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by s_q_b 10y ago
Dense atmospheres also make it much easier to enter, descend, and land (EDL), since they can be used for drag parachutes and atmospheric braking. The atmosphere on Mars by comparison is awful for landing spacecraft. It has just enough densi
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by s_q_b 10y ago
The temperature is so cold that it would freeze your body if you were exposed, so you would still need an airtight seal. But the atmospheric pressure is high enough that you wouldn't need a bulky vacuum-proof pressurized spacesuit.
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by s_q_b 10y ago
From the text, it is pretty clear he wants people to think he's from Russia. From this I conclude two things: 1. He's not Russian. 2. This a good hacker but an amateur at OPSEC.
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by s_q_b 10y ago
My position is stated. I only debate in good faith.
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by s_q_b 10y ago
I'm in the opposite situation. I moved to Washington from a small Rust Belt city. The last house I toured there was a historic 5500 ft^2 Victorian 6 bd 5 bath, in the most desirable location, and thus with near instant liquidity. It wa
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by s_q_b 10y ago
Well, it's much better to buy. But only if you have the capital. At the time listings were only on the market for one to two days.
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by s_q_b 10y ago
I had a 2 bedroom lease in Adams Morgan, one block off 18th, for $2500 last year. We've since bought a place a few blocks away, so I'm unsure if it's risen.
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by s_q_b 10y ago
That's about the cost of a studio in DC.
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by s_q_b 10y ago
1. Both. 2. The "dominant" vs. oppressed false diachotamy gives you away as an ideologue with whom I cannot have a productive discussion. At one time or another we are all the oppressed and we are all the dominant. This ridiculous
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by s_q_b 10y ago
"You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life." It's a very common political quip. The usual attribution of the original version is to Churchill, with the specific phrasing I us
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by s_q_b 10y ago
The writing is starkly clear. The piece is also listed above, so I am confident the other readers can reach their own conclusions. Secondly, if any spectres be raised, so be it. Scorn is a badge of honor if earned when speaking the truth.
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by s_q_b 10y ago
This piece literally begins with a person screaming a racial insult in the middle of Broadway. No logical person would conclude that outburst was free of gender or racial bias.
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by s_q_b 10y ago
It is never right to attribute negative characteristics to an entire race or gender. Anyone who does so under any circumstances will find me speaking in opposition. -------------- EDIT in Reply: 1. Your comment is, however unintentionally,
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by s_q_b 10y ago
Pretending omission in order to emphasize something is a core element of classical rhetoric dating back as far as ancient Athens. It is a parlor trick that has been taught to children for two millennia, and an inherently flawed line of argu
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by s_q_b 10y ago
This is the reason why clearance forms ask you to disclose all of your past transgressions: It doesn't matter as much that you have them, but it matters if you're embarrassed by them. They want to know that if someone attempts to
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by s_q_b 10y ago
One current high-speed option is a MoCA 2.0 network through the existing coax, which has bandwidth up to 1 Gbps. I have a MoCA adapter next to each TV, wire the television through Ethernet from the adapter, and hook up a WiFi repeater as we
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by s_q_b 10y ago
You're quibbling over definitions and causing a distraction.
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by s_q_b 10y ago
This is PSYOPS not OCO. Russia's goal was to create the perception that they're meddling in this election, so as to delegitimize the electoral process itself.
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by s_q_b 10y ago
Ah, thanks. I should have done some Googling. Her father's with USAID, which does help explain the foreign policy connections. USAID is much more powerful than is commonly recognized, with an unclassified budget about twice that of the
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by s_q_b 10y ago
To whom exactly is Ms. Holmes connected? There's an awful lot of cheering over her demise, but I haven't kept abreast of this story.
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by s_q_b 10y ago
I have a lot of mixed feelings on this one. Of course one shouldn't rely upon Facebook for the news, just as one shouldn't rely upon Fox News. But people are going to anyway. The problem in this election was that Facebook did ex
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by s_q_b 10y ago
It's a vintage approach. I don't see much of this anymore, but before responsible disclosure was widely used, many exploit authors would intentionally insert small bugs (usually in the assembly payloads such as an interruption in
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by s_q_b 10y ago
Yes, there's no comparison between the Kuznetsov-class and any of the United States supercarriers, or the Charles de Gaulle. But the Russian actions are a means of power projection, saber rattling against the other great powers. After
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by s_q_b 10y ago
This should also be discussed in the context of the first combat usage of an Admiral Kuznetsov-class carrier, which Russia began today. After passing through the English Channel, the Admiral Kuznetsov, accompanied by a Russian carrier group
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by s_q_b 10y ago
In many states it's illegal to interact with your phone while driving, but there's no technological enforcement mechanism, or federal law.
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by s_q_b 10y ago
It may also have something to do with the fact that the Persian empires were a constant enemy of the progenitors of Western civilization: Greece and Rome. They were an existential threat to Greece, blocked the expansion of Rome, and obstruc
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by s_q_b 10y ago
Well, if you want to join the Union, we're always accepting new territories.
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by s_q_b 10y ago
My 2012 MacBook Air has 8GB of RAM, drives three displays, with nine virtual desktops, and I'm usually running with Windows and Debian VMs simultaneously. I do some heavy data mining, but any problem that won't fit in RAM gets off
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by s_q_b 10y ago
That was my first thought as well. I kept waiting for the magic that never came. However, if you look at the bottom it states that this case is a reference design, much like the Google phones, intended to be a platform upon which others can
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by s_q_b 10y ago
I fully concur. This is an excellent summary and suggestion for future progress. The barriers to moving beyond Excel can be overcome, but it will take some serious effort on many fronts. Both Excel and SQL embody genius concepts, but are su

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