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My cousin recently had a flat tire in her EV. Roadside Assistance did not have a spare, required an expensive tow & her day was a total loss. Dragging a toddler along made a stressful experience worse, as well. I did not previously realize most(?) EVs have no spare tire included.

The same folks who are saying it's all a conspiracy theory were making the same accusations in 2004. I wouldn't be surprised if they're all rigged. Dems win, we lose, 'publicans win, we still lose. The lobbyists and their masters win either way.

Take your pick...

https://html.duckduckgo.com/html?q=diebold%20election%20cons...

With no data to back me up, I'm going to guess medications play a large part. Most people I know well enough to talk about the subject, and every potential partner I have dated in the last 20 years, are on prescription anti-depressants.

Fair enough. I believe SpaceX is the outlier in that space, regardless. Pun intended.

Parabolicarc is now back online w/ a new site overhaul. This is the particular article that I was referring to:

http://parabolicarc.wpengine.com/2022/10/26/space-spacs-the-...

This soon may change, as Aerospace SPACs have been unable to create profit. The latest quarterly earnings have reported losses across the board. SpaceX may be an outlier(IDK if they are profitable or the role Gov subsidies make), but for the rest, balance sheets are all bleeding red. As they have for over a decade.

Parabolic arc site is 1001 right now, best I found was a dated WSJ article that precedes significant current reports & events:

https://archive.ph/Jgo9F

edit:remove3d naive opinion.

I did wander down from time to time to monitor the progress. It was definitely a slow process where equipment and materials sat untouched for weeks at a time, outside of the pandemic shutdown. I presume they were awaiting inspections between phases.

Thanks for the insight, SECProto. IANAEngineer, either, but for the costs involved, I would imagine building a bridge would eliminate some degree of complexity(there are several spans on that same road, already). The road was closed for over a year, work stopped for some time due to the pandemic, too. I can only imagine what the cost over-runs added up to.

The other 2 projects on HC Rd were controlled with auto signals and occasional, brief closures. Unsure of time-frames, as they were already underway when I arrived.

Take a peek down the rabbit hole. As a recent transplant, I, too, have a hard time understanding the cost(s). It is literally a creek, but it does get swollen when it rains. The other projects were on Holbert Cove Rd, in the same time frame.

https://connect.ncdot.gov/letting/Division%2014%20Letting/Fo...

Many peoples' stamps are needed for any infrastructure being built. Engineers(electrical, structural, environmental, etc), architects, contractors, consultants, politicians and more, I presume. My rural county with 20,000 residences had 3 backwoods culverts replaced pre-pandemic(2 lanes, < 50 cars/day) & they each had price tags between $0.8 - $1.5 million USD. A million bucks to install new culverts & repave over... and the cheapest one wasn't even paved. Must be nice to get a slice of that pie.

Tim Wu covers the evolution of comms platforms from the telegraph(1) to the internet. Censorship, and propaganda, is nothing new, each new tech advances the reach exponentially. For better and worse.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Wu#The_Master_Switch

Edit: (1) from the Gutenberg Press to the internet.

I'd like to see an MS exec wax nostalgically on Windows Vista, someday. Perhaps it's still too soon for folks to misremember how bad Longhorn really was.

Last century's space race hastened much discovery and many triumphs, and ended in collaboration(despite Putin's worst efforts). This one feels more like a cold war race. China is catching up fast, I hope we can bridge the divide before politics turns space into an environment of war games. We can only hope with tyrants & sociopaths driving the bus.

Corporations have been given the right of free speech. Now, in the EU, they may be scrutinized in how they 'speak', ie: curate the discussion. Open the curtain and start holding bad actors responsible for their deeds. Sadly, this won't happen in the US, BAD ADS & SAFE TECH Acts never had a chance, now, prepare for the SCOTUS to settle Section 230 for us... for better, or worse.

That is better by 1.5 minutes preceding the prior footage, but the commotion has already commenced when this video starts. Curiously, probably circumstantial, Hu reaching for Xi's paper has been omitted from this video.

Edit: Despite all the foreign media present, we are only seeing clips. Has the entire event been posted online?

>dragged off stage

Easy on the hyperbole. It is extremely odd, and likely he was removed against his own volition, but he also could have been an 80yo man having a moment of confusion. Eg: Trying to take Xi's papers while the man on his left was handing Hu's folder to the 'Aide'.

