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Carey J Texas Vol Fan
12 hours ago
It will take Russia YEARS to rebuild what it has already lost, in Ukraine. Ukraine is wrecking the Russian Army for us, with our third-rate hand-me-down crap, and giving us an excuse to modernize our stuff. It's the best deal since the Dutch bought Manhattan Island for twenty-odd dollars worth of glass beads. //
Min Headroom llme Carey J
7 hours ago
Best deal: it certainly is, although Seward’s Folly was a pretty good deal too.
An unstated, but possibly beneficial side affect is that this spectacle might give Chairman Xi a little pause as well, although self deception might cause him to miss the lesson. //
Ready2Squeeze Min Headroom llme
an hour ago
Louisiana purchase should rate in there as well! //
Bryon Grosz
5 hours ago
Not for them, for us.
Opposing Russian aggression is in our interest just as opposing Chinese aggression or Iranian aggression. In a world full of evil, there are no good options, but you should still choose the least bad option.
Why us? Who else? It's us or no one. Some will follow our lead, but there is no one else capable and willing to lead in this regard.
According to Politico, many well-known legal and political commentators have been getting together on previously unreported, weekly off-the-record Zoom calls to talk about the lawfare against former President Donald Trump. //
The group’s host is Norman Eisen, a senior Obama administration official, longtime Trump critic and CNN legal analyst, who has been convening the group since 2022 as Trump’s legal woes ramped up. Eisen was also a key member of the team of lawyers assembled by House Democrats to handle Trump’s first impeachment. //
Laocoön of Troy
11 hours ago
Same thing they did with JournoList back in the day. Some of the same people too. Krystol, Rubin, and others among the upscale NYC/National Review crowd.
There are many reasons the faculties at law schools are overwhelming liberal and crazy but the main reason is because that is where the money is. Many are the well-funded liberal law firms — the ACLU being the most notorious one. They are hiring. Rare are the conservative groups.
To be sure, big corporations pay better to defend themselves, but that does not stop abuses outside the corporate world. There is no money to be made by Exxon (for example) in stopping the student loan steal. And so the theft occurs with Republicans talking the talk but walking away.
Until Republicans go to court, get a TRO and force Biden to defend forcing women to undress before men in their locker room, I do not want to hear Republican complaints.
SpaceX launches have become extremely routine. On Tuesday evening, SpaceX launched its 42nd rocket of the year, carrying yet another passel of Starlink satellites into orbit. Chances are, you didn't even notice.
All the same, the cumulative numbers are mind-boggling. SpaceX is now launching at a rate of one mission every 2.7 days this year. Consider that, from the mid-1980s through the 2010s, the record for the total number of launches worldwide in any given year was 129. This year alone, SpaceX is on pace for between 130 and 140 total launches.
But with Tuesday evening's mission, there was a singular number that stood out: 300. The Falcon family, which includes the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy boosters, recorded its 300th successful first-stage landing. //
Landing 300 rockets means SpaceX has preserved 2,700 Merlin rocket engines. //
Only a handful of rockets have ever launched more than 300 times, and they are all Russian. Several different Soyuz variants have launched over the years, with the Soyuz-U the all-time champion with 786 launches, followed by the Kosmos-3M booster with 445 launches and the Proton-K booster with 211 launches. //
Across all of its variants and dating back to its debut in 1966, the Soyuz rocket has launched more than 1,700 times. Nearly six decades on, it's still going, and the Soyuz will likely continue to fly a dozen missions or so per year for much of the rest of this decade, if not beyond. //
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"landing an orbital class rocket booster on boat is boring" is not something I thought I'd write.
I remember being super excited about the first! //
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Dje said:
Do we know what was the percentage of Falcon 9 launches dedicated exclusively to Starlink satellites?
During 2024 to date, 66% (27 of 40 production missions). The other 13 comprised four for NASA to the ISS (i.e., Commercial Cargo and Commercial Crew) and nine third-party (two USSF, one lunar lander, two rideshares with a total of 64 craft, and various commsats). The relative masses are 430 mt and >55 mt (the USSF masses are unknown).
We have to stop antisemitism because antisemitism is the canary in the coal mine. It always precedes larger confrontations that engulf the entire world. So I ask all of you, Jews and non-Jews alike, who are concerned with our common future and our common values, to do one thing. Stand up. Speak up. Be counted. Stop antisemitism. Now.
Don’t get me wrong: I was happy working hard with my two feet planted firmly on the land. In a better world I and people like Scott Chang-Fleeman would have kept getting our hands dirty, making an honest, if modest, living providing good and wholesome food in synch with the rhythms of the planet.
But to borrow a word from the world of ecology, being a young farmer in today’s economy is “unsustainable.” The numbers don’t work economically and, eventually, any mind trying to square this un-squarable circle is going to break. The economic, physical and mental challenges are all interconnected.
It’s hard to find an American, Republican or Democrat, red or blue state resident that doesn’t want more young hands on the land. We all rightly see agriculture as a pathway to personal fulfillment and a way to make our food supply healthier and more secure. But words and intentions can only do so much. We must answer these very real problems with very real subsidy.
Truth is by nature one, universal, and indivisible because the ultimate truth is Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ is the Logos, the one Word of God through Whose light knowledge is possible (John 1:3-4). Because truth is the Word—a united whole—it is essential that the curriculum of New College Franklin reflects this unity. Every fact, idea, symbol, or sign exists in relationship to universal truth. Every part of the curriculum is interrelated and helps the student seek, know, and experience truth. While there are facets of the curriculum as varied as Greek grammar and Euclidean propositions, every part serves the whole.
