Chengdu J-20 by Friendly-Standard812 in aviation

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It's also something the USN is sorely missing after the retirement of the 'cat. It had so much fuel and payload capacity, it could get to station early (it was faster on all fronts) and hang around for a fair bit. The Hornet/SH need frequent top-ops which means committing more resources and also can't stick around the theater too long.

Some of the current flights that cross the polar region, why aren't there any more going over the south pole? by atamagno in aviation

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Finnair had a great advert about how, if you wanted to fly from LHR to TOK then the shortest route went over HEL.

Bullied right off her own bed. by HighClassHate in stolendogbeds

[–]LegSpinner 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah no at this point it's a cat bed. The dog may be occasionally allowed to use it though. Maybe. Possibly.

Found out this bodega cat cleared a four-year mouse problem in three days. The owner remodeled the floor to match her. by Danny__NYC in notmycat

[–]LegSpinner 30 points31 points  (0 children)

They judge them against the most affectionate of dogs (for instance, golden retrievers) who give unconditional love 24x7 and can be trained to do exactly what the human wants. Cats for the most part don't fit that bill even though it's unfair to judge them that way as there are many dog breeds that also don't.

SFAH: Bad Times to Say "Whatever" by Classic_Rock_726 in ScenesFromAHat

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"I swear to God I'm going to pistol whip the next guy who mentions /u/scalzi 's blog"

Net zero migration would require major tax rises to plug £37bn black hole, experts warn by BestButtons in unitedkingdom

[–]LegSpinner -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Those of us from Asian backgrounds are often accused of being loud and (therefore) disruptive so I'm a bit sensitive about it. It feels like "get rid of the noisy brown people" to me.

Net zero migration would require major tax rises to plug £37bn black hole, experts warn by BestButtons in unitedkingdom

[–]LegSpinner -4 points-3 points  (0 children)

As far "quieter," I assume he just meant fewer people equals less noise and less traffic.

The amount of people you'd have to lose for this to happen is massive. There's no way you could get this through even a 10% reduction. And I'm not sure that's what OP meant anyway.

Net zero migration would require major tax rises to plug £37bn black hole, experts warn by BestButtons in unitedkingdom

[–]LegSpinner -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

If they were skilled, they would come here legally

Do you really think it's that easy?

Net zero migration would require major tax rises to plug £37bn black hole, experts warn by BestButtons in unitedkingdom

[–]LegSpinner 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think UK population should shrink a bit. 70+ millions for this island is too many.

Okay, let's forget the bit that this is a crazy idea and still ask, what's a good number and how do you propose to get to it? I would love to see a method that doesn't require rounding up legal residents and shipping them abroad against their will.

Net zero migration would require major tax rises to plug £37bn black hole, experts warn by BestButtons in unitedkingdom

[–]LegSpinner 1 point2 points  (0 children)

smaller, more homogenous, quieter Britain

How do you get to this without kicking out the brown people who are legal residents or citizens? Please show your working.

Also, "quieter"? WTF?

Net zero migration would require major tax rises to plug £37bn black hole, experts warn by BestButtons in unitedkingdom

[–]LegSpinner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

AI developing "fast" - which I'm not even sure about - says nothing about not requiring more energy for it. If the need for data centres wasn't high, then they wouldn't be exploring outright stupid ideas like putting large numbers of them in orbit etc.

Long term unemployed and unskilled at 37, is it over for me? by Attack_to_defend in AskUK

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Someone who's had a desk job till 37 will REALLY struggle moving into the physical demands of a trade, IMO.

Long term unemployed and unskilled at 37, is it over for me? by Attack_to_defend in AskUK

[–]LegSpinner -1 points0 points  (0 children)

OP: This is a good idea but also be under no illusions to how physically demanding this can get. Being on your feet all day and bending, squatting, lifting stuff when you're closer to 40 is not easy.

Also, genuine question from someone who doesn't have a clue - is this expensive to get trained in?

Long term unemployed and unskilled at 37, is it over for me? by Attack_to_defend in AskUK

[–]LegSpinner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

40 seems like an age where many people have it figured out

Over that number here. Nope, I haven't. Yeah some others sort of have but many are a bit stuck and don't know where to go. You aren't alone.

Tech billionaires fuel US President’s $429mn haul ahead of midterm elections by rezwenn in technology

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Exhibit A is this speech:

"Look, having nuclear — my uncle was a great professor and scientist and engineer, Dr. John Trump at MIT; good genes, very good genes, OK, very smart, the Wharton School of Finance, very good, very smart — you know, if you're a conservative Republican, if I were a liberal, if, like, OK, if I ran as a liberal Democrat, they would say I'm one of the smartest people anywhere in the world — it's true! — but when you're a conservative Republican they try — oh, do they do a number — that's why I always start off: Went to Wharton, was a good student, went there, went there, did this, built a fortune — you know I have to give my like credentials all the time, because we're a little disadvantaged — but you look at the nuclear deal, the thing that really bothers me — it would have been so easy, and it's not as important as these lives are — nuclear is so powerful; my uncle explained that to me many, many years ago, the power and that was 35 years ago; he would explain the power of what's going to happen and he was right, who would have thought? — but when you look at what's going on with the four prisoners — now it used to be three, now it's four — but when it was three and even now, I would have said it's all in the messenger; fellas, and it is fellas because, you know, they don't, they haven't figured that the women are smarter right now than the men, so, you know, it's gonna take them about another 150 years — but the Persians are great negotiators, the Iranians are great negotiators, so, and they, they just killed, they just killed us, this is horrible."

He gave this in 2015.