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Miles O'Brien

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Senior Chief Petty Officer. Starfleet is in my blood, and I've spent my entire adult life in service to boldly going.

Keiko and Molly are my favorite humans, but Transporter Room 3 will always be my favorite.

Just don't ask who what's in the pattern buffer.

  • Cyprus defence minister rubbishes reports Iranian missiles fired towards island

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  • Surely imperialist countries with interests in an area wouldn't go and lie about things???

    Next you're gonna tell me the US lied about WMDs in 2001...

  • British Defense Secretary says ballistic missiles were launched toward Cyprus

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  • Thanks!

  • At least 9 killed as protesters storm US Consulate in Pakistan over killing of Iran’s supreme leader

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  • Probably "medical examiner" or similar medical doctor that does work for the police to determine things like cause of death and other injuries possibly obtained while dying.

  • British Defense Secretary says ballistic missiles were launched toward Cyprus

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  • Source?

  • Vladimir Putin calls Khamenei's death a "cynical murder" in violation of international law

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  • It's not really heartbreaking when you know the reason the worst person you know is even talking is to try and distract from their own shit.

    Doesn't make it less true, just less heartbreaking.

  • Vladimir Putin calls Khamenei's death a "cynical murder" in violation of international law

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  • The Budapest memorandum of 1994 ensured that the US and UK would "Seek immediate Security Council action to provide assistance to the signatory if they "should become a victim of an act of aggression or an object of a threat of aggression in which nuclear weapons are used"

    That happened. It's a promise to bring the issue to the UN security council for a vote on action. Not a promise to invade any attacking country.

    What also happened is that Russia, a seat on the security council, has the power to veto, and a conflicting interest here that the UN decided couldn't possibly be a problem in the future.

    I'm not saying we have done enough.

    I am, however, saying that we have held up our end of the agreement, as written on paper.

    As far as I'm concerned, my country is 1/3 of the reason they're in this mess, so we need to step in and directly protect them at the bare minimum. Ukraine isn't safe until their borders are restored to pre-2014, their infrastructure is repaired and improved, and they have enough to defend themselves from Russia AND the US. And also the government stooges of Russia get put to death for forcing their population to fight and die against an opponent who never wanted a fight to begin with.

  • Vladimir Putin calls Khamenei's death a "cynical murder" in violation of international law

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  • "Vladimir Putin says-"

    Lemme stop you right there, pardner.

    Don't care.

  • San Francisco Muni Railyard, 2020

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  • False start! 3rd from left is over the line, I demand a rematch!

  • Removed

    Talking positively about this person, on reddit, gets you banned.

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  • Police who made these claims after a single driver took the open bag after they initially found nothing, then reappeared with a closed bag and no gloves, then somehow magically they found super bulky items that would not have been able to hide inside the backpack.

    The fact that other commenter posted that without a hint of sarcasm tells me they're either drinking the coolaid, they're arguing in bad faith, or they're just plain ignorant and extremely naive. Possibly stupid, but I try to assume ignorance over stupidity. "They caught him with tye murder weapon, a manifesto, and a signed note saying I did it" is something a literal child would think. In fact, I vaguely remember an episode of a children's TV show where the snitch kid writes a note that says "I did it -TJ" and the teacher used that as an excuse to put TJ in detention for littering and admitting it.

    I am absolutely not convinced that Luigi mangione did anything but have a strong chin and dark eyebrows like some guy in a hood on grainy security footage.

    That doesn't make Luigi any less of a martyr to me. The government has made the same mistake many in power have made over the years. They assume bythrowing their weight behind punishment, it will deter future attempts by increasingly desperate populations. Historically, we can see that is never the case for very long, if it works at all.

  • big facts

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  • People who believe in "auras" and actually think that thinking good thoughts in relation to a specific thing will affect it on any way are deserving of mockery.

    It's religion for people who don't like organized religion.

  • What are some things you think of when you see something related to your field outside of work hours?

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  • I used to sell and fix bikes, now every time I'm out I'm judging people's choice of bikes.

    Not in the "ugh you're riding a mongoose?" way but the "you need to give that bicycle to a teenager and get a larger one that fits your size, how tall are you? What kind of riding are you expecting to do?" and many other such questions if I strike up a conversation with them.

