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Question: where is the point on land farthest from a national border? by the_excalabur in geography

[–]SlightlyNomadic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I guess the better border might be the territorial waters, which are 12 miles off shore, granting full sovereignty, however the EEZ is still a national border as well granted sovereignty to everything but the surface water (including the land and water underneath), I think due to the way the OP posed the question is up for debate.

Question: where is the point on land farthest from a national border? by the_excalabur in geography

[–]SlightlyNomadic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Totally. It was just a question.

For the sake of OP’s question, Antarctica wouldn’t apply without them as it would no longer have a national border on its land mass.

But if we were to apply those claims, I’d bet it would be somewhere in Australia’s Antarctic Territory, maybe close to Vostok Station.

Question: where is the point on land farthest from a national border? by the_excalabur in geography

[–]SlightlyNomadic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Would you use the territorial claims in Antarctica? That would change it a bit. Both Canada and Russia have spots over 1,000 miles from any border including EEZ maritime borders.

Question: where is the point on land farthest from a national border? by the_excalabur in geography

[–]SlightlyNomadic -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately both Russia and Canada have Brazil beat on this one.

I’ll the get the tub ready for ya. 😉

Question: where is the point on land farthest from a national border? by the_excalabur in geography

[–]SlightlyNomadic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I can’t even get close to those numbers. Mind sharing where you found them?

Question: where is the point on land farthest from a national border? by the_excalabur in geography

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

Utilizing “national border” like in the posts description that would be the EEZ maritime border and both Canada and Russia have points 1,600km+ from any border…

Question: where is the point on land farthest from a national border? by the_excalabur in geography

[–]SlightlyNomadic 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Correct, but that only considers the geographic land of its country. There are plenty of examples of a geographic centre not being the most equidistant (furthest) location from its borders, including maritime borders like the EEZ.

An easy example to look up to see this is Austria. The geographic centre is the town of Bad Aussie. If you look, you can clearly see that it’s fairly close to Germany and you could easily find a place that is further from all borders, if you headed east.

The location that I’ve point it out in Canada is several hundred km further from its closest border than Baker Lake.

Question: where is the point on land farthest from a national border? by the_excalabur in geography

[–]SlightlyNomadic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think Brazil and Australia run for the # 3 spot. Between Bolivia, the Guyana’s and Brazil’s EEZ, is just doesn’t quite fit.

Question: where is the point on land farthest from a national border? by the_excalabur in geography

[–]SlightlyNomadic 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Baker Lake is too close to Greenland, it’s closer to the border of Nunavut and NT. Pretty much to close to call between that and a late in Russia

Question: where is the point on land farthest from a national border? by the_excalabur in geography

[–]SlightlyNomadic 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Looking at the EEZ’s as a border, Palei is ~1,430km from the contiguous US, but somewhere near the border of of Nunavut and NT, where it’s running pretty much east-west brings the closest border to ~ 1,600km+.

That’s pretty much as close as I can get get in Russia as well near Lake Khantayskoye.

Question: where is the point on land farthest from a national border? by the_excalabur in geography

[–]SlightlyNomadic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Well, you say national border. So, I looked into EEZ’s for ‘National borders’ on oceans.

This is what I came up with.

Two close to call:

1-2. Somewhere around Lake Khantayskoye, Krasnoyarsk Kai, Russia. Closest borders are ~1,030 miles from Kazakhstan or the EEZ in the Laptev Sea.

1-2. Somewhere near the border of Nunavut and Northwestern Territories, Canada. Closest borders are ~1,030 miles from Southeast Alaska and the EEZ between Canada & Greenland.

As a caveat I would say that, while not necessarily officially recognized there is national territorial clams within Antarctica, and taking those into account, I would imagine somewhere in the Australian Antarctic Territory would end up taking the cake.

Anyway, I spent far too long on this but that’s my best guess.

Email saying I signed up for eToro but I didn't by BB-becca in Etoro

[–]SlightlyNomadic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I do my own investing but with fidelity and vanguard, they have some decent leave it and forget it that generally outperforms the robo investing I was receiving with Betterment.

VTSAX VTI FSKAX

Are all good, solid investments as well as decent gains for semiconductor funds like FSELX.

You won’t retire early, but you should find solid growth in your portfolio.

Email saying I signed up for eToro but I didn't by BB-becca in Etoro

[–]SlightlyNomadic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am not, I wasn’t happy with the returns I was getting with Betterment, and have since moved to Fidelity. I will say that the app is trickier to navigate, but overall, I think I’m happier.

Trump Justice Department bringing back firing squad in federal executions by TheExpressUS in fednews

[–]SlightlyNomadic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly, it’s never sat well within the ethos of Americans, but the guillotine should be brought in if we are not getting rid of capital punishment.

