No money for projects? That sounds like my life.

Never.

100% this.

Very yes.

I like you, you can come to my house parties.

I’m not denying, nor am I trying to deny that the scales are not balanced in terms of perpetrators and victims of rape.

Nor do I mean to say, nor imply, that there are not groups of rapists, and people who are okay with them, or support them.

I also equally recognise that the number of people in those groups is relatively small in comparison to the overall population.

That doesn’t and shouldn’t imply that I don’t think something should be done.

The problem is anyone who is complacent with the act, who perpetrates the act, anyone who covers up the act, and any judge, jury, or court, that would deny someone justice in the face of evidence of the act, even if that evidence is simply the victims side of the story.

I also think anyone using an accusation of rape to smear someone or get them in trouble, when no crime has been committed, should be severely punished for creating a false report.

In my opinion, everyone should be doing everything to find, report, and/or otherwise stop rapists at all times, in every circumstance. It should be the duty of every individual in society to put these people in jail, or stop them by whatever means are necessary. To me, the only ones that are not committed to this, are rapists, sympathisers, or enablers, all of which should be given the same punishment.

It’s not up to me to say what that punishment should be. That’s up to society. I am not a rapist, nor am I a victim, so I have no basis to judge what a fair punishment should be, nor do I have any stake in making that punishment any less severe than what the victims need that would best help with their recovery from such a trauma.

Nah. You aren’t allowed to play with me anymore.

I’m done.

I don’t know what your point is, or why you’re taking the psychology approach with it, but I’m not going to play anymore.

Rape is bad.

Doing dangerous things is dangerous.

Putting yourself in risky situations is generally a bad decision.

I have no further comment for you. Go away.

Who hurt you?

I don’t hate the idea, but that infringes on the basic civil rights in most countries.

I don’t think this should be exclusive to Men. Women should be killing rapists in self defense, and that should be ok.

My main issue is whether the person doing the killing is correct in their assumption of guilt regarding the perpetrator (or accused).

But this is why we don’t have this kind of martial law. Everyone is entitled to be judged by a jury of their “peers”. Even low life scum like murderers and rapists.

To be honest, I consider rape to be more severe than murder, because now that person has to live the rest of their life, permanently changed from the experience. To me, that makes it a form of torture. Dead people don’t have to live with their trauma.

Not to diminish how severe of a crime murder is, at all. It’s easily a close second, but IMO, rape is top of my list in terms of how heinous it is.

You seem very much like a troll.

I don’t see how I’m diminishing the facts about rape at all. It’s a horrendous crime that shouldn’t happen.

But if you wish to keep babbling to yourself about it for some unknown goal, have at it.

I think you’ll be hard pressed to find anyone who thinks that rape isn’t a big deal, or anyone who doesn’t think that is a bad thing… Apart from rapists I guess…

So I’m not sure what you’re trying to prove here? You seem to be lost in the midst of about 13 different conversations about this and I think you’ve lost the plot.

Alcohol, drugs, poor life choices…

Facts.

The graveyards are full of people who were not at fault, and/or in the right with their actions.

As you say, the driver is (or at least should be) at fault. But wear a helmet anyways. That metaphor has legs. It applies to all kinds of things, from personal protection equipment, to situational hazards, to environmental hazards…

Like the guy climbing up on the umpteenth floor of a high-rise during its construction where that floor doesn’t have outside walls, or guard rails or anything… He’s not planning on falling, but he should wear fall arrest gear anyways.

I don’t plan on getting hit by a car when I direct traffic to a parking area, but I still wear a high vis vest and stand out of the path where cars are going to drive…

It’s not about blaming the victim at all. Victims are victims. But before you become a victim, you can take steps to avoid becoming one. Once you are a victim, anyone pointing out what you could have done to avoid becoming a victim, is an asshole.

You and I agree, as far as I can tell.

I think we both disagree with this statement (which spurred my comment):

Can a man go to a party naked and drunk without it being unsafe? Mostly yes?

The answer is no. This isn’t really a gender problem. It’s a rape problem. Just don’t fucking rape people.

Because showing up drunk and naked, then doing drugs, is generally risky behavior?

Regardless of gender, unless you’re at a nudist resort, surrounded by trusted individuals, there is risk to being in this situation.

Even sober, showing up naked to any place where nudity is not the norm, carries risk.

I’m a dude and I wouldn’t feel safe going to a party naked, drunk or not.

I’m also not prone to going to house parties, or getting drunk/doing drugs, so I might be an outlier here.

