IAmBroom

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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
The comment you are replying to is a reference to a famous comedy skit (about the whole front of an oceanliner falling off, and the official company response).
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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
Wing seat: priceless.
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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
Duh, by saying things Xi perceives as disloyal... which in China can be something as bizarre as posting a picture of Winnie the Pooh. https://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-china-blog-40627855
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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
China killed him?
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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
China isn't afraid to assassinate them there. They'll have to live their lives behind bulletproof glass, mistrusting servants and visitors. I mean, live that way on $325 million. But yeah.
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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
As flatpandas[0] points out, this might in fact be the best possible practical outcome. [0] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48820971
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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
I thought the problem was primarily galvanic activity between copper and aluminum, not thermal growth. A bit of searching says this is so in environments with any wetting or very high humidity. The increased resistivity of aluminum's o
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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
> All physical exertion causes pain and discomfort, Dance. Sex. Climbing things. Playing a sport you enjoy. Demonstrably wrong.
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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
Control is needed in directionality, which is pretty much solved - few tsunamis originate inland.
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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
That's what I understand to be the usual interpretation of nominative determinism. Some studies have shown statistically significant effects from having aptonyms. More than the expected number of dentists named Payne, etc.
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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
Solid aluminum, not foil. Foil is terribly wasteful, due to oxidation (existing and created by the melting process).
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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
Expert fallacy: I know a lot about X, so I'm also an expert on adjoining topics V, W, Y, and Z. Also on topic "ecks". And "x-rays". And "excerpts" and "excommunication". Ah, hell: I'm smarte
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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
Why are you behaving so vilely?
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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
The inverse of cost is the potential force multiplier.
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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
A true acolyte of the Church of Too Big To Fail speaks up...
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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
The Pinkerton Agency is basically a murder-for-hire company, historically. They generally only cater to corporate customers, so politicians kept their eyes turned elsewhere.
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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
Some are missing your (also missing) "/s".
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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
> pays them low abuses them Sounds more like systemic prejudice than "OP lacks social skills".
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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
[flagged]
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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
I live near a nuclear plant, where an Israeli group was escorted in for a "tour" just before Israel magically obtained enough material for a nuclear bomb. It's widely believed by locals that this was their shopping trip.
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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
UKR is in survival mode. They don't need to worry about a worldwide distribution net. They don't integrate these into larger systems. UKR can still feasibly kill a RUS soldier with a Molotov cocktail or hunting rifle. That doesn&#
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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
And thus love letters were invented.
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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
That is not what the translation means.
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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
Gross oversimplification of a broad field of study, for the purpose of denigrating it.
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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
> Even the strategic bombing of WW2 wasn't sufficient to bring any side to its knees - only boots on the ground or the imminent threat thereof actually got the job done. Ironic, given that two strategic bombs did in fact end WW2. Th
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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
Ironically, xkcd is quasi-referenced in that article: As discovered by Randall Munroe, a cubic mile is close to 4/3 π cubic kilometres (within 0.5%). This means that a sphere with radius n kilometres has almost exactly the same volume
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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
It is a joke.
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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
Which, for the record, has never been documented at all. Conversely, his black chauffeur insisted (post-mortem) that his former employer was always respectful, and the only time he even mentioned race was to ask what 'you people want
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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
Classic Internet Tough Guy boast. Imagine thinking that, when the police come to fine you, your neighbors will break the law in front of the police "to show them!". Your neighbors may be just smart enough to not invite the police
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by IAmBroom 4mo ago
No need to bet, and NEVER rely on opinions of people about word origins. False etymologies are insanely common. "Cooper" from Middle Dutch "kūper" (container or tub) from Latin "cupa" (cask or tub).

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