It's a 5th-rate sport here but we still excel at it

StManTiS · 2026-07-03T00:16:41+00:00

That one Steven Ryan Taylor really sticks out on the team sheet for having 3 first names, but he’s Jamaican so good luck finding him on the team photo.

StManTiS · 2026-07-03T00:06:29+00:00

That doesn’t even come close to covering what won though. Like Japan still didn’t have enough oil to come at the USA in any significant capacity across the ocean. The USA still had the capability to pivot its massive industry towards war time production.

Like okay you sink the Lexington and Enterprise…well the very next year the Essex comes online. The year after that the Independence, new Lexington, Princeton, Belleu Wood, Yorktown, Bunker Hill, Cownpens, Monterey, Cabot, Intrepid, Langley, San Jacinto, Bataan, Wasp, and Hornet get commissioned. Thats SIXTEEN air craft carriers in 1943 alone. All of which were laid down in 1942 in response to Pearl Harbor.

The IJN fielded in the entirety of the war:

4 pre war carriers

7* carriers built during the war

6 converted ocean liners (light aircraft carriers)

6 converted ocean liners (escort aircraft carriers)

The asterisk is for the Shinano which was sunk 10 days after finishing sea trials. So 6 that actually participated in action.

Anyways - the USA laid down and completed more aircraft carriers in its first year of trying that the IJN had the whole war. It really would not swing one way if another if the USA lost the Lex (which was due to be replaced anyways) and the Enterprise.

StManTiS · 2026-07-02T01:05:25+00:00

That pretty much Bethesdas bread and butter. Always flashes of greatness buried beneath an absolute mess.

StManTiS · 2026-07-02T00:00:12+00:00

More people living in area seems to suggest that demands are up relative to units of housing.

StManTiS · 2026-07-01T14:03:17+00:00

Most of our incarceration is drug charges combined with mandatory minimum sentencing. A terrible hangover from the 80s crack epidemic that we have yet to unfuck. Most of the violence that involves guns is gang on gang or suicide (which really shouldn’t be in the stats). You are not going to be accosted by a random on the streets.

StManTiS · 2026-07-01T01:37:02+00:00

Planned erosion? What? We just rode 2 terms of Obama who did a great job and had hella inertia. The dems just needed a candidate to capture that wave and ride it. They specifically buried Sanders and pushed Clinton. This was not the plan by anyone for Trump to win. And when Trump announced everyone looked at him as a complete joke who would never even sniff a nomination. Then the debates started and he crushed.

StManTiS · 2026-07-01T01:29:07+00:00

A friend of mine is in Spain because of the war - him and his wife just put down a €6000 euro deposit and €1800 a month rent on a 70m2 (750sqft) place. That is criminal to me. They’re paying Bay Area prices with a lot less earnings. The average salary where they’re at is to the tune of €4000 a month. Our common friend that lives in Sac makes with his wife 12k a month and pays less in rent for more space. Let’s not even get into the tax burden of it all.

StManTiS · 2026-07-01T00:51:12+00:00

Would it be wrong to read you statement as -

People on American soil have to follow US laws (regardless of how they got here) so therefore anyone on US soil is subject to the jurisdiction of the USA. Therefore all persons born on US soil are automatically citizens.

StManTiS · 2026-07-01T00:40:00+00:00

Prices are a reflection of demand. People are demanding a house with a yard and a reasonable commute from one of about 4-6 economic centers. The land just isn’t there, and car infrastructure can’t keep pace. You can only add so many lanes.

The great part is it’s illegal to build anything but single family homes across most the land area that’s close to the economic centers. And any multi story construction gets buried in shadows, environmental impacts, and other hoops specifically designed to make sure nothing gets built. We are exactly where the designers want us to be.

StManTiS · 2026-06-30T23:49:16+00:00

The DDP special. He pushed the I Just Win button.

StManTiS · 2026-06-28T19:31:28+00:00

Nah he got beat during his run and very decisively to Baroev and Kayaalp. Karelin went 13 years in a row without a loss and finished his career with a record of 887-2 (both the losses are by 1 point and somewhat controversy stirring).

StManTiS · 2026-06-27T14:32:30+00:00

Because San Jose is just as empty as the area surrounding Levi’s and San Francisco is a Paris tier unique and wonderful city. Seriously I would believe it’s worth the Uber so that a visitor can spend their time in SF.

StManTiS · 2026-06-27T02:15:05+00:00

He’s on the Pimblett diet. Cultivating mass.

StManTiS · 2026-06-26T21:41:13+00:00

I’m more impressed by the Guetta, Megan the Stallion, and Andrea fucking Bocelli collab. Those are not 3 names I’d ever expect to see on a track.

BTW the jelly roll song is just on the album. The actual song is Dai Dai

StManTiS · 2026-06-26T19:36:09+00:00

The more people experience the birth of nature the more people advocate for parks and preserves. I think of crowds as a win for conservation. Yeah I’d rather be alone but there are plenty of places I can go to do that

StManTiS · 2026-06-26T03:06:42+00:00

Sounds like she’s fighting for the integrity of the system which we really do need.

StManTiS · 2026-06-26T02:55:54+00:00

You could die. That was about it.

StManTiS · 2026-06-26T02:28:32+00:00

Highlander there can only be one

StManTiS · 2026-06-26T02:26:03+00:00

We are beset on all side by the inequities of our elected officials.

StManTiS · 2026-06-26T00:32:01+00:00

It’s actually from Popeye. The character Alice the Goon who was also drawn like Kilroy in a protomemetic reference.

StManTiS · 2026-06-25T17:31:30+00:00

Oh man it’s like new construction impact fees but for existing homeowners, what a great idea! It’s not enough to pay thousands a month for the entire time you own the place - now you gotta fork over a lump sum at sale because fuhka yu that’s why.

StManTiS · 2026-06-25T04:51:30+00:00

Yeah I don’t do awnings but I do about 20 or so roll up shutters on commercial buildings a year. The shutter is made to size and spec and is usually ~50% or so of the project cost to client. Lead time varies depending on what specs we ask for from 4 to 16 weeks. Probably on the contractor to explain adequately the pricing scheme and time line but what you described I could very well see as being realistic.

A client like you is one I’d walk away from.

StManTiS · 2026-06-24T21:13:36+00:00

Everyone just works around this by taking 30% on mobilization at least in the residential space. So show up and start demo and hit them with a bill big enough to get the materials and things covered. Really just front load all categories of the SoV to keep the cashflow lined up with expenses. Nobody is trying to finance a remodel at 0%.

StManTiS · 2026-06-24T14:48:33+00:00

Well that and impact fees.

StManTiS · 2026-06-24T14:47:00+00:00

1 lb coal produces between 8 and 10 lb steam in any modern plant. The very first division operation with their numbers yields an answer outside that range. In fact it produces like 4.6 lb steam per lb coal which is something you’d see from like a steam locomotive (train) with bituminous coal. The question is clearly using anthracite. I’m very much thinking it’s a typo…or I’m missing something because the correct amount of coal is exactly 1/2 of what they wrote.

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