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by bigbubba 6y ago
Similarly, the Japanese Type 91 aerial torpedo was sometimes equipped with wooden aerodynamic stabilizers (which broke off when they hit the water.)
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by bigbubba 6y ago
Tornadoes have been known to embed bits of straw or dried grass into trees. And tornado speeds are a gentle walk in the park compared to orbital speeds.
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by bigbubba 6y ago
Because it isn't. It's distinct from chattel slavery , which is not the only form of slavery. Bonded labor is the most common form of slavery today, and is also not chattel slavery.
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by bigbubba 6y ago
Forced labor is slavery, full stop. This was recognized by the men who wrote the 13th amendment. It is not "definitely different". And no, paying a slave does not make it 'not slavery.' Slaves have been paid paltry s
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by bigbubba 6y ago
Surely he was taking the piss. Not even a journalist could be that stupid.
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by bigbubba 6y ago
Well, friction brakes are cooled by the airflow in the wheel wells. Perhaps you could aircool the resistors in the same place. The friction brakes would probably still be there though; would there be space for both?
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by bigbubba 6y ago
If a Tesla would use rheostatic braking, I think it would require more cooling capacity than the cars are currently designed for. If the resistor couldn't be kept cool, then the car would have to revert back to friction brakes anyway
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by bigbubba 6y ago
Aka rheostatic braking. Trains do this, but they have pretty large radiators for it.
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by bigbubba 6y ago
I don't give a damn about his reputation. The point of the legal system is to protect the innocent, not ruin the reputations of the guilty. He continues to use the legal system to victimize people, and this should not be allowed. St
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by bigbubba 6y ago
Because he's in prison for lying to the court in a copyright lawsuit. He should no longer have the right to sue anybody for copyright infringement.
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by bigbubba 6y ago
pmiller2's intent was clear, he was obviously commenting on limitations of camera technology, not suggesting that black people intent nor choose(?!?) to be hard to photograph. dstick's response is maliciously uncharitable at bes
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by bigbubba 6y ago
His rights regarding copyright should be taken from him. This is no different from a convicted murderer no longer having the right to own a gun. Allowing this man to continue to sue people is a travesty of justice.
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by bigbubba 6y ago
The question is inane, anybody who doesn't earnestly value the life of a human more than the life of a dog is morally bankrupt. And frankly, I think most who claim otherwise earnestly do not feel that way when put on the spot. Give
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by bigbubba 6y ago
You're not alone. To be frank, I think much of the apparent love showered on pets by some people is performative. In public, people compete to show off how great they are at pampering their 'furbaby.' Pampering pets has be
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by bigbubba 6y ago
The answer is yes.
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by bigbubba 6y ago
Save the kitten then bask in the notoriety. When asked why you did it, claim the painting was disappointingly small and very over rated.
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by bigbubba 6y ago
Prison should prevent a criminal from continuing to victimize the general public. When that fails, restrictions on the prisoner should be increased until it does. In this man's case, he should probably be forbidden from ever owning th
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by bigbubba 6y ago
Children are ethically immature? Who could have guessed?!?
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by bigbubba 6y ago
I think he's right, games overdo it. I look at high resolution photographs of battlefields today and everything is covered in dust. Floors? Dust. Walls? Dust. Soldiers? Dust. Corpses? Dust. What happens when a grenade is set
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by bigbubba 6y ago
I think the closest land analogue to orcas is probably wolves, since they also live in packs, which I assume means older/weaker wolves/orcas use their social connections to other pack members to get food. This, I would expect, ma
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by bigbubba 6y ago
Aren't pretty much all warm blooded large land predators known to eat humans on occasion? Bears, tigers, wolves, etc. Perhaps that happens because the opportunity arises more often.
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by bigbubba 6y ago
From what I understand, the Migratory Bird Treaty Act makes it federally illegal in all of America to do nearly anything with even roadkilled birds.
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by bigbubba 6y ago
It's not whataboutism since they're not defending facebook.
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by bigbubba 6y ago
Something to consider; why don't orcas ever bite humans in the wild? The standard answer is we're too bony and taste bad. Maybe that's the reason, but it doesn't sit right with me. Sure we might be bony compared to se
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by bigbubba 6y ago
Per that chart, Japan predominantly hunts minke whales, and last took a single sperm whale in 2013. Indonesia kills approximately 20 sperm whales every year.
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by bigbubba 6y ago
Two points: 1) Japan does not presently hunt blue whales and hasn't for some years. 2) For the past few years Norwegians have killed more whales than the Japanese, yet the Japanese receive the lion's share of criticism for it. h
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by bigbubba 6y ago
One RTG is nothing, a handful of whole nuclear reactors have been dumped into the ocean before (a few of the accidentally, and a few of the deliberately.)
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by bigbubba 6y ago
Sure. From Wikipedia: > A derivation of Dr Woo's stochastic terrorism model was proffered by an anonymous blogger posting on Daily Kos in 2011 to describe public speech that can be expected to incite terrorism without a direct org
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by bigbubba 6y ago
Perhaps the RV was stolen from an American.
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by bigbubba 6y ago
I'm pretty sure I know what it means. If you want a more substantial reply, give me one first.

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