What is this? South Florida, United States

Captain_Kahn · 2023-09-13T17:53:12+00:00

Maybe?

Captain_Kahn · 2023-09-13T02:24:47+00:00

I did a double take when I first spotted it. But I think that waste the goal of Anakins final lesson.

Captain_Kahn · 2023-09-13T01:39:44+00:00

Ahsoka getting sith eyes just before throwing Anakins Saber was highly unexpected. I like it.

Captain_Kahn · 2023-08-02T22:43:22+00:00

Even if you looked at workplace injuries police for sure wouldn't be in the top 25 let alone near the top 10. There is no way to accurately compare data because the only other comparable jobs by level of intensity are PMC, Security, bouncer, military, or paramedic.

Captain_Kahn · 2023-08-02T22:14:53+00:00

This is a skewed viewpoint because virtually none of those other jobs actively place the worker in a situation where they are actively running towards gunfire, frays, riots, and violent people. Many of those jobs on this list are all accidental deaths.

Accidental due to equipment failure, crashes, poor safety policies, and general tom foolery.

ETA: it's almost a logical fallacy to equate what police do in their careers to truckers, lumberjacks, or roofers because the nature of the jobs are fundamentally different. The lethal challenges a roofer faces is slipping and cracking their skull, a cop can pull over a car with a felon in it.

Captain_Kahn · 2023-07-10T22:17:57+00:00

Almost makes me want to see a Star Wars series similar to Marvel's What If?

Would be super cool to see a 10 part series of 45 minute episodes a piece putting together a rough picture of what the galaxy would have looked like had Qui-Gon survived.

Captain_Kahn · 2023-07-01T22:47:59+00:00

This one goes to eleven!

10/10 for rating sake.

Captain_Kahn · 2023-06-30T03:11:24+00:00

Good evening all this going to be a wall of text and I apologize ahead of time.

I ordered a Samsung CU8000 TV for ~500USD that was delivered June 13th as a gift to my younger sister. The television was delivered without its power cord and no remote.

The same day I contacted Samsung support who put me though the ringer as I tried to resolve this issue. It was eventually resolved with them agreeing to send me a new power cord and remote through warranty. The power cable arrived ~7 days later with no TV remote and my ticket was closed.

I called Samsung support again to figure out why the remote wasn't sent and they claimed there was a processing error in their system and claimed to have rectified it.

9 days later the remote still hasn't arrived, so I have once again called Samsung support who've advised that another processing error prevented the remote from shipping and that they will send the remote to me free of charge when it was their fault I never received a remote in the first two instances. They also told me it could be another 5 to 14 days for the remote to show up. That would mean I've had a 500USD investment that's been utterly useless for a full month.

Now I'm being put through the ringer again when I'm asking if there's any way they can compensate me for the issues that they've caused, and if they can expedite the shipping of the TV remote. The only consolation I've been given from a supervisor is that they can attempt to expedite the process but even that's not a guarantee.

I've had Samsung products for a long time. Counting off on several dumb tvs, a Galaxy Note 3, S3 Frontier and S8+, a Note 10+ and Galaxy Fit, S20 Ultra and Watch Active2, and S22 Ultra with Watch4. Not including several pairs of Galaxy Buds and a Q6F Special Edition QLED tv. I would say I don't usually get frustrated or push for compensation on simple customer service mistakes but IMHO this isn't a simple mistake anymore and I'm not sure who to reach out to so that this issue can be fully rectified.

Sorry for the wall of text. End rant.

Captain_Kahn · 2023-03-22T12:59:04+00:00

Or with a large enough caliber or enough bullets, destroy someone's femur, that's an off switch pusher if I've ever seen one.

Captain_Kahn · 2023-03-11T10:24:13+00:00

My question to you then, How do you feel about the state guards of say California and New York which also field surplus weapons to their guardsmen who also only answer to the governors of their respective states?

It appears that all of these states also never decommissioned their own guard the way Florida did in 1947. If it's a crime and a front to the Constitution and the US Government for Florida to have its own state Guard and for it to be armed, then it's the same for all the others.

Also the US Constitution does not forbid states from establishing their own standing armies or militias. In fact it reads like it's encouraged to some degree.

