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I'm thankful US Manhattan Project went on to successful completion, and not cancelled with above reasoning.

The series "The Man in the High Castle" shows what could've happened IF Hitler first got his nukes before US did. Most would agree that Hitler would've used it on London/NYC/DC with no qualms...

Had there been no birth of communism and Nazism and Japanese militarism, it might have stayed that way. But those did come about, Britain's dominance (also France) of the globe was to be replaced, which turned out to be US and not communism/Nazism/other-ism. And I am personally mightily thankful for that.

I think that is one fact Trump turned around to use as his talking point. That seems to be one reason Trump seems to be annoyed with NATO about. He claims US has to spend that much more because NATO and other allies are not spending enough. Or so he says.

Honestly though, what doesn't compute is following events/articles:

1. this article about antiwar movement

2. the airstrikes in Yemen by Saudi

3. SV happily taking investment of a few dozen billions of dollars from Saudi as posted on HN just a little while ago. https://qz.com/1426370/silicon-valley-is-awash-with-saudi-ar...

My observation is that the higher you are in the pay bracket, the easier you seem to be abel to get a new job as your skills/experience are also in high demand else where.

Same thing is happening near Silicon Beach in southern California, that is coastal cities near where Youtube/Google/snapchat have HQ or satellite offices.

Santa Monica housing price has long ago gone Manhattan, NY like. Just use google map and realty websites, and check house price history in cities adjacent to Santa Monica.

It's gone up 100% or more in last 5 years or so. It is not uncommon to see a 50+ year old house with little land get sold for nearly a million dollars, and be razed/remodeled into an easily 2 million or more house.

Some retiree who sold the old small house certainly made bank.

But who has 2 - 3 million dollars or the ability to take on a debt of that magnitude?

http://www.tailsthroughtime.com/2010/06/prior-to-arrival-of-...

The 1952 Carswell AFB Tornado

In 1952, 2/3 of the B-36 bomber force of USA knocked out in less than 30 minutes by tornados. And I'm pretty sure B-36 was the only strategic nuclear weapon delivery system at the time, as this was before nuclear powered submarines or ICBMs.

So I'm sorry that I came across as "boo China" or any of that sort.

However, I were to be banned for that kind attitude (which I apologized and I clarified), would that same rule apply to folks who are "boo US" or "boo UK"? Because there are many here who are angry at western nation govts for spying on citizens without warrants (and, rightly so)?

Does Chinese government need any formal documented ownership of a company to influence its so called owners? I think not.

I would stop having so called anti-China concern once the people of China start electing their government leadership in a meaningful way.

mic drop. I will show myself out.

Think of Midway Battle. Think of Enigma.

You can say, hey look that proves US/UK govt can spy on you. Never mind Japan/German nations were at war with US. But I digress.

But if those didn't happen, you and I all have a high chance of being a second class citizen (or just a person and not a full citizen) in some totalitarian state in modern date, either being forced to use German or Japanese language. And that is if you are lucky. Many in modern time have a high chance of not being born if German/Japan won WW2. And key battles in WW2 were won by Allies due to breaches in communication network of Japan/German.

Yes, US/UK or any western govt spying on citizens is distasteful. But the communist Chinese govt spying on you and using that information will be far worse than that.

It's because of 'customization' every American customer seems to want in a resturant here.

Almost no one seems to order food in US as it's offered by the restaurant. Everyone wants something replaced with something else, with something added a little more while something is subtracted a little less.

With space launch systems, any use of escape system is dangerous and best to avoid. I think it will be a long time before aborting/escaping from botched space launch and recovery will be as routine as aborted takeoffs and go arounds.

The other Soyuz incident in 1983 was Soyuz 7K-ST No.16L, sometimes known as Soyuz T-10a or T-10-1.

Found below from wiki.

It was an unsuccessful Soyuz mission intended to visit the Salyut 7 space station, which was occupied by the Soyuz T-9 crew. However, it never finished its launch countdown; the launch vehicle was destroyed on the launch pad by fire on September 26, 1983. The launch escape system of the Soyuz spacecraft fired two seconds before the launch vehicle exploded, saving the crew. It is the first case in which a launch escape system has been fired with a crew aboard.

In early US space program, in one of the test flights before Apollo program, a 2 stage rocket failed mid flight. The rocket escape system attached on top of the capsule fired and successfully saved the capsule. But there was no crew in the capsule.

Just watched this PBS special on the US space program. Pretty interesting footage. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jia78xRMTEc

Lucky to be alive after such an incident.

Unlucky to have gotten on top of a Soyuz rocket system that failed, when it's been proven to be so incredibly reliable all these years.

It's the beginning of a very very small, exclusive club, one that will hopefully not be too big.

It currently has about 1.2 million subscribers, with about 600 videos.

The channel basically shows police bodycam footage from various US law enforcement agencies, mostly local police/sheriff departments. The videos are not edited, other than to show perspectives from different officers at the same scene, and etc. There are some footage taken by police cruiser dashcam and also cameras mounted on police helicopters. Most are 10 - 30 minutes long. After watching some on the channel, you might even think some of the videos are too boring. But you know both good/bad are included.