To be blunt, unless you’re in a context where it’s normalized, being naked in any situation is probably an unsafe activity, regardless of gender, or the environment. The obvious exceptions here being private or secured spaces, including bathrooms, changing rooms/locker rooms, and other public facilities like showers and such. Any medical situation. Also, any nudist areas… Probably more that I’m not thinking about.

Just because, as a man, I’m not as likely to be raped, doesn’t mean it can’t happen, or even that it’s unlikely to happen. I have no doubt that every community including the LGBTQIA+ communities, have some rapists in their ranks. Not many, surely, but not zero either. So there’s a nontrivial chance of me, as a guy, going to a house party drunk, doing drugs, then getting raped, either by a man, or a woman.

This is a human problem.

At the same time, I recognize that women are raped in far higher numbers than men, or at least that’s what the statistics show, so there’s extra risk there based on the statistics alone. That doesn’t make it safe for a dude to go and do the same thing.

The level of involvement here is going to largely depend on the vehicle and how many sensors/cameras and other crap the manufacturer shoved in the car. Something like a Tesla? The only viable way forward is to hack the onboard computers that collect and report the data, there’s just too many codependent systems.

Most other cars, the only cameras installed are ones that you can access, like reverse cameras, plus maybe one for Lane keep or something? Which isn’t facing the cabin, the only risk there is that someone will know that you’re driving on a road, and maybe get your location if they’re really good at Geo guesser, they get lucky with a road sign, or they have GPS info (which is more likely). Microphones, as far as I know the only cabin mic in most cars is for handsfree operation of phones and whatnot… Disabling that would ruin that functionality.

I’m sure there are cars that are more invasive on these fronts, but I dunno how much I’d want to bark up that tree.

For sensors, stuff like seat pressure sensors actually ties into SRS safety systems, so I’m not sure I’d want to mess with that. It could disable the passenger side airbag if the pressure switch is disabled… The driver side basically can’t be disabled, the car doesn’t go if there’s no driver, so even if the pressure switch is there and disabled, the SRS should still function. Belt sensors (to tell if the belts are fastened) all tie in here too.

A lot of the external sensors are either for adaptive cruise, driver awareness, or safety systems (like crash detection for SRS).

I’m just not sure going and unplugging a bunch of sensors is the way to go.

I would assume that the data collection would come from the CANbus, so it can operate without interfering with the functions of the car, or from the BCM/ECU or other various computers around the car directly.

If the monitoring device is independent of other systems, either remove it, or sabotage the connection between it and the CANbus. Should cover most of the data being collected.

This is a good point. I’ve been mulling around with the idea of building an EV from the chassis of a car I’ve liked since the first time I set eyes on it. The Pontiac Fiero. Specifically the 86-88 GT.

It just looks like a wicked fun car and with the power of an EV driving it, then it probably is.

I don’t have the space, money, or time, for a project car like that, but if I ever do, then that’s definitely on a short list of possibilities. My only real concern is with insurance. I’ll for sure be doing everything I can to bring the safety standards up to something modern (air bags, etc), and to reinforce the frame and make sure everything is copacetic, but I don’t think insurance will care, they’ll see an 80’s era vehicle, that has been heavily modified…

I dunno. I’ll make that call when I get there. The only real “new” features I care about are adaptive cruise, and Android auto/Apple car play… Everything else can be very bare bones… I have a very short list of things I care about beyond that, almost all of which were standard in some level of trim for the original car.

The vehicle has standard GM mounting points for the engine, same as any 3.4-3.8 V6 supercharged or NA engine from that era, so I’m sure some EV conversion kit will fit into the frame with little if any modifications needed.

Worth considering at least.

This isn’t limited to Linux. There’s a ton of “why would you want to do that?” Type unhelpful comments everywhere.

Not going to defend any rapists here, the statements are true, but there must be done recognition of placing yourself in an extremely dangerous position by your own choices.

Still doesn’t excuse rape, by any stretch, but bad decisions are still bad decisions.

This stuff is why I’m apprehensive of buying anything remotely new.

The problem is, I also don’t want to burn prehistoric forests to travel.

So this sits in opposition to the fact that I want to travel around using the light from the sun as my primary energy source.

For those that can’t read between the lines, I want an EV, that I can charge by solar.

I am also aware of the slate truck. I have thoughts on it, but it’s worthy of consideration.

I do, but only in the aspect of using Android auto/Apple carplay…

Anything else available from the infotainment system is usually just to facilitate that connection for me.

I already have everything on my phone, why do I also need it on my dash?