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Comment Re:Too bad it shows... (Score 0) 65

It's not a "rationalization" and as stated, OP's own writing was an excellent example. How about a response that actually addresses what's at play rather than meaningless labels like "rationalization".

You don't, which is why you simply responded with a dismissive but non-substantive label "rationalization". Because the observations are facts. Famous white inventors are broadly and profusely celebrated and acknowledged from kindergarten to TV to magazines to college and on and on. Practically everyone has been exposed to famous white inventors which is why OP rattled them off in his post. Ask any random American to list 5 famous inventors and they will all be white men with very few exceptions... because that's what's been drilled into their heads from the day their heads exited their mothers' wombs. Again, yet another fact. As a bonus: A core premise of mainstream "western" culture is that without it, humanity would not have advanced technology, so of course, the lionizing/deifying of white inventors perfectly aligns with that...

Never mind the fact that "western" culture is actually built on, of, from, and by non-European people and cultures. That's to say nothing of the history and present practice of appropriation (taking ownership of) things not self-originated... Never mind that cultures around the globe have had time/condition appropriate technologies before and at the same time as Europe. Never mind the basic fact of how anthropology and all knowledge of humanity's past shows clear patterns that disprove that super-astronomical hubris. I'm sorry that the facts conflict with your desire to self-glorify vicariously with regards to such. I'm also sorry that the facts don't let your straw man of so-called racism against white people by search engines stay together. I'm sorry that you are just an ordinary, non-special plain old human being just like the other 7billion plus on the planet.

Comment Re:Too bad it shows... (Score 5, Insightful) 65

I'm going to go out on a limb here. Your "Political image search" problem is dealing with how an image search for "American inventors" disproportionately show black inventors. And that's the hugely serious "political" issue... I'm willing to bet that it's because the search engines are used to getting searches for "African American inventors". Why? Because famous white inventors are celebrated and acknowledged profusely, broadly, by default throughout society/culture in pretty much all media/contexts so no particular effort is needed to expose oneself to them. Everybody already knows them!!! Even you, Mr. Battle Swarm (great name, shows exactly his posture) rattles off the names of some in your post which perfectly illustrates my point. Maybe do a little more analysis of things. Looking at your blog, it's pretty clear that the one with the heavy dose of political distortion is YOU. You may as well throw up some links to Stormfront while you're at it, bud.

Comment Re:Typical Capitalist response (Score 1) 163

Oh boy. "Democrat politicians"? Found the right wing demagogue. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... Never mind an entire organized political faction, political party, and president who intentionally, concertedly and openly incite violence and use hatred and xenophobia, to maintain and gain power. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

Comment Re:It is a pusher, not a puller. (Score 1) 65

Close. It will be noisier than a tractor config plane, just far less so than typical pushers. That's because even with perfect laminar flow, there will still be *some* disturbance of the air by the airframe. That will still result in the prop cutting through air that's at least partly disturbed.

Comment Re:Toyota software are total BS (Score 1) 206

The VS package is standard on any car sold as "stylish", "fast", "tough", "adventurous", "high class", etc. That is, it's standard on every car sold. The only question is which "virtue" you want to signal. Your virtue signalling here is pretty obvious though.

It works both ways, but "anti virtue signalers" lack the integrity and honesty to see it.

Comment Re:Toyota software are total BS (Score 1) 206

The VS package is standard on any car sold as "stylish", "fast", "tough", "adventurous", "high class", etc. That is, it's standard on every car sold. The only question is which "virtue" you want to signal. Your virtue signalling here is rather blinding, AC.

Comment Re:Toyota software are total BS (Score 1) 206

Oh, you mean like virtue signalling as in a BMW/Lexus/Benz/etc (I'm richer than you). Or do you mean as in a hube oversized truck (I'm a tough guy). Or do you mean as in a Jeep or other "off road" lifestyle vehicle (I'm cool/tough/adventurous).... You're virtue signalling here yourself, showing that you are anti-"environmentalist"/anti-"liberal" and are therefore edgy tough, smart and cool. See how that works, tough guy? BTW, cars like the prius don't kill your wallet as much as others at the pump. It's also useful because it's almost a wagon so it's far more useful than any sedan or hatchback, even more useful than a lot of CUV's. And it's cheaper to purchase than a lot of those too. Is that enough 'virtue' for you?

Comment Energy capacity? Inexpensive Conductive Mortar? (Score 2) 94

No discussion on how much energy each brick has: i.e. how long it (or a pair, since it looks like 2 bricks are soldered to run it) can run the green LED.

Speaking of solder, in the picture it looks like 2 bricks are soldered together. Not many masons are using high power solder guns to join bricks. They'll have to come up with reasonably cheap, reasonably conductive solder. In practical terms ideally they'd come up with an additive fur regular mortar that fits these requirements.

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