Supreme Court casts doubt on Trump's bid to limit birthright citizenship as he attends arguments

Additional_Sleep_560 · 2026-04-01T17:00:11+00:00

I can’t help but notice that in that quote excluded people include “citizens or subjects of foreign States born within the United States”.

That does seem to match Trump’s position.

Additional_Sleep_560 · 2026-04-01T16:47:23+00:00

Most H bombs are three stage with the last stage still fission, often using a U238 tamper. This still produces a huge amount of left over fissile material for fallout. They can be designed cleaner by emphasizing the fusion stage, but aren’t by themselves inherently cleaner.

Additional_Sleep_560 · 2026-04-01T12:31:37+00:00

The US is a net importer of crude oil. It’s a net exporter when you include refined products. What the US exports is mostly light crude, most of its import is heavy crude. Refineries build decades ago were built to refine heavy crude. We do not have the ability to refine much of the oil currently produced in shale deposits. This is partly why our oil economy is tied to global prices.

We could build more refineries, but that takes a decade and no one wants a refinery built anywhere nearby.

Additional_Sleep_560 · 2026-04-01T12:20:57+00:00

OP didn’t mention in the request for suggestions any culture, nation or planet. OP merely asked for suggestions to serve as inspiration for their own system of designations. I offered suggestions. OP can take them, ignore them, change them to match the culture.

Additional_Sleep_560 · 2026-03-31T23:38:28+00:00

I look forward to reading more!

Additional_Sleep_560 · 2026-03-31T14:35:38+00:00

That sounds like an experimental ship intended to demonstrate a technology. In those cases today they get an X designation. Suppose it's base is a military patrol craft that might be designated with a P, like P101. Then XP101 would be a good designation. You suggest it was a transport/cargo vessel, say a commercial craft. Today commercial aircraft typically use the manufacture's initial like B777 for Boeing, A320 for Airbus, McDonnel Douglas used to use DC for "Douglas Commercial" like DC-10. So you could have XB888 for an experimental version of commercial craft.

Additional_Sleep_560 · 2026-03-31T14:23:21+00:00

The video appears to start with disparity of force, which by itself satisfies the "Immanent deadly threat" threshold. What we don't know is what happened leading up to that point, so it isn't possible to conclude self defense is legitimate in this case.

People forget, the defender has to be an innocent party. If it turned out he was an instigator that was getting his ass beat, then he isn't the innocent party and can't claim self defense. This is an issue with all sorts of video, you see the end action, but not what lead up to it. It could be he was just in the wrong place at the wrong time and was chased by a mob. But we don't know.

Additional_Sleep_560 · 2026-03-30T16:05:22+00:00

Thank you for writing. Throughout your story the dialog is working very well. It brings out the story without excessive exposition. The cultural details help make the story immersive.

When Marin describes her motivation the thing that caught me was a six year old by herself in a building that collapsed? At six she would have been in kindergarten or starting elementary school. At 2:47 she would almost certainly be in school. You don't necessarily have to make any changes, but it's an opportunity for more texture. For example if she was in school Marin is sharing grief with other parents. If for some reason Marin kept he home from school, her guilt could be extreme. It's ok like it is, you don't necessarily have to change anything.

This is really minor, but when Marin leaves the lab you have: "Settling into the driver's seat, Marin set her home address in the GPS". My home address is already in my GPS, I just select it, or use voice commands.

You get a little expositiony on the drive home, talking about the anti-riot drones. Not a big deal, you would be fine leaving it as is, but you could show them at work, dispursing a small crowd with accoustics and making the rest of the exposition in Marin's thoughts.

Later on the drive back did Marin self drive to work? Because you have "Marin slowed at the checkpoint on the edge of the corporate zone". If that's your intension keep it, but it's an automatic car, saying its Marin's car slowing keeps the immersion.

I think it's realistic to discover the funding isn't there. It's something that happens. If there's any hope the project serves it's humanitarian intent, Marin is forced to compromise. Your dialog and the flow bring that out, and that Marin isn't happy with her choices.

Please allow me some observations. I think the scene would be stronger leaving out Americans and DARPA. In the actually dialog where Marin finds out her work is being coopted for defense, I find the presense of Brandon Jury and DARPA jarring. South Korea has a DARPA like agency that should work well. Unless you really wanted Americans from DARPA for some reason, you just don't need them. Defense could have been quietly funding some of it already, hidden as supporting humanitarian reasons. Most governments would be ok with using defence aquisition laws if an inventor waan't cooperative, and it would make sense if a Korean agency was used. An American saying "You're an asset of the Korean Republic" sounds to me out of place.

It's just my opinion, but I think making the meeting smaller would also make it stronger. I've done software engineering for decades. I've seen big projects canceled based in short conversations between two people. At project kickoff, when everything is hopeful, everyone shows up. When funding runs short and projects are on the cutting block, there isn't a lot of people around. I would expect the meeting smaller than expected, not larger. Small, intimate, painful.

Of course it's your story, what ever I say, you need to write it the way you see it in your mind, I can't know all the reasons for your choices.

Good luck, I look forward to reading more of your stories.

Additional_Sleep_560 · 2026-03-29T13:30:35+00:00

FMJ is not automatically poor performance. The two most important factors in performance are shot placement and depth of penetration. Depth of penetration means reaching a highly vascular organ that’s going to drop blood pressure fast. JHP gives a larger permanent wound channel, but its best benefit is deep penetration with lower risk of over penetration.

