Everything posted by Horn of Gabriel
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San Antonio Spurs 2019-2020 season thread: Just here for the HEB commercials
Good win to get to the nine seed. Tough games coming up.
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San Antonio Spurs 2019-2020 season thread: Just here for the HEB commercials
And then DeMar hits the FT to put us up lol
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San Antonio Spurs 2019-2020 season thread: Just here for the HEB commercials
Poeltl has been a pleasant surprise as well.
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San Antonio Spurs 2019-2020 season thread: Just here for the HEB commercials
Not sure how we didn’t get some foul calls on our last 3 drives in Q1. Nice to see Patty hit some 3 balls. He keeps going under screens and leaving shooters open thou.
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San Antonio Spurs 2019-2020 season thread: Just here for the HEB commercials
GSG! Let’s take it to the Grizz
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2 Ecobee3 lite thermostats
I'm interested, but how are they not compatible with your system? Are they also refurb? Apparently the Carrier Infinity system the prior owner put in has proprietary wiring that is not like everything else on the market? It only works with its thermostat. Bummer. Yes, I bought the refurbs. Coronavirus is free! Yes, in Austin.
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No WAY is that the Same Actor/Actress
Not that he looks that different but I never realized that John Ratzenberger was in Empire Strikes Back...
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DKR planning for 50% capacity for the fall
This seems very un-CDC like to roll out a big announcement like that without having all the various stakeholders already looped in and standing next to him. Either that, or Austin and the Travis County Commissioners were verbally on board and wanted to let CDC float the trial balloon announcement so they could come out later and be "surprised."
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China Has ‘First-Strike’ Capability To Melt U.S. Power Grid With Electromagnetic Pulse Weapon
LOL, let's go to the OP! ...learn to read bud!
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China Has ‘First-Strike’ Capability To Melt U.S. Power Grid With Electromagnetic Pulse Weapon
EMP has a "fallout" radius, just like a nuke, depending on size and altitude of detonation.
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China Has ‘First-Strike’ Capability To Melt U.S. Power Grid With Electromagnetic Pulse Weapon
We're literally discussing a hypothetical, hop off your high horse. So we have more cropland but we're more technology dependent than ever in ag production, from H20 control to harvest. Not sure how that farmer is going to do it when his tech dies, no GPS automation, etc. And even if he is able to do it all manually, in this scenario trucking and distribution is also knocked way down in capacity. Who knows what a full on EMP attack can actually affect? I hope we never get to find out. Maybe it's half as bad as I speculated above...we only lose 100M people. The point is polite society is more on a knife's edge than people appreciate, as illustrated by the COVID panic shopping, the Texas gas "shortage" a few years back, Katrina, and a million other examples. Only in this scenario the devastation isn't localized to city or state like a hurricane, it's much more far reaching. The expert who wrote the book I and someone else linked above says (with data to back it up) that a properly executed EMP could knock out a lot more than we think. Then again, if I were a terrorist with the ability to do an EMP attack, I'd probably just go straight for a nuke attack in a major city; maybe less impactful geographically but more impactful psychologically.
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China Has ‘First-Strike’ Capability To Melt U.S. Power Grid With Electromagnetic Pulse Weapon
This shit is my wheelhouse. There are 2 questions: How likely is an EMP attack to occur? How bad would it be if it did happen? On "How Likely," I think the answer is "not very likely," although the % goes up each year. To perform a high-altitude EMP (HEMP) requires state-level sponsorship, sophistication, and technology. Right now that means an ICBM or something close to it. Near peer states like China know it would trigger a MAD scenario, along with how intertwined they are to our economy. If you're looking for something different to worry about, it's not China doing an EMP, it's the delivery and technology becoming commoditized enough that a shithole country or terrorist group is able to execute it. Who do we fire our nukes at when some anonymous terror group pilot a container ship in the Pacific or Atlantic or Gulf of Mexico right up to our doorstep and fires off an EMP from there? Container delivered nukes/EMPs are very possible right now. I'm a lot more worried about a country with nothing left to lose than I am China. Which is why it's in our interest for Russia's economy to be better and not so petrol based, but that's a different thread... On "How bad," the answer is "really, really bad." At least for a HEMP. Basically, 90% of the U.S. population could die within two years. Think about it: our population is completely, totally dependent on technology. Technology drives crop production, distribution, factories, trucks, internet, everything. A really strong EMP that fries transformers, sidelines trucking, knocks out farming and production equipment...and what are we back to? An agrarian society circa early 1900's. That level of technology doesn't have the carrying capacity for 330M+ people. You saw what happened with COVID-19 and people freaking out over toilet paper, that's was nothing. Trucks go down and stores are empty in 2-3 days. Refrigeration and air conditioning, done. If you're like me and require temperature controlled medicine like insulin, you're dead within a few months. The rest die in food riots and civil unrest before the succumb to famine, and then disease. All those wonderful medical technologies and drugs we've developed? Useless or inaccessible now. Live in or near a major city? The government isn't coming to help, you're on your own. Oh, you have your own farm/ranch? Great, I hope you're more than a tank of gas from any major population center because guess who is coming for your shit - everyone. Anyway, it's not a good picture and I try not to think about it. If you really want to go down the rabbit hole on this, read the One Second After book trilogy by William Forstchen. Just don't be surprised when you turn into a prepper.