It is curious we don't see the minutes leading up to the event. I've looked for the entire broadcast(after foreign media allowed in) and have only found the one version that begins after they were already trying to get him out of the chair.

Anyone have a link to an uncurated video containing the moments before the 'Aides' showed up?

Interesting that the 1989 Reston, VA release was not included...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hot_Zone

What period of time could a less severe variant(s) have escaped into the wild before the more severe 'Alpha' variant gained traction? AFAIK, China, & others, were treating non-influenza, flu-like cases months before they cancelled Chinese New Year 2020. The timeline may not have been as short as a Stephen King novel and, perhaps, it was even prior to Oct/Nov 2019. My question is this: Are there any frequent/infrequent travelers to China familiar with non-asian visitors getting severe influenza(or other) infections when they 1st visit? I know one such traveler who spent 3 months in a "ghost room"(1) suffering from a lung infection back in early 2019.

(1) Hospice; he reported it as called the 'ghost room' as the rest of the occupants were terminal cancer patients.

Welcome to your friendly, neighborhood corporate Big Box store. Admittedly, I only saw the armed guards(off-duty LEOs, sometimes in uniform) in L.A. and Houston.

The reason the majority of people didn't mind before is because testing & trials were stringently enforced. I, myself, have had numerous vaccines, required & optional.

Previous post edit: Freudian slip, meant to convey unfavorable, but typed averse.

>The concept of using mRNA to produce useful proteins to fight disease has been around for decades. But until now, no vaccines using this technology have made it this far in clinical trials. The success of the SARS-CoV-2 vaccines “is really good for the RNA field, because until very recently, there were just a handful of people who really believed in mRNA vaccines,”

https://www.the-scientist.com/news-opinion/the-promise-of-mr...

Maybe! The fact that everyone "knows" that doesn't is the 1st concern. Even scientists are not clear on efficacy or long term beneficial/averse effects. Nobody knows why all previous mRNA vaccines were ineffective, yet, the Covid jabs are. Lots of questions still remain.

In the early days, I recall Bill Maher & the Dixie Chicks being eviscerated in the media for questioning the war machine. There were undoubtedly more, but IIRC, the reactionary mob attitude was de rigueur.

Don't forget crack pipes.

It would be a mistake to think those people "dumb", IMO. Worst of the worst, possible/probable, but even the bubbliest of ding-dongs in pop culture did not get to their positions by being "dumb". The narrative is designed for deception to garner their objective: sales, votes, distraction, etc...

She's lucky she was high enough to get signal. When I was there, admittedly long ago in 2012, VZW signal died as soon as I dropped below the rim. The bison roamed all over the park, and even had me trapped in my truck for several hours when a dozen or so decided to park in my campsite.

I wonder if this could be used to train astronauts for 0g induced motion sickness...?

Whenever I hear someone say "kids today don't want to work", I like to take the opportunity to stroll them down memory lane as to how much they earned THIRTY years ago. I, myself,had a good, paid internship making $10/hr @ 30 hrs/wk (1991 > 1993) & still had to have a roommate to help pay the bills(I did pay most college expenses, as I went). Gasoline has quadrupled, food has tripled, avg rent has tripled/quadrupled and HC insurance has ballooned many more factors since then. Take a look at the non-tech jobs available today, $12-$15/hour is the norm for anything entry-level, with a very low ceiling. I cannot blame anyone for not wanting to break their back to subsist. Something has to change.

Edit: added @ 30 hrs/wk

Power corrupts.

The answer to "Why the downvotes?":

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Abagnale#Veracity_of_cla...

This is a trailer for Hypernormalization. Coincidentally, or not, he has a new doc releasing in 2 days(10/13/2022):

Through the Collapse of Communism and Democracy

https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/2022/adam-curtis-russia-1985...

While I initially balked at buying such spywares, I did break down and buy a Mini 2 last year(it's awesome!!!). I side-loaded the app on an old phone, sans SIM, with a pristine LOS install. Connected it to wifi to register & immediately put the phone in Airplane Mode.

Been meaning to research how to independently flash the drone's firmware offline to wipe collected data, but haven't delved into that yet. Any suggestions welcomed!