#garfield Logs

Mar 13 2025

12:06 AM aandrew: I see you are similarly afflicted
12:21 AM aandrew: I have similar lists and thought processes
12:37 AM rue_mohr: oh gettin derpy, gnight
02:26 AM * rifraf waves hello to everyone sleeping
05:14 AM rifraf: rue_mohr found sprung, works like this, but shorter and larger OD, 8mm+ wire diameter and should be very close to 35mm ID https://desire3d.com/images/public/sprung.jpg
05:37 AM rifraf: this is an actual diplomat https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nNJOUy_luDM
05:38 AM rifraf: you would be wise to actually have a listen to something other than your MSM
07:48 AM rue_mohr: audio on youtube wont work today apparently
08:46 AM rue_mohr: ok, I basically have the serial code for the CH32 where I want it
08:46 AM rue_mohr: I think I have to adjust a pin mode
08:46 AM rue_mohr: CH32 is crazy full of config switches and systems
09:39 AM polprog: ch32 is a bit like stm32
09:39 AM polprog: a ton of registers
09:39 AM polprog: can you post the code? i might be able to check it on my ch32
02:24 PM aandrew: ugh. shit's getting kind of real down here
06:25 PM rue_mohr: in which way, protests?
06:52 PM aandrew: no
06:54 PM aandrew: potential declaration of alien enemies act which allows him to start mass deportations
06:55 PM aandrew: normally it requires an act of congress to declare war, but there seems to be a clause which allows the president to do it if he proclaims a foreign nation is threatening an invasion or attack
06:55 PM aandrew: and we saw what he pulled out of his arse to legally impose blanket tariffs without congressional oversight so I wouldn't put it past him
06:56 PM rue_mohr: he's already doing mass deportations
06:56 PM aandrew: not really, not like what this would allow
06:57 PM rue_mohr: there are tonnes of videos of the ice or whatever its called bascially tieing a rope to peoples ankles and dragging them off to camps
06:57 PM aandrew: there's already a canadian detained in AZ after crossing into SD from Mexico without her TN in order
06:57 PM rue_mohr: legal or not
06:57 PM aandrew: a brit as well IIRC
06:57 PM rue_mohr: yea, get out
06:57 PM Tom_L: they don't wanna discriminate
06:57 PM aandrew: it'd be funny if it weren't so serious
06:58 PM Tom_L: would you like supporting illegal imigrants if you were an american tax payer?
06:58 PM aandrew: I was hoping my son could finish the school year (may 15) but he may end up eating this year
06:58 PM rue_mohr: and with the stories I'm hearing I suggest shooting any ice memebers in the face and making tracks if it looks like their interested in you
06:58 PM aandrew: Tom_L: this isn't about illegal aliens
06:58 PM Tom_L: i'm all about ppl coming in and living here legally
06:59 PM aandrew: this is about people with valid visas from western countries being detained rather than simply deported
06:59 PM aandrew: I do not like illegal immmigration at all, I am a legal immigrant
06:59 PM Tom_L: i'm not watching the news so i dunno much about any of it
06:59 PM Tom_L: i know you are and glad you are here
06:59 PM rue_mohr: so are all the stories with first person videos online
07:00 PM aandrew: but so are these two, although I do agree that if you wanted to paint a fine line not having your TN renewal docs in order could technically make it "illegal immigration" but still -- why the harsh treatment, why not simple deportation or denial to re-enter?
07:00 PM rue_mohr: how about if when you show them the docs, they tear them up and say you dont have any
07:01 PM aandrew: not even "military age men" in this case -- one is a 30-something woman who had a valid TN and was working here legally, lost her job and got another (with another visa) and was crossing in order to re-file
07:01 PM rue_mohr: this kind of thing happens
07:01 PM aandrew: and the other was apparently on a tourist visa but was working on the side too
07:01 PM Tom_L: that's sketchy
07:02 PM rue_mohr: I suggest if you can get out safely do it
07:02 PM rue_mohr: the crap has only just started to hit the fan
07:02 PM aandrew: yeah - and I don't exactly trust the news with accurate reporting but these are also first-person accounts from the parents of both these women, and in the case of the Canadian, the government confirming that they are being detained but not giving other info so it could also be sketchy too
07:02 PM rue_mohr: Tom_L, wanna vaccation in canada for ... 8 or 9 months?
07:02 PM Tom_L: it's not the first time or country innocent people have gotten trapped in the system
07:02 PM Tom_L: nope
07:02 PM Tom_L: i'm heading south
07:03 PM rue_mohr: ? ok
07:03 PM aandrew: I know, I am very seriously weighing it. I don't want to cost my son a year of school over hysteria, but I also don't want to be stupid
07:03 PM rue_mohr: people are having their lives ruined
07:03 PM aandrew: I'll stay until I'm told to leave but I don't want my son involved in this
07:03 PM rue_mohr: did you hear about seattle(?)
07:04 PM aandrew: not sure I have. what happened in Seattle?
