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Comment Re:Venus is orders of magnitude easier to colonize (Score 1) 68

Temperature is perfect, pressure is fine and no radiation.

This caught my eye so I looked it up. Here is a quote I found in relation to your claim: "Intense at the Top: Venus is closer to the Sun and receives intense solar energy, especially ultraviolet (UV) radiation, at its cloud tops."

Explain your position here please.

Comment Re:They're only doing what they're told. (Score 1) 79

If people really have a problem with this, they can stop voting for crooks. When I see 90% reelection rates, I know the voters aren't serious

Interesting. No thoughts at all on whether or not the elections are legitimate. I wonder why that is Mr. Anonymous Coward...

Comment Re:But of course! (Score 1) 79

I fixed electronics for Naval Aviation. Without schematics and access to parts, a naval ship with planes/helicopters would be useless about 2 months into a deployment. During my last deployment, we had to do without our Harrier jets because of nonsense like this. I was able to perform depot level maintenance on most of the electronics which allowed most of our birds to continue flying. This law will entirely cripple the US military. The US military does not just sit at home next a depot level maintenance facility.

Comment Re:Does not require the pentagon to sign up for it (Score 1) 79

but court tolerance of the shooting of civilians is the lowest it has ever been.

I was nodding along with the thrust of your comments until I hit this gem that I quoted. Civilians are being shot by police all the time. Sometimes, there are repercussions, most of the time, there is not. ICE agents have not been prosecuted even once and are completely above the law. Anything they do can not be reviewed.

Comment A stronger company but a weaker nation (Score 1) 79

I am guessing none of them have ever had to repair equipment a thousand miles from home in a combat zone. Well, at least the companies are getting wealthier... unfortunately, they will not be able to protect that wealth as the military will fall flat on its face if it can't do field repairs. The USA was nice while it lasted, but it can not last much longer at this rate. I wonder who will buy us or if Israel will use the blackmail it has on all of our leaders to just keep us as a puppet state. Or maybe we will become a vassal of Russia. Who knows for sure?

Comment Re:Won't work but needs to be done (Score 1) 116

Governments have got to do something

Do they? Government does need to provide infrastructure and a coherent ruleset that we can ALL abide by, but does it REALLY need to control the social affairs of its citizens? If so, why? Make sure to include how it affects/effects the concept of Freedom... or is Freedom an antiquated concept and we should all sacrifice our individuality for the Greater Good?

Comment Re:If Social is bad - outlaw it. Or regulate it. (Score 1) 116

The point is that a lot of people wouldn't, and that in turn means that if parents want to not have their kids on social media, they can do that without isolating them from their entire peer group.

LOL, one of the kids in the peer group will figure a way around the ban and then share it with their peer group... and now, it will be impossible for the parents to monitor it. You clearly didn't think this through... but authoritarians never think things through. They assume that what they say is true and real, but, reality is far more complex than they give it credit for, so they, and you, are blind.

Meta knows everything about you, and you don't have to prove your age. They know when you were born. They sold your private information to Cambridge Analytica to swing elections, and foment coups.

If I understand your argument correctly, what you are saying is that since Meta already thinks it knows everything about you, then you should be forced to validate that information?

Are you guessing, or has there been a study showing that educating kids reduces their capacity to be manipulated by social media disinformation and bullying?

I would be fascinated to see a study showing that education does NOT help people to be avoid being manipulated. I mean, if you tell someone about a trick that you are about to perform on them, do you REALLY think they would then fall for the trick after being informed? Is that REALLY your thesis here? What the fuck is wrong with you?

Comment Re: Hope that those kids (Score 1) 116

The government doesn't allow people under 16 to drive cars, drink alcohol or vote either.

Except nobody cares about the children. That is the false flag that this was enacted under. They want YOUR information, your identification. They will use AI to go through all of your history and come to a determination of whether or not you are a "good" citizen. If so, life continues, if not, you will find yourself getting queried deeply at every traffic stop, find it difficult to get paperwork through the government, and possibly carted off to a 'camp'. But yeah, keep arguing about whether or not children should have access to social media.

Comment Re:Who thought this service was a good idea? (Score 2) 115

Actually, I like it. There just needs to be a local override that only the owner would know... say, a passphrase or some other code along with a key. That way, external events can not disrupt the normal operation of the vehicle. Yes, there is now the risk of getting kidnapped or otherwise violated to get that information out of you, but, no anti-theft system can be perfectly reliable while allowing reliable operation of the vehicle.

Comment Re:Was it a Russian drone? (Score 1) 145

They're both full of shit, as parties at war tend to be.

I tend to side with the defender rather than the aggressor unless there is indisputable proof that violence was the only answer. Ukraine is fighting for its very existence, which was previously guaranteed on paper. *shrug*

Comment Re:I see something like that as well (Score 1) 237

If they leave before 30 minutes, they are likely getting F; leaving between 30 to 45 minutes is likely A; leaving within 40 to 55 is likely B; leaving before 70 minutes is likely C, staying to the end are usually Ds and Fs.

I would have utterly destroyed your world view if I were to have taken your classes. I typically finish tests very rapidly and I even know beforehand how many questions I did not answer correctly. It is hilarious turning in a test after just 15 minutes and saying that I had 3 incorrect answers out of 100. Watching the teacher grade it it and tell me I had 3 incorrect answers with a look of bewilderment on their faces is priceless.

Comment Re:This is how the US works unfortunately (Score 1) 237

It is not only wealthy people abusing this. I know of some families that work REALLY hard to ensure that their children are labelled a certain way so that they can get 'free' money from the government. The wealthy abuse it for future money, the poor abuse it for current money. All classes abuse and 'benefit' from this.

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