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https://www.navalnews.com/naval-news/2024/04/u-s-navy-submarine-first-in-world-fitted-with-silent-caterpillar-drive/ They apparently built a magnetohydrodynamic drive into a sub a la The Hunt for Red October (One ping only Priscilly) Oh and Happy April Fools (Probably)

Interesting review. Probably a best case scenario because most EVs do not come close to their EPA rated ranges on highway tests (nor should they). The test was run from Colorado to Wyoming and back on a mid 60’s F day. Tesla Cybertruck Cyberbeast, 304 miles beat 301 EPA Range...

Spinning off from our State of the Union thread, Slate had an article detailing why Biden is having headwinds trying to convince the country the economy is objectively good. https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2024/03/biden-economy-voters-polling-numbers-covid-recovery.html “There is some...

Can’t make this shit up https://abcnews.go.com/amp/US/deputy-fires-weapon-after-mistaking-acorn-for-gunshot/story?id=107229338 Acorn falls on his patrol car, he screams shots fired, I’m hit while doing somersaults and then opens fire emptying the magazine into his car with an unarmed suspect...

Thought I would share this issue and solution I found installing a brand new Powercolor Hellhound Radeon 7900XT After installing the new card and fighting with Win10 to install the correct drivers I checked out some games. It would launch and run games fine, (briefly checked Skyrim, Doom...

https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/lewiston-maine-shootings-active-shooter-10-25-23/h_cf2d3ed8b4eb2601957f8d1be8d94187 Unsure of injured or dead but CNN. reporting 16 dead with 50-60 wounded. 10/25/23 10:00 PM CST Update: 22 dead.

It’s really hot out today: Our power provider just offered a significant bump in credits if we stop using power right now. Just checked ERCOT to see why: Committed capacity is just above demand: Let’s see what the spot prices are: Maxed out everywhere! Gotta love this state.

So the wife and I occasionally travel to Europe. In Europe they use Chip & PIN technology for their credit cards. When buying something the card reader or kiosk will ask for a PIN to verify the transaction. This is different than what we have for US credit card which are almost always Chip &...

https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/07/us/new-mexico-police-shooting-wrong-house/index.html Cops answer a domestic disturbance call at the wrong address. Homeowner answers door armed. Ends up shot. Wife trades shots with police before realizing they are police. No word on how many shots were...

https://thehill.com/homenews/3865813-texas-3rd-grader-finds-superintendents-gun-in-school-bathroom-parents-voice-concerns/amp/ The superintendent was using the restroom and took off his weapon before using the toilet. He then forgot it. A third grader found it and correctly left it alone and...

Saw this article and its findings are a confirmation of what I already suspected. https://www.yesmagazine.org/economy/2022/03/21/republican-conservative-america-angry Pick a government that’s not interested in your welfare only their donors and you to can be poorer and die younger.

So I read these articles this week: https://arstechnica.com/cars/2023/02/the-us-air-force-successfully-tested-this-ai-controlled-jet-fighter/ https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2023/02/ai-powered-bing-chat-loses-its-mind-when-fed-ars-technica-article/?comments=1&comments-page=2...

https://arstechnica.com/science/2023/01/us-still-has-the-worst-most-expensive-health-care-of-any-high-income-country/?comments=1&comments-page=1 Besides spending 18% of GDP (5% of GDP more than the next on the list) on health care we get 3 years less life expectancy than the average first...

The debt limit will be reached on the 19th necessitating “extraordinary means”. https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2023/01/13/us-will-hit-its-debt-limit-thursday-start-taking-steps-to-avoid-default-yellen-warns-congress.html What’s your default position on what’s going to happen?

https://www.texastribune.org/2022/12/19/texas-power-grid-winter-weather/ Looking at potentially 2-3 days of freezing temperatures. ERCOT says it’s ready, but do we believe them? Place your bets!

https://www.rawstory.com/students-told-they-were-going-to-career-fair-taken-to-anti-lgbt-church-service-instead/ 2100 HS seniors were told they were going to a career fair. Instead it was basically an anti-LBGTQ church service instead. “According to reports, many of the students came away from...

Since Texas is such a large state there has been a Texas Universal Service Fee that all cell and land line users pay that provides coverage to rural areas. (A hand out to the Texas rural minority if you will). Apparently the state wasn't keeping up with payments and the fund fell into debt...

