Bobert

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[–] Bobert@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

Then you've been mislead. It hit the parking lot, damaged vehicles but left the building relatively intact and, besides windows, superficially damaged.

[–] Bobert@sh.itjust.works 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why do you think it leveled the building? Have you seen such evidence?

[–] Bobert@sh.itjust.works 54 points 1 year ago

This 1 fucking guy ruined ~~a whole~~ future generations of gaming with his greedy dumb fuck business ideas.

Ftfy

[–] Bobert@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Personally I would like it corroborated with bonafide evidence rather than word of mouth of a belligerent party. I'm skeptical, but only for the above. I imagine if there is truth to this that a human rights watch dog will seek the same proof.

But with that said, I didn't need a report like that to condemn Hamas for this renewed conflict in the first place. This does absolutely nothing to help the Palestinians and absolutely everything to hurt them. Every way you slice this you just end up with senseless tragedy and loss of life on every side.

[–] Bobert@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I mean you opened your mouth wide enough for your foot with that one. I don't know what you expected to happen when commenting about a geopolitical situation that's grown a gravity so large it's collapsed in on itself to the point that because your comment doesn't specify a side it can be validly used by someone on either side of the debate.

[–] Bobert@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

That's not what-aboutism.

What they're referring to deserves to be talked about and brought up as it is demonstrably intrinsic to a conversation concerning Israel-Palestine relations.

Had they brought up literally any other country it would be what-aboutism. You can't just throw that term around every time someone issues a counterpoint that you don't feel is valid.

[–] Bobert@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

Source: Jim Farley

Here's a little FYI for ya. Tropic Thunder is based on my experiences in Vietnam.

[–] Bobert@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

It likely didn't affect cellphones. I know major appliances and vehicles were to be supported no less than 7 years. So I'd guess this just brings cellphones and other electronic items under that umbrella. Makes me wonder what is exempt, though.

[–] Bobert@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 year ago

I would hazard a guess that they were running a geostationary setup rather than Starlinks LEO approach.

[–] Bobert@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 year ago

It's incredibly disheartening to look back at the relation between the U.S. and Vietnam with the frame starting after the end of WW1. Had Ho Chi Minh been given the time of day it's easy to wonder what could have been. The Vietnamese simply wished to follow the example that the U.S. had achieved with breaking away from Colonial rule.

Modern day attitudes really go a long way to show the true character of the Vietnamese. You hear of stories of the Christmas Truce, and opposing sides being relatively friendly after a war concludes, but the Vietnam War feels different. Between the racist dehumanization, war crimes and nature of the war putting civilians directly in crosshairs, you wouldn't be a fool to think that such a conflict would instill a near permanent hatred on both sides. Yet that doesn't appear to be the case. The overwhelming theme from anecdotes of meetings between former soldiers from both sides is an incredible sense of understanding and shared loss. And the onus of all of this lies chiefly with the Vietnamese. There's no reason they should forgive or turn the other cheek considering it wasn't a war they started, but that's not a distinction that really seems important to them.

A country fiercely determined to defend its independence that has thrown off not one, not two, but three separate wars against such independence with each opponent being unarguably more powerful. I can hear an eagle screaming now.

Besides, this is the same Vietnam who kicked China's ass in the very same decade that they forced the U.S. out of their country. At this point I wouldn't bet against the Vietnamese in any conflict if my life depended on it.

[–] Bobert@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Site I worked at was on the company's smaller end and we consumed around 10MW an hour.

[–] Bobert@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 year ago

Was in the thread yesterday saying the same thing. What you describe is exactly what TVA does in essence.

Ideally, they would convince the miners to install their own solar and wind generation (and maybe pumped storage as well)

Texas has a 'problem' that prevents them from being able to incentivize this well. At least from what I overheard during my stint at a mine. Texas's big draw are all of the abandoned oil wells. You can simply go purchase a plot of land with a capped well, uncap it and install a Natural Gas generator that captures and burns the NG often released when drilling for oil. This gives you a one time fee for the generator costs and then after that you are in the clear with 'free' (relatively, minus initial costs) energy. This isn't exclusive to Texas, but obviously it can be done at a higher rate in the state compared to others.

 
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