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by foxyv 2y ago
There is a theory going around that this is an attempt to preempt Trump from using the New Mexico National Guard. As I understand it, after 2008, once the Governor has deployed them, the President can no longer take them over. But, as with
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by foxyv 2y ago
Not to mention the health costs, pollution, property damage, and other externalities...
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by foxyv 2y ago
Cars are expensive. Roads, charging infrastructure, gas stations, traffic enforcement, and parking all cost monstrous amounts of money. Registration fees don't even cover the cost of road maintenance much less everything else.
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by foxyv 2y ago
I was really enjoying my 401k being over cost basis for a year or two. So much for that!
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by foxyv 2y ago
Please note, that if someone is asking for payment in exchange for employment or help with recruitment, it is very often a scam. Be very careful of such schemes. https://consumer.gov/scams-identity-theft/job-scams-expla
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by foxyv 2y ago
Low altitude is no longer a viable strategy for evading radar. Especially with the advent of datalink enabled satellite and other forms of downward looking radar. The propellers show up on pulse doppler like a flashing emergency light. Espe
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by foxyv 2y ago
As a pedant myself, I would say yes!
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by foxyv 2y ago
There is a podcast dedicated to such food related pedantry called "A Hotdog is a Sandwich." Pretty entertaining. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgcVfgkzo4oBgSdPCB0B2Cg
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by foxyv 2y ago
Sorry I mixed up BRC with BRS. STOL = Short Take Off Or Landing (Usually involving downward thrust) BRS = Brand of parachutes for light aircraft like this https://youtu.be/jz9NoMPrH-I?t=2220 https://brsaerospace.
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by foxyv 2y ago
Anyone who has flown in instrument meteorological conditions knows how terrifying it is when everything is working perfectly. Imagine driving down the interstate with a tub of yogurt over your windshield. Having all your instruments stop wo
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by foxyv 2y ago
I was under the impression that France uses a warning shot doctrine. Essentially, they nuke some military target to warn off an invasion, most likely before they go all "99 Red Balloons" https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
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by foxyv 2y ago
A hotdog is a sandwich?
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by foxyv 2y ago
Restaurants are usually better than home cooking. However, I have rarely found the more convenient option to be cheaper and it is usually worse. It's a bit of an iron triangle. Cheap, convenient, good.
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by foxyv 2y ago
My parents bought pre-grated as well. It's a great option for someone with kids. However, I would recommend grating a block for a couple days worth at a time and keeping it in the fridge in a food storage container. That way you don&#x
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by foxyv 2y ago
You can't really buy "Government Cheese." It used to be given out as part of food assistance programs in the US. I guess it was pretty okay cheese too. I think it's mostly given out as food assistance to other countries
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by foxyv 2y ago
Cheesy jokes on Hacker News? I approve.
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by foxyv 2y ago
I stopped buying pre-shredded cheese a decade ago. Block cheese is cheaper, lasts longer, and cooks better. Pre-shredded is just worse in every way aside from convenience. Using a cheap rotary grater like they have in restaurants makes this
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by foxyv 2y ago
Only 7 of 50 states ban forced labor. Seems pretty common to me.
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by foxyv 2y ago
Just a quick reminder, slavery is still common in the United States.
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by foxyv 2y ago
Hand drawn skybox compression. Now that is some dedication!
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by foxyv 2y ago
> With congestion pricing you actually incentivize driving for the wealthy enough. Driving in New York is for the wealthy. Who has money to pay for parking in New York?
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by foxyv 2y ago
Usually the method of a copyright troll never reaches the jury stage. It's mostly a racquet to get people to pay you not to sue them or file vaguely legitimate DMCA takedowns on their content.
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by foxyv 2y ago
My company firewall blocked this for reason () Uh, huh...
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by foxyv 2y ago
Okay so they are starting with suppressing first amendment rights of foreign nationals.
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by foxyv 2y ago
We're deeply wired to avoid and attach to things based on extremely simple heuristics. Avoid the strange man with the pointy stick, attach to the tree that makes tasty fruit, avoid the crocodile pond, attach to the thing that makes wom
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by foxyv 2y ago
Heaven help us if we can buy anything that isn't owned by the 10 largest corporations in the world. FTC is a joke at this point.
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by foxyv 2y ago
Motorcycles will also do it. They are twice as bad as general aviation. Also rock climbing, base jumping, skiing and hang gliding. https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Deaths-per-100-million-h... Although the figures ar
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by foxyv 2y ago
Is there any better place to ride out the terminal phase of the world's largest Ponzi scheme than in the White House? Tesla has only just started making 2.3 Billion in net income on a 1.4 trillion dollar market cap after 10 years. (Now
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by foxyv 2y ago
The average American uses 917 gallons of oil a year. If every person in the world used that much we would deplete all known oil reserves in 10 years. That is 5 times faster than we are today. There will be more oil found, but it's goin
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by foxyv 2y ago
They had an impact, just in the wrong way. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Messerschmitt_Me_262

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