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Comment Re:I never answer them... (Score 1) 155

The BLS request I got was via USMail. They reminded me full force of law not to comply. It was a dumb survey. I filled it out (several year(5) survey they kept sending year after year) even though it was not really applicable to me. I think you'd be wise to do the same. I don't recall the exact penalty, just recall it was large enough to put a serious dent in my bank account. I guess one of the "features" of doing an S-Corp is the privilege of more forms to fill out.

What is BLS? I have a S-Corp and I'm not familiar with with BLS....

Comment Re:Delusional partisanship (Score 1) 97

Your Fox talking points are easily disputed with raw data.

I don't need. "Talking points" from anyone to know from personal experience that my health care costs skyrocketed starting from ACA times.....my bank statements show that...

All my friends I talk with...saw their costs rise too.

Comment Re:Read my post again (Score 1) 97

Let us not make light of the fact that the fucking Vice President just today has said "no unity" and basically siccing people against their perceived enemies to get people fired. The VP has sanctioned cancel culture.

Hello Pot....Kettle....Kettle....Pot.

And with this....it isn't the govt supports sing speech , it is repercussions in the private sector ....which the liberals cheered in the past recent years.

And this time around, the govt isn't forcing social media to cancel people or deplatform them either...the Dems were caught red handed doing that.

Comment I never answer them... (Score 5, Insightful) 155

I mean if they're calling by phone, they won't get me...I do not answer any phone calls I do not recognize (ie on my contacts list).

I figure if it is important enough, they'll leave me a voicemail.

And even if they get through, with phone or email, I don't answer questions to unsolicited contacts from people, as that I have NO idea who they really are or what they want.

I assume most every call or email is a scam unless they prove otherwise.

I kinda figured anyone today with much common sense or even slight sense of privacy and personal security pretty much did the same.

I've instructed my aging parents to do the same thing....too many old people getting swindled.

Comment Re:Ummm (Score 1) 182

I’m all about wind power.

No, you are not.

And you dear sir, are coming to really strange conclusions. You have made me the ultimate straw man, I tell people some things they don't wasn't hear sometimes. And you have the biggest plane ever created flying already in your febrile mind.

I also deal in real life logistics at times. Why is that? Because fools like you are the ultimate yes men. You have this plane flying and landing and bringing the world to a new age of perfection, already. This is a done deal for you, when the whole thing reeks of yet another venture capital project. VC people love people like you.

And there are some serious questions about your judgement, considering that you take my questions about an airplane, and from there manage to claim I am against wind power. That is what we call a non-sequitur, "it doesn't follow". and you have made a whopper, one of the biggest I've ever seen. This plane has some almost magical claims being made about it. Against wind power? Dood, wind and solar are wonderful additions to our power generating options. And as battery technology is improving, and storage is being added to present installs, this adds leveling to the list of things they provide. They can add another level of protection for standard steam turbines, which don't like power spikes, especially losses.

There are so many options for power storage by battery - I'm partial to Nickel - Iron myself. Tough as nails and long service life, plus cheap materials. Nickel-Iron's deficiencies are not as relevant to their use Although Sodium-Ion batteries are looking interesting too. I'm not super partial to Lithium-Ion for power storage. Doesn't matter too much because there is an embarrassment of options. Pick a lane, energy storage is well known chemistry, and develop it.

Here in my area, we have enough wind and solar that building a new nuclear generating facility isn't likely at all.

For all the positives nuclear has, S&W has a reliable cost estimate to finished product.

Sorry homie, I'm severely skeptical of the claims being made about the biggest airplane ever built, not the wind technology. That you seem to extrapolate what I've written into being anti-wind raises serious questions about your judgement.

Now go away and let the adults talk. Or at least read up on your plane and how your plane is supposed to work, before your next fever dream.

Or at least, entertain me some more. Maybe that is the purpose of your life. So amp it up if you see fit.

