There seems to be little doubt that the majority of voter suppression in the US comes from the Republican party (see various court cases that have ended up with, for example consent decrees that are later ignored). So, logically, unless they are really, really bad at planning it, it seems pretty clear which way they sway election. Also, consider your claimed position, that claiming a stolen election will sway independent voters away from the party whose members make the claim. Considering all of the activity from the Republicans (and specifically the ones in actual positions of power, like Trump) over claims that the 2020 Presidential election was somehow stolen, compared to the relatively minor activity over claims that the 2024 election was stolen, how do you justify that as a reason for votes to shift towards Republicans to Democrats?

That would require some sort of enforcement in the face of a possible riot by Critical Mass. The law may say "no", but the realities of enforcement say, "Go ahead, kid."

Bicycles?

So, change it.

Bugger!

And electric scooters can?

Why? They allow those electric bicycles on the highway.

I'm thinking very very stupid. No sprues for casting.

Take apart the clicker and wire the button to your own solution. Or even just have a solenoid that pushes the button that is activated by your own solution. Or alternately, take apart the garage door opener and just bypass their electronics. Or just build your own from scratch. Garage door openers are not particularly sophisticated devices.

Right, makes sense. Because having things delivered started with Covid-19 and the Sears Roebuck catalog was never a thing.

Agreed. This is all stuff that at MOST should be accessible over the LAN. The ESP32 is cheap and provides the WiFi and enough power to run a simple RESTful web app. If I actually need/want to access it remotely, it'll be through a well protected integrated web servie on a jump box.

A cheaper manufacturer could probably make the ESP32 do double duty as the primary micro-controller with a suitable interrupt routine.

I agree with you in principle. Anecdotally... ehhh.

Interesting there that you're not denying that voter suppression took place, you're just calling them slime for not also pointing out that some of the suppressed voters may have voted for different parties than the others?

Please tell me you recognize the irony in your opinion?

You didn't have gopher?

The Internet was, and still is, more than http/https. But that's only for people who know their way around it. The rest of you are like the fat kid on a boy scout camp-out when the bear (Google) arrives. As long as you keep it fed, we'll be safe.