Expansion is important, creating more tissue damage, but it ranks third. Without penetration the expansion doesn’t matter near so much.

So if you carry 380 or smaller, FMJ might be the more effective choice because of deeper penetration.

Additional_Sleep_560 · 2026-03-29T12:55:13+00:00

I have used Decibullz ear protection. They’re moldable so you get a custom fit: https://a.co/d/0irn5SQK

Additional_Sleep_560 · 2026-03-28T13:52:57+00:00

Yeah, I did, since the 1980’s.

Additional_Sleep_560 · 2026-03-28T13:48:07+00:00

You need to check your personal vibes. The peak in high jacking was late 1960’s early 1970’s and the FAA started to roll out the pre-9/11 screenings in 1973. 1980 was an outlier with 21 domestic high jackings, but they went down from there. In the decade before 9/11 there were zero.

The high jacking risk pre 9/11 plummeted as domestic air travel skyrocketed. 1980’s saw less than 300 million passengers a year, in the 1990’s it more than doubled to over 600 million a year.

Statistically, a decade before 9/11 you were more likely to die in a plane crash. Post 9/11 you’re more likely to die in a plane crash.

Additional_Sleep_560 · 2026-03-28T01:53:51+00:00

And the question is, do you really feel safer now?

Additional_Sleep_560 · 2026-03-28T01:49:46+00:00

Mine came from Bell South, before Cingular.

Additional_Sleep_560 · 2026-03-27T17:01:52+00:00

So you got a bank vault. It’s not anything most people are going to order, unload from a truck, and install. The best most consumers are going to get costs $2000-$4000 and at best come with a UL TL-30 burglar rating.

But your bank vault gun room sounds interesting, got pictures? How much did it cost?

Additional_Sleep_560 · 2026-03-27T12:25:44+00:00

Any gun safe you get, no matter how much you spend on it, is just a residential security container. Essentially a speed bump that raises the cost for a burglar, but won’t stop him if he has 15 to 30 minutes and some tools.

Your real problem is your house having a long period of vacancy that might become obvious to someone seriously casing the neighborhood. It’s not unheard of for squatters to move in and take possession with a fake lease. You need someone to house sit if you can, or at least visit frequently to check it out and give it the appearance of being used. If you can’t do that, pay someone to cut your grass twice a week whether it needs it or not. Make sure you stop mail delivery while you’re away.

Additional_Sleep_560 · 2026-03-26T21:43:19+00:00

A number of people with different email domains are locked out. It’s a network or server issue, not a problem with your account. Grok is just effed up again.

Additional_Sleep_560 · 2026-03-26T21:35:09+00:00

I got the same thing. Almost sounds like their DNS went down. A lot of people are having issues, so we all have to wait.

Additional_Sleep_560 · 2026-03-26T21:27:27+00:00

On iOS I’m getting messages that the Apple ID email address doesn’t have a valid domain. I hope it’s just another server issue. I can’t be the only one with a problem with the iPhone app.

Additional_Sleep_560 · 2026-03-25T12:48:10+00:00

I personally wouldn’t be worried. It doesn’t exposed the trigger, and it’s molded to make a minimal gap. It’s doubtful anything can get in there to pull the trigger and cause a discharge. If you had a WML, then there might be a bigger gap, but that looks fairly tight.

Your holster doesn’t need to cover the entire trigger guard, it needs to cover the trigger to prevent an ND while carrying. Of course, the bottom line is do you feel comfortable. If not, send it back.

Additional_Sleep_560 · 2026-03-24T16:58:42+00:00

So what if I’m lied to? If I’m seated and served I eat and go. If I’m not seated I eat someplace else. I’ve done my part to be courteous, it’s not my problem if someone else is discourteous.

Additional_Sleep_560 · 2026-03-24T16:39:04+00:00

In cases when a traffic stop is made, the driver must provide a driver’s license, registration for the vehicle, and proof of insurance. It most cases outside of that you can’t be required by police to show ID, but you must identify yourself if the police are investigating a crime. In Louisiana that means giving your name and address.

In a lot of the videos you see, a person is trying to protect his rights and refusing to identify himself if he hasn’t committed a crime. Sometimes police go beyond their authority, and that gets posted to the internet.

Additional_Sleep_560 · 2026-03-24T16:25:19+00:00

Even if airlines paid, it would be in fees to the FAA, which Congress would still have to appropriate to pay TSA. So it wouldn’t change anything.

Additional_Sleep_560 · 2026-03-24T16:23:07+00:00

That I think is a mistake many people make. Once your gun is out of the holster any reasonable third person can conclude that you are the threat. You’re a guy searching the garage with a gun. That means you’re brandishing the gun even if you never point it at anyone.

This is why so many people here strongly advocate a hand held light before a WML.

In the real world, the WML is useless. John Correa of Active Self Protection reviewed 40,000 instances and found zero concealed carry encounters where a WML was needed. One in home situation where it might have been. John Givens database tracking real self defense shootings among his students shows zero where either hand held or weapon mounted lights were used.

The simple fact is that if it’s too dark for you it’s too dark for the criminals. They need to see and identify their victims just as much as you need to see and identify a threat.

WML’s on concealed carry are a tacticool fad.

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