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by jki275 6y ago
Muster is taken every day, every watch, in the Navy at least. It's a formal process with a formal report that is submitted to the ship's admin department, and then they submit a muster report up to the ship's immediate super
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by jki275 6y ago
Nothing classified Things like the SPN-41 are definitely far out of production (those cards are literally through-hole construction with discrete components and DIPs for ICs), Possibly SPS-48/49, lots of combat systems equipment, etc.
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by jki275 6y ago
It will be a year or more, but I'll definitely read it when it comes out.
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by jki275 6y ago
> Low fuel is more dangerous than high fuel. Most Navy fuels will put out low temperature fires on contact - the ignition hazard is from the fumes. A mostly empty fuel tank full of vapors is easier to catch fire and more explosive when i
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by jki275 6y ago
Retired Navy here... Yes, it will probably be cheaper to build a new one at this point. Yes, steel is compromised, wiring and electronics gutted. Millions in equipment that isn't even made anymore has been destroyed. Many of the syst
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by jki275 6y ago
You might be dumping 900k gallons of diesel fuel in the harbor by doing that. Anyway, sinking a ship isn't easy. There's no self destruct button, and they're designed not to sink.
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by jki275 6y ago
It was on HBO Now, which you could get with a paid subscription. It's how I watched it in Japan.
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by jki275 6y ago
I read it last year. Stephenson is one of my favorite authors. It drags at the end, Stephenson writes great books, but he's never figured out how to end one.
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by jki275 6y ago
Intel is not alone in speculative execution security flaws. Your indictment of them on this is overwrought -- everyone has security issues.
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by jki275 6y ago
I agree with you on why it’s done that way in C, and certainly it can be in other languages. No argument there. But it really is a C thing, because that’s just “how you do it” in C.
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by jki275 6y ago
China’s been in proxy wars with the US for maybe seventy years or so if my numbers are right. It’s not the same exactly as Russia, but there are parallels.
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by jki275 6y ago
I would very much like to see a citation on this, because I’ve certainly never heard of it if true.
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by jki275 6y ago
read_line returning the number of bytes read instead of the bytes is a C thing. That's just how you do things in C. Not arguing it's the best way -- and I far prefer the C++ way of returning a string or a buffer -- but it's
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by jki275 6y ago
It times out a lot. Try reloading the page, for some reason that helps sometimes.
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by jki275 6y ago
Thanks for posting a Wikipedia article. I'm well aware of who he is. What he wants doesn't actually get done, no matter how many pledges people sign. It's a fantasy.
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by jki275 6y ago
No one really cares who Grover Norquist is. He has no influence on anything.
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by jki275 6y ago
I’m not sure where that number comes from, but I know in my fairly high wealth state the maximum amount a teacher’s salary can be is about 45k. Benefits are about the average for that level of employment, nothing I’d call “better” than anyt
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by jki275 6y ago
The filibuster forces consensus. It's hard to get a ten vote majority if you're arguing strictly along party lines.
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by jki275 6y ago
Republicans don't want to shrink the government any more than Democrats do. They just want to spend the money that doesn't exist on different things.
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by jki275 6y ago
The threat of a filibuster is enough to make it not worthwhile to bring legislation to the floor. "debate" is pointless when everyone's mind is made up.
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by jki275 6y ago
Calling it a Republican House and Senate doesn't really do justice to the entire argument. Yes, Congress is ineffective -- I think that's almost become an axiom at this point. But it is often ineffective because of the rules it ha
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by jki275 6y ago
That story doesn't even back up your claim. My question was rhetorical. I know it's not true. I hoped you would look it up and realize your comment was inaccurate.
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by jki275 6y ago
oh wow, I didn't even know that (the last part). I've always thought that if a non-citizen is inducted into the armed forces in any way they should immediately be eligible for citizenship. As I understand it, there's still a
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by jki275 6y ago
I’d argue that bot should be charged multiple orders if magnitude more than $10. The only way to modify that behavior is to make it hurt.
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by jki275 6y ago
Police don’t prosecute anything. District attorneys conduct prosecutions. Rape prosecutions are often difficult, but I think you’d be hard pressed to find a DA who would not bring charges if they thought they had any chance at a conviction.
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by jki275 6y ago
Conscription isn’t related to the second amendment at all. The US still has conscription. We haven’t called up a draft since the Vietnam war - but every adult male has to register, and there are consequences for failing to do so.
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by jki275 6y ago
Sounds a lot like feudalism, doesn’t it? Elevating one group over another never ends well. And that includes our current political system.
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by jki275 6y ago
Proctortrak. It’s not a perfect solution (and I despise it), but it does resolve a lot of those issues.
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by jki275 6y ago
Can you cite the exact quote where he said that?
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by jki275 6y ago
But it doesn't work that way. If there's an entity already there, then the difference is split. You can't just extend your territorial jurisdiction and take over another country.

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