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Vasudus posted:I thought REI changed their policy because people were doing really stupid poo poo and then replacing their gear, not because people were doing the wear and tear kind of things that the policy was intended for. Craftsman changing the policy was part of the short term gains mindset that began the slow downward spiral as they lost customers like my dad who regularly spent thousands of dollars on craftsman poo poo over the years per year to never setting foot in the store again. It was absolutely a loss leader to get folks like him in the store, in exchange for the manufacturing cost of a now broken screwdriver.
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Oct 12, 2018 02:22
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Most of my tools are craftsman b/c when I was in A&P school they still had the no questions asked return policy. Only thing anyone ever told me was ‘say you broke it working on a car, if you say you were working on a plane they won’t replace it.’ They’re fine for what they are. Certainly not Snap On quality but also nowhere near Snap On price
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Oct 12, 2018 03:12
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Tyndall AFB looks to be nearly completely destroyed, from the couple of videos I've seen. Nobody I know there has been allowed back in the area, but they should start filtering back in over the next few days. Tyndall is home to F-22 pilot training, Air Battle Manager training (AWACS, JSTARS, and CRC), CONR (one of NORAD's 3 regions, the others being Canada and Alaska), 1st Air Force, which is basically the agency that controls CONUS air defense and Op Noble Eagle, and the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group (they own a lot of the drone QF-16 missions used to test missiles and radars). I'm not entirely sure they're going to rebuild. Even if they do, all of this stuff is loving WRECKED. We're talking years of reconstruction. All of the aircraft shelters are gone. All the hangars I've seen are seriously damaged; one of the videos shows vehicles, QF-16s, and Mu-2s crammed into hangars that partially collapsed on them. The F-22 pipeline can be shifted elsewhere during reconstruction; it's not ideal and it's going to be challenging just because there's not a lot of available airspace for that anywhere else, but the ABM pipeline is going to be insane to stitch together anywhere else. Not much of a choice though, the AF is already seriously hurting from gross mismanagement several years ago that has led to a shortage of several hundred already; shutting down for a year or more would be crippling, like stop-loss levels of bad. CONR and 1AF can relocate relatively easily, most of their work is administrative and the actual operational folks can relocate to EADS in NY, or a handful of other places. They'll have a small footprint, so it shouldn't be too bad. The WEG...I dunno. They can probably do a fair amount of their work out of Eglin, but not everything just because the instrumentation was specifically at Tyndall and in the nearby airspaces. This is pretty bad.
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Oct 12, 2018 03:13
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That’s gonna be one hell of a police call.
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Oct 12, 2018 03:16
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So does this mean we should expect a Russian first strike from subs on the east coast since we can't see it coming? 
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Oct 12, 2018 03:19
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my kinda ape posted:So does this mean we should expect a Russian first strike from subs on the east coast since we can't see it coming? We'll probably still see it, but coordinating a response will be challenging.
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Oct 12, 2018 03:20
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Tom Clancy is about to burst out of his grave. TOM CLANCY'S HURRICANE FORCE
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Oct 12, 2018 03:22
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The DoD saying that climate change was a threat to national security is still bullshit! Fake things can't be threats!
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Oct 12, 2018 03:37
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A Bad Poster posted:The DoD saying that climate change was a threat to national security is still bullshit! Fake things can't be threats! Uh yeah about that, someone please tell me that this guy is a hyperbolic blowhard because god drat this will get real ugly  http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/10/un-says-climate-genocide-coming-but-its-worse-than-that.html
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Oct 12, 2018 03:40
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Nuclear Tourist posted:Uh yeah about that, someone please tell me that this guy is a hyperbolic blowhard because god drat this will get real ugly Sounds about right from everything I've been reading. I am admittedly not a climatologist or anything, but basically every major source of information that isn't Fox propaganda or some poo poo is saying stuff along the same lines. Marshall Plan for the entire planet or start figuring out what happens with billions dead.
