mkwt

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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why is the USA attacking Iran?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  They don’t like the U.S. either, as they believe that they are an imperialist power that wants to take advantage of the Middle East. That is one reason that the United States deems Iran an enemy.

  In 1953, the CIA and MI6 effectively ended representative democracy in Iran when they backed a coup d’etat that deposed Iranian prime minister Mohammed Mosadegh. Mosadegh had tried to audit the books of the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company (which later became a division of BP).

  The 1953 coup resulted in the Shah of Iran, Reza Pahlavi, ruling autocratically and with heavy support from the United States. This status continued until 1979, when an Islamist revolution deposed the Shah and installed the Islamist government led by a clerical Supreme Leader that exists today.

  In 2013, the CIA released declassified documents that showed that the CIA planned and carried out the 1953 coup using all kinds of abhorrent tactics, including bribery of public officials, astroturfed paid protesters, and false flag operations.

  So hopefully that explains why the US is “the great Satan” to Iran, and why Iran keeps spouting “death to USA” rhetoric.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Did I discover a fake conspiracy theory?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  It would have been really helpful if Steve Patterson could have cited a case number or a caption or something.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yeeeeeeeeeeeeee-Haaaaw!⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Damn revenuers!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yes this year is going to be really good and productive⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  And severance pay and notice of layoffs are de facto fairly common in corporate America.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨it's just science⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Which theory explains why he has not accomplished the above.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨When did it become normalized to start passing credit card processing fees to the customer?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The credit card companies have always tried to prevent merchants from doing this by inserting language prohibiting either credit card surcharges or cash discounts into the contract agreements with the merchants. Obviously, credit card companies want to make it easy and convenient for consumers to use their credit cards.

  I can’t immediately find it, but at some point I think 10-15 years ago, some merchants sued the credit card companies over this, and they won a court ruling that said that the clauses forbidding cash discounts and surcharging are unenforceable. As a result, merchants are now free to do it, but there are various rules. And some state legislatures have started to get involved with regulating things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can anyone explain why?⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  alcohol in pretty much any quality has negative effects

  The key is that this guidance came out somewhere between millennial and gen z coming of age.

  When I was a child the TV news would run “health” stories about how moderate amounts of red wine are good for you. It turned out those studies were funded by the alcohol industry.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Deep Time⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  If that’s a Tomcat, where’s that lizard’s RIO?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I got a DMCA notice for having a fork of GPL 3.0 code⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  OP needs to counter-notice this shit.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Woke up with hate in my heart⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Achtung! likely originates from the same era, propagating through allied machine shops during WWII. And I’ve seen that in the wild.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He took it literally⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  If you confess a crime to anyone, that’s an admission against party interest. And it can usually come in under that hearsay exception. It’s pretty common for cops to testify to what the defendant said in custody, and also for jailhouse snitches to testify to what the defendant said in custody (i.e. this is not a special cop hearsay exception).

  And the kicker is that this doesn’t help you, the defendant. Anything you say will be used against you, but it can’t ever be used for you. Because as soon as you’re trying to introduce your own prior statements, it’s inadmissable hearsay and not an admission against interest any more.

  You’re right though that it’s going to be an argument on this every time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨He took it literally⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Funnily enough, the supreme court ruled that you cannot invoke your right to remain silent by remaining silent. You have to actually say something about “I want a lawyer.”

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  millia pasuum, literally “1,000 paces,” was a common unit of measure in the empire, and the basis of various modern miles. It was slightly shorter than the modern statute mile.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Drive safe⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Seems like it might be 60 km/h.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Is audiophile bullshit cheating?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  But, but, the other terminal on those batteries is floating?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Accidental rapture⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  In many jurisdictions, deer season is like 1 or 2 weekends per year, and the limit is 1. It’s not a lot of time to actually find and shoot a deer. So this guy is probably setting this up several weeks in advance to get some level of assurance that some deer will show up to his spot at the appointed time.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m not sure what attracts down votes to your comment. People should read up on the know nothing party. This shit has happened before.

