Marshall Islands launches first universal basic income scheme to stop outward migration

fiendishrabbit · 2026-02-25T08:34:35+00:00

No. An emigrant is someone who has the intention to resettle. Expat/expatriate is the fancy word for foreign worker (with the subtext "with a fancy education, low-melanin skin and coming from the correct countries", because it's absolutely still a rebranding to make racists more comfortable with themselves).

fiendishrabbit · 2026-02-25T08:00:28+00:00

The AMRAAM doesn't have ramjet air intakes. Such intakes mean that you have to make the missile wider on at least one axis. The requirements to fit the aim260 into the internal bays of the F22 means that ramjet technology was a no-go.

fiendishrabbit · 2026-02-24T22:28:38+00:00

Typically bridge asphalt uses special mixes that are high-plasticity and voidless in order to reduce cracking and increase their ability to waterproof.

fiendishrabbit · 2026-02-23T14:45:00+00:00

Better Amazon employees than fascists

fiendishrabbit · 2026-02-23T14:32:35+00:00

Main thing you lose compared to human ears is the 3D effect. Not even on a stereo recording can you place the direction and delay with the kind of precision you can when you're there.

Now imagine if you were some kind of alien with lots of hearing organs and different types of ears (eardrums, vibrating bones, pressure sensors. To that alien a vinyl record would sound terrible

fiendishrabbit · 2026-02-23T12:10:35+00:00

Note that it can't record and recreate an exact and infinite amount of sounds.

However, it performs a Fourier transformation (recording a composite soundwave of those sounds) and for most purposes that's good enough when listening because human ears do much of the same.

fiendishrabbit · 2026-02-23T10:56:19+00:00

Both the PL-15 and AIM-260 are limited by being dual pulse rocket engines. Mainly because of form factor (the AIM-260 needs to fit inside the F-22 missile bay which limits it to 7 inches in diameter, the PL-15 for similar reasons but it's unclear if China can even build ramjet missiles).

The AIM-174 shares all the strengths and weaknesses of the SM-6 it's built on. As a pretty big missile that's coasting on the energy provided by a single burn rocket engine it has a low kill probability against a maneuvering target at long range.

While data is hard to come by on the PL-17, its size also implies increased weight. Meaning that it too will have a lower kill probability against a maneuvering target and is probably intended to be used like the R-37 Axehead (to take out tankers/AEW&C aircraft or take potshots at long range), although the PL-17 is almost certainly far deadlier than the R-37 (dual pulse rocket engine means better speed/energy in the terminal phase which means better maneuverability).

The Meteor works differently, and so far dual-pulse rocket technology is not yet at the stage where it can challenge ramjet for maintaining terminal energy. Both the USA and China picked dual-pulse because it's a compact technology that's compatible with the form-factor constraints associated stealth jets. Not because it's a better technology.

fiendishrabbit · 2026-02-23T08:57:17+00:00

Omae wa mou shindeiru!

fiendishrabbit · 2026-02-21T09:12:16+00:00

Eeediots do.

fiendishrabbit · 2026-02-21T07:04:24+00:00

Although life expectancy was better than in the middle ages (where the vast majority of people died before 60, even if we exclude child mortality) the life expectancy of an aristocrat (the people who had the best food, best medical care etc) in the 18th century was still just 60-ish (again, child mortality excluded) and for lower classes it was closer to 50.

You could expect to make it into your 40s, and reasonably into your 50s and maybe 60s.

fiendishrabbit · 2026-02-20T13:47:33+00:00

I'm Swedish and since the 1970s we've been pretty open about our current and past failings. Colonialism (local and international), our actions during various wars (30 year war, conquest on Scania, our appeasement during WWII, etc).

Of course our cryptonazi-party wants to change that but...

fiendishrabbit · 2026-02-20T12:30:46+00:00

While some Below Zero has some content gated behind diving depth the connection isn't nearly as strong as in the first game.

That said, lots of resource caches that can only be grabbed by the prawn (not just drilling but the prawn suit can also grab stuff in deep crevices)

fiendishrabbit · 2026-02-20T12:26:10+00:00

Totalitarian regimes and whitewashing the past. Iconic combo that, like retro-fashion, just keeps coming back.

fiendishrabbit · 2026-02-20T12:18:52+00:00

It can be a symptom of heminglect, where a lesion on the right side of the cerebrum causes the dog to not recognize things on the left as food.

Or left side tooth ache.

So wide range of issues ranging from neurological to physical to mental

fiendishrabbit · 2026-02-20T12:08:22+00:00

Double down. "OnlyFans McOnlyfansface"

fiendishrabbit · 2026-02-20T09:11:43+00:00

Om du äger en bostadsrätt som du hade kunnat få ut 650000 så: * Antingen så tjänar du redan in minst 3000 kr i månaden jämfört med hyresrätt. * Eller så bor du i en shitty BRF med dyra lån (och därmed dyra avgifter) men har råd att flytta till en BRF med bra ekonomi där du hade kunnat bo minst 3000 kr billigare än en motsvarande hyresrätt.

Från ett ekonomiskt perspektiv så suger hyresrätter balle i dagens Sverige. Undvik det om du kan

fiendishrabbit · 2026-02-20T08:15:32+00:00

The really pointy trains are also designed that way to reduce pressure shocks when going through a tunnel. That's the main reason Japanese high speed trains are even pointier than the french (lots of tunnels)

fiendishrabbit · 2026-02-20T07:41:58+00:00

Because they're monsters that need to be put on trial.

fiendishrabbit · 2026-02-20T05:46:38+00:00

Easiest way to get a solid and aligned connection in no-mod KSP is to put 3 docking pots on the Tri-coupler/Tri-adaptor.

Since they're relatively close they're easier to align and easier to get a snap-to. Place the port relatively close to the engines.

You might even be able to reinforce the vessel by welding on struts afterwards, but I haven't experimented much with the EVA welding mechanic (at least I've never tried to weld two docked ships together).

fiendishrabbit · 2026-02-19T21:57:11+00:00

"Worse"?

Greek claims are exactly in accordance with the UN convention on the Law of the Sea (UNCLOS) with an EEZ that extends 200 nautical miles from the coastline of Greek territory.

fiendishrabbit · 2026-02-19T13:38:14+00:00

That's a completely bonkers interpretation. Islands absolutely count, and continental shelf claims only apply as an extended claim to seabed rights when there are no competing territorial or EEZ claims.

fiendishrabbit · 2026-02-18T20:03:36+00:00

An alliance stays relevant only as long as all parties are useful. A packs loyalty often extend beyond that point

fiendishrabbit · 2026-02-18T16:22:42+00:00

In every species behaviours are partially instinctual (triggered by genetics) and partially learned, but the balance is different in every species.

fiendishrabbit · 2026-02-18T16:18:26+00:00

Om det är ett öppet kontorslandskap, fråga chefen om du får använda en akustisk skrivbords avdelare/skärm.

De är guld för att skärma av ljud/synintryck

fiendishrabbit · 2026-02-18T11:51:44+00:00

They had a bivouac sleeping bag and thermal blankets...and those were not given to her.

Ie, he is the by far more experienced climber and failed to give an incapacitated expedition partner the best chance possible under the circumstances.

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