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Oct 12, 2018 03:49
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bird food bathtub posted:Sounds about right from everything I've been reading. I am admittedly not a climatologist or anything, but basically every major source of information that isn't Fox propaganda or some poo poo is saying stuff along the same lines. Marshall Plan for the entire planet or start figuring out what happens with billions dead. (it'll be billions dead and then the Marshall Plan)
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Oct 12, 2018 03:51
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They could shift a lot of it to Nellis, too. At least temporarily. There's already a large F22 footprint, and they have the space for other aircraft to support ABM training. Who knows, though.
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Oct 12, 2018 03:53
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A Bad Poster posted:The DoD saying that climate change was a threat to national security is still bullshit! Fake things can't be threats! Thanks I almost forgot that the DoD was one of the voices of reason trying to describe the strategic impacts of climate change gently caress me
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Oct 12, 2018 03:54
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WAR CRIME SYNDICAT posted:They could shift a lot of it to Nellis, too. At least temporarily. There's already a large F22 footprint, and they have the space for other aircraft to support ABM training. Who knows, though. This is being discussed, but it's a short-term sporadic bandaid at best. There's neither airspace, aircraft, or time during the day to really do it. The NTTR is being used almost constantly, often with multiple missions in different areas at the same time. I had no idea until I became a piece of this machine. ABM students simply can't control most of it either...it's air-to-surface attacks, Weapons School sorties (god help the WUGs flying), or stuff like that. Some stuff would work, and could probably be scheduled in between WS and Flag events, but it wouldn't be the daily access to missions a pipeline needs. But the Raptor students would have to fight for regular flights; they can do their work at a lot of other places with less hassle. I'm not sure what kind of control facilities Holloman has, if any, but that would be one of the first things I'd look at. It can handle the F-22s, and it's got a decent airspace. Godholio fucked around with this message at 04:01 on Oct 12, 2018 |
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Oct 12, 2018 03:58
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I have brought that up only to be told that the report was a result of Obama's influence.
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Godholio posted:This is being discussed, but it's a short-term sporadic bandaid at best. There's neither airspace, aircraft, or time during the day to really do it. The NTTR is being used almost constantly, often with multiple missions in different areas at the same time. I had no idea until I became a piece of this machine. ABM students simply can't control most of it either...it's air-to-surface attacks, Weapons School sorties (god help the WUGs flying), or stuff like that. Some stuff would work, and could probably be scheduled in between WS and Flag events, but it wouldn't be the daily access to missions a pipeline needs. But the Raptor students would have to fight for regular flights; they can do their work at a lot of other places with less hassle. Oh, I know. I worked in scheduling for 3 of my years at the helo unit. And by that I mean I went to those godforsaken monthly range planning and allocation meetings. It was abysmal. Like I said, it could work temporarily. But yes it would drastically affect all other training occurring there as well.
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Oct 12, 2018 04:03
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That storm hauled rear end from one coast to the other.
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Oct 12, 2018 04:07
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Nuclear Tourist posted:Uh yeah about that, someone please tell me that this guy is a hyperbolic blowhard because god drat this will get real ugly The G8 nations agree to suspend arms research and dedicate a full 10% of their GDP on several Manhattan Project style operations. 100% of Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, and Raytheon's top engineers and project managers are employed to develop fast replicating carbon consuming algae. The city of Columbus Ohio is seized to accommodate this new workforce's housing and laboratory needs. The data resulting from these experiments is freely exchanged. The Senate votes 97-3 to levy a 10% VAT in order to irrigate the Sahara and grow carbon storing eucalyptus trees. President John Kasich calls this a great day for the human race. This could all happen, but it won't, because loving Fox News and Facebook will convince 40 percent of the world that climate change is fake because it still snows sometimes.
