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I mean, you can already download models that have been fine tuned to fix issues with hands... but still it's great that they continue to improve the model!

I would recommend that you check out Golden Sun.

I agree with the hesitancy on WD. They're also starting to automatically flag NAS drives older than 3 years with a warning flag. Plus when they shipped out SMR drives as Red drives a few years back... https://youtu.be/cLGi8sPLkLY

Agreed, a few states (4-5?) have been able to fully eliminate the biggest issue with civil asset forfeiture (including removing the loophole that allows their state employees from working with the federal govt. to get around those restrictions).

Over half the states have started to do something about it. But as long as that loophole remains and as long as the federal govt. itself can continue to abuse civil asset forfeiture, we'll continue to see problems.

Not only that. It seems like the article completely ignores how batteries can be recycled and assumes that every new battery undergoes the same manufacturing process.

This may be true in Europe and in cities for those who both live and work in the city. But for the vast majority in the U.S. It's practically required to have a car if you want to work.

I understand what he's suggesting and I do agree that we need to fix up our town planning.

And that's why my point wasn't that he's wrong about his suggestions, just that, again, it's "much easier said than done."

For the foreseeable future, owning a car is the only reasonable way of getting around many parts of the U.S.

How long do you think it would take to fix up even half of the cities in the U.S?

How can we fast track it and what are reasonable expectations since there will be pushback from people?

In a way we would need some sort of Haussmannization to occur and that will not go well in the U.S.

This is much easier said than done. Around large parts of the United States you can't reliably commute by public transit. For me personally, without a car, a one way 40 mile trip to the major city near me would take 5 hours. That's 2 different trains and 2 different busses.

Add that to the fact that the station closest to me only has a few trains a day and my options are very limited.

Even if we ignore the current train schedule and assume that trains come by every 5 min, it would still be a 2 hour trip that costs me $20 for one way. I could then bike the rest of the way and avoid the last 2 buses.

There are rail passes I could get, but those would cost $477/month. It's cheaper to lease a Tesla at that point.

Owning a car is pretty much the only reasonable way of getting around for many parts of the U.S.

Project Zomboid! Easily one of the most feature rich zombie games I have ever played. It's basically "the Sims" on steroids with zombies.

Your laptop should be able to handle it easily. It takes a while to figure things out, but you can tweak the zombie settings to your preference. It also has a multiplayer option if you're looking for a community while playing.

Interesting, I didn't realize that Russia was already renting out the base pre-2014. Thank you for that context.

Hmm you raise an interesting point. I do agree that it's helpful to explain to someone why they're being downvoted.

An experimental feature might be to allow downvotes only if you reply, or else you can choose to down vote a comment if you also upvote a response to the downvoted comment.

Perhaps an option could be that Ukraine gets their land back, but there's some agreement that Russia can rent out the land around the port at Sevastopol.

Ukraine gets paid for the use of their land (and ultimately they still own it), and Russia gets exclusive access to that part of the port where they can do whatever they need.