Content warning: War, Death, Violent imagery.
The other day I posted about the Iraqi army advance on Mosul, and observed that one of the vehicles in the picture appeared to be a US-made M-1 Abrams main battle tank.
I didn’t think that, at $5 million apiece, and still being fairly high-tech, the US would let gear like that out into the wild. TL;DR: I hadn’t realized how badly the warmongers in Washington have been screwing up.
Voltaire by Houdon
A serious geometrician once spoke to us thus: Is there nothing in literature mode dangerous than sophist rheotoricians?
This time when I renewed my vehicle registration for one of my trucks, I didn’t get the registration sticker.
SAS named one of their fleet after a favorite of mine!
Humans depend on speech a great deal: to authenticate, to communicate, to give orders. And, of course, the police state relies heavily on converting voice to data for analysis. Video below the fold:
Transitive trust is when A trusts B, and B trusts C, A trusts C and probably doesn’t realize it.
The power station at Shawville looks like a relic of the late industrial age. I’ve seen the overall shape and outline before: big metal box full of stuff and fire.
We’re all familiar with the “notpology” – “I am sorry you were offended.” Or perhaps, “I am sorry you feel that way.” The essence of a good apology is that:
This is something KA9Q posted back in the early 00s, I’m not sure where he got it.
I got an email from someone suggesting this, so I did it.