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Oct 12, 2018 04:08
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Nuclear Tourist posted:Uh yeah about that, someone please tell me that this guy is a hyperbolic blowhard because god drat this will get real ugly Read Thomas Homer-Dixon for some enlightening and scary stuff about how environmental scarcity influences conflict, and some Robert Kaplan on why geography still matters. Put the two together to find out why the article you posted is scratching a fingernail’s depth on how bad it’s going to be, likely within the end or near end of our lifetimes (assuming that most of GIP is between 26-40 or so.) I don’t really want to have kids because I don’t want to leave this world to them, knowing what’s likely coming.
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Oct 12, 2018 04:09
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we found him, the one peep who still likes kasich or it's john himself
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Godholio posted:Tyndall AFB looks to be nearly completely destroyed, from the couple of videos I've seen. Nobody I know there has been allowed back in the area, but they should start filtering back in over the next few days. Tyndall is home to F-22 pilot training, Air Battle Manager training (AWACS, JSTARS, and CRC), CONR (one of NORAD's 3 regions, the others being Canada and Alaska), 1st Air Force, which is basically the agency that controls CONUS air defense and Op Noble Eagle, and the 53rd Weapons Evaluation Group (they own a lot of the drone QF-16 missions used to test missiles and radars). My brother had just been transferred there under a hardship for his wife's family, wonder what's going to happen to that now. Actually, have we ever had a military base completely wiped out like this? Even pearl harbor was at least partially functional after the attack, wasn't it? Cobra Commander's weather dominator works after all. e: maybe Hugo back in 89, I guess As Nero Danced fucked around with this message at 04:35 on Oct 12, 2018 |
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bob dobbs is dead posted:we found him, the one peep who still likes kasich No, this is Kasich's account https://forums.somethingawful.com/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=220106 E: VVVVV Yeah, probably. They're a lovely enough poster anyway. Beepity Boop fucked around with this message at 05:23 on Oct 12, 2018 |
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Oct 12, 2018 04:36
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Hremsfeld posted:No, this is Kasich's account https://forums.somethingawful.com/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=220106 I think it's more likely to be this one: https://forums.somethingawful.com/member.php?action=getinfo&userid=
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pantslesswithwolves posted:I don’t really want to have kids because I don’t want to leave this world to them, knowing what’s likely coming. Seeing how we'll be living in a The Road type scenario within a couple of decades from now, yeah I'm pretty happy I don't have kids.
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pantslesswithwolves posted:Read Thomas Homer-Dixon for some enlightening and scary stuff about how environmental scarcity influences conflict, and some Robert Kaplan on why geography still matters. Put the two together to find out why the article you posted is scratching a fingernail’s depth on how bad it’s going to be, likely within the end or near end of our lifetimes (assuming that most of GIP is between 26-40 or so.) And this is how I developed crippling panic attacks! Seriously, you get this moment as a parent that makes you go "aw gently caress! I hosed it. I hosed up!" In part, thats true. Ive been slowly getting better by forcing myself to be active in my choices for climate change and how to educate my kids about it. I also read good articles like how someone figured out how to turn carbon scrubbing into a fuel for cars. Not make believe poo poo but real stuff. 2040 is close. But look at what happened in 20 loving years. What were you doing 1998? Remember phones with cords? At home? My son figured out how to change videos on the ipad at just under a year old. We have the information generation starting to take place. We may have to make pennance for the sins of our fathers and their fathers, but gently caress off if you dont think Im not gonna try. Life is a gift, and giving it to someone helped turn my life around. I have a photo piece I want to pitch to a news agency at some point to highlight climate change. Until then, Ill be vocal and vote. Voting is how we do this. Work smarter, not harder.