  America has always been a contradiction. It is Ralph Waldo Emerson and Robert E. Lee. It is both ICE and this nativity.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I fall for it every year. Every. Year.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s funny because earlobes are, like, all gristle.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Darkness Everywhere⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Also going backwards in time compared to everyone else.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hashtag spiritual hashtag truth⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You are correct. The public only receives written transcripts of the relevant sections of tape only. Off-topic conversations, meaning anything that is not relevant to the air accident, are not released. The audio files are not released to the public.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I work long hour and make little money⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s a real geopolitical problem for Russia. Russia got screwed by geography in terms of natural harbors that don’t freeze over in the winter. It’s why they’ve always had a crap navy, going way back into the imperial days.

  Right now, the Russian Navy is based in Murmansk (brrrr. limited routes to get out into Atlantic) and the Black Sea. The Black Sea is bad for them because Turkey (a NATO member) makes sure to maintain total control of what passes through the Bosphorous.

  Part of what Russia did in Syria during the civil war netted them a lease on a base on the Mediterranean. That could have had some use for power projection, but I think they lost it when a certain opthalmologist was expelled.

  Anyhow, it’s hilarious when the trolls posing as MAGA Americans bring this up, because real Americans just take their total abundance of ports that don’t freeze over completely for granted. That’s why I point out secondary, less busy port cities on the Gulf of Mexico, where the water is actually pretty warm (instead of just not freezing over). Just to highlight how good the US has it. Even if we were forced to give up Norfolk and Coronado, there are plenty of other suitable places we could have naval bases.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I work long hour and make little money⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Ah, yes. As a patriotic American I love our warm water ports like Corpus Christi and Tampa. Don’t you love warm water ports as well?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨apparently, the T button dosent exist for some people⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Finally, these two letters, thorn and eth, dropped out of English a long time ago, but they’re still in Modern Icelandic today.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Hilary can't catch a break⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I remember I went to a Mardi Gras parade that year, and every single float was a joke about Bill Clinton’s penis. Very family friendly that was.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aeroplane⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m pretty sure on newer 737s the autopilot disconnects when it detects a sufficient physical force on the yoke.

  On airplanes that don’t do this, the autopilot servos are clutched so that you can still override them by applying a specified amount of force. There are reinforced points on the bottom of the dash panel that you can use with your foot to get leverage to help with this.

  (This also applies as a backup on planes that do disconnect)

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The trauma. The terror. The humanity!!!1!!1!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  We might never know. Subway has been accused of bread shenanigans in the past (in addition to short-selling their footlongs).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The trauma. The terror. The humanity!!!1!!1!⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The FBI crime lab didn’t even do any forensic analysis on whether the sub measured up to the full 12 inches or not.

  It was such a shoddy investigation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Aeroplane⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Some more practical tips.

  • if the autopilot is engaged, you can’t physically move the wheels, because it is moving them for you. Press the red button on the steering wheel to disconnect autopilot.
  • That IAS tape on the left of the sky/ground box is the most important thing on the plane. It’s got red bands on the high side and low side that you should stay out of.
  • if the plane tells you there’s a “stall, stall” you need to push the wheels forward to make the nose go down. And keep the speed above that lower red band.
  • the black button on the wheel is the push-to-talk to talk on the radio, or maybe the internal PA system. Depends how it’s set up.
  • most important: the switch for the “fasten seatbelt” sign is usually on the bottom of the top panel. You can flip it on and off as much as you want. (Older planes will also let you do this with the “no smoking” sign).
• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨one bright second⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And Hawking radiation. Hawking radiation is pretty “dark” for solar-mass scale black holes and up, but it can become relatively very intense for smaller holes.

  For the holes we observe astronomically, the things we can see are the accretion disks and the orbits of stars around the black hole.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Could a minority in US Senate essentially disolve the federal state?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Just for context, almost every federal court is a branch of a state court.

  This is not true at all.

  Federal courts are part of the judicial branch, not the executive branch. So they don’t shut down when the executive branch “shuts down”, because the shutdown laws don’t apply to them. As a practical matter federal courts can keep running for a while using saved up court fee revenue. They will eventually run out of that money and gave some tough choices about what to do.