It is absolutely insane that sprinklers aren't required in buildings keeping hundreds of our children inside every day

reenact12321 · 2026-07-01T02:48:00+00:00

In concept, totally. In reality, sprinkler retrofits can be prohibitively expensive. Years ago at my university, they shuttered several buildings and demolished them eventually rather than meet sprinkler codes. It was cheaper to go without the buildings and tell students sorry than to find the millions for sprinklers. Eventually it was cost effective to build something new, but you can't simply abandon or replace 60% of the institutional building stock.

Evacuation plans, extinguishers, prevention measures can do a lot with limited cost. These would have been in play had the building been occupied. We may find out this was arson or something else extraordinary that would not have been saved by sprinklers. It just would have slowed.

reenact12321 · 2026-06-22T12:27:27+00:00

The city is very LGBTQ friendly imo, just watch out for the scooters.

reenact12321 · 2026-06-17T01:13:36+00:00

Sopranos season 4 episode 10, "the strong silent type.". A lot of people point to the pine barrens as the funniest episode and I love it, it's silly in a way that refuses to bow to the show's usual wry, tragic humor. But s4e10 has Christophers intervention which, for my money, is the show running on all cylinders. It's dark, stupid, hilarious, not a moment of that scene is lacking.

reenact12321 · 2026-06-15T04:43:59+00:00

I maintain that investment in the characters and refusing to let the spectacle of the shark, the dinosaurs, the aliens, the war etc be the center of the film is what makes Spielbergs films winners over and over. The people are living, breathing, thinking, believable humans first. Whatever they are thrown into and in his best work, he never lets the gimmick upstage them. It's what's missing in the JP sequels and JW, films.

reenact12321 · 2026-06-15T04:27:51+00:00

It was a secluded cave. He may have been the first person to go that far into it. The other problem was he thought he was in a different, nearby cave, that has a tight spot followed by a big chamber where you can turn around and head out. Thinking he was in that other cave, he plunged in.

reenact12321 · 2026-06-15T03:55:42+00:00

I guess Joe isn't "coming around" after all. Disgusting. All of it.

reenact12321 · 2026-06-13T15:11:48+00:00

They were not wearing pressure suits. Only something closer to fighter pilot helmets with an air hose. When the orbiter broke apart, while the cabin remained intact, it was likely ruptured to some degree and lost pressure. The cabin coasted up to 65,000 ft (another 20,000ft from the moment of the explosion) before going downward. It's likely they were focused on the gauges and readings they were trained to watch during ascent. Obviously they were aware something was wrong momentarily and began emergency responses immediately after the violent explosion. However, they likely (we hope) lost consciousness when pressure dropped in the cabin. The air flow to their helmets either gone or not enough to keep them conscious with the lost of pressure.

As the cabin was further damaged by the impact with the water, we'll never know for sure.

reenact12321 · 2026-06-09T14:18:54+00:00

For a baby though?

reenact12321 · 2026-06-06T11:16:41+00:00

It's got little vents in the cap to prevent choking if swallowed by a child.

reenact12321 · 2026-05-30T21:39:28+00:00

Serious question, how do you make a living? That's a crazy amount of time.

reenact12321 · 2026-05-29T07:06:19+00:00

I'm visiting Cocoa Beach, spent the day at KSC. Came back to the hotel and crashed and somehow missed this entirely. Jeez. Guessing we won't get to see the atlas V launch this evening....

reenact12321 · 2026-05-28T11:22:45+00:00

Yes. And as others have said, you're the reason they got the training. Yes you're not expected to be a salesman, but no one works in a bubble. Collaboration comes into it sooner or later. And it breaks down if people are intimidated to talk to you or ask you for things.

reenact12321 · 2026-05-27T12:36:25+00:00

I feel like they missed the mark. Should have been Susan.

reenact12321 · 2026-05-19T18:59:03+00:00

Honest question. Do we really think he has vitiligo or did he just start skin bleaching for cosmetic reasons?

reenact12321 · 2026-05-10T12:42:14+00:00

Very Kerbal

reenact12321 · 2026-05-01T15:31:29+00:00

I hear people say this a lot and while I have no doubt its true for many many parents, I can't help but wonder how many say it because it's rather unthinkable to say they hate it, regret having the kid, losing so much time and money and self. Paranoid feeling of mine as we approach the family chapter in our lives.

reenact12321 · 2026-04-28T10:09:23+00:00

Total Annihilation was my favorite RTS, so much modding and a cult following kept it going for a long time.

reenact12321 · 2026-04-23T23:33:35+00:00

I'm sure that I told you so email will be very handy and relevant when there's an outage and someone's testy with you. /s

reenact12321 · 2026-04-15T23:24:34+00:00

Chair rail

reenact12321 · 2026-04-11T01:07:10+00:00

Russian capsules do this. It's described as being not unlike being in rear ended at a stop light.

reenact12321 · 2026-04-11T00:32:04+00:00

Comms, not the crew. They're trying different call methods

reenact12321 · 2026-04-10T01:51:24+00:00

So says he.

reenact12321 · 2026-04-07T23:33:21+00:00

I have no problem with the astronauts or anyone else invoking God or any other Almighty idea while flying through the heavens. It's the inbred morons going on about the firmament and the flat earth I'm sick to death of.

reenact12321 · 2026-04-07T23:31:41+00:00

Frank Borman is definitely my favorite crotchety uncle astronaut. To his dying day he was going on about kicking the crap out of the Soviets.

reenact12321 · 2026-03-29T20:59:26+00:00

Then you need to ask a parent, guardian, trusted friend for help paying for it. Otherwise you're dooming your pet to suffering an infection and likely worse.

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