmers, ie “rural, white men over 40 who own guns”, the rate isn’t exceptional. It’s a terrible statistic but it doesn’t say as much about farming as it does about mental health in general in the USA.

    Regarding the economics, it’s terrible for everyone but farmers get a lot of attention because of how important the image of farmers is to Americans. That said, both personal and farm bankruptcies are still below pre-pandemic levels. Arkansas picked here because of the MPU video, but it’s pretty much the same story nationwide.

    I agree with the MPU video that the farming economy is super broken, over-consolidated, and warped, but that kind of goes for every industry. Perversely enough, farmers make more income under Democrat administrations, but they make less in subsidies. So they tend to vote R. Taber actually ran for agricultural commissioner for her state as a Democrat but lost to the Republican incumbent.