Comment Re:Ummm (Score 1) 182

Indeed. As you can see from the photos in the articles you linked, they did not clear "vast swaths" of forest to build the wind farms. They cleared just enough to build the roads, leaving 99% of the trees intact. This new airplane doesn't change that.

Perhaps I am wrong, so let's compare. The Antonov An-225 required around 3.5 kilometers minimum

to take off and land. It has a wingspan of 84 m (275 ft 7 in) and a length of 88.4 m (290 ft 0 in)

This Windrunner plane has a length of 108 meters, or 354.3 feet.and a wingspan of 80 m (265 feet)

It is claimed that it can land on as it says https://www.graphicnews.com/en.... on semi-prepared airstrips of 1800 m (5905.5 feet) Which will be pretty impressive, a minimum landing distance for a Boeing 747 is only 1524 meters - and this plane dwarfs the Antonov. So tyhr largest plane ever built, carrying the heaviest load ever can land at a lot of airports if the wingspan will fit. I'll believe that when I see it. And just so everyone knows, they will need many more wheels that shown on the 3d images https://www.odotonline.org/wp-.... You will not land the larges plane ever built carrying the heaviest load while sporting only 12 wheels, although they might have jet assisted reverse thrusters 8^) Would you guys like to visit the Allegheny Escarpment wind farms in Pennsylvania? We've had a shortage of rain this summer, but not a desert yet. The largest wind farm in Pennsylvania. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/....

We do have a lot of wind power here, and no deserts,https://www.horstexcavating.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Gallery_AlleghenyRidgeWindFarm_AerialView_HorstExcavating-480x428.jpg https://www.centraliapa.org/wp... https://m.psecn.photoshelter.c....

So if we intend to use this incredible airplane to bring the huge blades to working wind farms in a state that already builds out a lot of wind farms, and yes, in mountainous and forested areas, semi improved airstrips will need to be built, and do you have a way that no forests will be cut?

While you guys seem to have some deep seated need to prove me wrong - let me know - the wind farm tours are pretty interesting, I live in this area, and we have a lot of windfarms and hella lot of forests. Not all wind farms are in the desert or prairie. So ya gotta understand, I'm happy to show you in person.

Comment Re:I predict everyone will want tips now (Score 1) 61

It's okay if you live in an area where tips are decent, or if you are an attractive young woman/twink, but generally speaking having to rely on tips to earn a decent amount is discriminatory and works greatly in the employer's favour.

I worked in smallish cities in the southeast of the US...so, no major tipping capitals....and I"m an average looking guy I guess....

I found that a sense of humors and being outgoing and friendly did more than anything for tips...

Hell, there were a couple of times I dropped a whole large tray of food....everything..gone....and well, I just made a joke and everyone laughed...etc.

I ended up making a HUGE tip on that one....

I did well as well as my co-workers...and there was nothing discriminatory about it.

Comment Re:Ummm (Score 1) 182

Good thing you're here. You need to be on these planning teams. Why the engineers didn't consult with Slashdot readers in the planning stage is anyone's guess, but good for you for pointing out they are completely on the wrong track. This could have been a disaster.

Me no smart! Anyhoo, glad you set me straight. I now support this. because this is the most genius idea evah. 8^)

As one guy in here noted, this thing reeks of venture capital bait.

You got one thing wrong ddimm - it's a good thing you are here!

Comment Re:Ummm (Score 1) 182

"96% of wind turbines are recyclable, but the blades are made of fiberglass, which is not normally recyclable (but it has been done)." If it's not economically viable, then it probably won't get done. And governments it seems would rather bury the old blades in massive landfill, than take the hit of paying companies to make second-rate surfboards out of all that waste. Well that's what they are doing in Australia where land is still relatively abundant - they bury the fibreglass, at the same time as spruiking how recyclable they are in theory. It disgusts me really.

I'm hoping to see the first recycled reactor core! ;^)

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