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  1. Damn! That video makes it look pretty fucking scary. Even more so realizing nobody had any idea it was coming.

    Question for the experts: If we had satellites in orbit way out towards the latter planets in our system to detect these things, would they be capable of alerting us ahead of time? And if so, by how much? For argument’s sake, let’s say you would need 24 hours to evacuate a city. How far out would that satellite need to be to relay the signal, allow for whatever length of time needed to do the math, and issue a warning in time?


    My guess is we'd need a PILE of satellites to see all that space. And if we did see one coming, it'd be tough to accurately predict where it'd hit.
  2. One interesting trend we're just now starting to see is the colocation of solar with the wind farms out in West Texas to take advantage of the land leases and already installed transmission lines to produce electricity on hot windless days.
    Several solar farms have been announced out there in the last few months. Moreover, batteries for surplus energy storage are also being installed. For example, the larget battery in the world is expected to be put in place in Borden County in the next couple of years.
    https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-02-13/texas-may-get-a-new-boast-amid-plans-for-world-s-largest-battery
    I'm curious. What type of batteries are those? I know the "high volume/low density" battery thing is very different than what you have in your phone.
  3. Our Constitution was written in part to make government action "hard." Electoral College, two Houses of Congress who are supposed to do the same thing, but have different motivations. A strong Judicial branch, and then 50 MORE governments (the States) to deal with.

    I'm not saying it's right or wrong, but much of what we're seeing is intentional. As stated above, it's a feature, not a glitch.

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  4. I’ll knock AP for fathering all those bastard kids way more than for going broke part. He, and many like him, are the same as too many lottery winners. Poor/middle class folks who all the sudden are rich.

    Like my cousin. Worked a factory job and won $180k. Did a buncha work on his house, bought dumb crap for his kids, etc. All he has to show for it now is an ex wife and a 2004 Dodge Rumble Bee pickup.

  5. In addition to non-existent gun safety and general lack of proper usage of course.

    Not actually drinking/sipping a drink.  Just bring it up to your mouth.  Should be acting 101.

    Never going to the bathroom.  This one doesn't bother me, but I know one of you is going to bring it up.

    A vehicle getting destroyed (usually in a landing of some kind) and then a cut to that same vehicle miraculously "repaired."  

    Chewing food forever.  ie:

     

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