Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1

On 2025-01-11, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

On 2025-01-11 04:08, RonB wrote:

On 2025-01-10, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

On 2025-01-10 04:09, RonB wrote:

On 2025-01-09, CrudeSausage <crude@sausa.ge> wrote:

On 2025-01-09 03:40, RonB wrote:

On 2025-01-08, rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:

On Wed, 8 Jan 2025 08:59:22 -0500, Chris Ahlstrom wrote:
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Nah, we're not thinking in terms of race with that accusation, we're
thinking in terms of *bigotry* as expressed by denigration of a whole
group of people based on race.

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But race doesn't exist. Or does it? The liberals are fine with giving a
group of people special privileges based on race.

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The Woke seem confused on that issue. Of course the Woke aren't having a
very good time right now, so they may a little constipated. Ford, McDonald's
and Walmart are the latest to drop (or curtail) the DEI BS.

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I was just talking about Ford with my wife yesterday. If I remember
correctly, they were the _only_ American automotive company strong
enough in 2008 not to require a bailout from the government. Since then,
they have jumped on the electric vehicle train which has cost them a
fortune since nobody wants those cars, at least not from them. Even
worse, their F-150 has just gotten a recall affecting several hundred
thousand vehicle, exacerbating the damage. I imagine that they'll be
requiring government assistance very soon.

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They *were* the strongest... until they bought into the EV crap. Hopefully
they'll back out of that stupidity. How big is the "carbon footprint" that
is required to provide the electricity that these "climate conscience" cars
require? And what kid of "carbon footprint" cost is there in the batteries?
— (and they wear out in a few years and are too expensive to replace so the
car usually ends up in the junk yard). This "green products" push is just
another scam. Not to mention that most of the EV vehicles are about
worthless if you need to drive more than 120 miles.

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Important facts:
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1. You have to flood wide areas of land to extract lithium. They have
new ways of doing it, but they haven't yet been implemented.
2. Lithium is considered a rare metal, and there isn't enough of it to
supply everyone with an electric car.
3. Charged to 100% and depleted to 0%, lithium batteries last about
1,000 charges.
4. The batteries in hybrid cars were charged between 25% to 30%, that is
why they lasted longer.
5. Lithium is recycled at a rate of about 1%, the rest ends up in a
landfill.
6. Electric cars themselves are not recycled because it is dangerous to
do so. As a result, they too end up in landfills.
7. The grid in countries that produce a lot of electricity like Canada
is insufficient to allow for everyone to have an electric car. You would
need to add about a dozen nuclear generators to supply enough.
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Apparently, Israel has made the process of charging an electric vehicle
less annoying by making drivers whose cars are depleted drive to a
service station where their battery is replaced within a few minutes. I
have yet to see that here.

 
I'm a little bit confused about how they would be able to replace EV
batteries in a few minutes...
 
Okay, I found some information about it... but, apparently, the Israeli
outfit that was doing it when belly-up in 2013, and Tessla's attempt at this
service ten years ago was unsuccessful. But maybe that's changing. No one is
mentioning how expensive it is to lease these batteries or use this service.
 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lbsbusinessstrategyreview/2024/04/15/the-rebirth-of-ev-battery-swapping-services-and-why-their-time-is-now/

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Admittedly, it's possible that this service no longer exists. I got the
story from my father-in-law who has Jewish friends who visit Israel
regularly. I thought it was bullshit too until I saw the story that yes,
such a thing exists/existed in Israel. To me, swapping batteries that
way was impossible because the batteries are usually very complex and as
big as the car, but I guess they figured out a way to do it differently.

Makes me wonder if they were using a specific car model. One designed for
this.

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what has been invented or made by the forces of good.”  —J.R.R. Tolkien