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by tsotha 12y ago
Yes, really. Did you read the article?
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by tsotha 12y ago
You have to be a pilot to fly drones in the USAF. Not really sure it's necessary, but that's the policy unless they made changes since I looked into it.
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by tsotha 12y ago
Drones are far more expensive than people realize. The reason the Air Force and CIA have held off on retiring the U-2 is that it's cheaper to operate than its unmanned competition. Sure, small drones with a video camera and LOS contro
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by tsotha 12y ago
>The A10's minigun is ineffective at killing modern main-battle tanks, so I wouldn't say it's a raging sucess. Heh heh. No. There isn't a tank in the world that can survive an attack from the GAU-8. And it's n
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by tsotha 12y ago
Yes, that was the driver. We knew they were trying to build such a device, but we didn't know how far along they were. Given the German lead in other war technology areas (like guided missiles), it would have been foolish to underest
846.
by tsotha 12y ago
Sure, after two years of getting kicked around by its enemies. Modern war moves too quickly for that.
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by tsotha 12y ago
The US military is on the order of 4% GDP. That's comparable to pre- WW II levels.
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by tsotha 12y ago
After delaying publication of his work until he could figure out how to spin it. Personally I think the Japanese are blessed for having a homogeneous society because it means they don't have to devote time in every discussion to race i
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by tsotha 12y ago
Kazinator is right. Don't think vegetarian. Think "herd animal sluggishly grazing in the fields".
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by tsotha 12y ago
The way fractional reserve currencies work it's literally impossible for everyone to pay off their debt, and if a substantial portion of people did there would literally be no money. So... no.
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by tsotha 12y ago
I just wish he'd keep posting. I got the distinct impression someone complained to his employer, though, and he was told to stop. I used hit that site up all the time looking for a new post.
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by tsotha 12y ago
Actually, they've slipped behind China into the #3 slot.
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by tsotha 12y ago
>It is bittersweet for me, the opportunity lost to keep funding NASA at a reasonable level... We spent more than enough money on NASA to have been decades ago where SpaceX is today. Unfortunately, Congress sees NASA as a source of patro
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by tsotha 12y ago
>The rocket is paid for with its primary mission. Elon has said that the fuel is a very small cost compared to the entire launch, so I would assume the cost to refly a "used" rocket is going to be orders of magnitude cheaper th
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by tsotha 12y ago
I don't find his reasoning compelling at all. Countries can coast on the efforts of previous generations for a long time. Indeed, you would expect to see all the outward signs of prosperity in a society which has comparatively few ch
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by tsotha 12y ago
I thought everyone knew this. Never talk to representatives or agents of the US federal government without your lawyer present. Never, ever, ever. When they make contact, ask them for a phone number your lawyer can call. Ask them what ma
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by tsotha 12y ago
>One way to think of affirmative action is that it says "people from this group, on average, will score k points lower not because of a lack of ability or intelligence, but because of a lack of opportunities earlier in life due to s
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by tsotha 12y ago
People move away when their kids reach school age. Not so much because it isn't kid friendly, but because it's too expensive to raise a family here. Not too many young families can shell out three quarters of a million bucks for
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by tsotha 12y ago
How do you explain the discrepancy between U-6 and the labor force participation rate?
860.
by tsotha 12y ago
Duh?
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by tsotha 12y ago
Yeah, an ice age would be far worse than anything predicted for AGW.
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by tsotha 12y ago
I'm always amazed to see the same people who place all sorts of statutory restrictions on new housing blame the free market when there's not enough housing.
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by tsotha 12y ago
>why are three books in front of me in the Perl category about Swift, HTML, and PHP? This is a big problem for more than just niche books. When I tried to find a new fiction book by browsing categories I found the same books listed in e
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by tsotha 12y ago
The problem is your "this looks fake" button would be as easy to game as the current system. People with a financial interest in a book would be marking every negative review as fake.
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by tsotha 12y ago
In theory there's a procedure you can go through and get permission for a proper clinical study. In practice it's nearly impossible to get the approvals you need.
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by tsotha 12y ago
Oh, I'll accept your link uncritically if you do the same for mine.
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by tsotha 12y ago
Mediamatters? Seriously? Well, okay. Let me find an equally credible source: http://www.aei.org/publication/maybe-patriarchal-labor-union...
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by tsotha 12y ago
Yeah... no. The reason salaries aren't going up is in the piece but casually dismissed as if it doesn't matter. Instead of "following the money" to people who own companies, why don't we follow the smell of bullsh
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by tsotha 12y ago
But has it dropped as a percentage of high school graduates? My impression is a lot of people who wouldn't have been able to get in to a university twenty years ago are going now, but they're getting the kinds of degrees you&#x27
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by tsotha 12y ago
Leaving "to spend more time with my family" has become such a cliched euphemism for getting fired were I Mr. Pichette I would have searched high and low for some other title even if it describes his situation perfectly. Or maybe i

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