tomatolung

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[–] tomatolung@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 weeks ago

Great write up and analysis, very clear with concise points. I would also agree with your thoughts, but even apart from that bias I appreciate the detailed response!

[–] tomatolung@sopuli.xyz 18 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Reminds me of the bugging of the new embassy in Moscow. It's a cautionary tail in and of itself which relates to this jet.

Air and Space Forces Magazine: Cleaning the Bug House.

...“Mr. Ambassador, these are the plans that disclose how the bugging of your embassy took place, and these are the instruments that were used,” said Bakatin. “I want them turned over to your government, no strings attached.” Strauss was dumbstruck, according to an account of the incident he gave later that year. After years of denial, the Soviet intelligence arm was admitting its role in one of the most notorious espionage incidents of the 1980s: It had packed the new US Embassy office building in Moscow with sophisticated listening devices. The edifice’s structure was so riddled with bugs that some US counterespionage experts described it as nothing but a giant microphone.

[–] tomatolung@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 weeks ago

Reminds me of the bugging of the new embassy in Moscow. A fun read about it in Air and Space Forces Magazine: Cleaning the Bug House.

...“Mr. Ambassador, these are the plans that disclose how the bugging of your embassy took place, and these are the instruments that were used,” said Bakatin. “I want them turned over to your government, no strings attached.” Strauss was dumbstruck, according to an account of the incident he gave later that year. After years of denial, the Soviet intelligence arm was admitting its role in one of the most notorious espionage incidents of the 1980s: It had packed the new US Embassy office building in Moscow with sophisticated listening devices. The edifice’s structure was so riddled with bugs that some US counterespionage experts described it as nothing but a giant microphone.

[–] tomatolung@sopuli.xyz 6 points 1 month ago

Yea, an area where the unintended consequences are actually going to push China domestically built airlines to be competitive with Airbus and Boeing, even if they lack the range and efficiency.

[–] tomatolung@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If Lemmy has a best of, this should be submitted. Or maybe we just need to create a new one called hardest life lesson.

[–] tomatolung@sopuli.xyz 30 points 2 months ago (9 children)

Seal, YTDLnis, Newpipe, Tubular, freetube, etc... So many alternative options.

[–] tomatolung@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Your caredge article gives context for actual numbers rather then percent. Tesla sells between 110-170k per quarter in the US. It's down 11% in January in the US according to Business Insider. While still selling 35,000 more vehicles then Ford in that month.

Where as Germany sold 1,429 Tesla vehicles in February, Australia sold 1,592, and France 2,395.

So the scale of sales is vastly different. This is not to say it's not having an impact, but to dig into a percentage or statistics. (Mind you I wouldn't use percentage in this post, except I can't find the month on month numbers without paying for it, so I'll wait for it to come out in future reports.)

[–] tomatolung@sopuli.xyz 27 points 2 months ago

I believe it's a remote station/environment issue based on my working in Antarctic and on Research ships.

NSF finally saw the light after it was forced down their throat, and they still haven't resolved it.

https://apnews.com/article/women-working-antarctica-sexual-harassment-assault-mcmurdo-ba0e550fddf1ab0afd031ff4d25143cb

[–] tomatolung@sopuli.xyz 19 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Antarctic builds are costly, difficult, and filled with challenges you don't see in daily life, so while that might seem like a simple idea, it's about half as hard as as putting it on the space station, with a 10th or less the budget.

[–] tomatolung@sopuli.xyz 22 points 2 months ago

https://www.schumer.senate.gov/contact/message-chuck

Also https://democracy.io/ is good for US citizens who want to voice their opinions to their congressional reps.

[–] tomatolung@sopuli.xyz 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

In addition to vk6flab points,

  • How do you get enough "reporters" to write the pages?
  • What does your vison of a topic look like?
  • How do you see this having an impact on these incidents?

It would not be hard to set up, but I think spreading the word, then maintaining it (if it becomes a target) could be a huge amount of overhead. I like the concept, I'm just wondering if there is a lower threshold way to make this happen. (Different platform, lowering the scope, etc.)

 

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