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by post_from_work 5y ago
^This. The hysteria displayed both by the FAA and in this thread is kinda shocking. I work with the military in Japan. Every time a North Korean missile flies into/over Japanese territory we get a warning about it...and then go about o
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by post_from_work 5y ago
A little bit of Drill Sergeant humor: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xen1KeYDnCI
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by post_from_work 5y ago
Shit, I won't even go there to study kung fu! A few years back I was considering studying Bajiquan ( https://www.studymartialarts.org/school/an-wushu-internation... ), and even then, back before they started detai
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by post_from_work 5y ago
On some other forums/blogs that I follow, there are Turkish information operations guys who post about the triumphs of the Turkish defence industry. Their lead guy says that Turkish companies are throwing million-dollar salaries at exp
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by post_from_work 5y ago
>>>Something I have to wonder is are women and minorities... ok with this? As a minority, coming from the largely blind-meritocracy of the military: NO. Same for the vast majority of minority service members and veterans that I k
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by post_from_work 5y ago
That's ALWAYS the first question in my mind when I read these types of articles about container shipping and drugs: "Who snitched?"
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by post_from_work 5y ago
It is, but not because of Seagal's skill as a martial artist. Great castings for the villains, unique setting providing memorable action setpieces, grounded/realistic directing, and Erika Eleniak popping out of a cake half-naked a
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by post_from_work 5y ago
>>>America's federalism would make this idea a mess here: Each state has their own system for everything and 50%+ of the lower-level governments/agencies (county or municipal level) don't have any digital footprint a
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by post_from_work 5y ago
>>> I am still struggling to understand what immediate and painful need users have with trusting Apple, Facebook, Google etc with their identity. Using your Google account to log into everything is great....until your account gets
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by post_from_work 5y ago
Not a series, but Extraction: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraction_(2020_film)
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by post_from_work 5y ago
>>>For instance if you don’t have a car, the money save from not having a large piece of machinery sitting around most of the time would probably more than make up for a few train tickets. Another option is car share fleets which a
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by post_from_work 5y ago
>>>People love to respond that that's too expensive or unworkable or unrealistic or whatever, ignoring that it's actually the status quo that is too expensive, unworkable and unrealisitc I'd want to see some numbers
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by post_from_work 5y ago
This is why it's so important to own and maintain the good older vehicles. Resto-modding reliable chassis like 1990s Lexus LS should become more popular. Developments in rapid prototyping, additive manufacturing, etc... all make this e
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by post_from_work 5y ago
>>>being non-white is a larger factor than location or ratio Back when OKCupid's blog had a bunch of interesting data and insights about dating, the conclusion was: if you are male, and you are NOT a top-tier chiseled-jaw whit
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by post_from_work 5y ago
>>>Did you witness lgbtq or people of certain skin colors being run out of town or receiving some sort of prejudice? A close friend of mine is a black Muslim, Marine Corps officer, and Afghanistan veteran. Likes to date white women
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by post_from_work 5y ago
>>> I wanted to see what a real East Asian hero in the movies could look like K-Pop Star Rain in Ninja Assassin: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja_Assassin Lee Byung-Hun as Storm Shadow in the GI Joe movies
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by post_from_work 5y ago
>>>As a high school kid in 2001 or 2002 (well before the Second Life example the author cites in 2005), he made money selling Diablo II accounts he had beefed up in his spare time. One of my fraternity brothers paid for a vacation
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by post_from_work 5y ago
Someone building a Dyson Sphere just to power a crypto mining rig is an awesome concept for a short story or sci-fi RPG adventure (such as Traveller).
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by post_from_work 5y ago
>>> This goes all the way down the supply chain down to the real-world miners who dig up the ores for the solar panels and even they will need to pay their taxes, which you cannot do in bitcoin. Unless more countries follow El Salv
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by post_from_work 5y ago
Such as Michael Page? That's one of the few recruiters that ever has interesting-looking jobs at decent salaries in Japan.
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by post_from_work 5y ago
Try using this: https://bisq.network/
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by post_from_work 5y ago
>>> CCP invading Taiwan for holding the former rulers of the country >??????? Huh? Technically kinda-true? The CCP tried, and failed, to invade Kinmen, which belongs to the Republic of China aka "Taiwan": https:/
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by post_from_work 5y ago
Watch this interview with Yuri Bezmenov: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pOmXiapfCs8 Then think about all the "Culture War" problems we are dealing with in American for the past ~10 years.
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by post_from_work 5y ago
"This is why killing the industry as a whole is so important. It'll mean going after the owners, suppliers and employees/contractors with naming/shaming, coordinated sanctions, criminal charges, designated persons lists
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by post_from_work 5y ago
The more articles I read about FB's terrible reputation and commensurate price premium they need to dish out, the more interested I become in snagging some sort of remote management position there. I work for a DoD contractor so the &q
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by post_from_work 5y ago
>>>Better in what sense? Its extremely difficult to actually use cryptocurrency for selling things beyond cryptocurrency related instruments. https://cryptoemporium.eu/ https://www.chainbytes.com/
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by post_from_work 5y ago
Start a company, set yourself as COO, Board Chairman, majority shareholder, etc...but with a minimum wage salary. Set your wife as the CEO. Pop out 4 kids. Pay her an 8 figure salary. Your wife can be a full-time mom and print money at the
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by post_from_work 5y ago
>>>Giving away children with no paper trail to christian adoption agencies is abhorrent in the extreme. Children with "no paper trail" often a) aren't with their own parents b) aren't there by choice. Why would
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by post_from_work 5y ago
Yeah, certain turbo powerplants are AMAZINGLY durable. The 4G63T, 1JZ-GTE, and 2JZ-GTE are all standouts: stout, overbuilt, iron-block Japanese engines. For lighter aluminum-block turbo engines, I'm a fan of the 4B11T (in my daily driv
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by post_from_work 5y ago
I'm kinda-ok with powerplant consolidation. Do we really need 4-5 different big-displacement V8s? The GM OHV Small Block family is already the go-to answer for the aftermarket; it should be the same for OEMs. Maybe that requires a chan

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