New College Franklin offers one degree. With the exception of preceptorials, all students take the same courses. Our goals encompass our students’ vocations and individual callings, but our primary goals are wisdom and discipleship for all of life. Because of this commitment, all of the disciplines are core curricula, and we believe that this core prepares each student to seek his or her individual calling. Once the strong foundation of a liberal arts education is laid, students are prepared to pursue their callings in light of the questions and ideals common to all humanity. Additionally, we encourage students to shape projects, papers, and the Capstone Project to coincide with their vocational callings and interests. //
The curriculum of New College is grounded in five areas.
I. Moral Philosophy
Moral Philosophy studies the historical progression of major questions and ideas by examining great texts of literature, philosophy, and history.
II. Theological Studies
Theological Studies focuses on Biblical, Systematic, and Historical Theology, as well as the koine Greek language. In contrast to Moral Philosophy, which considers religion as an anthropological study, Theological Studies focus on God as Creator, Savior, and Sustainer.
III. The Trivium
The Trivium is composed of Grammar, Logic, and Rhetoric and lays down the foundation for academic expertise, equipping students to engage in the process of academic discovery for the gaining and disseminating of wisdom.
IV. The Quadrivium
The Quadrivium is composed of Arithmetic, Geometry, Harmonia, and Cosmology and is founded on the belief that God reveals Himself and His decrees through the beauty, order, and design of His world.
V. Applied Studies
Applied Studies articulate the complex relationship between faith, learning, and practice by means of artistic mediums, preceptorials, and the Senior Capstone Project.
According to the FTC, approximately 18 million workers in America are covered by these agreements, which equates to roughly 30 million people. This final ruling would eliminate all new noncompete agreements for workers and it would force these companies to allow current and former employees know that they won’t enforce them.
Additionally, they will also have to eliminate existing agreements for most employees, although the agreements may remain in effect for senior executives. //
Pro-business groups like the Chamber of Commerce all say that the rule targets businesses that are simply trying to prevent intellectual property or information and also calls into question the FTC's authority to retroactively kill agreements that were made before they voted to eliminate the rule. //
The two dissenting commissioners on the FTC both say that they don't support non-compete agreements entirely across the board, however, they do believe that the FTC lacks the authority to enact such a ruling without first getting Congress to enact legislation to do so.
Swift is pop’s sullen Peter Pan, forever refusing to grow up. Regrettably, she is bringing a massive audience along for the ride. Artistically, “The Tortured Poets Department” is not bereft of value. Its fatal flaw is in offering no hope for the brokenhearted. And there is, indeed, hope. //
Real GOP 690
44 minutes ago
Self pity. Life's singularly most destructive emotion. And the belief that everything is always someone else's fault. Sadly, these are the predominant emotions of our current American culture, and they are not limited to the arena of teenage girls, or even Democrats.
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President Biden makes the Sign of the Cross at an abortion rally in Florida!
You cannot be Catholic and support abortion!
You cannot invoke GOD and promote Death!
5:18 PM · Apr 23, 2024 //
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Wow. Biden in Tampa on Trump: "He said there has to be punishment for women exercising their reproductive freedom ... maybe it's coming from that bible he's trying to sell. I almost wanted to buy one just to see what the hell is in it."
3:21 PM · Apr 23, 2024
On Monday, Judge Aileen Cannon released an unredacted version of former President Trump's motion for discovery in the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. The document appears to show collaboration between the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), the Justice Department, and the Biden administration to develop the case.
The fellow in the photo above looks like a distinguished figure -- a bank president, perhaps, or a judge, a governor, maybe a college professor. He is a figure of great dignity and gravitas, indeed.
Well, he was a college professor and a governor (of Maine), in fact, but that’s the least of his story. The old fellow here is Brevet Major General Lawrence Joshua Chamberlain, hero of Gettysburg, one of America’s premier military heroes, a man who may have single-handedly saved the Union on a fateful day in 1863.
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Thousands of exposed files on North Korean server tell the tale.
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numerobis said:
I was assuming the real-time stuff (e.g. TACC's control loop) was on a separate real-time OS, since it doesn't get affected when the user-mode apps go bonkers. Are they using a real-time linux for that?
You can run a non-real time process, such as an OS, on top of a real time OS. The underlying hypervisor layer is the effective real time OS and safety related stuff is handled down at that layer, and it is likely a fully real time OS in addition to a virtualization environment. //
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Rauth85 said:
Hmm surprised none of the current systems would be using nix.
Most use Linux for Non-Safety critical systems (like parts of the infotainment) and QNX for safety. Usually they also use seperate MCUs or cores for the vehicle bus systems that run dedicated low level real time OS kernels (like MicroSAR from Vector Informatik or TresosOS from elektrobit). Tesla is no exception here.
The ability to use Linux for high end safety and non-safety SW (i.e. ASIL certified safety) is novel. It hasn't been done before because it's both hard to certify an OS with as many lines of code as Linux for ISO 26262 and it's also a moving target. As soon as you add a change you would have to re-certify the whole system again and again and again.
If the claims of Elektrobit are true they have now solved the certification issue as well as the IS26262 hardening of the SW stack which makes Liinux ready for ASIL rated systems without running years old kernels and the respective security issues.
The 8-bit Z80 microprocessor was designed in 1974 by Federico Faggin as a binary-compatible, improved version of the Intel 8080 with a higher clock speed, a built-in DRAM refresh controller, and an extended instruction set. It was extensively used in desktop computers of the late 1970s and early 1980s, arcade video game machines, and embedded systems, and it became a cornerstone of several gaming consoles, like the Sega Master System. //
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Felix Aurelius said:
We can do the 21 gun salute with exploding polarized capacitors!Fun little confetti cannons, those.
21 exploding shorted tantalum capacitors