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usualsuspect191 ,

Both sides, amIright?

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Fe-male

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At the very least, fines of this nature should be an investigation into how much money was saved/generated by breaking the rule, and then using that plus some percentage for the fine amount. Too often the fine ends up being smaller than the gain which means it's always worth it to break the rule, especially knowing there's a chance you might not even get caught.

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My personal definition for my region is based on freezing temps: never gets below freezing? That's summer. Gets consistently above freezing in the day but still often below at night? Spring/fall. Essentially never gets above freezing? Winter.

Winter starts here early to mid November, it's silly to think it doesn't until Dec 21st. Same with summer being in full swing long before the third week of June.

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Having distinct seasons is nice I'll agree, although it can be extreme sometimes (over an 80°C temp swing between the end of Feb and end of June a couple of years ago).

Winter grows on me more every year, although the last few years have seen a trend where we get more random melting periods in the middle of winter and way less snow which kinda sucks for all the winter fun.

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True, but the amount they shrink and grow across the grain tends to be proportional. A 2x4 is very rarely measurably different from 1.5"x3.5", but a 2x10 (like you've shown) is 1.5"x9 1/4" but is often anywhere between 9 1/8" to 9 3/8"

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That's the one that made me lol. The expression!

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The nicer pairs have a zipper down at the cuff of the pants that lets you open them up a bit for easier removal of the legs

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It has the properties of bubble and gum

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Don't forget the forest fire smoke!

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In fairness, everyone dies in every political system. Yes I'm fun at parties

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I get the sentiment of being anti 2-stroke leaf blower (at least for personal use. Electric isn't feasible for industry/city use quite yet). I don't get why this comic is anti all leaf blowers though?

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Do you mean use the vac as a blower? Less effective compared to a proper blower, and just as loud (maybe louder?) as an electric blower.

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Let the leaves lie on the grass sure (and mulch them assuming it's not too many) but you still need a blower for all the other areas; concrete, landscaped rock, etc. They're also used for snow all the time where I live. Nothing wrong with an electric blower.

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You understand blowers aren't just used for leaves right? They're great for all sorts of debris in all the difficult or impossible to get places (imagine rocky landscaping for example). Isn't the issue 2-stroke blowers but not blowers in general? What's wrong with electric?

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Feasible for home use absolutely.

Municipalities/contractors need to be able to run them all or most of the day, and you'd need a way to charge the batteries and/or a giant stack of them to keep going. Fossil fuels are pretty energy dense so you can just have a jerry can to refuel and keep on going.

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Not wirelessly, no...

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? I know they're called leaf blowers, but they're just blowers. They let you use them for stuff other than leaves.

Specifically springtime? Here they're used to blow all the little rocks and debris off of landscaped areas that accumulated over the winter so they can be swept up.

That said, they get used all year round... They're a must have for any municipal/contactor snow removal. Shovels are not only way more work/slower for a light bit of snow, the blowers can take the snow off clean meaning no ice melt required (and you want to use that stuff sparingly for the sake of your concrete and the environment).

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Oh, then the blower is still better but for different reasons. Shop vac is just as loud as an electric blower, and will take significantly more time and energy.

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This is likely region dependant I suppose.

I'll push back a little on the "most of the time it's just for idiotic cleanliness standards" part there as I'll assume it's referring to homeowner use which I'd argue is likely not the ones using blowers the most often. Keeping walkways and ramps etc clear of slippery leaves, snow, or other debris is super important in all our public spaces and nothing does that job as quickly or as well as a blower.

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I think they can last about an hour these days (the backpack ones anyway) but if you're anywhere away from a charging source then you'd need so many spare charged batteries to compete with a few litres of fuel. Again, not talking about home use; most people probably don't even need cordless and can just run an extension cord to an electric hand-held blower.

Battery technology is getting better all the time though so hopefully soon as old machines wear out they can be replaced by electric alternatives.

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Very fair

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Very cool! This sort of tech will only really feel right if you're waking straight ahead at a steady pace though. As soon as you change directions or otherwise accelerate it won't feel right because you don't have to deal with any of the momentum that you normally do.

I like the idea of it being used on inanimate objects for other purposes though. Could this be coupled with the volume to move some props in a way to really sell paralax or movement when viewed in camera? The SFX uses are probably many.

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The only CG anime that I didn't hate the animation

usualsuspect191 ,

For me it's WhatsApp because it's the defacto group messaging choice

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Since it's what everyone else uses, it's what I need to use. Good luck getting everyone to switch to another app

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Very similar to this other one

God's Plan

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New Bible lore dropped

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Or maybe it does, who knows. It's the Cybertruck afterall

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Good 'ol joke #3

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With it is arms around your children

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But that's the uvula, not tonsils...

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Bifid uvula is fairly common

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That rural Kansas schooling isn't so great apparently

usualsuspect191 ,

You can have a “central planning authority”, it would just be voluntarily made up of those small town level groups.

Maybe I'm misunderstanding, but you could have central planning, but they wouldn't have any authority...

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Laws (at least somewhat) and the state's monopoly on violence

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No, they definitely do. It's just a wider cast net of more people so the error margin is lower. Think of getting 1 vs 10 vs 1000 people to guess how many jellybeans in a jar.

usualsuspect191 ,

Oh wow... You could use a consent deep fake to trick another person to create the sex one. This gets messy quick...

usualsuspect191 ,

It's recessive

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How about they run on the Oxford comma?

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Super gay

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Just like this famous picture showing how the framing chosen can alter the meaning

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I swear I remember hearing about a science fiction story where the "self-driving" cars actually just had people hidden in them.

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No, there are no cars in that, although I get the connection.

This was a short story or novel I think, but I haven't read it just heard about it.

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Do you mean a pole with flags on it that you grab and bring to the other side when you cross? I've also run into those in Jackson Hole

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Think Geek shut down? Man it's been 5 years and I didn't even notice

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That spider drawing looks like it would be worth about $233.95

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Michelangelo trying to paint a woman challenge (impossible)

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