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Door to Door Sales Cocksuckers
I had 2 different d2d salespeople come by over the past week. We've been in COVID-19 self-quarantine after testing positive. They did the normal bullshit of spewing their words and getting halfway through their spiel before I had the door open and I just said "Oh, sorry man we're COVID positive in here right now." One guy literally RAN back down the walkway, lol. I think we'll remain "COVID positive" for awhile here.
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I think I may have Covid-19 thread - 2 confirmed cases
Hopefully my last update... M-Th last week was shitty. See above updates. Friday I started feeling better. Energy was back up, nausea went away. By Sunday and through to today Tuesday, I'm feeling like a million bucks relatively - my energy is 95% and the only lingering symptom I have is a light and intermittent cough. I did work out with some light weightlifting last night and felt pretty winded, but I also have been nursing a groin pull so I've been off for several weeks and it's hard to say how much is COVID and how much is just being off. I do feel like it's hard to take a really deep breath, if I try to force my lungs full of air, it starts a coughing fit. When things calm down if I'm not back to 100% I'll see about getting a scan to look for damage, but just sitting around the house, playing with the kids or working on the computer, I feel fine at this point.
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2 Ecobee3 lite thermostats
These apparently aren’t compatible with my system. Paid $129/ea, selling for $50/ea. Link to this model on ecobee's website: https://www.ecobee.com/en-us/smart-thermostats/certified-refurbished-ecobee3-lite/
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I think I may have Covid-19 thread - 2 confirmed cases
Thanks - tell me more about your experience. I’m about to enter week 2.
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I think I may have Covid-19 thread - 2 confirmed cases
Day 4/5 update... Got worse before i got better. Day 4 took a big dip in terms of every and nausea. Was probably in bed for 16 hrs. Something as simple as getting to the bathroom and back to bed was really draining. Sleep is really fucked up because you’re so drained you HAVE to be in bed, but you’re in bed so much that you are uncomfortable no matter how you’re positioned. Finally on Thursday night I was able to get some real sleep. Woke up today and felt a lot better. Cough is down 80%, but still there. Aches are down 60% but no pounding headache. Appetite is coming back. My energy is probably only 30-40% of normal. Seems like these symptoms come in waves so one day you’re up and the next you’re down.
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I think I may have Covid-19 thread - 2 confirmed cases
Did I stutter? I said "wife"
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I think I may have Covid-19 thread - 2 confirmed cases
We're still alive! Days 1-2 I couldn't tell you much about, because I basically slept. Seriously I slept almost 24 hrs from Monday around noon and work up Tuesday at 11am. I was up for a few hours Tuesday but really drained. Full body aches, headache, low-grade fever, dry cough, nausea, diarrhea. The worst though I just feeling like you got run over by a truck. Now today, Wednesday, my cough is less but my energy is just shit. Just getting out of bed to sit at my desk and browse surly I can only do for an hour or two before I need to lay down again. I'm not out of breath or have any issues there but I have low appetite, and no energy. It's hard to sleep at night because of the aches and when you're in bed 16 hrs a day you get uncomfortable. But...better today than day 1. Wife is 3-4 days ahead of me in terms of symptoms - she's got some energy back, still low though. She's also lost her taste and smell.
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I think I may have Covid-19 thread - 2 confirmed cases
Welp the wife (no pics) and I tested positive today. We both feel really achy, sore, small cough, headache. She has a Lo grade fever and diarrhea, I don’t yet. We’re both early 40’s, no underlying for her...I have hashimoto’s thyroidosis and type 1 diabetes. My blood sugars have been bad today, really high, which happens when I get sick. Any ideas what we are in for from here?
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Classic Car thread
According to VintageAir it's a Sanden compressor, people refer to it as rotary but it's actually axial 🤷♂️
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Truck Nuts
I applaud your fine taste!
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Classic Car thread
‘Cuda update! Engine installed back into the bay, vintage air compressor installed. New pullies, brake lines are in, FI tech is on but not yet configured, new master cylinder installed, new fuel pump and filters installed. Still waiting on steering box.
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Truck Nuts
I did, yes
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Truck Nuts
nm, I found the CarPlay2Air USB device...unfortunately doesn't support the 2020 GMCs yet.