We’re not even this backwards in Florida. Solar is booming out here in the sticks. Our soil sucks in NW Florida, so while you may see miles and miles of woods and forests, the top soil is paper thin, sand all the way to China.
We’re happily converting that poor land to solar, fast as we can go. Haven’t seen it make a dent in my bill, certain there’s plenty of fuckery. We had a cool quasi-private/government power company, our politicians sold us out to all private.
Sounds fun to play around with, but lonely, socially isolated people will get sucked in. God knows the internet has created enough people like that, this just feeds the beast.
Can’t get my head around this, especially after Somali pirates became a thing, article didn’t help. If armed men are trying to board my ship, I’m shooting back. These men didn’t sign up to be soldiers, but self-defense is not only a human right, it’s common sense. You have no idea what those pirates will do to you. Couple of dudes with scoped AR-15s would make short work of these jokers, just lead 'em a little. For that matter, equip them with real hunting rifles.
Take a look at the article picture. Those guys would be lucky to hit any damned thing with that tiny boat skipping over ocean waves. Try running and gunning, even with airsoft. No matter what you have to pause to shoot and these ships can’t pause. Meanwhile, the defenders have the high ground and a perfectly stable platform. And it’s not like the pirates can get the drop on ship’s radar.
What am I missing here?
Been wanting that gif and been too lazy to record it!
The government will still have to pay to use Excel. Too much shit will break, you can’t just flip an .xlxs into another program.
Nah. Water is created and destroyed all the time. Here go the formula for photosynthesis:
6CO₂ + 6H₂O + light energy → C₆H₁₂O₆ + 6O₂
Take some baking soda for heart burn. You will instantly know you’ve created water and gas. (But hey, it works.)
NaHCO3 + HCl → NaCl + H2O + CO2
Anyone here burning glucose and breathing?
C6H12O6 + 6O2 → 6CO2 + 6H2O
JFC, here’s Google’s AI take, depsite the evidence above:
Water on Earth is constantly being transformed through a natural cycle, but it is not created or destroyed. This transformation, known as the Hydrological Cycle, involves processes like evaporation, condensation, precipitation, and runoff. While Earth has a vast amount of water, its total quantity has recently dropped, according to NASA.
If you want to shoot your brain full of rot, check out the answers on Quora.
Board them, hold a military court on the spot, hang the captain and first mate, throw the rest of the crew on the nearest shore, wherever the fuck that may be, scuttle the ship. That kinda action would take maybe twice, thrice if they’re really stubborn. Instant mutiny if anyone onboard even suspects they’re dragging cables. Boom. End of this shit.
Russian and Chinese ships are literally engaged in terrorism, piracy, invent a new word for all I care. China especially is testing what they can get away with, and the rest of the world is allowing it. Guess they got their answer.
You all should catch up on the news as to what they’re pulling in the South China Sea, i.e., fucking with Vietnam and the Philippines. China is 1 inch away from publicly declaring, “These are Chinese waters, do sumpin’ bout it!”
In other news, I was today years old when I clicked on all the eyeball imagery in Blade Runner. Missed the forest for the trees kinda thing.
In his skull, he can’t be wrong, nothing to admit. That’s a core narcissistic (NPD) trait. Funny seeing people accuse Trump of lying. Everything that comes out his mouth is the truth, it cannot be any other way. Presented with falsification, his brain simply backtracks and overwrites whatever needs pushed out.
My mother was the only other human I’ve ever met like that. Others I’ve known could have niggling doubts, knew they might be wrong, or at least off.
Nope, won’t even faze 'em. 🙄
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_the_largest_trading_partners_of_China
LOL, $1.4 large. My Lowe’s cranks that much out in a week or two. Imagine how insignificant a single big-box store is in the grand scheme of the American economy. If that store fell into a literal black hole it would barely disrupt the local economy in this little town.
But by god we’re going to stop this tariff avoidance!
Just commented on a company I worked at like that!
https://old.lemmy.world/comment/16298141
President stopped by my office when I was the new (only) IT guy:
“You might make mistakes… OK, you’re going to make mistakes. Don’t try to lie, prevaricate, dodge blame or pass it onto someone else. That’s about the only way to get fired around here. Come to me, tell me exactly what happened and we’ll fix it and find a way to never let it happen again.”
And that’s how it really was. Came up with some slick IT solutions to block people from making mistakes, all while not doing the heavy-handed, restrictive IT bullshit.
It’s not society, it’s a human thing because we evolved that way. Plenty of discussion on exactly this all over the internet. Too tired to think it out and write a bunch, but I’m a firm believer. Also, note this trait is splattered all over the planet, not just a country or two.
Life experience has born this out. Admitting fault is seen as a weakness. Even though people don’t consciously think it, you still get a ding on your “social score”. Here’s the one exception in my life that proves the rule:
Worked at a place where admitting fault was an highly esteemed action. No one so much as tried to blunt the blame with clever words. Afterwards, no fingers were pointed and we worked together to figure out how to fix the problem and then how to stop it from ever happening again.
Here’s the crazy bit, and no one is going to believe it; The was a very small company owned by a staunch conservative, Southern Baptist family. 1 of 4-5 employees were related, but you would never know because they didn’t address one another by family connection, only by first name. Best job I ever had, grew my IT knowledge more in 5-years than in the other 20-years put together. And not a soul asked me to go to church or if I even believed. Don’t even know where they went.
two consecutive quarters of negative GDP growth is a common rule of thumb
That can be a blip, or turn into major shit. But feels don’t count here. The definition is prolonged economic downturn.
I got an AC powered unit off Amazon a couple of years ago. How can I tell if it’s fake? Jewelry comes out bangin’, but I’ve wondered it if should work even better.
Wife got this stuff last week and it seemed to make a dramatic difference.
OTOH, I can’t see this thing having a legit transducer. Anyway to tell without tearing it down? Guess that’s easy enough if I really care.
Should I try something rusty? Should a “real” one work for that? Also, it gets the water pretty hot. Is that an indicator?
I consider The Register to be the gold standard in tech journalism. When asked how I keep up with evolving tech, I told the interview panel that any tech news they see on mainstream media was likely broken by The Register 3 days previous, with original sources and quotes from top corporate officers.
Also told them I had followed several tech subs on reddit in the past, but as the site has devolved into bots talking to one another, I’ve turned to lemmy for tech community interaction and advice.
(No, I’m not using lemmy for that so much, but if I land the network admin job I will!)
Surely American trades some products? Where does Russian vodka come from?
What till Americans figure out where high quality small arms come from. Glock anyone? Beretta, Heckler & Koch, Benelli, Browning Arms Company (yes, Browning), SIG Sauer, Springfield Armory, Taurus (some), Chiappa, and more. And don’t forget our Filipino friends at Rock Island Armory!
Sadly, this part of the tariff shitshow may actually work since we already have plenty of quality domestic producers. But fuck me, the SIG Sauer is the standard US military sidearm and Glock is standard everywhere else. Have fun cop budgets!
Every move he makes, every word he speaks falls under one of those items. Spot on!
Oh god, make it an Igor from Discworld.