HelixDab2

I recently acquired my first 'air fryer'.

Yes, it's an oversized, convection toaster oven, with a lot of fancy programs built in that I probably don't need.

Having had a (gas) convection oven in the past, it's just not the same. It heats up faster, and seems to do a better job of circulating air. Supposedly I had a pretty nice convection oven, too.

I can make really tasty falafel in my 'air fryer' that uses a tiny fraction of the oil that is used for deep frying; I wasn't able to make decent falafel in my convection oven. Does a great job with frozen fries and tater tots too. I need to try roasting brussels sprouts in it, maybe some asparagus.

So far, it's an easy 9/10. The only downside is the footprint.

How about not putting them on television or in news releases in the first place? Maybe let them have privacy until they're charged and/or convicted? How about that?

Inkjet definitely has a place; it's for high-resolution and accuracy printing, esp. photography. Consumer-level inkjet printers are mostly a waste of money. A correctly calibrated ink jet printer will print color more accurately--within it's gamut capability--and be higher resolution than laser printers. I've really liked Epson large format printers in the past, but I'm not sure who currently does the best large photo printers.

Absolutely.

I mean, that's part of the reason that I'm here, rather than The Place That Shall Not Be Named. That, and because my account was permanently banned because I suggested torching the house of a someone flying a nazi flag.

The fundamental difference is who is in control, and for what purpose.

American spyware is controlled by corporations, and is all about selling you shit you don't need.

Chinese (and Russian) spyware is--apparently--controlled rather directly by their respective governments, and is being used to suppress democracy and increase polarization in the US and EU.

I don't like any spyware. But the latter category--spyware that's functionally state-sponsored--is clearly more immediately dangerous. The former is more like a slow-growing cancer.

TBH, the strippers I've known IRL were actually doing that. One of them got a degree from a pricey art school and now is a VP at an advertising firm (she started as a photographer, moved up to graphic design, then art direction...). I'm acquainted with one that has a day job as an attorney and does it because she both enjoys it, and it pays better than most legal jobs.

Couple pedantic points:

You can shoot 10mm with one hand, but you should be shooting pistols with both hands regardless of the power, because it's generally less stable to shoot one-handed. (Olympic shooting is one of the few disciplines that still uses single handed shooting.)

10mm was designed as a cartridge that would have similar performance to a .357 Magnum, but for an autoloading pistol so that you could reload faster and have higher magazine capacity. Typical 10mm loads outperform typical .357 Mag loads.

There's a pretty significant difference in .40S&W v. 9mm Luger; if you look at range ammo, 9mm 115gr will run at about 360 ft-lbs, and .40 S&W 165gr will run at about 470 ft-lbs. OTOH, a 10mm 180gr will run at around 710 ft-lbs. While the 1986 Miami shootout led the FBI to believe that they needed more stopping power than a 9mm, the all branches of the US Military still use 9mm, and most police forces have moved back to 9mm after using .40 S&W for a number of years.

If any design is changed as a result of gov regulations I’ll eat my entire dick.

Is this you? Kinda looks like you.

What, exactly, did you expect when you said that? How did you anticipate people responding to the tone you set in your top level comment?

See, that's what we call "moving the goalposts".

And if you think that they EU won't regulate companies and force them to change their business practices in order to do business in the EU, well, you haven't been paying attention.

So, uh, have you heard of a guy named Ralph Nader? He wrote a book called "Unsafe At Any Speed" in the 60s about how auto manufacturers were selling cars that they knew to be dangerous, and how they resisted changing in order to make vehicles safer. It resulted in the US DOT and eventually NTHSA, and a whole bunch of new regulations that auto manufacturers were obligated to comply with.

You also have things like the Consumer Product Safety Commission that can force companies to recall products--at their own expense--to fix products with health and safety defects. The results of recalls can be fines, as well as the product being entirely removed from the market, which can easily end up costing more than has already been spent on tooling and processes.

So, yeah, companies can, and do, change designs as a result of regulations.

Now, how were you planning on eating your entire dick?

I, for one, would like to see single-function, physical switches for everything that isn't specifically infotainment. I want turn signals to be a single switch, and I don't want any other features integrated into that switch, and I want each individual module to be easily replaced.

Well, if your vehicle can't be sold in an entire economic zone because you aren't complying with safety regulations, that's a pretty big incentive to change your design.