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751.
by khuey 6y ago
> Until they didn't. Until any money savings you may have gotten over the last decade was eaten up by what will be the cost of the burst pipes and flooding of your house. Yeah but that's going to be paid for property insurers o
752.
by khuey 6y ago
Texas didn't experience rolling blackouts. Texas had day plus power outages over 25% or more of the state. That's far worse than rolling blackouts.
753.
by khuey 6y ago
Point Beach is still operating afaik. Kewaunee shut down several years ago though.
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by khuey 6y ago
io_uring will help a lot here.
755.
by khuey 6y ago
Basically every software engineer in San Francisco is paid at least that.
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by khuey 6y ago
Hypersonic missiles are faster than cruise missiles but slower than ballistic missiles and confusing the two is a common mistake in the popular press when talking about how fast hypersonic missiles are.
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by khuey 6y ago
That answers the question of how China benefits from a hypersonic missile program. It doesn't answer the question of how the US does. The US doesn't need to hold American aircraft carriers operating in East Asia at risk.
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by khuey 6y ago
Recent American military interest in hypersonic missiles definitely feels like a case of "Russia and China are playing with these, we want to play with one too".
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by khuey 6y ago
So it's not really anything like the indentured servitude in the American colonies then.
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by khuey 6y ago
Do these people get to stay in and become citizens of the host country after the term of their contract is up? I've never heard of that happening.
761.
by khuey 6y ago
Where did we come up with 0.13%? Approximately 0.3% of everybody in NYC died of COVID-19 so that's the lower bound assuming everyone in NYC was infected (and they weren't, of course).
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by khuey 6y ago
I'm not saying it's a good goal but it is clearly the goal.
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by khuey 6y ago
Going to space is only a secondary goal for SLS though. Keeping a bunch of people in politically influential states and congressional districts employed is the primary goal and it's succeeding at that.
764.
by khuey 6y ago
Him facing an impeachment trial does remove the pardon power, but only for things related to the impeachment.
765.
by khuey 6y ago
Or to the results of Tuesday's runoff election in Georgia, which gave Democrats complete control of the legislature.
766.
by khuey 6y ago
If Zuck lost an extradition hearing and then hid out in a foreign embassy for years I suspect he would be arrested when the embassy finally kicked him out, yes.
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by khuey 6y ago
They disappeared the head of Interpol a while back and that didn't cause much blowback.
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by khuey 6y ago
That's the last 7 days. Total area under the curve matters here.
769.
by khuey 6y ago
Being born in the US while your parents are here temporarily is the easiest way.
770.
by khuey 6y ago
You can't switch radioactive decay on and off. The heat source is always on.
771.
by khuey 6y ago
Nobody is talking about closing borders to cargo .
772.
by khuey 6y ago
And "Deaths usually rise by about 20,000 to 50,000 each year, mainly due to the nation’s aging, and growing, population."
773.
by khuey 6y ago
Trump hates Bezos though so selling the real estate to Amazon of all people makes little sense.
774.
by khuey 6y ago
Since it's not mentioned until pretty far down the page I'll say that you likely know Rober as "the guy who glitter bombs package thieves on Youtube".
775.
by khuey 6y ago
The Russian strategy of low-grade asymmetric conflict with strategic assets like nuclear weapons and a real air force to deter any serious consequences works remarkably well.
776.
by khuey 6y ago
New Zealand is the other country that allows it and they seem generally satisfied with their healthcare system.
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by khuey 6y ago
Paracetamol/acetaminophen has an extremely small therapeutic range for an over-the-counter drug. Yes, if you follow the dosing instructions (and are aware of all sources of the drug you're taking and also aren't drinking alco
778.
by khuey 6y ago
It's a lot easier to live without testicles than without a liver.
779.
by khuey 6y ago
The SR-71 was crazy expensive to fly and maintain and the U-2 apparently is not.
780.
by khuey 6y ago
Yeah I'd also be interested to learn the details.

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