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The ever increasing CBIT "Omnibus" account. $1.2B and climbing?(customersbancblog.com)
1 points by a_crc 3y ago|0 comments
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by a_crc 3y ago
|Why TSMC is in Taiwan and not in Denmark then? Because the Taiwanese government paid for it to be there in the 80's https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/TSMC#History
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1-bit CPU for 'super low-performance computer' launched – sells out promptly(tomshardware.com)
12 points by a_crc 3y ago|5 comments
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by a_crc 4y ago
Another aspect to mention is games can add a marketplace directly to the media. Paying extra to change the costume a character wears in a TV show wouldn't work, but paying to change a costume of a game character is something people do
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by a_crc 4y ago
You are right that regardless of the reasons for phasing out AIM-7, there are reasons to take a look at your target before firing at it. I suppose I was only thinking about "hot war" scenarios, not police actions in civilian airsp
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by a_crc 4y ago
As a counter example, the US has continued to use the BVR AIM-120 even after accidentally shooting down one of their own helicopters in an IFF failure. [1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIM-120_AMRAAM#United_States_
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by a_crc 4y ago
True overall, (although don't discount the effect of a pair of binoculars in the cockpit) but in this case we're talking about intercepting a radar target for visual confirmation. If you have a radar track, by definition you would
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by a_crc 4y ago
The article you linked makes it sound like sensor and rocketry failures on some platforms that were retired 15 years ago, nothing to do with a general fear of BVR missile use. Also I believe the willingness to engage unidentified radar trac
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by a_crc 4y ago
The horizon is hundreds of miles away at altitude. You have to consider that visual range includes optical enhancement (telephoto lens etc.)
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by a_crc 4y ago
Could you expand on this? I'm struggling to imagine a realistic scenario where visual confirmation of a target would be a requirement. I also don't see why an F-35 is at a major disadvantage inside visual range of a target. (FYI V
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by a_crc 5y ago
A Yacht is a large pleasure boat. There's no exact definition, but you wouldn't call a 15 ft motor boat a yacht or a 40 ft work boat. Any well maintained 30 ft plus boat that's not used for commercial purposes could reasonabl
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by a_crc 5y ago
Millions of years? Agriculture is less than 120,000 years old by most accounts. Are you suggesting the bulk of humanity returns to hunting and gathering? Even then accounts of early human history have us emerging less than a million years a
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by a_crc 6y ago
If you read a decent bit of WW2 history, incidents like this are fairly common. A bunch of young men in a high-stress situation open fire on phantom targets. Once one person / group starts shooting everyone else tends to join in unless
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by a_crc 6y ago
The founding of the United States of America was an experiment in the practical application of political philosophy. Without major philosophical disagreements between the Government of England and the colonies, the nation that sent men to t
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by a_crc 6y ago
I agree that the lone wolf nature of the attack makes a difference, but if we are going to paint other lone wolf shooters as products of their political beliefs then we have to apply the same standard in this case. >they generally were n
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by a_crc 6y ago
A "left-wing activist" actually shot the house majority whip in 2017, and he was actively trying to assassinate other republican politicians as well. [0] I'll never vote for another republican for as long as Trumpism remains
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by a_crc 6y ago
Well you have to consider that this is the "one hobby" for a lot of people, so your own division of brain cycles leaves room for a group who works on things like this for fun.
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by a_crc 6y ago
Who decides what is neutral? What if you are trained by masters or schools with conflicting thoughts? What if you read all sides of an argument? Is this information not valuable to the informed choices of an individual? How can you be certa
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by a_crc 6y ago
>What this means is that philosophy ultimately becomes an extended argument over which propositions to take as axiomatic. I agree. It also involves extended arguments over the statements that follow from these axioms even amongst philoso
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by a_crc 6y ago
Let me ask you some questions to zero in on your issue here. Is coding competitive? Is cooking? Is reading? Do you think that training does not help you become a better cook or coder or reader? Were you able to read without training? Do you
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by a_crc 6y ago
Here's my take on your questions. Anecdotes [1] generally aren't the focus of academic philosophy. Modern philosophy focuses on arguments from Axiom [2] where a statement is taken to be true as a starting point for an argument. Re
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by a_crc 6y ago
Is it really that big of a difference? You still have to go to the one section of walmart where they stock the cheese or car batteries or whatever. Walmart can set up their own shelves to emphasize their own brands if they want. If you pay
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After 7 Years in Development Hell, No Fairytale Ending for 'Ray's the Dead'(vice.com)
1 points by a_crc 6y ago|0 comments
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by a_crc 6y ago
If you're looking for a complete solution, there are a decent number of small wind turbines designed for charging 12v batteries (car batteries) on yachts. Here's the 1st company I found on google. I can't personally vouch for
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Oxygen Supply Just Failed in Part of the ISS, but Everyone Is Safe So Far(sciencealert.com)
4 points by a_crc 6y ago|0 comments
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by a_crc 6y ago
I completely agree that the great filter theory is a bit circular in its logic on that premise: Imagine the evidence the average HN reader would need to accept that an extraterrestrial civilization existed. Now contrast that with the portio
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by a_crc 6y ago
It's a lot of solar panel. A quick search gives us a figure of 220 watts of power per square meter of space based solar panel. This would mean a 200MW solar collector would need to be almost a million square meters in size. For referen
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by a_crc 6y ago
"The Center for Global Policy (CGP) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. CGP is the first independent, non-partisan American think tank working exclusively on issues at the intersection of U.S. foreign policy and the geopolitics of
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by a_crc 7y ago
From the OP on reddit: "No parameters to the speed increase. The longer I hold it, the faster it goes, but I’ve only held it for a second because I don’t know what, if any, damage I may be causing."
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Walkie talkie speeds up turntable. Why/how? [audio](reddit.com)
3 points by a_crc 7y ago|1 comments

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