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US somehow felt empowered yet lost Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afghanistan and within 800 more days Iran wars
oh and North Korea built an entire nuclear + missile program
you'd think there would be a change of spending/priorities, it's clearly pointless
you mean NEW MODELS are being introduced with lighter faster foams
not the same model year to year
modern example: Saucony Endorphin Speed
v1 in 2020 was award winning
v2 in 2021 was almost the same, more praise
v3 bleh
v4 v5 bleh bleh
they cannot resist tampering
most running shoe series get heavier year to year as manufacturers turn to cheaper materials and add cushioning to try to attract more adopters
it's almost universal, very few manufacturers seem to be able to resist tampering
(heavier shoes are slower, every three ounces is equal to another vo2max point lost)
(no longer updated?) https://gcemetery.co
we don't use domestic oil, we sell it overseas
and oil until pop-up "ai" datacenters was not used for power production
you are thinking about solar and wind power for coal's demise
which now they are also defunding, even worse reusing the funds for coal investment
so safe bet that cancer rates are never going to be lower than they are today
remember US also just deregulated all pollution from power plants, funded re-starting coal plants and dropped car engine efficiency requirements
oh they are also trying to double oil-fracking output which toxifies groundwater and air for miles around it with offgassing
every rocket launch and deorbit by starlink et all also put toxic pollution into the atmosphere
so next decade should end well for cancer rates
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMjo_UY8vEM
Physics Explained channel had a good episode too but the math melted my brain
we are living in the absolute stupidest times
and I am not even sure how this is possible by the Executive without Congress so it's probably illegal like everything else he does
ala a targeted "starfish prime" event
it would take out virtually every power transformer on every pole
exhausting all replacements for years
no specialized EMP needed and no direct strike needed
not sure what would happen to homes hardwired with solar
oh it would also take out every satellite in orbit as they would pass through the new artificial allen belt
doubt China would do this, however Putin could get desperate enough if he starts to lose his war entirely
* https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Starfish_Prime
* https://www.science.org/content/article/us-tests-ways-sweep-...
you will not get "AI" results
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very small, very light (under 30 pounds for a car) with massive power and torque
no stator yoke, less or no rare-earths
but it's at least a decade away from practical use
not unless there is a leap in shielding technology
and as someone 60, let me explain you have no idea how your shift in desire will become quality of life, less pain and suffering
but we'll actually get technology to improve aging and quality of life in aging way before humans are able to travel to Mars and live there
I mean what's there if you aren't going to survive?
Go live in a desert if you want a living challenge, it's same thing but far less radiation
it's physically impossible with current technology for humans to survive a trip to Mars and live on the surface
space really, really wants to kill life
cosmic rays will kill humans before they even make it to Mars
there is no current technology that shields from cosmic rays
we should appreciate the earth greatly for its atmosphere and magnetosphere that shields us from them
best emulation idea so far is to surround astronauts with several feet of water
but we don't have the lift capacity for that much water weight
the total time on the moon outside the capsule per person maximum was 22 hours
the astronauts kept seeing bursts of light even with their eyes closed
when NASA inspected the helmets there were microscopic groove where some had made it all the way through
cosmic rays are physical particles traveling near the speed of light
the bursts of light were their nerves and other cells being destroyed by the cosmic rays
it was happening to their brains and CNS too
mice exposed to simulated cosmic rays became slow and stupid
they'd just tell all their export ships to turn around and stop all exports
US would collapse in 30 days
it would be like the blockade US is doing to Cuba except 90% of every product we use and they wouldn't have to fire a single shot
they could also sell off the billions in US bonds and other assets
US economy would be utterly destroyed, we'd never recover because even the middle-class would be living out of their cars (now dead because all the parts for them are made in China)
one out of every three people is going to be doing last mile delivery of some kind
they don't even need to be able to read english because they all ignore delivery notes, if GPS takes them off a cliff or to the wrong town they will happily follow it because they never learned to read a map
all b&m stores will go "dark warehouse"
how anyone is going to afford delivery I am not sure
but since you won't be able to afford health care or owning a home or even a car at some point, "spare cash" until you die young?
my Stryd has a pitot tube and can detect 1mph wind fairly accurately
some advanced drones also have pitot tubes
oddly cheering for this but I doubt it will end well
* https://www.reuters.com/world/china/how-china-built-its-manh...
except there now have been hundreds if not thousands of those murders
the gun argument against regulation is "it's a right and it would bother too many legit rights"
so same energy, "voting is a right and would bother too many legit rights"
there you go
let me know when guns are harder to get than voting
and when child murders by gun are fewer than "illegal votes"
then we can talk
DOJ just ordered teenagers can buy handguns, soon by US mail, good luck with that
do you understand how many billions are being spent on this voter blocking effort?
how many dollars per voter do you want to spend? it's currently hundreds per voter
so find each accidental "illegal vote" is literally costing MILLIONS to find
and there is NOTHING stopping an audit AFTER a close election and reversing the result in courts
but can't undo the child murder, ever
also if they weren't citizens they would have been deported by now
that's how we know none of the claims are true
I mean think about what's gone down the past year, citizens grabbed and disappeared by ICE for weeks, people deported to third countries they've never been to and have US travel warning for extreme danger
you think a single voting fraud wouldn't be on FOX every single night and the front page of whitehouse .gov?
it's all noise
and the irony is it's the 50% of citizen latino voters that put them in power in the first place, it's why the total panic now to scare them off from the polls when they change their minds
remember Heritage Foundation spent a small fortune to try to find illegal voting over the past decades and they only found a handful of cases, most accidental and not willful and far too few to cause any effect at all
if the Dems get the Senate somehow and don't immediately pass laws to protect voting against actions of the Executive, well then they deserve to lose 2028
of course he'll veto everything but there might be enough will to override
but really, they all are, look what Grok did to hundreds of Iranian children
* https://thehill.com/policy/technology/5928204-pentagon-musk-...
string theory, 11 dimensions, is bonkers though, it's what happens when people are too smart for their own good imho lol
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DoCYY9sa2kU
* https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klpDHn8viX8
I wonder how long it takes to decrypt 20 years worth of stored internet traffic
day per year? week? certainly not a month per year
everyone is focused on "AI" but there have been some significant quantum computer advancements
tire noise at slow speed is not enough
but some cars do seem to have a good noise and some a bad noise
just replace all the gas burning, oil dripping parts
electric cars also produce way less brake dust particulates, so it's a win all around
just stop trying to make a car a smartphone
or it like US where it is mostly semis and delivery trucks (and buses)
I am really hoping $7 diesel ends as many diesel trucks in the US as possible, as someone who is on the road on foot or bike daily, diesel particulates are the most toxic pollution on the roads and that include brake dust and tire particles (by volume)
It is the nastiest fuel and needs to go away even if it's not replaced completely by electric