Valve plus thermocouple/RTD/thermistor is the way industrial control systems have worked for 30+ years. Mercury switches are horrible for actual control.

I’m not sure about phony. I think Putin knows that there’s the possibility of loosing his puppet in 2020, so he might need to ramp up to the real thing pretty soon.

My thinking is restart the Cold War, but for that to happen you have to have a counterpart that has enough empathy to not say fuck it and destroy humanity just because people were mean to him on twitter.

I mean that’s basically what Heisenberg did in the 1940s. He just kept putting out designs for nuclear weapons that he knew wouldn’t work until the Nazi high command quit asking.

Come on, he’s the face of the NRA. Make it a depleted uranium dildo the size of an 88mm shell.

I yearn for a time when every scandal isn’t called ___gate.

I prefer the term Ameristan for those parts of the country.

I didn’t know that existed, but now I need it.

Is it because of the vampires?

For the same reason that there was a few hundred comments on an article that was complaining about the name of the new Chevy Blazer.

They’ve had this in Panamerra trim for a couple years.

Killing the poor is seen as a savings straight to the bottom line for these business owners cosplaying as politicians.

Does anyone actually order the original at Popeye’s?

Kvyat burned that bridge and Helmut Marko won’t attempt to rebuild it.

I think of him as opposite Michael Schumacher.

I wish that was an option where I am, but welcome to Ohio, the home of the drive-thru. Also the home to Arby’s and Wendy’s, so it kind of makes sense.

The Leader of the (allegedly) Free World is once again circulating baseless conspiracy theories

Just pointing out that it isn’t the only one for sale at the moment.

I saw someone racing a Mini Marcos at a vintage road racing event. That thing looked to be one of the twitchiest cars with under 100hp ever built.

I actually found one that looks to be in better shape for $5K last night.