The Glade 4.0

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"Dress cops up as soldiers, give them military equipment, train them in military tactics, tell them they’re fighting a ‘war,’ and the consequences are predictable." —Radley Balko

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Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only!
Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me;
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.

I don't know if this is a work of staggering genius or stunning madness. Maybe both.



(Could also go in the ear worm thread.)

I just posted this a few videos ago.

'Kay.

PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW PEW!

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Sail forth! steer for the deep waters only!
Reckless, O soul, exploring, I with thee, and thou with me;
For we are bound where mariner has not yet dared to go,
And we will risk the ship, ourselves and all.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

I saw it as part of the joke...

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Raell Kromwell

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"Dress cops up as soldiers, give them military equipment, train them in military tactics, tell them they’re fighting a ‘war,’ and the consequences are predictable." —Radley Balko

because it came up in flight chat

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I prefer to think of them as "Fighting evil in another dimension"

That's pretty cool, RD
How'd you come across that?

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Go back to zero, take a pill, and get well ~ Lemmy Kilmister

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That's **** amazing. I wonder how durable it is, though? If it's reliant on nano-textures or -structures, I'm trying to imagine how that isn't delicate without using preposterously hard materials.

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"Aaaah! Emotions are weird!" - Amdee
"... Mirrorshades prevent the forces of normalcy from realizing that one is crazed and possibly dangerous. They are the symbol of the sun-staring visionary, the biker, the rocker, the policeman, and similar outlaws." - Bruce Sterling, preface to Mirrorshades

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The Dude abides.

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Go back to zero, take a pill, and get well ~ Lemmy Kilmister

OK, that was kinda awesome.

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Raell Kromwell

So you wanna be a bike racer when you grow up?

Inside the Peleton at 40+ MPH

Fantastic video, Midgen, thanks.

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This cold and dark tormented hell
Is all I`ll ever know
So when you get to heaven
May the devil be the judge

I kept waiting for a 20-cycle pileup.
Very impressed that that many cyclists can ride that fast, that close together, for that long without accidents.

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Go back to zero, take a pill, and get well ~ Lemmy Kilmister

Actually Shel, I believe their was a crash in that race.. perhaps behind the main pack.

If you notice the Giant/Shimano guy (John Degenkolb I believe) has a bandage on his forearm from a crash under similar circumstances in the previous race.

Here's another video of a sprint finish - Same team, same guy with the camera on his handlebars (Degenkolb). This is from Stage 1 of 2014 Tour of California. At the end, you can just see Mark Cavendish passing him on the right side for the sprint win. It's not as exciting as the first video, but it's still an excellent perspective on what's going on at the end of a very long bike race (4 hours 45 min).

Fantastic. I'll get to see the last stage of that tour this year. I may catch it in the middle, though, about a mile from our house. Don't know if I'll make it up to the finish.

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This cold and dark tormented hell
Is all I`ll ever know
So when you get to heaven
May the devil be the judge