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New comment by asmallcat in "What Is in Road Flares?"

asmallcat — Wed, 15 Apr 2026 15:46:17 +0000

I see them on roads all the time in Canada (Tow truck operators and law enforcement use them quite a lot). That being said, most vehicles on the road carry a large tank of highly combustible stuff which is a lot more volatile (e.g: Gasoline)

New comment by asmallcat in "'Lavender': The AI machine directing Israel's bombing in Gaza"

asmallcat — Wed, 03 Apr 2024 21:22:19 +0000

The sad and simple truth (trying to not sound political, but it's pretty damned hard given the context) is that it seems that not so long ago, lists and very flimsy justifications were at the root of a lot of pain and suffering for the very people perpetrating the same.

New comment by asmallcat in "Apple Vision Pro review: magic, until it's not"

asmallcat — Tue, 30 Jan 2024 14:53:35 +0000

Wonderfully written review. Happy to have read it and disappointed with some of the takeaways. I wish that there were more of a "mac-centric" approach taken for powerusers, rather than barreling forward with visionOS. Once their OS is truly consolidated I may have more use for this device.