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by euroderf 1y ago
> How we forgot to repeal this law while in power is beyond me It's pretty clear that the laws are full of "extraordinary" powers for use in "extraordinary" situations. Jon Stewart has made that point that becaus
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by euroderf 1y ago
That would require some exceptionally independent thinking on the part of Guard commanders.
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by euroderf 1y ago
Is every American quite ready for another Kent State ? Or will the Guard restrict itself to tear gas those so-called "flash-bangs" ? Does the Guard even have them ? Is the Guard even trained for crowd control & dispersal ? Wik
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by euroderf 1y ago
> There’s also the argument that using nuclear weapons make sense when a nuclear state has a weaker conventional force that its opponent. Facing the Warsaw Pact, the US never renounced first use of nuclear weapons.
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by euroderf 1y ago
Dot matrix printouts tend towards crap. Daisy wheels made crispness achievable and evoked the Selectric. My 0,02€.
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by euroderf 1y ago
"playing around with" sounds more dignified.
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by euroderf 1y ago
Soon.
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by euroderf 1y ago
Yes. It's funny how this kind of trick can instantly snap the entire working context back into your mind. Essentially leaving you free to forget about the context during your free time and overnight. Truly a useful "hack". It
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by euroderf 1y ago
Glassine has been around forever. Useful for philately!
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by euroderf 1y ago
Daisy wheel printers were so cool. Is anyone making them anymore ?
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by euroderf 1y ago
I see no voltages in the article. But I've read 50,000 volts per foot of conductor.
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by euroderf 1y ago
Responding to conventional weapons with a nuke ? Unlikely.
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by euroderf 1y ago
"wood oil plus polyurethane" sounds interesting. NSo you've had no problems with the two reacting badly to each other ? I'll be drilling screws in, so maybe the wood oil adds extra protection where screws penetrate the p
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by euroderf 1y ago
Related: the big 3 TV networks used to be independent (owned & operated) but no longer are.
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by euroderf 1y ago
It was my mom that told me to take touch typing. Said I'd be glad I did. She was right.
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by euroderf 1y ago
That's why I say 5 or 10 years. But it will happen - put it within reach of a lone operator. I suspect.
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by euroderf 1y ago
Basic weatherproofing treatments for basic lumber ? There's tar, which nobody does at home. There's wood oil. What else is there ? Do I have other options ?
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by euroderf 1y ago
And for defense of ships in port, they are mounted on sharks.
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by euroderf 1y ago
Timothy Garten Ashe of Oxford says that NATO needs about five years to adapt to the loss of the USA.
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by euroderf 1y ago
So why doesn't Black Mirror have an episode where the PRC are the bad guys?
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by euroderf 1y ago
> Individually, you were never safe by default. Your safety depends on not being an interesting target. Hello, cyberpunk future. Imagine Luigi with Ukraine's strike capabilities. 10 years from now? 5?
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by euroderf 1y ago
Likewise for subway extensions.
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by euroderf 1y ago
Is it also the source of European university classes starting at quarter after ?
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by euroderf 1y ago
When I saw a machine doing this - dropping the prints in full view of passers-by - I mentioned it to friends - be careful what you photograph.
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by euroderf 1y ago
They tell you to use words that the kid can relate to. So I made a set of flash cards with the names of body parts. I hacked an HTML <table> so that the cards would come out in only two different sizes, and then laminated & cut th
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by euroderf 1y ago
Writing it down by hand is better - that's all fine and dandy. But to sell me on it, include two more "features" (i.e. requirements): - Give me an app to scan my (mostly neatly-written) notes into text, maybe with hooks so I
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by euroderf 1y ago
Obv the American chicken industry is a nightmare for farmers. Where can I read a comparison to the EU, which presumably takes better care of both farmers and chickens altho I would not bet my life on it ?
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by euroderf 1y ago
In the eternal struggle of carbon-based lifeforms versus silicon-based lifeforms, both sides are full of crap.
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by euroderf 1y ago
Great! How about iterators on trees ? Multiple options to provide.
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by euroderf 1y ago
There's also the effect of (fruit) fiber.

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