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not caring here posted:Dickhead of Behind Enemy Lines fame and ferocious trump toady Scott O'Grady got appointed to a senior defense position and immediately got mad at a dude on twitter The best thing Scott O'Grady ever did for this country was give SERE instructors an example of what not to do.
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piL posted:Back then we had to find good wood, now there are many more ways to process wood and create wood products. I dont know if any are suitible for this application, but the horizon on improving the shipping industry is 30 years. I dont think CLT as used in building is necessarily the answer, but a wood processing technique more carbon marginally more efficient than the materials, mining and processesing to make steel and energy to shape it seems like a plausible hurdle to overcome. Then again, I'm not a materials engineer. Big problem nowadays is a lack of available old growth, we cut it all down in the 1800s to make wooden ships(among other things) so what we have left is pretty protected. Remember, it takes decades to grow a tree tall enough for a big ship
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The old wooden ships needed the right type of tree in the right length for masts and keel. I think the USN or whoever dragged the live oak out of the swamp for one of the first six frigates lost a bunch of men in getting it. My assumption is that new types of processed wood may make it usable again however processing usually eats into how green it is.
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Nov 18, 2020 18:19
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Yeah you can probably build a container ship from pencil sharpener shavings if you add enough resin
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Nov 18, 2020 18:24
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Nov 18, 2020 18:25
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aphid_licker posted:Yeah you can probably build a container ship from pencil sharpener shavings if you add enough resin maybe even an aircraft carrier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Habakkuk
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aphid_licker posted:Yeah you can probably build a container ship from pencil sharpener shavings if you add enough resin Didn't they get the idea for the ice aircraft carriers from actual ice cargo ships in use or something?
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Nov 18, 2020 18:27
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Current event and pre-emptive schad: Bitcoin is over $17k again. First time in 3 years.
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piL posted:Back then we had to find good wood, now there are many more ways to process wood and create wood products. I dont know if any are suitible for this application, but the horizon on improving the shipping industry is 30 years. I dont think CLT as used in building is necessarily the answer, but a wood processing technique more carbon marginally more efficient than the materials, mining and processesing to make steel and energy to shape it seems like a plausible hurdle to overcome. Then again, I'm not a materials engineer.  https://biztimes.com/construction-begins-on-ascent-in-milwaukee/
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Nov 18, 2020 18:30
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Flammable wood and highrise buildings: a combination as timeless as peanuts and chewing gum.
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Nov 18, 2020 18:37
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I appreciate where his heart is but Bill baby what are you doing?
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Grip it and rip it posted:I appreciate where his heart is but Bill baby what are you doing? Bought stock in Raytheon?
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Grip it and rip it posted:I appreciate where his heart is but Bill baby what are you doing? Per the football thread Kalli posted:Yeah, one of Belichick's best friends is armenian, and Belichick's advocated for them for years. He wore a armenian flag pin when he went to the white house during the Obama admin over Obama reneging on declaring the genocide one.
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Nov 18, 2020 18:43
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Uhhhhh, isn't this guy the head coach of the patriots or something? Is this out of left field? All I know about Beel Beelicheck is he's Cartmans hero.
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Slim Pickens posted:Flammable wood and highrise buildings: a combination as timeless as peanuts and chewing gum. the huge timbers are apparently highly fire resistant, at some point the outside just chars while the inside stays intact without losing much strength. 
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Nov 18, 2020 18:54
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Nov 18, 2020 19:07
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Wow, the one time I'll ever agree with that man.
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Nov 18, 2020 19:11
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facialimpediment posted:Here is a story in two parts. Wasn't the deadline for a recount/filing yesterday?
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ded posted:Remember that dumb idea wooden 'clean' cargo ship? Well they are actually building one now. It's being designed to do an average of 12kts and can carry a whole 9 shipping containers. Lmao, and this is why it'll go nowhere. That and timber strong enough for ships is actually harder to find now, the Navy maintains its own land for growing timber to maintain the USS Constitution because most modern timbers are actually really weak, most old wood ships were made with old growth forest wood which was more durable, but doesn't really exist in nature anymore (thanks humans!) These guys are closer to the right idea: https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a34272175/wind-powered-sailboat-cargo-shipping-future/ CommieGIR fucked around with this message at 19:27 on Nov 18, 2020 |
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So for those of you who have a better grasp of civil-military relations than I do: what’s the significance of this? https://twitter.com/laraseligman/status/1329065639881879557
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Nov 18, 2020 19:39
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Probably sets up for a lot of infighting with services being pissed to have control of their SOC units not being directly reporting. Theoretically it could develop more autonomy and flexibility for SOCOM to develop and execute plans by not getting hamstrung by some dude with a hard on for nonsense and stars on their shoulders but when the gently caress has the DoD done anything like this correctly?
