tomatolung

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[–] tomatolung@sopuli.xyz 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

For those who have read the Galaxy's Edge series, I can only think of the appointees (aka 'Points). Political appointed officer who often end up getting the legionaries killed and lack the combat prowess/skill to be in the officer position they exercise.

Realistically we have many other direct commission officers such as the medical, engineers, legal, etc. What's really different here is they are not requiring the full 5 week Direct commission officer basic course .

[–] tomatolung@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

The Republican president, according to ABC News, also said talks over Iran's nuclear program were continuing and that Tehran would "like to make a deal," perhaps more quickly now that the Islamic republic is trading massive strikes with Israel.

"It's possible we could get involved" in the ongoing battle between the Middle East arch-foes, Trump said in an off-camera interview with ABC News senior political correspondent Rachel Scott that was not previously publicized.

Hey stressed that the United States is "not at this moment" involved in the military action.

So I read, "I as the deal maker can fix this." Show of hand, who believes the TACO can make a meaningful impact?

(Also clickbait headlines as I read this as meaning he's thinking about a military option. Thankfully not.)

[–] tomatolung@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 month 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 1 month 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 1 month 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 2 months 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 2 months 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 3 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

 

Bsky stats

22 million users

 

Down around 80% on bases from prewar.

Invidious alt link.

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