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Less worrying than if you were a surgeon.
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So.. I should be able to pick up a cheap 2nd hand Tesla soon then? Great!
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Is the "n" short for "and" or "in"?
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I had a similar experience the other day. Standing on a milk crate at the back of the wing, drilling 3/32" holes for a nut holder on an inspection hatch. Opened the chuck to put in the 3/16" for the bolt and the 3/32" bit fell out and disappeared. Searched the floor (concrete), nowhere to be seen. Checked the flaperon bellcrank in case it was sitting on that, no joy. Thought it may have fallen thru the flaperon slot into the fuselage, so got down under the plane to check the floor behind the seats, not there. Stood up and jammed my hands in my pockets... and felt the bit. It had fallen straight into my jacket pocket!
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If you're peeing on yourself you've got bigger (smaller?) problems than pubic deforestation.
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Now they just have to teach the horse to read.
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I'm not 100% sure, but I THINK that may be altered...
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Look at the charts. Started out at 74% support for Ukraine overall (72% Republican, 77% Democrat). So a large majority of people in the US supported Ukraine as at March 22. Since then, probably due to the malign influence of Trump on the GOP, Republican support has fallen quarter by quarter until plateauing in June 23 at around 33-34%. On the other hand in the Democrat side it plateaued at 63% for 3 quarters Jan-Nov 23, then has risen to 67% in April 24. Factor in historical trends in the US. The Republicans have traditionally been the hardest anti-Russia, anti-communist party. Now they're willing to let Russia invade their neighbours? Ask yourself why.
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The climate change debate continues.
Marty_d replied to Phil Perry's topic in Science and Technology
Is that a really hard pom? As opposed to a pomesandstone, who is much easier to work with... -
You've cherry picked one figure out of those 3 charts and it's heavily affected by Republican leaning opinions. Another way to look at it is to say that among Democrats, 38% in March 22 considered the US was NOT providing enough support to Ukraine, and while this fell to 19% in June 23, it's back up to 36% in April 24.
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The climate change debate continues.
Marty_d replied to Phil Perry's topic in Science and Technology
Certainly wouldn't want him to become the Orange one. -
No one thought Germany could be defeated in WWII either. Now we have a very similar dictator in Russia.
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The climate change debate continues.
Marty_d replied to Phil Perry's topic in Science and Technology
I don't get the whole exporting electricity thing. The transmission losses and the cost of the undersea cable would be massive. Instead of one massive solar farm, why not several VERY LARGE solar farms within reasonable reach of population centres in Australia? We can export energy in the form of green hydrogen, or better still, build renewable generation in or close off-shore to the countries you want to export to. -
Buy a Tamiya kit, cheaper in the long run and you don't have 130 magazines to take to the tip.
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It's obvious when you Watch it closely. A.
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I realise that Peter - and said that these issues would be important to even a majority of US voters. My point though is that while Trump pretends to care about them, he really doesn't. Voting for Trump to fix America's problems is like ignoring the oncology clinic and giving your money to a snake-oil salesman to cure your cancer.
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There's a lot in this post. Your 3 points are: 1. Wars 2. Immigration 3. Re-industrialisation While these issues will be important to perhaps even a majority of US citizens, I don't believe that Trump would (or even intends to) solve any of them. In terms of wars, the one the US has the most involvement in right now is Ukraine. Trump said he'd end that war in 24 hours if he got elected. That being a total lie in any case, how could he end the war? Only 1 way. Stop providing arms to Ukraine and negotiate a "deal" where Putin gets all the territory he's stolen and Ukraine gets some kind of financial recompense. Can't see Ukraine going for that even if the arms supply from the US gets turned off. Europe would step up and provide what the US doesn't. This also encourages Putin to invade other countries with impunity knowing the US president is in his back pocket. Immigration. Trump's "great big wall" which didn't get very far will continue not to get very far. His attempts at a "muslim ban" and other "policies" last time he was in were overtly racist, unfair and unwarranted. Not to mention that undocumented immigrants form a huge segment of the services sector, working for miniscule salaries for the very same rich people that Trump is trying to woo. Can't see them wanting the tap of underpaid labour being turned off. Re-industrialisation. While it sounds good in theory, Trump's message is "drill, baby, drill". He wants to restart coal fired energy and stop all renewables. This is like investing in VHS when DVD's had been invented, or making more whaling ships to hunt endangered species. It makes no sense whatsoever. Trump will say anything to get elected and wants to appeal to the worst in everyone. He supports white supremacists, narcissistic tech billionaires and dictators. These are his bros. He cares nothing for American voters.
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What's that song... "Good girls go to heaven, bad girls go everywhere..."
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Artificial Intelligence - The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Marty_d replied to old man emu's topic in Science and Technology
Case doesn't matter. When I tried it told me there are two R's. -
Down here it's usually 3 hours, and it is policed. That stops all-day parkers.
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Artificial Intelligence - The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Marty_d replied to old man emu's topic in Science and Technology
If you want to know how smart AI currently is, go to MS Copilot and ask the question "How many times does the letter R appear in the word 'strawberry'?"