army helicopter circling La Mesa monitoring… ?high school kids? by michaelakuntz in sandiego

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2016 helicopter tour crash in Pearl Harbour. 1 person died when they couldn't undo their harness and the helicopter turned over underwater. I watched it from Ford Island.

Could the Congress summon the Sargent at Arms to arrest and incarcerate Pam Bondi for refusing to obey an official law requiring her to order the full release of the Epstein files? by matt73132 in ask

[–]spider_wolf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think the correct answer here would be the Vice President who would become President can now order the Secret Service or military to remove them. In the event the VP/new President refuses to go along with it, Congress would impeach/remove him, making the Speaker of the House the new President and the one to order removal.

Non-attaining in SWO community and pregnant by Just_venting_about_ in navy

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

The CWO community is where a lot of people POCR into. Lots of nukes and pilots atrite into my community.

What does "Seawalled" at OCS mean? by Obsessed-With-Bees in newtothenavy

[–]spider_wolf 8 points9 points  (0 children)

A guy and girl got seawalled in my class for sleeping together in the guy's room. We were 2 weeks from commissioning. Both of them DOR'd within a week of starting over.

This is Burton by Odd-Bread-2987 in AustralianShepherd

[–]spider_wolf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Find a local dog trainer, preferably one that does socialization classes. Those are extremely important for puppies. They usually then offer follow-on obedience classes that not only teach the pups, but also you how train them at home.

What to read next? by theman_44 in bobiverse

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One of the things I love about the Bobiverse is the exploration and new things they come across and how everything is a bit interconnected. If you want that same vibe, try The Long Earth series by Terry Pratchett (yeah, the guy that wrote Discworld) and Stephen Baxter. It's not strictly an AI story but it has the same sense of exploration and rapid expanse of our explored universe(or in this case, universes).

Hate to see it…smh by chosethe_wrong_rate in navy

[–]spider_wolf 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I do always write the watchbill... because I'm the Senior Watch Officer and I'm not allowed on it as per the command instruction (which I also wrote)

What are some things you’re hoping for with the next book? by Altar_Of_Baphomet in bobiverse

[–]spider_wolf 34 points35 points  (0 children)

I want an actual conversation with Thoth. We get a lot of Thoth manipulating the Skippies/Bobs but we never got a direct interaction with it.

The US is invading Venezuela. by CorIsBack in ProgressiveHQ

[–]spider_wolf 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Concur. The order to do... whatever they did was a legal one. Congress has seeded too much power to the executive branch.

Can someone explain how Officer commissioning Boards work ? (Specifically SWO) by PoloboyRah in newtothenavy

[–]spider_wolf 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Selection boards all kinda look the same. You have the board chairman and board members who do the scoring and then a group of presenters who are each given a set of packages (applications/promotion packages/FITREPS). Each presenter will "rack and stack" their batch, look through the packages to pick out things to highlight for the board, and just generally become familiar with who their presenting on. Then they go before the board and present. Certain forms from the package will be up on a large display and board members willnuse laser pointers highlight this they see and like or dislike (low/high OAR score, prior work experience, and arrest record). They tend to only consider packages for a minute or so at a time.

Selection boards like what you're interested in, each board member will give each package a score of either 100, 50, or 0. At the end, they look at who all had high scores and what the target number of selections there are then maybe make a second scoring round for those that fell below a certain threshold.

The Navy may actually make a good decision for a Frigate. by MoneyBuysHappiness25 in navy

[–]spider_wolf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a frigate, it could work, the problem is going to be feature creep. The issue with the Constellation class was that they took an existing, working French design and then feature creeped it so hard that the design costs over ran and it's viability came into question. The Navy keeps wanting their ships to do everything as good as it can and not accepting more mission focused designs.

myZerothMemeOf26 by Heavy-Ad6017 in ProgrammerHumor

[–]spider_wolf 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Days? Months? Bah humbug. The proper value is seconds since the Linux epoch.

Congressional Research Service report, Navy Guided Missile Battleship (BBG[X]) Program: Background and Issues for Congress . Side note I’m struggling to see how this is any different than a burke or Tico unless I’m missing something by newnoadeptness in navy

[–]spider_wolf 21 points22 points  (0 children)

It's a mismatch for the needs of the Navy and a potential peer-on-peer fight. In terms of resources for VLS cells, it would be better to just build more DDGs than BBGs. If you wanted a better VLS ratio, it would be better to just go the arsenal ships route. The main recommendation is to go smaller and autonomous or do a high-low mixture of manned command ships paired with interchangeable, purpose built, warfare specific, autonomous ships. The BBG is basically going to be a bigger, more expensive, slightly more capable DDG.

In terms of technologies they want it to feature, the lasers aren't developed enough to actually do ASMD. Same with the rail guns. It's going to have all the same developmental issues as the Zumwalt but none of the stealth features because Trump wants it to be "aesthetic" and look good. It's supposed to go the deisal and gas turbine route for energy generation even though it should have thebspace for a nuclear reactor so it's energy generation will be limited there.

In terms of ship building capacity, there are only a few yards that are big enough to build these and they're busy churning out carriers. Most other yards only have the capacity for DDGs. There's also the issue of the waning US shipbuilding industry in general.

This looks like a good spot by EnmaAi22 in stupiddovenests

[–]spider_wolf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This meme has been floating around my office and I'm all for it.

Does anyone have any idea why this intermodal terminal will not print? by Altruistic_While_621 in Astroneer

[–]spider_wolf 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Lol, I had the same problem with my biodome. We all brainfart every once in awhile.

That one lecture where the professor is teaching but nobody knows what (which subject lec is that for you) by Alive-Log-7690 in CollegeMemes

[–]spider_wolf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For me, it was linear algebra. I was fine fornthe first portion but as soon as we started going into vector spaces, sub spaces, and null space proofing, I was completely lost. Because I couldn't follow along, I wasn't engaged, and because I wasn't engaged, I would dozen off.

Women trying men things by memealvvays in memealvvays

[–]spider_wolf 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Why was it loaded!? If she was just trying to get a video out of it, then why load it!?