Ostrogoth

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by Ostrogoth 14d ago
While I tend to agree with you in principle, that not voting is consenting to the status quo, in the US (outside of swing states) voting is almost an act of futility. For the executive branch, the US president is not elected by direct vote,
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by Ostrogoth 1mo ago
https://archive.is/dlq1V
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Supply chain concerns increase risks for US power grid(nytimes.com)
11 points by Ostrogoth 1mo ago|3 comments
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by Ostrogoth 1mo ago
I picture day cycle in a single 24 hr counterclockwise loop. I’m always interested to learn about other people’s internal mental image frameworks! So fascinating.
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by Ostrogoth 1mo ago
I picture annual calendar the almost the same way (counterclockwise), although its an asymmetrical oval, and months have associated colors (i.e. December navy blue, January maroon/brown, February ice blue, March true maroon…August gold
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by Ostrogoth 1mo ago
I tend to agree. After reading the events that lead to the crash, there does seem to be a lack of experience and critical thinking. Crash location is 33.60682, -105.35674, approximately 10 miles approach from northeast to runway 33.466583,
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by Ostrogoth 1mo ago
I’ve spent a lot of time exploring that area of NM, and it’s incredibly rugged or desolate terrain, with low population levels that are very dispersed. Mostly ranches and wilderness. There is a reason why the military does exercises there.
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by Ostrogoth 6mo ago
China buys Russian oil via pipeline and tanker, so they’re not entirely dependent on Gulf crude. They also have more levers to pull at the state level to reduce civilian demand on petroleum. Along with current electrification/alternati
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by Ostrogoth 6mo ago
The problem is European countries have been on a path towards reducing local refineries, and replaced with imports from Gulf States. ~50% of jet fuel, and up to ~25% of diesel was sourced from the Gulf States, which is now blockaded by the
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by Ostrogoth 6mo ago
Spec ops tend to be more averaged sized, with denser builds (as opposed to bulkier muscle mass)(1). Although, quick caveat, take a look at old photos of Vietnam War era special forces vs modern late GWOT; the difference in average muscle ma
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by Ostrogoth 6mo ago
One potential knock-on impact of the strait being effectively closed, is that at some point the gulf states will be forced to shut-in production as local storage fills up and production can’t be exported. That combined with war damage to cr
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by Ostrogoth 6mo ago
To add to your comment, ~20%-25% of global oil production passes through the AG (Iran is only ~4% of current global production) @ ~21mbpd. The longer that oil can’t get out (Saudi’s have a 5mbpd pipeline to red sea, but only 2mbpd loading c
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by Ostrogoth 6mo ago
Ukraine has been using cheap interceptor drones (models Sting/Bagnet/etc) combined with sensor networks to intercept slower prop driven Geran-2. Then Russia upgraded to jet engine on Geran-3, with higher speeds that are more diffi
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by Ostrogoth 7mo ago
Having grown up in churches that began to embrace NAR tenets in the 90s-00s, this particular eschatology gained a foothold across a wide swath of denominations from non-denom/charismatic/baptist all the way to methodist/CoC.
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by Ostrogoth 7mo ago
You can also find orange (or skin contact) wine in the US at smaller boutique natural wine shops, which are becoming more common. Orange wines are cultivated in Sonoma and other wine regions in the US as well.
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by Ostrogoth 8mo ago
>If you really need something bigger renting a trailer or truck is dirt cheap It’s neither convenient nor cheap to rent a trailer in much of the US. Major cities have options, rural areas less so. Full disclosure I have a mid-sized picku
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by Ostrogoth 8mo ago
> I find routine and habits over schedule and calendaring I find the same. To keep myself honest, I built a simple habit tracking sheet (grid paper; 1 page/month; x axis list items; y axis list days). Keep it simple to reduce fricti
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by Ostrogoth 8mo ago
I’m on this journey myself; learning to become more emotionally well-regulated, and kinder to myself. For years I had depression, and I used self-flagellation and self-loathing as drivers to motivate myself to do better. In work, hobbies, f
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by Ostrogoth 11mo ago
I’ve experiencing this same issue on every flight now using APP3, and considering returning. Tried multiple different ear tip sizes. Reset and re-paired. It’s not just pressure changes, as it occurs at steady altitude in addition to ascendi
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by Ostrogoth 1y ago
Thanks for recommending. I was not aware that a fork of Organic Maps had been created, or that longtime contributors to OM had concerns about the project.
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by Ostrogoth 1y ago
Another vote for Organic Maps. I use it as a lightweight maps app for backcountry or traveling in foreign countries where I don’t have a sim card. You can also record tracks in the app, or import .gpx files. In airplane mode it has low impa
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by Ostrogoth 1y ago
As someone who uses (and prefers) MIPS screen to AMOLED, here are a few reasons I went that route: A) User experience: I prefer watches to be tools that do a job, and otherwise to mostly get out of my way. MIPS serves that function well, an
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by Ostrogoth 1y ago
Objective truth doesn’t have to be a stark black and white dichotomy. You don’t have to have 100% understanding or knowledge to observe that the probability of evidence is pointing to a certain end result (in this case, humanity is causing
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by Ostrogoth 1y ago
The P365 does have essentially one point of failure on the striker assembly (see here https://www.reddit.com/r/SigSauer/comments/c5ddz5/can_someon... ), and lacks a trigger blade safety.
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by Ostrogoth 1y ago
For anyone interested, here is a video showing Glock internal safety mechanisms: ( https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Fg2tlV1oqVM ). A mechanical description of Sig P365 internal safety in comparison to Glock: (top comment from h
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by Ostrogoth 1y ago
I don’t know if the Sig P320 has a similar firing pin safety design to the P365, but I optioned to go with Springfield Hellcat vs P365 specifically because the Hellcat has two separate safety catch points on the firing pin assembly, thereby
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by Ostrogoth 1y ago
Interesting; just went down a rabbit hole on LLM training and math. For this example, it could have simply copied a table from online, but I wasn’t aware how poorly some LLMs perform on even basic math functions. I’ve not run into that issu
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by Ostrogoth 1y ago
Towing companies (and some apartment complexes) are essentially just organized crime. An apartment complex I lived in instituted a convoluted parking system utilizing colored mirror hang tags. Each unit received one exclusive parking spot (
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by Ostrogoth 1y ago
A few months ago I asked CGPT to create a max operating depth table for scuba diving based on various PPO2 limits and EAN gas profiles, just to test it on something I know (its a trivially easy calculation; and the formula is readily availa
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by Ostrogoth 1y ago
Can you share the link? I’d like to watch that.

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