The only reason they’re so common is because of Henry Ford. Ford wanted Robertson screws, but Ford also wanted to make his own screws in-house. Robertson wouldn’t license them, Philips would, the rest is history. Robertson screws are much more common than Philips up in Canada (where they’re from).

But he knows what a Philips head is? If he was Canadian, he would know Robertson.

It’s not a square, it’s better than a square. One of the sides is ever-so-slightly angled, so the screws stick onto the screwdriver before you get them in place.

Torx is good. Robertson is great.

As a former professional baker, nah.

Most of these home bakers talking about how “precise” their baking is aren’t actually that precise. They:

• measure ingredients by volume rather than weight
• have home ovens that vary in temperature wildly
• never consider ambient humidity/outdoor temp at all

Cooking and baking aren’t that different, there are hard and fast rules in both, but also if you’re good at one, you’re also good at the other, because they are the same thing. Can you follow a recipe that involves cooking meat in the oven? Then guess what? You can also bake a cake. I’m sorry to be the bearer of good news

Also check out the Food Lab by Kenji Lopez-Alt, he also talks primarily about techniques rather than recipes

Last I checked there were about 50% more registered Democrats than registered Republicans in the USA. Given those kind of numbers, it’s actually impressive that the Republicans ever win any elections at all; and it takes a lot of both Democratic incompetence and Republican gerrymandering.

Yes! IMO the ‘evil geniuses’ had no effect whatsoever. Trump just wins by default when the Democrats run unpopular candidates.

I’ve been saying this for almost ten years now. Trump is not a popular candidate and never has been. In '16 he got fewer votes than Romney did in '12. If everyone who voted for Obama had voted for Clinton, Trump never would have won. The same is true with '20 vs. '24: if everyone who voted for Biden had voted for Harris, Trump never would have won the second time.

I also don’t think Biden was ever that popular; I think any of the Democratic candidates would have won in 2020. I told anyone who would listen at the time, “Biden is a bad choice, some shit could heat up in Israel, and he’s very out of touch with the Democratic base on that issue, and it could prevent him from getting re-elected.” I will say, I didn’t think Trump would get re-elected after J6, I thought it would be some other Republican. But, it also felt like the Democrats also never really went after Trump for what he did on J6 so.

Anyway, I guess what I’m saying is I agree and I’m glad to hear other people say it. The Democrats are too willing to compromise with Republicans who never compromise with them, and it keeps losing them elections. So even though Americans as we actually exist are reasonably progressive on most issues (legalizing weed and having universal healthcare poll higher than any sitting politician, there are about 1.5x as many registered Dems as Reps in this country, etc), we’re stuck with an extremely regressive government. That’s the context that leads to progressives like Mamdani winning in “upset” victories and the Democratic leadership is all surprised.

“The death of one man is a tragedy; the death of one million, a statistic.” — J. Stalin

Yes. Thank you.

The treaty was certainly fucked up, and also, the Nazis used that as propaganda to enflame their base with the “stab-in-the-back” myth.

Also, we can keep playing this nationalists game. One could also argue that France had “legitimate reasons” for being so punitive in the treaty, like, for instance, how they didn’t start WWI.

Actually Hitler and Eva Braun got married in the bunker right before they killed themselves. Why do I know this?! Fuck

Just use grok to summarize

Whatever they build, it needs a plaque that says “I built this monument before Elon killed himself”

Fuck it, I’d vote for him once he turns 35.

Raw-doggin’ reality

When Trump first ran for office in the 2016 election I thought he was a joke too. Because I remembered people laughing at him as a joke candidate when he ran in 2000.

What happened in between 2000 and 2016 that made him not a joke anymore? The Apprentice. He became a reality TV star and that made him a serious political contender because this is a fucking joke of a country 😂

For the AI bubble to not pop, an AI company needs to make money off of AI first. Not raising investments. They need to actually make at least $1 off of using/selling AI services.

This hasn’t happened yet, and I don’t think it ever will. The AI machines simply cost more to run than they produce, so when the investment money runs out, they’ll be shut down.

In 2007: “How could the housing bubble pop? After all, the real estate industry is backed by billionaire CEOs, military, and government influence.”

In 1999: “How could the dot com bubble pop? After all, the internet is backed by billionaire CEOs, military, and government influence.”

In 1929: “How could the Stock Market crash? After all, international capitalism is backed by millionaire CEOs, military, and government influence.”

This rocks and you’re 100% correct. Bless you.

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The meme says “one white guy who really fucks with keeping the fire going.” He’s clearly not fucking with the fire. He’s keeping it going.

Your hopes of a good life in your lifetime end with revolution.

I strongly disagree. My life is already pretty fucked up and doesn’t seem like it’ll be getting better without some massive political changes.