07:04 PM rue_mohr: how about if they ship you and the family off to a concentration camp, where they just illegally hold you
07:04 PM rue_mohr: teslas
07:04 PM rue_mohr: I think it was seattle
07:04 PM aandrew: that is what I am saying - just me here I'm not too worried but I don't want my son to get tangled up in that
07:04 PM aandrew: no I haven't heard
07:05 PM rue_mohr: ah, multiple car lots supposedly set ablaze
07:05 PM Tom_L: i don't really wanna get stuck in Honduras either but it's a possibility
07:05 PM Tom_L: electric seems like a real winner so far
07:06 PM Tom_L: don't work in the freezing cold and catch fire that you almost can't put out
07:06 PM aandrew: I think that the vandals should be dealt with as vandals. this is stupid immature behaviour and I don't care if you like the man or not (I do not), you don't act like that
07:06 PM rue_mohr: its happening all over the world
07:06 PM aandrew: yep I know
07:06 PM rue_mohr: your not into the news?
07:07 PM Tom_L: i'm not
07:07 PM rue_mohr: I'm not and even I have it leaking thru
07:07 PM aandrew: doesn't make it right. peaceful protest is good. torching a bunch of cars because you don't like the man behind them is not
07:07 PM rue_mohr: I made a new twitter account just to see what the default feed was like, OMG I can see why people dont know which way is up
07:07 PM Tom_L: there are alot of not so nice ppl in the world
07:08 PM aandrew: just like the BLM riots, you don't make a valid case for your cause by acting like a hooligan
07:08 PM rue_mohr: Tom_L, you really going to hondourus for a while?
07:08 PM aandrew: tesla's stock is down almost 50% without people torching dealerships and creating health and safety hazards
07:09 PM rue_mohr: a friend of the family used to have a place down there, looks nice
07:09 PM rue_mohr: its sort of too bad, I think tesla was an awesome element in the electric revolution
07:10 PM aandrew: nice I haven't ever been. not much for central america/tropical climates tbh
07:10 PM rue_mohr: after all, I dont think any of the other auto manuf's would be doing electric if not for tesla
07:11 PM rue_mohr: AND I'm pretty sure tesla is still making parts a lot of the other manufs need to be able to do their electric cars
07:11 PM aandrew: they all kind of half-assed it for sure, many still are I feel. tesla was doing it before musk too, but he was able to make it mainstream
07:11 PM rue_mohr: yup
07:11 PM aandrew: then he did a 180... I feel like he got all the lefties on board then flipped so he could get all the righties on board now too
07:11 PM rue_mohr: so
07:12 PM rue_mohr: yea, something odd there with musk, I almost wonder if he was threatened to have to support trump somehow, along with a few of the others "at his side"
07:12 PM rue_mohr: there were a bunch of avid anti-trumps that "suddenly flipped"
07:13 PM rue_mohr: Maybe musk just saw an opportinuty he couldn't pass up
07:13 PM aandrew: who the hell knows, sure as shit we'll never know the truth
07:13 PM aandrew: yeah there's a definitely opportunity there when he bought twitter
07:13 PM rue_mohr: I think if trump died a lot of things would come out in the wash
07:14 PM rue_mohr: trump was banned from twitter
07:14 PM rue_mohr: (not anymore) but the contrast is curious
07:15 PM Tom_L: rue_mohr, yup
07:15 PM rue_mohr: yea, I suggest getting out of the USA and shoveling a bunch of money into something not tied to either north american dollar
07:16 PM Tom_L: they're holding american tourists hostage though
07:16 PM rue_mohr: its not hostage...
07:17 PM Tom_L: maybe i'll make the news or... never be heard from again
07:17 PM aandrew: Tom_L: who's holding american tourists hostage?
07:17 PM Tom_L: hondourus
07:17 PM rue_mohr: Tom_L, stay safe eh?
07:17 PM Tom_L: meh
07:17 PM rue_mohr: hodourus is holding hostages????
07:17 PM aandrew: Tom_L: damn, what's drawing you to honduras in that case/
07:18 PM rue_mohr: aren't they WAY too mellow for that?
07:19 PM rue_mohr: like, if canada held people hostage we would just put them in a room with an open door and a "please wait here" sign :]
07:20 PM rue_mohr: countries are probably going to start unhooking their currency from the usd and as they do, the usd becomes worthless
07:21 PM rue_mohr: it'll probably happen in proportion to the trade stops with the usa
07:22 PM rue_mohr: almost none of the us goods in grocery stores have moved since the tariffs
07:23 PM rue_mohr: not sure how long they give the canned goods before they ditch it all for stuff that sells
07:36 PM aandrew: this is the dumbest trade war in the history of trade wars, but this annexation talk of panama, canada and greenland is not cool
07:36 PM aandrew: I thought he ran on a "stop getting into other people's shit" platform, stabilize the economy, maga, all that
07:36 PM aandrew: so far this is quite the opposite
07:37 PM aandrew: even if you believe he's got some kind of long term plan it's a pretty dumb thing to do
10:17 PM rue_mohr: I think there are two things he doesn't understand. a) He can lead to the destruction of the USA itself as a country. b) The country he's administrating cannot just take over other countries at will.
10:18 PM rue_mohr: well, I think there are more things, like knowing how to drive, but its not really of consequence to the immediate issues.....