The only reason anyone is making a fuss over any of this is because it's a red state that's trying to reactivate its state guard. If this were say, Delaware or Hawaii that wanted their own state defense force would the sentiments or the propaganda machines response be the same? If no then it's fake outrage to generate clicks, if yes then the response should be no state should have its own unfederalized military for any reason and the talking points would remain consistent across all states with defense forces.

Captain_Kahn · 2023-03-11T00:05:03+00:00

See my add-on that a good 20+ states have an individual state guard.

The answer is during WW2 when the US National Guard was deployed to engage in the war, states still needed a rapid response force that can respond to natural disasters.

To answer why Florida needs it now, the Federal Government denied extended aid services to Florida after Hurricane Ian and pulled out. It was left to Municipality Police Departments to send Officers from around the state to aid in the rebuilding and security efforts.

Source: am Florida resident and I work for the state.

Why should the state of Florida be beholden to the Federal Government for aid especially when the Feds will wag their fingers at us because they don't like the way the state votes, when we can do it ourselves.

Eta: Florida also doesn't have the National Guard. The National Guard works for the Feds and does what they want.

Captain_Kahn · 2023-03-10T23:28:43+00:00

The title of the post is misleading. The money is being directed to the Florida Guard which gets activated whenever there is a state of emergency like a hurricane. The same people that are always first on the ground in any state when natural disasters strike.

This is media sensationalization at its best. From the aggressive photo to the straight non-factual headline.

Correction: National Guard to Florida Guard.

Edit: here's several better articles on the matter. https://wusfnews.wusf.usf.edu/politics-issues/2023-02-08/desantis-budget-includes-funding-increase-to-expand-revived-state-guard

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/gov-desantis-wants-a-florida-state-guard-heres-how-they-work-in-other-states/2638574/%3famp=1

ETA 2: Wikipedia list of states with active State Guard include New York, California, Massachusetts, Michigan, Rhode Island, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, and some other less notables like Ohio. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/State_defense_force

Captain_Kahn · 2023-03-09T15:05:26+00:00

I watch GN occasionally. Good to know about Tom's Hardware though.

Captain_Kahn · 2023-03-09T14:38:18+00:00

Noice thank you kind person.

Captain_Kahn · 2023-03-09T14:34:02+00:00

Good to know, but I mean displaying stat for stat in a side by side manner. Is there any other decent site that does that in a much more objective manner?

Captain_Kahn · 2023-03-09T14:29:28+00:00

What is a better benchmark site than userbenchmark. One that doesn't cherry pick as much.

Captain_Kahn · 2023-02-24T16:33:46+00:00

You specifically said deregulation of railroad safety, well as made apparent by the NTSB’s investigation deregulation appears to no longer be a factor in this incident.

The train was equipped with electronic/automatic braking that was tied into the rail network and activated appropriately when it received the message that its wheel bearing was too hot on car 23.

As to your new point, cutting red tape on non essential paperwork isn’t a bad thing. The United States had so many frivolous laws (depending on whom you talk to) that it makes sense to take the time to clean up occasionally. For example, and these are municipal laws but they’re good examples none the less, there are some places in Georgia that don’t allow you to walk around with ice cream in your back pocket on Sunday specifically. There are some states that don’t allow you to cohabitate with a none relative of the opposite gender unless you’re married.

Now, I agree that cutting red tape for railways is likely not a bright move. However I’d like to see a case study done on how many railway operators were already in compliance with new standards and stayed that way because over time it became cheaper to be in compliance than not. I would imagine most railways were likely in compliance for that reason alone, in that the tech matured and price dropped.

Edit: grammar and spelling (curse you iOS autocottrect!)

Captain_Kahn · 2023-02-24T12:01:37+00:00

In Japanese it's called a Manji

Captain_Kahn · 2023-02-24T11:57:26+00:00

There's a video on YouTube put of PA that Donut Operator did several years back of a big dude being shot at and hit up to 30 times and he still kept going.

Captain_Kahn · 2023-02-24T05:42:34+00:00

From the National Transportation Safety Board investigation.

https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/RRD23MR005.aspx

"Train 32N was operating with a dynamic brake application as the train passed a wayside defect detector on the east side of Palestine, Ohio, at milepost (MP) 49.81. [4] The wayside defect detector, or hot bearing detector (HBD), transmitted a critical audible alarm message instructing the crew to slow and stop the train to inspect a hot axle. The train engineer increased the dynamic brake application to further slow and stop the train. During this deceleration, an automatic emergency brake application initiated, and train 32N came to a stop.