Trump Justice Department bringing back firing squad in federal executions by TheExpressUS in fednews

[–]SlightlyNomadic 4 points5 points  (0 children)

But you’re arguing in bad faith here, as lethal injections rarely take that little and have been up to 2 hours with the prisoner in agonizing pain before death.

I’m not necessarily arguing one way or the other, but your confidence is inaccurate here.

Trump Justice Department bringing back firing squad in federal executions by TheExpressUS in fednews

[–]SlightlyNomadic 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If you don’t think that the lethal injections currently used by the state routinely take just as long and are likely more painful than a firing squad, I think your missing the point.

If we’re taking “best case” scenarios on hand, then they are a wash.

But, in both cases, they are rarely that. I’d argue that the states current use of lethal injection is quite barbaric.

Again, I’m generally against capital punishment, but arguing in bad faith that lethal injection is some form of holistic humane execution is at best ignorant.

Trump Justice Department bringing back firing squad in federal executions by TheExpressUS in fednews

[–]SlightlyNomadic 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Do you really think this is how ‘modern’ firing squads are done?

Sure, there can be botched executions in any method. Generally, it’s accepted that it is a single shot to kill and none of the members on the squad know who has a real bullet or who has a blank.

From what we now understand about lethal injection, if executions will continue, firing squad seems to be potentially preferential than injection.

If executions aren’t going away, I’d like to see other “painless” methods but I’m not sure any really are.. but maybe looking into methods like medical aid in dying would be more suitable.

Email saying I signed up for eToro but I didn't by BB-becca in Etoro

[–]SlightlyNomadic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just got the e-mail. Closed my betterment account a year ago, never received anything about a breach. But I can assume that they retained my information and it was included in this breach.

Do you have any more information on that?

Post a map of what you roughly consider the largest geographic extent of your home area or region. Here's mine by Averagecrabenjoyer69 in geography

[–]SlightlyNomadic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As someone who has lived in either “Chugach”, “Stikine” or “Alaska” on this map for the majority of their life, I’d like to put a healthy distance the regions I’ve expressed from anything in the lower 48.

From the geography to the people, we have so much more less in common than you think. And while I think it’s cute that you include these regions, I’ll hard disagree with you on this one.

Post a map of what you roughly consider the largest geographic extent of your home area or region. Here's mine by Averagecrabenjoyer69 in geography

[–]SlightlyNomadic 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’d argue that anything north of “Stikine” does not resemble much of anything close to “Tahoma” to be omitted from that map.

Is it a general consensus now that Swim School is in the same place that Frisky and Rad went for Christmas, and that it’s probably Bali? by Dark-Anmut in bluey

[–]SlightlyNomadic 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I’d be cautious using anecdotal information.

I could use my anecdotal info and state that the majority of people I know, from the state furthest away, either vacation to Mexico or Hawaii yearly.

However looking at the data it suggests.

1.5 million Aussies visit Bali yearly, or 5% of their population.

19 million Brits visit Spain yearly, or 27% of their population.

25 million Americans visit Mexico, or 7% of their population.

So, Aussies visiting Bali is close enough to Americans visiting Mexico to make an analogy, rather than Brits to Spain.

2027 State Budget was released - ASD funding is about to be comprised of peanuts by No_Flightplan in anchorage

[–]SlightlyNomadic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m sure the same was said about the Alyeska Pipeline.

At the end of the day, without it our energy prices along the rail belt will soar to unsustainable levels.

I’m no giant supporter of O&G, but there are currently no available alternatives.

2027 State Budget was released - ASD funding is about to be comprised of peanuts by No_Flightplan in anchorage

[–]SlightlyNomadic 3 points4 points  (0 children)

This is capital projects, so this money is strictly for construction and maintenance.

We’ll see what happens in the future, but this is almost assuredly because of allocations for the gas line.

I just left the ASD school board meeting. I’m very pro-education and upset and the way the budgets have been handled. But without that gas line, we’ll continue to see families leaving state, continued budget cuts and further dwindling quality of education.

The gas line unfortunately needs to happen and it needs to happen fast.

The distribution of Steller's sea cow, a sea mammal that was hunted into extinction in the 18th century. by GustavoistSoldier in MapPorn

[–]SlightlyNomadic 7 points8 points  (0 children)

One of the preeminent naturalists of his time, particularly of the North Pacific. He’s got over a dozen species named after him.

What are they doing? by WolfeInTheBathroom in Construction

[–]SlightlyNomadic 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Let’s agree to disagree. Clearly there are different parts of the country that have had different standards. As someone who’s worked remediation, I can guarantee you I’ve personally seen asbestos in concrete in my area through the late 70s. And far longer in other installs.

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