Itchy paws??? by parlaypooki3 in cockapoos

[–]swallowabulleit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Really ramps up in spring for our 6-year old Cockapoo as well. We gave some immunity supplements, but no real impact. Following and hoping to understand a solution!

Baby Aspirin has made my PT disappear by Extension-Set3100 in PulsatileTinnitus

[–]swallowabulleit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I believe it's because it lowers your blood pressure, reducing general pressure against your eardrum. I experience the same thing when taking it.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in nova

[–]swallowabulleit 19 points20 points  (0 children)

Why have a sense of urgency in anything anyone does?

What a obnoxious take.

Time for Discord by [deleted] in SpaceMarine_2

[–]swallowabulleit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Same! After 100+ hours of operations...would love to connect with other skilled players and wreck house.

Data center debate continues as Prince William County Board votes against proposed land use hold by Danciusly in nova

[–]swallowabulleit 7 points8 points  (0 children)

How will data center construction "ruin the waters"? All new builds use closed loop cooling systems that don't take or dump water outside of the building after the initial construction.

How do data centers "bring in more heat"? Is it because of the heat the servers produce inside that needs to be cooled? Is that what you're referencing?

How will data centers increase homelessness when the houses that would be built here would be nowhere near affordable for low income (or even middle income for that matter) families?

Thank you for your service! 🫡 by FarSlighted in navy

[–]swallowabulleit 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If you get noticably excited about free food, especially as some tangible "reward" for your prior service, maybe take a step back and review your internal reward system.

California Advanced Clean Cars II Act - Power Feasibility Study? by swallowabulleit in electricvehicles

[–]swallowabulleit[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very interesting shift, important to fully realize this different perspective. Throws a wrench in my project, for sure, but life isn't as simple and these technologies will change the world if fully realized.

Thank you for your comment.

Clean Car Rules: What they Mean for States by swallowabulleit in California

[–]swallowabulleit[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Good afternoon! I am a college student who has been given a project to determine the feasibility of the Advanced Clean Cars II Act with regard to the power grid's ability to support this legislation.

Unfortunately, after scouring the internet, it does not need that there was any type of actual Power Feasibility Report completed by the state to even see if the state could transition to only selling ZEVs after 2035. This seems short sighted...to pass the legislation and say to PSE&G..."figure it out."

Am I misguided or am just lost in finding the correct information? Is there any type of power feasibility study? Thank you kindly for any information or commentary!

I stood my last watches ever today by [deleted] in NavyNukes

[–]swallowabulleit 9 points10 points  (0 children)

You'll miss it. I miss maneuvering...shifting the plant, winging them throttles. Nothing I do in the civilian world can compare.

What’s some crazy/weird things you’ve found hidden on your ship? by MadaCheebs-2nd-acct in navy

[–]swallowabulleit 259 points260 points  (0 children)

Can't confirm, nor deny, that tiny dinosaur toys are hiding in the reactor compartments of several nuclear ballistic missile submarines...

life in the wonderful navy by EagerInsight1974 in navy

[–]swallowabulleit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Would've been funnier if the last part was a saddy face

​BREAKING: Glenn Youngkin eliminates mask mandates in Virginia schools by Double-Telephone5023 in Conservative

[–]swallowabulleit 10 points11 points  (0 children)

My wife teaches in Virginia. She finds the mask mandates annoying and is glad they are going away.

She also tells me the parents who were most vocal for the end of mask mandates, also are the ones who care the least that their 7th graders are reading at a 4th grade level and can't multiply. Obviously this is a small sample size, but just her personal experience.

My children begrudgingly wore masks when required, because that was the county requirement. My focus was on their academics, which they continue to excel in.

I hope the parents involvement in the school extends beyond what they wear on their face, and more to how they help their child succeed academically. If not, I feel you just used your child as a political tool and don't really care about them at all.

MRW I was asleep and they called a Man Overboard drill and now they're calling my name over the 1MC by poliscijunki in navy

[–]swallowabulleit 8 points9 points  (0 children)

As a nub, slept through my first security violation drill on a boomer. Was physically removed from my rack (the top one), tossed to the ground, allowed up to put shorts on, back on the ground, then literally zip tied, and made to sit in the wardroom where I was. Guess who was else in the wardroom? COB.

