AngryCommieKender @ AngryCommieKender @lemmy.world

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If you can get me safely to .999 C, slow me down, and get me back to Earth at .999 C, sure. The entire trip for me would only be about two years, provided a consistent 1 G of acceleration. Just please make it so that reversing acceleration doesn't completely screw me, so my spaceship doesn't have to do a complicated flip a bit after the halfway point on each trip. I'm certain that wouldn't be good for my stomach.

Beyond that, the sun has about 5 billion years before we might not be able to starlift it back to a "younger" state, so The Earth and Venus may not exist at all if we don't get our asses in gear for sustainable intragalactic life in the next century or so.

It's not just US aircraft. Most military aircraft have the ability to turn off their transponders. That's kinda SOP when flying a mission.

The main difference with many US military aircraft is that they have a tiny radar cross sections, so ATC can't "see" them, not just can't "hear" them. That refuling plane should have shown on radar, transponder or not. That thing is literally about the size of three barns, not the nuclear physics kind, and literally can't have much in the way of radar stealth the way the plane it was refueling probably had.

The other main difference here is that normally our joint chiefs, and secretary of defense war don't have their head up their asses about OPSEC. Normally such an operation would have not come anywhere near civilian flight paths, but these assholes literally said that the troops should be "drawing fire."

Well they have to be officers so, at bare minimum you're probably looking at 21 if the pilot in question went through ROTC, and performed well enough academically to gain some grants or scholarships privately, and use the GI bill through the Air Force, or Navy. I really don't remember if you can rent a car at 21, 23, or 25.

I would wager the average age of our pilots is probably closer to 24 or 25 than 21, maybe even closer to 29. Once you get that job, they tend to retire. Either early at a minimum of 12 years with limited pension, or at 20 years with a full pension. There really aren't a lot of engagements in the air for us.

That's a regressive way of thinking. Revenge doesn't actually feel good once you are done, it feels wrong. Put them in a rehabilitative program so that they will learn why what they did was wrong, and how much harm they did to themselves and others.

He was able to do what he could do. Believe me when I say that there's absolutely a wall that most people never hit when it comes to shooting a living being, human or not. Most people never hit that wall, because they never seek out the activities that would cause you to hit that wall. I couldn't shoot my first deer. Shooting my first human was a bit easier, as I actually shot them, but still caused hesitation. I don't know about the second human or second animal, and I hope I never find out. Unfortunately, with the way things are going, I suspect I will have to shoot more people to survive.

No worries. I'll block the community so I'm not constantly asking for recipes. I'm not a vegan, and can't become vegan for health reasons, so I won't intrude on your safe space.

Derail Valley Simulator is actually quite chill, once you have an idea of how to handle your trains. I have almost $7,000,000 saved up to see how big of a boom I can cause without going into debt, or hurting my engines and caboose.

Do you have recipes for all of those?

Whole lotta food for a medieval peasant. Probably a decent amount even for a tradesman or farm.

If we can convince him to take a bunch of Donnie's Adderall, his liver might give out.

The nazis don't realize they aren't anonymous on Lemmy

That's why I dropped pre-law. I realized I cared more about winning than the law, and didn't want to end up, not where that dude is, but somewhere tangential.

They'll voluntarily weaken themselves, if there's corruption to be had. The US is currently following that particular playbook, which causes me to wonder what's currently being irreparably broken.

Good luck finding an actual Newsome supporter. I live in CA, and voted Newsome. The thing is, I only voted Newsome in the General. I don't remember who I voted for in the primary, doesn't matter. They didn't win.

As far as I can tell, from talking with people, that's how Newsome got all his votes. I'm sure someone out there actually likes him, but I've yet to meet them.

Same could be said for lying Todd Gloria, who ran on housing first policies, and just rounded up and jailed all the homeless people in San Diego

Ironically, a decent chunk of the most successful businesses out there actually did start in an economic downturn, however I suspect survivorship bias is playing a role there.

Pastor read her Bible, and is trying to be Christlike? Color me impressed.

It's also Dick Van Dykes 100th birthday today!

Is that because If the Emperor had a Text to Speech isn't satire, but 94% canon?

How did you get a blurry photo of Luigi?