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by jjk166 10mo ago
Gaza population September 2023: 2.3 million. Gaza population September 2025: 2.1 million. Hamas casualties make up only a portion of palestinian casualties; palestinian casualties make up only a portion of excess deaths; excess deaths make
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It was part of an ongoing invasion.
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I think the more appropriate comparison is the Invasion of Panama.
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The o-ring was still the weak link, a small part that decision makers assumed was insignificant whose failure caused the complete destruction of a massive system and tragic deaths. The organizational failures are just why the weak link wasn
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Why would beef and sausages not be in the same category? A large percentage of sausage literally is beef.
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How do you eat an entire elephant? One bite at a time. How do you corrupt an entire government? One congressperson at a time.
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We've already seen plenty of stuff that Biden could have used against Trump but didn't. Regardless of why it wasn't used, there's no reason to believe there isn't more.
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They don't need to be fought over, customers can purchase from multiple sellers. Increasing prosperity increases demand for goods and services.
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You could, and maybe sometimes you would, but generally you won't. If at all possible, it makes a lot more sense to improve your setup to reduce the x noise, either with a better setup or changing your x to be something you can better
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Well yeah, x is specifically the thing you control, y is the thing you don't. For all but the most trivial systems, y will be influenced by something besides x which will be a source of noise no matter how accurately you measure. Noise
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Trump got 77 million votes in 2024, which is 44% of the eligible voting population and a mere 32% of the US adult population. Trump's current approval rating is 39%. Even among those who support Trump overall, presumably a non-trivial
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The problem with having leaders fight eachother is you get a situation like feudal europe where all your leaders are soldiers whose chief qualifications are skill in combat and extracting resources from their subjects to keep them combat re
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Domestic crude oil is mostly not compatible with US refineries, so it mostly gets exported. The US imports heavy crude, like that produced by Venezuela, for our domestic use. Why would you buy oil from Canada when you can take oil from
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I don't support Trump, but I would not support a foreign power unilaterally abducting him.
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> What happened in Europe after WW2? Dick Cheney didn't invent the idea of America liberating a country and being greeted as liberators, it had happened before, specifically in countries that had a history of liberal democracy. Thos
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But export led growth isn't zero sum. Sure someone needs to import your products, but they are importing them because it is in their own best interest to do so. You grow by having access to a market for your goods and services, they gr
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> A much lower Lindane-soil ratio of 1 w%, where Lindane was extracted with the reaction solvent prior to the degradation , also afforded good yields for both benzene (76%) and dichloride (76%, Entry 4, Fig. 4D). This alternative pre-e
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Science fiction: "Skynet started a nuclear war to wipe out humanity within minutes of gaining self awareness because it feared humans would attempt to kill it" Real life: "You're god damned right we'd try to kill it
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The soil is mixed with water to create a slurry which is then passed through filtration units which are sensitive to particular chemicals. Now the soil is fine but your filtration media is highly contaminated.
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They're not leaving it in the soil. The benzene is extracted as a useful byproduct.
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I've been on a boat. I also do industrial automation for a living.
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The concept of vaccines had been known for centuries during the 1940s. No one had ever gotten a polio vaccine to work. Imagine if they had concluded since it had never been done that it therefore could not work. We are aware of remote viewi
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Given how horribly structured the original system was, I'm pretty sure literally any change would be a massive improvement. I don't suppose anyone took a look at how that original system came into effect, or why it remained in pla
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Probably for the best, that place is dealing with weird alien phenomena like every week.
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> For those who want a skeptical & cynical view: if remote viewing works, it would be part of the standard strategy of every hedge fund. Please don't use the efficient capitalism argument. By that logic, if polio vaccines worked
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What uninformed drivel. It's frankly impressive how many separate incorrect claims are made. Hint: if production is dropping while price is falling, that's a sign of reduced demand, not a sign that we've exhausted our resourc
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A ship close enough to hit anything has always been close enough to be hit. Hypersonics are not revolutionary, countermeasures will evolve to address them the same way they have for every preceding weapon system. But ultimately, fleets need
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One project becoming a boondoggle is evidence we're not living up to our potential. Every project becoming a boondoggle is evidence we are.
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Well before any "battleships" are built, we'd need to build up the infrastructure to actually produce them. This would presumably still be useful when the battleships get cancelled and we move onto a real program.
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Routine maintenance like cleaning, inspection, and consumables replacement is very easily automated. Breakdowns can easily be prevented with a combination of redundancy and preventative maintenance. Without a crew you can eliminate many sys

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