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Comment Re:Materials (Score 2) 200

With 3D printing there is little to no waste. That's why it's called additive manufacturing.

The bigger issue is finishing, most 3D printed parts will need some. I'm sure they don't want metal or plastic filings floating around in the ISS, so that could be tricky.

Just do what I do when I don't want to cleanup sawdust or shavings in my house, just pop outside.... oh right.

Comment Re:My advice (Score 1) 352

Your assessment is correct. I have not served.

I do have several friends who have served and many more who have family members serving now and I resent hearing people I respect and like called government murderers. I think in this case I responded hastily to a troll. I do have concerns about how, why, and where politicians deploy my friends.

"I know nothing I say will change your beliefs." You'd be surprised. I struggle with this, I don't want a government that represents me abusing the military but I do recognize that having a force like the US does is sometimes necessary. I know the job that my friends do in the Army sucks and I want to understand what they do in the vain hope that I can make is suck less.

Comment So Facebook is like a parent now? (Score 1) 210

This is EXACTLY like when my brother and I used to fight over a toy. Mom or dad would come in and declare that if we couldn't figure it out nicely, then neither one of us would get it.

I actually commend Facebook for this. They probably don't want to deal with these disputes at all and this is really a good policy to have.

Comment Re:Why? (Score 3, Insightful) 381

Why tell potential targets how big a bomb you have and how deep it will penetrate? They can just go deeper and pour more concrete. What happened to surprise?

I have a friend who served in the Gulf War (the first one) and drove one of the missile systems. He often said, "The range *that we were allowed to know about* was 50km". I forget the exact numbers, the point is that frequently what the published capabilities and what the real capabilities of a weapons system is are often significantly different.

Comment Re:Culture clash (Score 1) 491

Japan has a folkloric reverence for raccoon dogs as mischievous shapeshifters. It's just a silly suit Mario is wearing, and there's no implication that Mario killed and skinned a human-sized raccoon dog to wear its fur and fly in it.

So you have evidence that Mario is indeed very tiny and skinned a normal-sized raccoon dog to wear its fur and fly in it? Stop holding out! LIES BY OMISSION! :D

Comment Re:Maintenance? (Score 2) 990

There was a great short story about this, the gist was that robots made everything and made more than people needed. So poor people were forced to consume. They had to eat so much food, live in big houses, make sure they wore out pants and things. Rich people had modest homes.

No one had to work, except the poor, who had to work to consume the unbalanced output from the robot factories.

Comment Re:Wow. (Score 1) 578

The difference is Border Patrol agents are real law enforcement officers. They are also not doing a 'search' per se, rather seeing what can be observed from the outside of the vehicle.

The TSA agents are not law enforcement officers and they perform invasive searches without probable cause or a warrant.

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