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Sacrist65 posted:The G8 nations agree to suspend arms research and dedicate a full 10% of their GDP on several Manhattan Project style operations. 100% of Lockheed Martin, General Dynamics, and Raytheon's top engineers and project managers are employed to develop fast replicating carbon consuming algae. I'm not sure what's worse, the fact that you desire president John Kasich or aerospace and mechanical engineers trying to do biology. Maybe we can contract Monsanto to build a space station for us all to live on. my kinda ape fucked around with this message at 05:31 on Oct 12, 2018 |
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Oct 12, 2018 05:25
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my kinda ape posted:I'm not sure what's worse, the fact that you desire president John Kasich or aerospace and mechanical engineers trying to do biology. nah, that poo poo is pretty close to chemical engineering most of the time, it's deffo the prez kasich thing there it should be prez ocasio-cortez
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As Nero Danced posted:My brother had just been transferred there under a hardship for his wife's family, wonder what's going to happen to that now. Actually, have we ever had a military base completely wiped out like this? Even pearl harbor was at least partially functional after the attack, wasn't it? Cobra Commander's weather dominator works after all. Homestead AFB in 1992 after hurricane Andrew. Took years to rebuild, and during the BRAC they sold off half the property and made it an air reserve base.
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NAS Pensacola was under like 12ft of water or some poo poo in 2004 from Ivan iirc? The SSgt in charge of our barracks had a picture of him in a kayak rowing around on the 2nd floor of the building we were in
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my kinda ape posted:Allegedly they really did honor the "lifetime warranty" thing really well in the past. My grandpa was telling me about how he would buy busted up Craftsman stuff at garage sales and go exchange it for new tools and they'd do it no questions asked. Target used to be all about that.. unlimited return policy.. forever, and expected vendors to eat the return costs or credit them. And that lasted until 1989-1990 or so. Nintendo was the first vendor that told them to go gently caress themselves over the idea of trading in "returned" NES systems for a new SNES. There's a good story about that in the Console Wars book a few years back.
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Bolow posted:NAS Pensacola was under like 12ft of water or some poo poo in 2004 from Ivan iirc? The SSgt in charge of our barracks had a picture of him in a kayak rowing around on the 2nd floor of the building we were in Ivan hosed the town I lived in and was without power for 3 weeks. I lived close to Eglin and Pensacola so I believe it.
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Soulex posted:Ivan hosed the town I lived in and was without power for 3 weeks. I lived close to Eglin and Pensacola so I believe it. Oh god please tell me we're not eskimo bros
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https://www.myndnow.com/news/bismarck-news/bismarck-police-to-bring-first-tactical-intervention-vehicle-to-north-dakota/1511086979 Lmao 
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Milo and POTUS posted:Oh god please tell me we're not eskimo bros Its possible. You tromp around Crestview much?
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Nostalgia4Dogges posted:https://www.myndnow.com/news/bismarck-news/bismarck-police-to-bring-first-tactical-intervention-vehicle-to-north-dakota/1511086979 This looks like some crazy prototype armored vehicle from the 1920s that only got tested because the inventor was a congressman's brother-in-law or something.
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Oct 12, 2018 09:07
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Vincent Van Goatse posted:This looks like some crazy prototype armored vehicle from the 1920s that only got tested because the inventor was a congressman's brother-in-law or something.  The design has also degenerated backwards since then and will now be de-crewed if it hits a bump in the road.
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China’s trade surplus with the U.S. hit a record $34.1 billion in September amid trade war https://www.washingtonpost.com/worl...m=.eeb80abf3c3b quote:BEIJING — China’s trade surplus with the United States hit a record $34.1 billion last month, according to official figures released in Beijing on Friday, news that is likely to further inflame the trade dispute with the United States.
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I just can't handle this winning. Premarket is indicating another day of losses across most major US indices, what a likely is a catch-up to the performance of other world markets over the summe caveat- I know about the 300pt early indicator but that means dick. You look at protective puts and spreads being put out by traders etc. E, e: it's still likely to not be a recession, algorithms and moronic traders are overreacting to the likely end of unlimited credit and cheap energy. Immanentized fucked around with this message at 11:43 on Oct 12, 2018 |
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