BMc2020

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by BMc2020 4y ago
Whenever I see an X-37B post, I like to remind people its real purpose is to keep one or more nukes on-orbit at all times. Do I have proof? No. Why not a satellite? Satellites run out of fuel, eventually break and need to be de-orbited befo
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by BMc2020 4y ago
Some call them constituents, I prefer jesus freaks.
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by BMc2020 4y ago
Why does the gov. have its nuts in a twist over a privately-owned uterus?
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by BMc2020 4y ago
Just making shit up isn't an example. It's an assertion.
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by BMc2020 4y ago
The goal is to make you think something not buy something.
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by BMc2020 4y ago
Propaganda is real and you see it every day.
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by BMc2020 4y ago
The conclusion? Americans have a deeply distorted understanding of each other. We call this America’s “Perception Gap”. Overall, Democrats and Republicans imagine almost twice as many of their political opponents as reality hold views they
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by BMc2020 4y ago
Michael Caulfield...describes this process as setting a scene. “Propagandists have an agenda, but they don’t get to choose the material they have to work with,” he told me. “Something is discovered. A piece of data is found. Someone dies.
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by BMc2020 4y ago
Because of aforementioned divisive rhetoric... The divisive rhetoric is part of a deliberate campaign to spread unrest by China and Russia, among other actors. The Citizens United ruling gave them unlimited spending power. Don't tak
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by BMc2020 4y ago
The revelation came while Bouricius was working on a housing committee. “The committee members were an outgoing and garrulous bunch,” he observed. “Shy wallflowers almost never become legislators.” More disturbing, he noted how his fellow
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by BMc2020 4y ago
Whenever I see an X-37B post, I like to remind people its real purpose is to keep one or more nukes on-orbit at all times. Do I have proof? No. Why not a satellite? Satellites run out of fuel, eventually break and need to be de-orbited befo
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by BMc2020 4y ago
Whenever I see an X-37B post, I like to remind people its real purpose is to keep one or more nukes on-orbit at all times. Do I have proof? No. Why not a satellite? Satellites run out of fuel, eventually break and need to be de-orbited bef
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by BMc2020 4y ago
...so I reminded him that I was praying for him. “Don’t bother,” he said. As I stood to leave, he said, “It’s been fun.” “A privilege, Mr. President,” I answered. “Yeah, with you.” Walking toward the door leading to the hallway, I paused, l
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Space Force's X-37B space plane has been in orbit for 900 days and counting(interestingengineering.com)
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by BMc2020 4y ago
One problem with solar phones is people tend to put them in direct sunlight. Parked in the sun for an hour, car seats reach an average of 123 degrees in the summer, according to a study by ASU and UC San Diego. The steering wheel average
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by BMc2020 4y ago
Given these significant barriers to drastic escalation on Putin’s part, the West can afford to turn down the panic meter a bit. Just as fears of Saddam’s possible desperate actions rightly did not dissuade us from liberating Kuwait in 1991
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by BMc2020 4y ago
The term is named after American policy analyst Joseph Overton, who stated that an idea's political viability depends mainly on whether it falls within this range, rather than on politicians' individual preferences. According to
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by BMc2020 4y ago
The reviews of the book are more interesting than the author interview: “The libertarian quest for ‘land no one is using’ inevitably finds ‘land that is used by all,’ and the ugly conflation of the two sends the champions of personal libert
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by BMc2020 4y ago
By any metric, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) did not effectively control or prevent the spread of COVID-19. I'll take confounding variables for $100, Alex.
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by BMc2020 4y ago
If you are new to this site, I recommend starting with the introduction. It explains a little about the theory and how I developed it. The theory is then explained in three parts. It takes about 30 minutes to cover the whole theory, an
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by BMc2020 4y ago
I'm the guy that was in charge of making sure archive data isn't corrupted, but I got laid off. I'm the guy in charge of the backup diesel generators, but I got laid off. I'm the guy in charge of keeping kay dee prawn of
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by BMc2020 4y ago
But it’s an open question whether the Air Force will ever succeed in developing a light, cheap fighter. The new low-end jet could suffer the same fate as the last low-end jet—the F-35—and steadily gain weight, complexity and cost until it b
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by BMc2020 4y ago
Just because a company releases something as open source, doesn't mean the software is free to use, or that your privacy won't get compromised, and it doesn't mean that they are not - by design and 100% on purpose - simply us
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by BMc2020 4y ago
The Sydney Morning Herald named Lehmann in their "Ten Aussies who shook the world in tech and media in 2018" citing that her online magazine, Quillette, has "attracted as many as 2 million followers a month, [and] is starting
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by BMc2020 4y ago
I didn't know it was so interesting. Here's a pic of a raspbian on a dell e6410 https://i.imgur.com/aD8WEzD.png
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by BMc2020 4y ago
I didn't know it was so interesting. Here's a pic of a raspbian on a dell e6410 https://i.imgur.com/aD8WEzD.png
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by BMc2020 4y ago
last sentence: This leads us to nuclear: it has undeniable advantages as an energy source that is both carbon-free and reliable. In order to make use of this powerful technology, we must focus on public and government support, reforming ou
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by BMc2020 4y ago
Hmm. Instead of answering, you might read a book called The First Fifteen Lives of Harry August .
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by BMc2020 4y ago
It's called a power move. I can lie and there's nothing you can do about it.
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by BMc2020 4y ago
Raspbian on an old dell laptop. Chrome with a reload page extension updates the weather every hour.

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