Guy just has to live everything by his own eyes doesn’t he? I guess this is what happens when you don’t trust anyone.
Gives Bagaram to the Taliban, decides to take it back. Dissolves NAFTA, mostly brings it back Wants to give Ukraine to Russia, now wants to fight Russia Wants to dissolve NATO, now wants to use NATO to shoot down airplanes What’s next, the TPP? Siding with Palestine?
Dude is the pure definition of that “I made this” meme
Not sure why I hadn’t thought about this before, but this seems like a fantastic idea for missile defense. Just have a constant wave of drones near each significant city that can move in unison to the threatened area and act as explosive chaff to absorb the strikes.
I could see this being used as a line in nuclear missile deterrent if they were high enough - just flood the zone.
Texas may have some crap politics statewide, but the major cities are top notch and Hill Country is a national treasure, same goes for the brisket and the old style country music.
One of these days I’ll get down to Big Bend and up to the mountains in the west.
I recently got down to Austin and was lucky enough to see the bats fly out from the bridge downtown. Millions of bats, was a sight to behold.
Man that is another state that is full of wonderful nuggets. Philly is chock full of American Independence history. Pittsburgh has cleaned up a lot and is beautiful there by 3 rivers. People love the Eagles and Steelers. Carnegie Mellon and Penn St are powerhouses. Sesame Place, Hershey Park, 6 flags. Tough parts of the AT go through PA. Turnpike has decent rest stops. Strong Union presence. Decent railroads. Erie is a cool little town by the lake with that Isle right there.
And then all in the middle of the state you basically have a carbon copy of wild n wonderful West Virginia. What’s not to like?
I’ve traveled a lot of places. This one’s home.
Ohio is way too high. I moved there for a year, first time I talked to the cashier at the local grocery store, I said I moved here from so and so and her knee jerk response was a snarky “why?”
Cleveland is the best hidden gem about that state and that’s saying something.
Also, I’ve oddly had a few good ventures out in Alabama. Fairhope on the bay in particular was much nicer than my preconceived notions had expected. There’s a few good fancy restaurants in downtown Montgomery that are cheaper than equivalents in other states. And Auburn’s campus is a dream, hate what happened to those trees on Toomer’s corner though.
What is there to say? A community wiped off the map, so much loss. They held this territory for a year longer than most pundits expected, and used it as a stalwart to prevent the Russians from blitzkrieging the rest of Donetsk. If nothing else, this proves that Ukrainians are some of the roughest, toughest fighters on this planet. And they’re willing to fight for democracy and freedom. I wish I could say the same of people in my country.
So I’ve had this thought for 20+ years but can’t seem to get it to work. Maybe someone smarter than me can make it work.
The Curie point of Gadolinium is around room temperature. If you put a high powered magnet on one end and then generate some external heat and include a spring (or crank arm) on the magnetic end, you could produce a piston, similar to a sterling engine.
Now, if you add this cooling material as a heat sink, you could likely rapidly cool the gadolinium material back below the Curie point, making a more efficient engine, perhaps even producing something that could do a bit of work.
I made some prototypes back in the day, but the ferromagnetic material would always eventually get locked with the magnets. My rudimentary engineering skills could never get the external heat source quite right. Perhaps someone with a bit more ingenuity will take this and run with it.
Also, old broken microwaves are a great way to salvage some pretty strong magnets.
And be careful when handling gadolinium, it’s known to cause kidney and nerve damage.
Yet one more reason why people in the US are not having kids.
What’s your excuse, Russia?
A quorum of forums.
Give a man a Roquefort, he can eat for day. Give a man a Ferrari SF90 Stradale, he can eat for a lifetime.
Hey buddy, we don’t take kindly to you just making up countries round these parts.
Clearly whatever country you are talking about fell off the edge of our rectangle a long time ago.
If dumpster fire wants to get 50% of Ukraine’s rare earths on the pink side of the map, then I hope he goes over there and tries to grab them himself.
I hear that when you’re a plant, they just let you do it.
I see gramps from Illinois is typing his questions into the wrong search bar again.
Hmm instructions unclear, requires further investigation of these peoples.
I propose we send four horseman over there to go investigate.
At long last, now women can also feel the pain that comes with getting your external bits caught in a jeans’ zipper.