I mean, airplane brakes probably have about a 3% duty cycle (the percentage of time they’re in use), so they’re generally idle. For city driving, car brakes probably have about a 25% duty cycle.

If those numbers are close to accurate, that means planes are using their brakes about 10x less than cars.

BTW, I didn’t pull those plane numbers directly out of my ass, but they’re definitely a rough estimate. I’m figuring about 5 minutes of breaking time per flight, counting landing and during the taxi to and from the runway. And I’m assuming a 2.5 hour flight, figuring that could be close to an average flight time.

Wait a second… how can they enforce this legislation when a VPN is masking the user’s location? How do they know a user using a VPN is from Utah?

Correct me if I’m wrong here, but aren’t the users they’re trying to regulate the exact subsection of users that they don’t have the ability to identify as being citizens of Utah?

Like if a user appears to be in Utah, then they’re probably not using a vpn. And if the user appears to be from out of state, then they could be using a vpn, but also Utah law doesn’t apply to those people because they’re not from Utah (as far as they know)… So essentially this law can’t actually apply to… anyone?

If this is some sort of hybrid battery that could be possible… Super capacitors take the initial charge, pass it on to the flow battery. But as far as I know, absorbing or releasing a lot of energy quickly is just not what flow batteries do, it’s their biggest limitation.

Does Linkin Park get a badge? Has anyone ever proven that Linkin Park is human? All their songs sound suspiciously the same…

What about Nickelback?

It only needs to fly once. Honestly, it’d probably work.

But hey, I’m sure it’s all irrelevant, I mean who would ever want to vindictively drone strike Seattle…

I mean sure, publicly “who knows”, but the relevant indicators are pointing to “imminently”.

Sigh… That timeline adjustment didn’t go in the direction I was hoping.

I guess it was inevitable, the science showed that these quantum effects are real, so it was just a matter of time before these machines really work.

Time to rethink and replace everything.

My gut instinct is that the acceleration only makes it easier.

That’s exactly what Putin has been doing for years. Unfortunately Putin is pulling it off quite well.

We’re just going to take Ukraine, and then likely whatever country looks easiest to take next. But if anyone else got involved in these conflicts I will totally launch my nukes all over the place! You just watch, I’ll do it, I’m fuckin nuts!

Don’t even think about sending troops, because that would add fuel to an already dangerous situation (that we manufactured and could totally end at any time).

Sure but 1 in 5 boys has a girlfreind that goes to a different school, you’ve never met her, but she’s super hot.

That’s complete and utter bullshit. Either stand behind your product or don’t ship it universally. Pick a lane. Either it’s worth using it or isn’t, so which is it?

This wishy washy bullshit paints a picture of an embarrassingly inept organization, is that really what you’re trying to project Microsoft?

Well, while I agree with that sentiment, you may be looking at it the wrong way.

It’s not that locking your doors gives them permission, it’s that they’re just doing it whether you lock your doors or not.

Imagine you’re the NSA, imagine you’re already spying on every American who isn’t using a VPN (not because you have any legal right to, but because you can). Now ask yourself, where’s your biggest blind spot?

This is why they want legal permission to spy on people using VPNs. If they can do it legally, they can just walk right into a VPN’s server room and install whatever eyes they want on the inside.

All I’m saying, is that there is no constitutional justification for this, they don’t care. Their plan is simple, spy on everyone, fuck the law.

It’s sad, but this is the world we live in. It’s constantly disappointing.

But I do want to push back a bit, the people getting scammed are not incredibly stupid, they’re incredibly vulnerable. They’re often people who are generally less tech savvy, but also they’re people who don’t have a lot to lose, it’s a bit counterintuitive, but it’s easier to scam people who take money very seriously.

Trust the math. You don’t need to accept risk if you can check the math yourself.

That’s what cryptography is about.

Yeah, what does that even mean? And why would anyone want it?

While I don’t have an answer for your first question, there is a really good answer to the second.

A delay is a perfect solution for eliminating the tactical advantage that its imagery could offer, while still maintaining an eye on the region, not letting war crimes go unnoticed.

The delay rather than a blackout actually reinforces the idea that this is really about not providing intel to Iran. Three day old troop positions are totally useless, those troops are somewhere else now. A delay is totally sufficient to make their imagery non threatening. But if they were trying to hide the actions of either side, a delay wouldn’t be enough, they’d need to hold those images back forever. Meaning, they aren’t trying to hide the truth.

That’s completely detached from reality. You could confirm that by talking to anyone in the military.

Probably half of our service members joined up just to pay for college. They’re not in the military because they’re psychopaths… it’s just a viable option for moving up in life. Many Americans hope to pursue advanced careers, but they can’t afford college and don’t have many job opportunities in their home town. Well regardless of what your town is like, the military is always hiring; and the recruiters are convincing. If you’re 20 years old and stalled out in your career, it sounds like a real good deal. Again, that does not make you a psychopath. AND regardless of what you think of service members, the effectiveness of the US military is exceedingly evident, they hardly need me to speak for them.

I mean, you could have that opinion I guess. But the stated reasoning is perfectly valid. After you launch a long distance attack, it is in fact important to know how effective it was. This is a very strategically useful ability. Leaving your adversary in the dark has always worked to your advantage in war.

Look, we all know this war is stupid, there aren’t many who would deny that. But to be perfectly honest, despite the political leadership at the very top, the US military and it’s leadership are actually pretty good at what they do. I doubt they’re trying to cover up a failing war. To me, this looks more like operational security than a cover up.

If you plan on drinking the water, or cooking with the water, it’s going right back into the air after you pee or sweat and the water evaporates. Literally no damage done.

You cannot make the water actually disappear unless you use it in some kind of chemical reaction, and even then it may end up returning to water eventually.

Yeah, I mean take advantage of geothermal heating/cooling. It does seem obvious. The only actual advantage to space is the 100% solar availability, but that’s actually not a huge advantage in the grand scheme of things.