The first scientific pics from JWST were made public today. They look amazing JWST: Stephan’s Quintet Southern Ring Nebula some pretty amazing shots. They basically said the “deep field” shot at the top they took one morning. It would have taken Hubble days to weeks.

Trailer was released today. Taika Waititi is back as director. The Guardians are in it along with Jeff Goldblum. I loved what Waitit did with Thor Ragnarok so I’m looking forward to see him direct this cast. The poster looks like He-Man and the trailer has Guns and Roses. Definitely...

Well if accurate this is interesting. Fox is the only news sources that breaks 50% for conservatives. Everything else less than half trust. For liberals there are several options which 2/3 of liberals trust.

What I’m looking for is if anyone knows whether a port replicator exists that will take a single USB C cable and output USB for a keyboard/mouse and display port for a monitor? As a birthday present I ordered an HP Envy 15 (i7 11gen 8C/16T, 16GB Ram, 3050Ti) for my teenage daughter to replace...

Thought I’d kick off the thread. What will we see tonight? Other than the first President since 2016 who can talk in complete sentences.

https://projects.propublica.org/toxmap/ This is pretty cool. Plug in your zip code and see how much of a risk increase in cancer from air pollution you have. EPA accepted air pollution/cancer risk is a risk increase of 1 in 10,000 Heres a pic of Houston for example.

Unsurprisingly not well: https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/08/a-look-back-at-very-bad-predictions-of-global-cooling/ The flip side to this is also true. Those who have opposed climate science’s conclusions—they’re a broad menagerie, including scientists in different fields...

https://arstechnica.com/science/2021/06/biggest-health-insurer-plans-to-deny-er-bills-if-it-doubts-you-had-an-emergency/ Health care insurer United Healthcare plans to retroactively deny coverage if you go to the ER and they decide your condition wasn’t serious enough to warrant going to the...

https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2021/05/26/transgender-sports-bill-dies-in-house-after-failing-to-beat-midnight-deadline/ The anti-trans athlete bill would have prevented trans school kids from playing on their preffered gender based team ostensibly to protect girls from being hurt by...

Do you have a problem where your laptops can connect to your router? Are you scared of the 5Gs getting access to your information! Look no further than a Router Faraday Cage...

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/capitol-security-threat-04-02-21/h_fef335c57e96aa464325eee02a21bc0a Anyone else following along?

I can say the used car market is insane right now and we might be as well since I ended up with two new cars in one day. Long Story coming up. Last weekend we had our old 2009 Malibu LTZ and 2015 Suburban. We also had my 2013 Subaru BRZ which we had been planning to replace with a Tesla. We...

https://apnews.com/article/technology-politics-national-security-hacking-e8a2e819f7cc6982f6a72f8c85209b72 Hackers broke into the networks of federal agencies including the Treasury and Commerce departments in attacks revealed just days after U.S. officials warned that cyber actors linked to...

https://www.cnn.com/2020/10/22/politics/mitch-mcconnell-bruised-hands/index.html CNN)Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell did not answer questions about his health Thursday, only saying there were "no concerns" after reporters asked him about what appeared to be bruises and bandages on his...

AOC held her first Twitch stream. She played Among Us with 435,000 concurrent viewers watching. Rep Ilhan Omar and some popular twitch personalities played along. The stream was to encourage voting and discussion of politics...

NY Times Link Interviews with eight people who either received copies of the memo or were briefed on aspects of it as it spread among investors in New York and elsewhere provide a glimpse of how elite traders had access to information from the administration that helped them gain financial...

Since no one started one. Here it is.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2020/09/17/texas-deputies-reportedly-got-steakhouse-gift-cards-using-force/3484360001/ Williamson County, Texas, Sheriff’s Office leaders rewarded deputies who used force on the job with steakhouse gift cards, according to two former...

This guy always has interesting breakdowns on how people’s body’s fail and end up in the ICU. In this case (from several years ago) the patient ran so many bitcoin rigs in his room during a heat wave with no air conditioning that he suffered heat stroke and brain damage.

Looks real. My guess industrial accident at the port. https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/08/large-explosion-rocks-lebanon-capital-beirut-200804153400078.html Edit: CNN says fireworks warehouse.

This being 2020 I’m sure taking fungus from Chernobyl that lives on radiation and experimenting on it in space will probably create the protomolecule from the Expanse but until then it’s kind of cool: fungus radiation shielding...

Boiler Up and Hammer Down!