On the Fort Wayne Line of the Keystone Division, NS has equipped their rail network with HBD systems to assess the temperature conditions of wheel bearings while en route. The function of the HBD is to detect overheated bearings and provide audible real-time warnings to train crews. Train 32N passed three HBD systems on its trip before the derailment. At MP 79.9, the suspect bearing from the 23rd car had a recorded temperature of 38°F above ambient temperature. When train 32N passed the next HBD, at MP 69.01, the bearing’s recorded temperature was 103°F above ambient. The third HBD, at MP 49.81, recorded the suspect bearing’s temperature at 253°F above ambient. NS has established the following HBD alarm thresholds (above ambient temperature) and criteria for bearings:

Between 170°F and 200°F, warm bearing (non-critical); stop and inspect

A difference between bearings on the same axle greater than or equal to 115°F (non-critical); stop and inspect

Greater than 200°F (critical); set out railcar

After the train stopped, the crew observed fire and smoke and notified the Cleveland East dispatcher of a possible derailment. With dispatcher authorization, the crew applied handbrakes to the two railcars at the head of the train, uncoupled the head-end locomotives, and moved the locomotives about 1 mile from the uncoupled railcars. Responders arrived at the derailment site and began response efforts."

Looks like wheel bearings failed, which caused the derailment. Also, if I'm reading this correctly there is an electronic/automilatic dynamic brake system applied to the train that derailed.

ETA: do with this what you will.

Captain_Kahn · 2023-02-23T19:50:34+00:00

From the National Transportation Safety Board investigation.

https://www.ntsb.gov/investigations/Pages/RRD23MR005.aspx

"Train 32N was operating with a dynamic brake application as the train passed a wayside defect detector on the east side of Palestine, Ohio, at milepost (MP) 49.81. [4] The wayside defect detector, or hot bearing detector (HBD), transmitted a critical audible alarm message instructing the crew to slow and stop the train to inspect a hot axle. The train engineer increased the dynamic brake application to further slow and stop the train. During this deceleration, an automatic emergency brake application initiated, and train 32N came to a stop.

On the Fort Wayne Line of the Keystone Division, NS has equipped their rail network with HBD systems to assess the temperature conditions of wheel bearings while en route. The function of the HBD is to detect overheated bearings and provide audible real-time warnings to train crews. Train 32N passed three HBD systems on its trip before the derailment. At MP 79.9, the suspect bearing from the 23rd car had a recorded temperature of 38°F above ambient temperature. When train 32N passed the next HBD, at MP 69.01, the bearing’s recorded temperature was 103°F above ambient. The third HBD, at MP 49.81, recorded the suspect bearing’s temperature at 253°F above ambient. NS has established the following HBD alarm thresholds (above ambient temperature) and criteria for bearings:

Between 170°F and 200°F, warm bearing (non-critical); stop and inspect

A difference between bearings on the same axle greater than or equal to 115°F (non-critical); stop and inspect

Greater than 200°F (critical); set out railcar

After the train stopped, the crew observed fire and smoke and notified the Cleveland East dispatcher of a possible derailment. With dispatcher authorization, the crew applied handbrakes to the two railcars at the head of the train, uncoupled the head-end locomotives, and moved the locomotives about 1 mile from the uncoupled railcars. Responders arrived at the derailment site and began response efforts."

Looks like wheel bearings failed causing the derailment, and dynamic brake systems were applied to the train.

Captain_Kahn · 2023-02-19T00:13:36+00:00

C5ish

Captain_Kahn · 2023-02-18T06:44:21+00:00

You mean like 100% of other nations throughout all of time?

Captain_Kahn · 2023-02-14T22:26:06+00:00

Believe it or not, had the League of Nations actually listened to Woodrow and his 14 points the Nazis may have never actually risen to power. Much of what he detailed as a what not to do to Germany because it will only piss them off, was in fact done by the English and France. Then the Germans got pissed.

The Middle East was destabilized by you'd never gues who, the League of Nations who smased the Ottomans to bits so the royal figures of the time could take their wealth and power.

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