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  1. What source is there that this was TATP? And fwiw that is way way more hazardous than picric acid.
  2. Since they really are aiming for the 1800's, back then interest rates were like 3-4 percent I think, so at least we got that going for us...
  3. The treasury bonds are not callable by the holder, rather the US government must pay interest over the full term (up to 30 years), then pays back the principal at the end. So China (or anybody else) cannot force the US government to pay early. What they CAN do is stop buying more US treasury bonds. If we did try and default on paying them, that would cause an economic disaster that would make this current one seem like chump change. So we will probably try that next.
  4. 10-Year ain't cash. 3 to 6 month is cash-equivalent, but 10 years is different.
  5. This. Berkshire Hathaway is mostly an insurance company, followed by a diverse collection of wholly owned companies, that followed by a probably less diverse collection of public shares in companies.
  6. Per this link, urine is about 9.3 g urea/liter, so a little less than 1%. So you need maybe 35 times as much volume. You will add a lot of salt which probably borks things up, but you do you. More beer probably won't help though, that just means you pee more water, and there is probably not much (if any) increase in the amount of dissolved solids, they just get diluted more. https://chem.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Introductory_Chemistry/Fundamentals_of_General_Organic_and_Biological_Chemistry_(LibreTexts)/29%3A_Body_Fluids/29.08%3A_Urine_Composition_and_Function
  7. Hey, props to Helobious for actually recognizing that he did not know something. I doubt that ChickenSandwich will ever have nearly that much self-awareness.
  8. This would work just fine, unfortunately. Ma Ferguson out front should have told you...
  9. Check the date. I hope so, anyways...
  10. To make things more interesting, there are currently at least 3 (and up to 7) B-2 bombers that have been staged to Diego Garcia, away from the US base where they normally are based. There are 3 aircraft visible in satellite photos, parked right next to the 4 special purpose hangars built for the B-2, which might well also have a B-2 inside right now. Apparently, as they were flying out that way, the B-2 were communicating on open frequencies, so people could identify the call signs as B-2 aircraft. Not sure if that is typical or not, but aircraft nerds or such managed to pick up at least 5 call signs for B-2 aircraft, one of which had to make an emergency landing at Pearl Harbor.
  11. I have only been to Quito and the mountains, so I don't know about Guayaquil particularly, but based on my experience in the country: An amazing variety of fruits. Breakfast may include both the fruit directly and juices. Some familiar, some you have never heard of. Besides breakfast, there was a great variety of fruit flavored ice cream. I wish I had tried a lot more of those, both for the variety, and also the names were often different than I was used to. E.g. strawberry was fruitilla not fresa.
  12. No, they will say that Tesla is the only American auto maker.
  13. To make sure that you have a memorable encounter with these magnificent sneks, for only about $10K you can get a spot on a scuba diving trip to swim with them and get a nice close up view. https://www.bigfishexpeditions.com/trips/scuba-diving/anacondas/
  14. (The?) one good thing about private equity is that they specifically do NOT care about quarterly figures to keep Wall Street shareholders happy (because there are not any of them). There are plenty of problems with private equity but blaming them for the short-term thinking that the stock market encourages is definitely not one of them.
  15. pantone159

    SXSW 2025

    The German 'Die' is pronounced DEE, not DYE. Fwiw since this apparently has nothing to do with the band name
  16. I just discovered this creature is correctly spelled as helicoprion and it is indeed awesome. The doomlet is on to something...
  17. That is basically the entire job description for the board. But if they are all in the CEO's pocket, then...
  18. 'How to lucid dream' with 'Sleep paralysis demon' seems like something you could work with. Possibly involving mysteriously non-rotting gourds.
  19. It has to be better than his voice.
  20. I have bought a tiny bit. There is one specific design of the US proof platinum coin that I like, and I have the 1/10, 1/4, and 1/2 ounce already, and I might get the 1 ounce if I can find it for sale not too much over spot. And I kind of want to get some platinum wire for science experiments. I don't think it would be a good investment, but the price of platinum seems very reasonable now, so if there is something you want that is platinum, now is a good time to get it. I expect that I would get a bad deal if I ever tried to sell it though.
  21. I think that the exact size of this asteroid is still not known well, so we don't know how much of an impact it will make yet. The estimates are based on how bright the asteroid is, and then if you assume that it is made of stuff that is of 'average brightness', then you can figure out how big the asteroid must be to be as bright as it is. The problem, is that there is no certainty that it is made of average material, so it could be smaller (good) or larger (bad) than the estimates. I think the JWST observations are expected to improve this measurement as well.
  22. They are going to track it with the James Webb Space Telescope to get a better measurement of its exact orbit. The reason that the probability is not either 0% or 100% is because the orbit is not known precisely enough. Whether it will hit or not is already completely determined, we just don't know the answer yet. But a very good orbit determination will hopefully settle it.
  23. Jalen Hurts scored 3 two years ago, that was the first.
  24. Since USPS is now holding packages from China, how do I get my Temu stuff now???
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