Some of the footage show police beating on already arrested suspect, letting loose K9 dog on handcuffed suspect, police (I believe Chicago PD) planting fake drug evidence, swatting, etc. BUT, such cases are rare among the nearly 600 videos uploaded onto the channel so far.

Many videos do include active shooting incidents (some justified, some not) and might be a bit intense. But this channel is a really unique window into what Police encounter everyday. I highly recommend it.

Don't trust your manager(s) that they are going to lead/manage/mentor you in a way that will really help you. They are not.

If I allowed myself to be really cynical, they are mostly out for themselves. Most will have no problem using you or even throwing you under the bus to get themselves ahead (or protect their own jobs). And this involves things like having you do things (aka work with less valuable techs) that they don't want to waste their time with. That is what `delegation` is.

But don't worry though. Most of the time, they have little time left to think about ways to take advantage of you. They are just busy managing their own jobs, your fellow team mates, and their own bosses. Oh, and figuring out how to beat fellow managers. They have their own family/retirement-plan to take care of. They don't have much time left to manage you after sharing extended pleasantries with their own bosses.

And the more successful your manager seems, the more guarded you should be about them using you to their advantage. I've been around and of the bosses I had over me, two are now in high level position (VP) at really well known brand name companies in US. Because we were in smallish startup shop with cubes/offices near, I was able to observe them from nearby. Both were really good at pleasing higher ups (not necessarily through excellent work but with friendship), have no problem with pushing around those under them, and just do good enough job of actually managing the team.

Also, don't settle. Don't settle into a role that you feel comfortable. If you feel comfortable at a role, it's time to move on. And time flies. Make most of it.

Many returned to Korea after Korea gained independence. But many also stayed. One of the descendants of these Korean-Japanese is Masayoshi Son, founder of Softbank.

I've read some interview of him when he discussed his early years. He recalls riding in the back of a hand cart pulled by his parents (or grandparents) who were going around town in Japan, picking up discarded food trash from trashcans outside homes/restaurants to feed to the pigs. Remember, there was no disposal unit in kitchen sinks, so food trash was thrown into trash. This was early 1960s, as he was born in 1957. It was probably one of the worst ways to make a living, but as a Korean-Japanese, that was about what they could do.

Many were blocked from getting a job in the Japanese corporations, which is one of the reasons many Pachinkos in Japan are owned by Korean-Japanese, or so I heard.

Masayoshi Son specifically recalled having a hard time getting a business loan, until a sympathetic Japanese banker gave him that loan.

Certain irony for sure. Coming from Korean-Japanese family who was considered lowest, to be 2nd richest Japanese citizen.

Btw, while looking up facts, I just discovered another Korean-Japanese who is one of top 20 richest individuals, Chang-Woo Han. Never knew that.

Ahh, the wonders of internet.

EDIT:

Clicked on of the links in the wiki and found this article

https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2014/02/16/national/sons-r...

Son was born in 1957 to Korean parents in a flood-prone area of Saga Prefecture, where poor Korean immigrants lived in a cluster of shacks, many by keeping pigs in the house and making bootleg alcohol, according to “Ampon,” a biography of Son by journalist Shinichi Sano.

In the book, interviews with Son’s relatives shed light on his upbringing. His cousin recounts how he often caught a preschool-age Son “studying like nobody’s business while he was soaked up to his knees in a shack full of floodwater smelling of feces.”

His early dwelling was miserable, and his Korean descent made him a target for discrimination, overshadowing his early years. But Son’s determination probably surfaced in his early teens, his biographers say.

Sano, for example, describes interesting episodes in which Son transferred, in the middle of his first semester in junior high school, to a more reputable school at his own wish and did all the paperwork himself. In another episode, a 15-year-old Son, now in high school, asked his third-year homeroom teacher from junior high to a restaurant and begged him to become the president of a cram school he planned to set up. The teacher turned him down.

That alone would piss off any congressman/senator. Pretty sure anyone telling US Congress/Senate that "I can't show up because I have something more important lined up" is making a big mistake.

This is the lawmakers whose ego is rarely matched...

In that ER center, the scheduling of ER Doctors was done manually, by one of the ER doctors. Of course not the most senior doctor. But not the most junior doctor either, cause that doctor will be bullied into giving someone a preferred schedule. So the job was given to one of the junior doctors, like 3rd or 4th newest doctor out of about 15 ER doctors.

These are doctors with big egos and with family, and all have legitimate reasons not to work certain days/nights/shifts.

And this new, young ER doctor starting out his career confessed coming up with the weekly schedule to satisfy as many of the doctors as possible was the MOST stressful aspect of his job. And this is an ER doctor we are talking about. Granted he worked in a hospital in a suburb so not as many shootings/etc. I thought that was hilarious to hear.

Is it because Elon offended the press few weeks ago? I don't understand why press thinks it is above some criticism?