SpicyUme

Better to keep things running at a low level than fully idle I'd think. Even if the outputs are consumed by testing, development, or even just stockpiled. Lots of things can get lost by not making parts for a while, including the knowledge involved in troubleshooting or replacing parts.

Of course then people would complain about all the money wasted not utilizing the equipment/space enough.

>By now, its battlefield lethality exceeds that of small arms and artillery shells.

The war in Ukraine seems to be showing this to not be true. Drones are used as much as they are because they do not have enough artillery. Are they useful, yes. But they do not replace artillery. Maybe in another type of war, but that is another issue, what is the next war we expect to find ourselves in? For all the talk of China deterrence, we're seeing a pivot away from China now.

Like piggies to the trough.

There are plenty of things to criticize in procurement. I don't see this as a useful reaction or attempt to fix issues in a long term way.

Interesting, that looks too spendy for my taste honestly but I can see a way to justify it. I use a trackball for some of my CAD work but on another PC I sometimes have to check things in CAD, rather than real work, and a ball like that could be a good way to do it.

Once you get the presoldered board it is ~$300. I'm not into keyboards, is it common to price them without key caps and switches? I noticed that.

I'm not sure I see the e-ink screen as useful, but that touchpad caught my eye. What do people use that screen for?

Was this during a storm a few years ago? I used to fly Southwest a decent amount but I haven't in several years now. I've heard worse things about them in the last couple years.

Once you've traveled even a significant fraction of a mile in your living room I'm afraid you're likely dead or seriously injured.

I struggle with the music one. I listen to a lot of different music, used see live music at least once a week, and have some strong opinions. I still struggle to explain music to others or why I enjoy certain artists/songs.

It is like the details don't register in a usable way, where one of my good friends will tell me he likes a band because of the guitar tone or the drummer's technique or something else that I struggle to explain or even pick out of the music. I wish I could explain my preference better.

Good point, I wasn't clear. The warning was about the systemic reaction inside the veins and arteries. Or something along those lines. Whatever it was the warning struck me as much more drastic than the usual allergic reaction warning.

Baker's lung is a thing too. I think about that when I see the dust from my spice grinder when making various powders. No matter what there is airborne dust when I open the grinder. I try to do my wood cutting outside but I am not sanding much. When I refinished my floors I wore dust protection and a loose tshirt over the dust protection to make clean up at the end of the day a bit easier.

Interesting, I had some vermiculite removed recently and got a response from the ZAI trust that the samples had fibers but they couldn't say specifically that it was asbestos. I assumed that was a legal distinction, it didn't occur to me that it might be from different test methods.

When I had mine I got the form with warnings about side effects. When I saw the allergic reaction I was a bit concerned, I asked the tech and was told it wasn't a big deal. Since I was in the basement I didn't have service and I decided to trust them given the large number of my friends who've had MRIs. It was fine, but it seemed like a major thing to toss in the patients lap right before they get strapped down in a tube.

Are you certain it is gadolinium? As I recall from a family member's health issues you can get particulates in joints from arthroscopic surgery or from the metal implants. Not saying that is what happened in your case, but I'm just curious because I remember reading about metal in joints as a potential side effect of the surgery.

I remember when there was a big push to make ball point pen tips, and how a but less than 10 years later they succeeded in making them domestically.

What happens when the building sways multiple feet in the wind? We don't normally think about them moving, but for accurate positioning I'd think the additional distance to the beacon could be a problem.