@George-K said in //Hombre// How are you going to get back down the hill?"//Hombre//: @mark said in //Hombre// How are you going to get back down the hill?"//Hombre//: The fact that we cannot launch a rocket at will in the year 2022 is beyond disturbing. I'll bet ya Elon could change some dates around and get the Dragon up there right quick. Should we just go ahead and appoint Elon God Emperor?

That’s great news.

Operation Downfall would have been the final battle for Japan. There is a debate over casualties, but the combat power being lined up for the Japanese invasion would have been massive...As an example, 42 aircraft carriers and 7 atomic bombd for starters. And that's not counting the Soviets, who were planning an invasion of their own... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Downfall

@89th said in I get to visit one of my favorite little towns tomorrow!: @Aqua-Letifer said in I get to visit one of my favorite little towns tomorrow!: @LuFins-Dad said in I get to visit one of my favorite little towns tomorrow!: 37.9635° N, 77.7374° W 89th and I went to college with a guy from there. No guesses as to what his nickname was. No guesses at all. Haha I still remember when his mom called and asked for him by his (real) first name. Let’s call him Dave, for example. I was like “umm, I don’t know a Dave”, then I realized we used his nickname so much that some folks didn’t even know his name. Took me a minute when I posted to even remember.

@Jolly said in Washington Post: "Glenn Greenwald is a right-wing pundit.": @jon-nyc said in Washington Post: "Glenn Greenwald is a right-wing pundit.": antiestablishmentarianism Hey! Five points for Slytherin! Yeah. Jon would be Slytherin.

@LuFins-Dad ahem... He said, "music."

@George-K said in Jon Stewart’s Problem with the Stock Market: I didn't watch beyond the first 90 seconds, so, help me out here. Was the clown nose on or off for this? I don't think there's a line with him, unless he's being interviewed by a straight media type. He was earnestly hamming it up at the clearly antisocial behavior of wealthy manipulators of the stock market, while putting on his shocked face that so few people see through the lies and conspiracies behind it all. I don't remember his act being so predictable and yawn-worthy, but he has aged into that. Oh, and at one point, when imagining the sort of person who buys into the lies behind the stock market, he pegged them as someone who "just asked questions" about Ivermectin, and who called women "females". Yes, to an indoctrinated leftist, the mere act of calling women "females", is a giggle-worthy offense against virtuous thought.

For Fox, the most important competition is probably the grim reaper.

@Klaus , see “spectral efficiency” (e.g., https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spectral_efficiency ) There are multiple ways to achieve multiple bits per second per Hertz. For modern high speed digital radio frequency communications, many technologies take advantage of the Quadrature Amplitude Modulation (QAM) scheme. So if you want to study a modulation scheme to see how one can achieve multiple bits per second per Hertz, QAM can be a good place to start. Good luck!

Yeah, apologizing for being wrong is a bit silly. Bad behaviour is what we should apologize for, not for having an opinion that is shown to be incorrect. And typically, the worse the behaviour, the less likely we are to apologize for it.

@George-K said in A small measure of relief from Russia: Read the thread: https://twitter.com/SamRamani2/status/1501922595888939009?s=20&t=YiccasFfPQivXvDU_jp7dA That's funny, my Russian friend just told me that entire story yesterday.

That’s great.

So much for bonds being a wise conservative investment.

@Jolly said in Piano Trivia: Larry, you remember Tommy Wells? Tommy helped me when I bought my son his first set of drums... I had to think a minute, but yes I remember him. Great drummer.

I have a friend whose son is an engineer working on the refurbs mentioned in the article. There are things he does on his job, he can't even tell his wife.

280 down, 300 up, fiber, paying more than I should I'm sure. But it's the standard ATT fiber deal around here, whatever that is.

I've been increasing my investment exposure into the alternative energy industry lately. I think it's the best industry poised for growth over the next 10-20 years, including electric vehicles. ETFs like KARS, DRIV, ICLN, FAN, TAN, and PBW.