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@johnzajac I think it depends on what you've seen before. At the debate he reminded me of both my grandpa and my father-in-law the year before they were clinically diagnosed with dementia. (Alzheimer in one case, louie body in the other) We knew something was up, but the good days mostly convinced us that the bad days were just "getting old."

@CptSuperlative I will ask - as I did in December - what happens if Biden dies or falls so ill that he cannot function as president before the election?

@Hey_Beth @noondlyt So if Biden cannot make it to November, who would you want to see, or at least who else should be in the conversation. Does our Governor figure into the conversation? NBC is reporting that there is a Biden family summit at Camp David tomorrow so this may be a real discussion very quickly.

@deviantollam Regarding power cuts on fire suppression: Triggering the fire alarm (or FoH zone) at your favorite mouse based arcade will cut power to all the games and the digital entertainment. And no, most managers do not know how to turn it back on.

@JasonPerseus The solution is very simple. We have a legislative branch empowered to change any law up to and including the US constitution. If it is clear that the kind of laws passed 300 years ago are out of step with the current age the solution is to have the legislature update the law.

It really sucks that Congress has be a dysfunctional mess for the last 20 years, but it really should not be the job of the courts to decide what the legislature should have done. It is particularly inappropriate for the courts to take an issue where congress has repeatedly taken up the issue and repeatedly chosen not to act and make the change through the courts that did not pass in congress.

@bloodravenlib 1) How is this any different from any other keyless entry system? and 2) what kind of idiot ignores at least a dozen warning that the Tesla App / car spit out about not letting the battery run low?

@nazokiyoubinbou I think it is also important to understand that there are some people, myself included, who cannot wear a respirator appropriately and safely.

Just last week I "failed breathing" again at work. It is illegal for me to work in any environment where a respirator is required. Fortunately, there is very little call for such work in my particular role so my employer can make a reasonable accommodation for me.

When I hear people wanting to make N95s mandatory PPE in more situations - especially public accommodations I worry that it will impact my employment. For example, if N95s are required PPE in healthcare settings, I would become illegal for me to do any work in a healthcare setting because I am cannot get a licensed to wear a respirator even if the task I am performing would not need one otherwise. I work in a heavily regulated industry were we can lose billions of dollars in federally overseen contracts for not strictly observing PPE regulations. "Lets require everyone to wear an N95" is a real threat to my employment.

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@jay_chi um, which bill would that be? #SCOTUS ruling was on an ATF finding that Bump stocks fit the legal definition of machine gun under the 1968 statute. The opinion expressly says Congress may pass a new statute to ban bump stocks if they choose.

@garyackerman Do you really think that's true? My casual survey of some people who graduated from a fairly elite state university yesterday says that probably 3/4 of them where there it get their "professional work permit." They needed the piece of paper to be allowed to work in their chosen field.

Full disclosure: my sample group were mostly engineering majors.

@nazokiyoubinbou @luckytran Additional fun fact, if air goes around your N95 respirator your not wearing an N95 respirator. Remember "When worn right its uncomfortably tight."

@ISV_Damocles They are stuck in a flight regime that isn't kind to modern PCB assembly. It can be done, but it requires a good bit of testing and specialized ruggedization techniques. The company I work for has developed boards with surface mount components that will work at over 150c and more than 25g worth of vibration. On the other hand, my lab is full of examples where we didn't get it right. Our industry can accept a certain level of failure - it is expensive, but not deadly. Boeing can't accept a 2% failure rate.

Apparently the best selling #FCEV #Hydrogen car has and expiration date because many of the hydrogen parts cannot be certified safe. And the repair costs are $100,000. But all we ever hear about are dead batteries in #BEV cars.

https://www.motorbiscuit.com/toyota-mirai-expiration-date/

@thelinuxEXP I really miss the 1990s open source ethos where everyone used a (often bitingly sarcastic) handle that had no connection with IRL identity and if the code was good it got used. I still prefer to use the internet without punting my IRL stuff out there. It's just a better experience.