The VA is just fine. You hear about the problems. The internet amplifies every whiny vet, along with the legitimate problems. You don't hear from the millions of vets that are just fine, disability aside. We're all perfectly happy most of the time. Most of VA is a great model. It could be improved through guaranteed funding instead of discretionary, but it does pretty good with what itt has too work with. Anytime you want to join to and get permanently injured, though, to get "what we got" since we're have it so great, feel free to sign up.

I just bought a new 15" 2-in1 Inspiron last month that has a replaceable battery, ram, and m.2 with an extra bay inside. I want aware that Dell has non replaceable batteries.

Exactly. I work in a public library that has done some Makerspace creation. One of the more popular ones we have is Scratch programming. Sure, lots of kids will see it, maybe do a few things, and move on, but ive seen the light come on for a lot of them, too. And those kids keep coming back asking where the Scratch computers are, or playing Minecraft or Roblox on the public PCs and not just 'playing' but creating machines and traps and what not just to see what they can do with redstone or bluestone. Ive heard a few of them in animated discussions of why certain ways of creating things in Minecraft are 'better' or 'worse' in terms of efficiency and how much or little in resources it takes to build them. These are 10 year old kids. Yeah, not everyone wants to be a programmer, but there is no reason for the attitude of denying easily available tools to them just because 'not everyone needs to learn to code....'. Despite the attitude of some of the commenters here, coding is not some form of magic, and just because you have a greater aptitude for it doesn't make you a wizard. So what if someone learns to be a bad coder? They aren't coming after your job. If they are bad at it they will either quit doing it or will be filtered out on their own. Even if you get a basic understanding of what it takes to create a program to do something is a success in my book because it is a bit of knowledge and understanding that you didnt have before. Thats not a bad thing. I would have loved it if the marketing people for some of the programming places Ive worked had even a basic understanding of what it took to make a 'thing' happen in a program before they promised future features to users.

Great point to bring up. Thank you. The headlines about this in the last few days have really pissed me off. The guys didnt do anything that heroic, and it sounds like the shooter himself had some issues with the weapon. Im not saying it couldnt be worse but 'foiled' would indicate stopping the shooter BEFORE he shoots.

Yet, you choose to sound like an uptight douchecanoe by railing on about the 'investment' that your house is, like its some kind of piggy bank. If you want that, then go live in an HOA because that is what you apparently really want. Otherwise you wouldn't expect your neighbors to follow some arbitrary idea of what the 'rules' are. Investing in a house is about as dumb as investing in a car or a Rolex. It's already worth less than you think it should be before you are a week in.

Reminds me of the recruitment trip in "Starship Troopers". You may not qualify for much, but they will find SOMETHING for you to do to serve and eventually gain franchise, if you so desire.

Sapphire is used on watch faces for scratch resistance, not breakage protection. Sapphire shatters easier that scratches-it is not as impact resistant as regular glass.

Having worked in a maximum security prison for a year, as a housing unit officer, yard officer, and adseg officer, I don't have a problem with most of this. The demoralizing dehumanizing factor of prison is the incarceration itself. Inmates are put there to segragate them from society, and to attempt rehabilitation. They don't go to prison to then be punished-prison IS the punishment. Its a subtle difference, and one lost on most anyone that has never had any aspect of their life under total control. The closest thing I can come up with as a civilian equivalent is BCT- years and years of BCT with no graduation, no promotion, and no relaxation of the structure, that you normally would get as a trainee.

Sounds like what my brother does as a large accounts manager for Viking Electric. *lol*

I dont have a chemistry background, can someone translate some of this for me, or at least link me to something that tries? The excerpt talked about ground water movement, but not really about WHY that is a bad thing.

No, you don't. The associated baggage isn' t worth it.

Ugh.I know how that selective frequency hearing loss goes.

You may have, at least, a claim for tinnitus-if, of course, you have that. That is 10% and at least is something.

Why is it relevant? You already know the answer.

It wasn't censored, except by me.