Consequences for Trump?

I think that’s a fair assessment, mine isn’t all that dissimilar.

My understanding is there were only a few meters between the weight drop and complete communication loss, so either something went wrong directly related to dropping ballast, which caused the implosion, or perhaps cues the sub was in peril were ignored/misinterpreted by the captain, and the weight drop was his ineffective corrective measure.

From what I’ve read about the captian, I think his hubris would have never allowed him to fully consider they might be in real danger.

That theory doesn’t explain why they suddenly dropped ballast and attempted an ascension prior to implosion, though.

E. After doing some digging, the comments about the Titan having dropped weights and was ascending during implosion came from James Cameron. Not sure if that makes it more or less trustworthy…

This post reminds me of a friend of mine who likes a song so much, he will only listen to it twice a year, once on New Year’s and once on his birthday. He says each time is like the first time because “the pathways stay fresh”. He’s been consistent for at least 7 years.

If you’re curious: Toccata - OVERWERK

It blows my mind that this was cutting edge, jaw dropping graphics back in the day. A shape-shifting trapezoid with some panicked faces peeking out.

E. Nah now I’m thinking it’s a one dimensional parallelegram.

He tried so hard to save Artax… 😭

I guess given your response, you are asserting their managers are gatekeeping access? Do you have personal experience in that regard?

I ask because we have made a massive, and frankly dumb, push to get everyone and their mother to use ChatGPT at work, from C level down to the call centers. Our metrics show around %60 of queries come from male employees, despite only %30 of our global staff being male. Given that communications and access were given to all employees via the same global communications channels, we attributed that to more men being willing to try gimmicky new software than women, but I wonder if something else is at play…

I am having difficulty following this line of reasoning, can you please help clarify? Why would being forced to prove your worth dissuade you from using a productivity tool? Are you implying women likely don’t have access to use it at all, or they don’t trust the output because the stakes are too high?

It’s a security\legal risk to allow adhoc wireless networks within your environment, pretty much any organization above a certain size has the same restrictions.

You could theoretically allow anyone to access your router directly, which would let them bypass agreeing to the Acceptable Use Policy, for example, shifting liability back to the organization for that users behavior.

Any bets on how long it takes before this becomes a fetish?

Everything is wrong with the US government.

Tbf it’s a pretty damned easy shit test to pass, it’s quite telling when someone won’t even take a swing.

You see this often in data centers where a set of double doors open on an exterior wall to allow equipment to be forklifted onto upper floors where a freight elevator may not be available. Idk how to make that sentence less dry, sorry. 😬

And Yes I would have slaves. But I would feed em and house em and treat them right and made sure they were alright

You’d be one of the good slave owners, did I get that right?

Why would they need to date anyway? That’s just questioning God’s Plan for them.

Well, Ukraine is definitely off the Christmas card list now, that much is certain. They’ll be lucky to even get a Happy New Year’s text at this point.

Do I smell a territory swap coming?

I hope you’re sitting down for this one because it’s quite shocking; things ammend to the Constitution become a part of the constitution itself, and thus constitutional.

Easy. Falcor, the Luckdragon.

That’s the thing about a war time economy, you produce one tank, and BOOM you’ve added $3.5MM to your GDP. A single SU-35? About 16MM added to GDP.

You can’t eat tanks and jets though, the labor and resources used to maintain a war footing are vast, and must be poached from other areas of the economy. The longer you maintain this posture, the more dramatic the contraction.

Gazprom posted a loss for the first time in decades. They sell one of the most profitable substances ever discovered by man and they still couldn’t turn a profit… despite how little the sanctions are impacting them, no less!