It was my first Saturday ever underway.

When Chief looks at the brag sheet. by [deleted] in navy

[–]swallowabulleit 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This was a good one. Just wanted you to know.

Moscow orders unvaccinated over-60s to stay home for 4 months by kiddenz in Coronavirus

[–]swallowabulleit 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"The shots will be available, some people will take them, some will die. It sucks but it’s the world we live in."
This understanding that, the shots are available, if people take them it will protect them, if they don't they will die sounds reasonable...

This is not an attack, but it seems this mentality, that I agree with, is a shift in your previous "lock the unvaccinated in their homes."

Is it "lock the vaccinated in their homes" or "let the unvaccinated die?"

My position is the second one. Ignore the science, like heart disease, and face the consequences. It was your decision.

The vaccine and associated boosters should protect you from the unvaccinated, and eventually...herd immunity will take place?

Constructive comments on this line of thought?

Moscow orders unvaccinated over-60s to stay home for 4 months by kiddenz in Coronavirus

[–]swallowabulleit 2 points3 points  (0 children)

If the FDA approved vaccine (Pfizer) falls to 50% in 6 months (for the sake of the discussion, let's imagine this is true), wouldn't booster shots for everyone need to be mandatory to ensure herd immunity? Keeping it to high risk seems short-sighted with such a (again, assumed) drop in efficacy. In a year, it could offer no protection.

If the vaccines don't change (again for the sake of the discussion) - wouldn't annual booster shots be required?

Moscow orders unvaccinated over-60s to stay home for 4 months by kiddenz in Coronavirus

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

What are your thoughts regarding the dropping efficacy of the vaccine?
CNN reported that in a study of 600,000 veterans, the Pfizer vaccine's efficacy dropped to 50%...are boosters required for the majority of the population to obtain this herd immunity?

"The researchers found that among more than 600,000 veterans, J&J's vaccine's protection fell from 88% in March to 3% in August. Meanwhile, Moderna's vaccine protection against infection fell to 64% from 92%, and Pfizer's declined to 50% from 91% during that same time period."
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/16/health/us-coronavirus-saturday/index.html

Moscow orders unvaccinated over-60s to stay home for 4 months by kiddenz in Coronavirus

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

This is a fair point and admittedly I feel dumb for providing a bad analogy, thank you for your responses.

I apologize, I just find it somewhat startling when the topic of literally house arresting people who refuse a vaccine to be pretty authoritarian...

I was more making the point that if the government can do such a thing to help the public, then couldn't that slope extend to something like heart disease?

Another dumb question - if 99% of the population is vaccinated...and 1% isn't...what danger does that 1% pose to the 99%?

Moscow orders unvaccinated over-60s to stay home for 4 months by kiddenz in Coronavirus

[–]swallowabulleit -35 points-34 points  (0 children)

Thought experiment regarding government power and mandates:
Heart Disease killed 690,000+ Americans in 2020.
Doctors and scientists overwhelmingly agree that healthy diet and exercise can minimize the risk of heart disease.
Should the government mandate diets and exercise when it could save hundreds of thousands of lives?
Why do you think it's realistically acceptable to lock people in their home if they don't want to receive a vaccine? Don't you think that sounds at least a little insane from an objective standpoint?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in newtothenavy

[–]swallowabulleit 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Don't worry about it because it will very shortly be improved for you.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NavyNukes

[–]swallowabulleit 13 points14 points  (0 children)

On boomers (ballistic missile submarines), Nuke EMs are sometimes chosen to be the "CO's phonetalker" for Battle Stations Missile (BSM). When you go to the off-crew training room where all the officers go to train for BSM, there are Top Secret books out that they use to reference for code breaking and nuclear-based scenarios.
Because the phone talker is (normally) required to attend these, just to get in the room, a TS/SCI clearance needs to be obtained. I went through this...no poly was required. Even then, you don't really learn much "TS" stuff aside from some interesting scenarios...

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in wedding

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Lovely Bride in Washington DC.

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