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Captainant

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  1. 1 minute ago, SimonBolivar said:

    Jesus, and I complain about the normal one hour with six people. I can't imagine a 6-hour interview, that sounds exhausting and really boring as you repeat the same damn answer 6 times in a day.

    Where I am, we break it up into 4 or 5 45 minute interviews that are intentionally planned to cover different disciplines and skills and traits, so it's at least not monotonous for the interviewee. But it is a grind, wether you're the sausage or turning the crank

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  2. Love that ocean spray on the beach? It's probably full of PFAS. 

    https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2024/apr/19/ocean-spray-pfas-study

    Ocean waves crashing on the world’s shores emit more PFAS into the air than the world’s industrial polluters, new research has found, raising concerns about environmental contamination and human exposure along coastlines.

    The study measured levels of PFAS released from the bubbles that burst when waves crash, spraying aerosols into the air. It found sea spray levels were hundreds of thousands times higher than levels in the water.

    The contaminated spray likely affects groundwater, surface water, vegetation, and agricultural products near coastlines that are far from industrial sources of PFAS, said Ian Cousins, a Stockholm University researcher and the study’s lead author.

    “There is evidence that the ocean can be an important source [of PFAS air emissions],” Cousins said. “It is definitely impacting the coastline.”

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  3. 12 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

    The adversarial, competitive nature of trials is supposed to produce a good facsimile of truth in the sense of iron sharpens iron. But I wonder sometimes if the gamesmanship doesn't produce unjust results. 

    Good faith is a fertile ground upon which trumpism and fascism thrives. That basic presumption of civility is exploited and weaponized to create the sort of unequal justice we've been enjoying for a good long while. 

    Trump is getting free extensions on his prima facie fraudulent bond, simply because the system is built with the expectation of people not lying to the courts face. The system is so incredibly vulnerable to garbage in; garbage out, and it's the main lever of obstructionism he routines uses. 

    The gamesmanship doesn't guarantee unjust results, but it certainly sets the table for them. 

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  4. 4 minutes ago, fattyflattie said:

    Claiming “the data shows” without presenting data does not make it a fact.  That may even be construed as misrepresentation of reality, and insisting someone accept it. Accusations, confessions, rah rah. 

    Is this another thing where you're claiming I said something that I didn't? You're hittin the chick fil a too hard man, you're shadowboxin with ghost posts

  5. 35 minutes ago, fattyflattie said:

    How is that?  Oh no, I simply cannot bear to hear an opposing opinion.  Please mod, come take care of this, even though an ignore function exists. I just cannot take it!!1!

    You aren't bringing a different opinion. You're bringing alternative facts and material misrepresentions of reality and insisting we accept them as true before you will engage. 

    That is trolling my guy. 

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  6. 2 hours ago, YGIFS said:

    And you’ll be pleased to know, that I’ve notified all of your local draft boards and let them know that you are now, all, all eligible for military service.  Except Kyle who is both physically and mentally unfit for Basic.  

    I think he could've qualified for McNamara's unit

  7. 14 minutes ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

    As far as your question, Ford has been in business for 121 years, has sold more than 400 million vehicles, and they're still making "bush league"  mistakes. It would appear that it's hard to make cars.

    Making 800 errors in a run of 400,000 vehicles is one thing.

    Making 800 errors in a run of 4,000 vehicles is another thing entirely. Especially while charging an absolute premium complete with waitlists for their shit box. 

     

    Not sure why there's such a weird reflex to jump to elmos defense on Surly

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  8. 5 minutes ago, Hornius Emeritus said:

    I'm no defender of Elon or Tesla, though I was impressed with a Tesla Model S that I drove, but recalls are part-and-parcel of operating a car company these days.  My Altima has had several.  Ford just recalled 450,000+ Broncos because they might lose drive power while driving, increasing the chances of an accident.  So I guess I don't understand the fixation that some have with regards to Tesla having recalls.

    https://www.foxbusiness.com/fox-news-auto/ford-recalls-450000-vehicles-due-loss-drive-power

    Tesla has ten times the market cap of Ford. Why are they making bush league mistakes on extremely limited runs of cars if they're supposed to be worth more than the next five largest automakers combined?

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  9. 26 minutes ago, Dnaguy said:

    My buddy in Houston got one of these plans after he got his Tesla and started charging it and deep cooling at night.

    I didn’t quite give him the savings he was after.

    So he got two of the Tesla batteries installed (solar panels were back ordered)

    He’d charge his car, batteries, and get his house down to like 65 at night. Use the battery during the day. His bill dropped by at least half.

    They finally got his solar panels in and installed them.

    It’s a rare month where he pays anything for electricity…. Which is nuts to say in Houston, Tx.

    I don’t know what his ROI is for what he dropped…. But his feeling that he’s hacked the system gives him something that’s hard to quantitate. 

    This is the dream, he'll have decent power resiliency when ERCOT inevitably shits the bed again and leaves the state dark

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  10. 1 minute ago, fattyflattie said:

    LOL  EvErYoNe I dIsAgReE wItH iS a FaScHiSt!!!!1!1

    Cant wait to stop paying for the college of fucking lol deadbeats.  Bonus to replace a long tooth justice or two with some younger blood.

    You literally just said you want things to"swing hard" the other way from Biden. You let me know the predominant theme among the hard right. I hear they're very fine people. 

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