NaibofTabr
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6·21 hours agoThe rental economy calls to us and we must go…
51·22 hours ago“And thus I clothe my naked villainy : With odd old ends stolen forth from holy writ; and seem a saint, when most I play the devil.”
But it’s all stripey! the data is redundant!
10·22 hours ago…what other order would you number them in?
1·1 day agoIt’s ok because the government is going to buy bitcoin.
111·3 days agoWindows 11
21·3 days agoGrowing and learning is the process tho?
Not sure about the job part.
It was last year. You missed it.
241·3 days agoMeanwhile, the US is sending Ukraine *checks notes* 50 year old airframes…
Neither the US nor China has found reason enough to commit any of their fancy, expensive hardware yet… that’s probably a good thing. Both the US and China are happy to watch Russia burn out its military accomplishing very little (for different reasons, but ultimately the same goal). The US and China are still on trade dispute terms because a militarily weakened Russia favors both of their interests.
And comparatively, no other country’s military matters at this level. Sure there are other nations that spend high amounts of their GDP on military buildup, but none of them have global deployment capability at scale like the US or China.
So I guess the question is, when the Ukraine situation eventually ends, do the US and China square off for a fight? or do they go back to the quietly simmering economic tension that is the status quo? … with Putin’s control of the Russian nuclear stockpile as a wildcard.
Technically US customary units were re-defined as specific values of their equivalent metric units (for instance, 1 inch === 25.4 mm), so you are using the metric system regardless, but with weird conversion factors.
The majority of U.S. customary units were redefined in terms of the meter and kilogram with the Mendenhall Order of 1893 and, in practice, for many years before. These definitions were refined by the international yard and pound agreement of 1959.
27·3 days agoHmm, some part of this seems wrong…
The lower picture looks like RIM-7 Sea Sparrow with the wingtips unfolded, but this missile has a ground launching system so there shouldn’t be an issue.
The upper picture is
definitelyprobably RIM-162 ESSM, not RIM-7, and afaik does not have a ground launcher so it would require some kind of adaptation.*Edit: on closer look, the fin design in the upper picture doesn’t match anything made by the US. I think the missiles pictured here are actually 9M38M1:
The BUK launcher is designed to carry these missiles, so the upper picture is probably just a generic picture of a BUK with missiles loaded, not specifically one that Ukraine is using with US-supplied Sea Sparrow missiles.
Therefore, the reporting on the supply of RIM-7 to Ukraine is probably correct but they wanted to use it with a self-propelled launcher rather than the trailer launcher.
Edit 2: I found a picture of what looks like RIM-7 tubes mounted on a BUK platform:
But the source is a .ru website, so I’m uncertain of the authenticity:
There’s some interesting discussion on retrofitting mobile launching systems in that article, but it seems mostly speculative as to what might be done and I don’t know whether the picture is a real system or a photo edit done as an example.
You could earn 19999 pennies!
By Grabthar’s Hammer…
They pick up a different whip.
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Makers require deep cognitive processing, which is disrupted by frequent context-switching and interruptions. Managers, on the other hand, need to quickly assess and address various issues, necessitating a more fragmented schedule.
The solution is not better cops, it’s better oversight and accountability for the cops. Authority without accountability always leads to abuse.
403·4 days agoExactly right.
Free speech means that the government can’t prosecute you for what you say (except in certain specific circumstances).
Free speech doesn’t mean that I can’t kick you out of my house for what you say.
What we need is a government-operated fediverse instance to serve as a public forum.
The Freeze-Frame Revolution by Peter Watts
Permutation City by Greg Egan
This book is about a group of humans who build a new world in virtual reality (and the question of whether we are able to avoid repeating the old mistakes).
Self-reference Engine by Toh EnJoe
This book is about humanity and AI… in a very abstract, speculative exploration of consciousness and awareness. The structure of the writing is unusual and stretches what a book can be.