blueatlas
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Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
"Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat."
- Theodore Roosevelt, 26th President of the U.S
Comment · 4 years ago
I'm a late boomer (1961). I don't blame the generation before me. I've known lots of them. My values, who I am, and what I do, stands entirely on their shoulders.
Comment · 4 years ago
Command and Control
Details the events of the 1980 deadly and nearly disastrous accident at the Titan II nuclear missile complex in Damascus, Arkansas.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/films/command-an...
Maybe a little older than 4 years, but posting because it's really well done.
Comment · 4 years ago
Is there a browser extension that will show a visual indication of network activity so I know to take a closer look via the network monitor. I know - it might flash all the time, but at least I can take a closer look to assess the sites that I visit regularly.
Comment · 4 years ago
The advancements in equipment to clean up after a large and/or complicated derailments contributes to these "acceptable" number of derailments. This includes roadbed, rail, and specialized equipment to move cars and locomotives. There are even 3rd party companies that specialize in railroad derailments.
Large wrecks can be cleaned up in 24 hours.
Scott, if you write about this in the future, please don't say "at least I'm not dying of X". People reading this might be, and you are basically saying "well, at least its not that". Yes, people with cancer, and dying of cancer, read HN, particularly when the subject is pain.