    I want everyone to have a pleasant time while out on their bike. If they don't have fun, if they are too tired after a ride, or in pain, they won't want to ride more, and then less people are out not driving cars.

    Lpt: (in general) when riding a bicycle, you want the top section of your leg (femur) to be no higher than parallel to the ground at the top of the pedal stroke, and you want your leg to be extended, but not fully straight, when at the bottom of the stroke. You can injure your hips, knees, and leg muscles if you ride an incorrectly sized bike for long periods.

    Most adult bicycles should be measured from the spot where the pedals go to the frame to the hole where the seat post goes in. If it's not measured in inches or centimeters, it might have letter sizing, and if it has bone of those, I wouldn't trust the quality of the bike. These measurements are more of a guide, when in doubt, use the leg position rule.

    The type of bike you have will change your experience quite a bit. If you try to take a road bike (super skinny tires, often has ram horn handlebars) on the mountain trail, you're gonna have a bad time. Mountain bikes are geared for more power, road bikes are more geared for speed. Hybrids have a good balance and make light off-roading possible. Downhill bikes are like mountain bikes but with a steeper angle on the front fork, to give you better handling while, you guessed it, going down a hill.

    I die a little inside every time I see an adult riding a child sized bike.

    "well the teenager at Walmart said I needed a 26 inch bike for the hiking trails so I got the 26 inch bike" he said, standing at 6ft3 next to a 15 inch frame bike with 26 inch wheels and tires about an inch wide...

    And now when I see aluminum construction, I wonder how it's been done and try to figure out the various extruded pieces they used.

  • Pope Leo XIV asks priests to stop using AI tools like ChatGPT to write sermons

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  • Because it's a lot easier to discredit a religious argument when the sermon cites "4th Thessalossians 67:B" and gives the most generic sounding paragraph with the one weirdly specific phrase they instructed the bot to include and em—dash thrown in for good measure.

    At least if they all use the same manual, it's easier to pull over the ones who are on the fence.

  • Pope Leo XIV asks priests to stop using AI tools like ChatGPT to write sermons

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  • I don't have a perfect memory but I do have a good one, and I can confirm that the pastor at my parents church when I was growing up re-used sermons from multiple years prior.

    So at least some recycle. As expected, they are still just as (ir)relevant.

  • show must go on

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  • "That's disgusting! Which ones?!"

  • Trump says US has begun ‘major combat operations’ in Iran after Israel launches strikes - live

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  • If I had to guess, it's because up until now you've held the assumption that the people in power know what they're doing for the most part, and nobody was a dying felon in his last years on earth terrified of going to prison for raping children.

    Now you are under no such illusions, and the people in charge ARE dying felons that rape children and have no morals, and the government doesn't even want to try and check or balance itself.

  • Precedent

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  • I always loved this.

    Doesn't care so much she had to have someone go out to find finger paints for her to paint over her clothing so she can show everyone how much she doesn't care.

    You know, like that whiny 15 paragraph comment you saw once where someone starts and ends it with "i don't even care"

  • Ukrainian startup launches production of segmented combat wheels

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  • That would make me less irritated at work.

    Small company owners are too cheap to order replacement wheels, but some chucklefuck speared a tire on my lift with their fork and took a chunk out. So now I get a ka-thunk and spine-jarring jolt every rotation, and I have to be extra careful when my forks are up or I'm turning. "It still works" so no getting a replacement any time soon.

    I mean, I'm sure they'd be too cheap to order spare segments, so it wouldn't matter either way, but I can dream...

  • Why does this keep happening?

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  • Don't forget the secret fourth one, "Transporter malfunctions"

    Don't bother looking for them, they're in the pattern buffer busy.

  • How often are your windows open? What about during Winter? or during Summer? Do you open windows to let in fresh air?

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  • Ah, then no forced air through ventilation ducts to move air around.

    My current house doesn't have vents either, but I have fans that move air around the important bits that get occupied the most. With my dogs needing to go out, and work, the doors are open enough, and there's enough leakage to not worry about co2 levels. Except my wife sometimes trips the sensor in the hallway when she takes a long bath while burning multiple candles...

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