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by aerostable_slug 6y ago
That's incorrect. CBRNE (Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, Explosive) is literally in units' names.[0] 0: https://www.army.mil/20thcbrne
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by aerostable_slug 7y ago
You probably want to at least monitor their communications though; there is essentially no right to privacy for prisoners unless they are communicating with counsel. That means restricting the types of communication they can use (if only fo
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by aerostable_slug 7y ago
>the bigger point is that prisons want to control inmates' ability to communicate For good reason. Uncontrolled inmate communications result in things like murder: "The complaint alleges that Corbett planned several killings wi
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by aerostable_slug 7y ago
Vescovo's original proposal to Triton (the builder of the submarine) was essentially a steel ball on a cable. No portholes, nothing fancy, just drop him and reel him back up. With this proposal, he was trying to anchor the engineers (p
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by aerostable_slug 7y ago
I also worked with Victor at that startup (Hi, Salim). I can't say I share this observation about him, and in fact I know he credited me with some trivia I was able to help him with in briefings he gave (in the Navy context). I'd
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by aerostable_slug 7y ago
/r/AskHistorians is an amazing resource. SMEs engaged in oft-vigorous debate, accompanied by authoritarian moderation (to include sourcing requirements) generates some truly excellent content.
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by aerostable_slug 7y ago
It's not really appropriate to compare any of the California municipal utilities to something like PG&E — SMUD isn't tiny, but they have a fraction of the T&D infrastructure of PG&E. Fair comparisons would be to San Di
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by aerostable_slug 7y ago
The primary regulator is the California Public Utilities Commission, whose leadership consists of five governor-appointed commissioners. https://www.cpuc.ca.gov/Contactus/ https://govapps.gov.ca.gov/gov
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by aerostable_slug 7y ago
That doesn't seem consistent with their stated stance on the LGBTQ+ community: https://www.salvationarmyusa.org/usn/the-lgbtq-community-and...
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by aerostable_slug 7y ago
Municipal water in the US is typically pretty tasty. San Francisco water is so good that I don't understand why anyone wouldn't be happy with tap water there.
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by aerostable_slug 8y ago
You don't necessarily need people — the impact of snowfall on the Soviet landmass was a concern during the development of various types of guidance systems.
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by aerostable_slug 8y ago
Those publicly owned utilities collectively have a fraction of the transmission & distribution infrastructure of PG&E alone. Most essentially serve as brokers to buy power and pay T&D charges over other people's lines. They
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by aerostable_slug 8y ago
You could use an X-37B to meet up with Hubble. However, figuring out budget (X-37B is a USAF asset, not a NASA vehicle), designing & constructing a robotic repair system that fits in the cargo bay, etc. would be nontrivial both in terms
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by aerostable_slug 8y ago
Well, the power company won't care because it's not a transformer and those aren't their lines in the pictures — those are telco lines. A while back I worked on a project that attracted a lot of attention from "RF activi
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by aerostable_slug 8y ago
Many of you may remember past radar ocean surveillance satellites, perhaps most notably the Soviet US-A series of RORSATs: http://www.astronautix.com/u/us-a.html https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US-A
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by aerostable_slug 8y ago
Backfeed prevention devices are not the only arrow in the safety quiver, but they are required for lineman safety purposes (as well as other net wins, like reduced problems with downed lines meeting up with everyday people). Backfed generat