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There was a big-rear end protest in Berlin today because parliament was signing amendments to our "Infektionsschutzgesetz" (Infection Protection Act), and anti-vaxxers, mask-deniers and Neonazis had something to say about it. That something being "comparing the law to Hitler's enabling powers act of 1933", but that's a) as stupid and outrageous as you'd think and b) beside the point. https://twitter.com/glr_berlin/status/1329061477924409345 Some really good social distancing here https://twitter.com/Conker2004/status/1329102133048840194 Fun, bigotry and dance was had by all https://twitter.com/erkanallesffm/status/1329084022509559814 Riot police decided to give em a cool-off https://twitter.com/stadtrandaktion/status/1329024761075281922 But that's not what stood out. No, what stood out is a group of rioters breaking through a police barricade with a loving grand piano. https://twitter.com/dap_dortmund/status/1329036279221264385 
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Nov 18, 2020 19:56
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Soccom keeps becoming more and more its own distinct branch of the military. I wouldn't be shocked if it literally was its own branch in the next few decades.
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It's somewhat reassuring if also concerning that idiocy is not contained to the US.
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Nov 18, 2020 19:59
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ah fantastitch! Spaß fur alles trotz COVID!
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Best Friends posted:Soccom keeps becoming more and more its own distinct branch of the military. I wouldn't be shocked if it literally was its own branch in the next few decades. A major loss to recruiters in all the other services
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Milo and POTUS posted:A major loss to recruiters in all the other services Well until the Space Marines ads start rolling out.
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Nov 18, 2020 20:05
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ASAPI posted:Wasn't the deadline for a recount/filing yesterday? Wisconsin certified yesterday, so the Trump Campaign had 24 hours to do it. They then only filed for a partial recount (legal in WI), for like $3M instead of the full state's $7M. Deadline is December 1st for it to be done. Info at: https://elections.wi.gov/node/7249 The 2016 full-state recount affected the margin by 131. Both sides gained like +700 from their strongholds, which likely means this recount will increase Biden's totals.
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facialimpediment posted:Wisconsin certified yesterday, so the Trump Campaign had 24 hours to do it. They then only filed for a partial recount (legal in WI), for like $3M instead of the full state's $7M. Deadline is December 1st for it to be done. Info at: https://elections.wi.gov/node/7249 Does partial mean in some places, but not others? Or just a partial recount across the board? Presumably the Trump campaign is only going to go for recounts in their strongholds if they can, and the margin is probably way too wide anyway, but shouldn't the Biden campaign fund the rest of it?
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:the margin is probably way too wide anyway, but shouldn't the Biden campaign fund the rest of it? Why would they want to fund it at all? It's probably more likely that a full recount would reverse Wisconsin rather than a partial.
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AreWeDrunkYet posted:Does partial mean in some places, but not others? Or just a partial recount across the board? Presumably the Trump campaign is only going to go for recounts in their strongholds if they can, and the margin is probably way too wide anyway, but shouldn't the Biden campaign fund the rest of it? Counties only, but you're thinking too hard about it. Trump is funding a two-county recount of the Milwaukee area because there are black people there. Black people are Democrats and they voter fraud a lot. That's the depth of the thinking involved. The recount isn't going to make up 20K votes. A recount of trump-heavy counties might add a few hundred to Trump. The current funded recount of Biden-heavy counties might add a few hundred to Biden. Trump isn't looking to change the count, they're looking to overturn it via PR.
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Duzzy Funlop posted:
Wunderbar!
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Milo and POTUS posted:A major loss to recruiters in all the other services navy seal contract is 6 years lol
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facialimpediment posted:Counties only, but you're thinking too hard about it. Trump is funding a two-county recount of the Milwaukee area because there are black people there. Black people are Democrats and they voter fraud a lot. That's the depth of the thinking involved. Man if they're counting on puerto rico to save the day they done hosed up PookBear posted:navy seal contract is 6 years lol I don't know exaclty what you're talking about I meant more the appeal of convincing dum dums that they're special forces material if only they'd join
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Wouldn't that just lead to all of the branches forming their own, internal, special operations forces, again?
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Milo and POTUS posted:I don't know exaclty what you're talking about I meant more the appeal of convincing dum dums that they're special forces material if only they'd join yeah and they take the six year contract that guarantees them a shot at being a seal but the majority fail out and it basically becomes a six year open contract with no signing bonus which is hilarious
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Nov 18, 2020 21:23
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don't officers in socom rotate back to non SOF units after O-4?
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PookBear posted:navy seal contract is 6 years lol What percentage make it to BUDS and what percentage make it 4 hours into BUDS.
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lightpole posted:The old wooden ships needed the right type of tree in the right length for masts and keel. I think the USN or whoever dragged the live oak out of the swamp for one of the first six frigates lost a bunch of men in getting it. My assumption is that new types of processed wood may make it usable again however processing usually eats into how green it is. Yeah probably. This is why I'm filing under "plausibly more green than steel", not "The Future". Edit: i think the real advantage is how easily its worked with tbh. Cutting it up with a CNC much easier than cutting steel I imagine. piL fucked around with this message at 21:39 on Nov 18, 2020 |
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