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Cars that can run on water are cool but very dangerous. They kill 100% of their inventors…

@sevenhelmet - I think his point was sincere and apt. EVs aren’t currently self-sustaining… environmentally, financially, grid-wise, raw resource-wise, you name it they still have a ways to go. Hence, “novelty” status.

And now look at Fisker… Freer markets generally work better. I’m not saying we need 7 year olds in Appalachian coal mines again. But we currently have 7 year olds in African lithium mines trying to keep up with rechargable battery demand, so… (shrug)

I took an environmental economics class in college (a long time ago), and one point the prof made was: If burning hydrocarbon fuel into the atmosphere is so bad for the encironment, why are plastic bags also considered bad for the environment? A plastic grocery bag is basically a 99.9999%...

The EV fire threat is not about spontaneous ignition, but rather how hard the fire is to extinguish after a car crash. They probably are worse for the environment, as currently built. The plant-based hamburgers are also a worse carbon footprint than the grassfed beef hamburgers. The metal...

For the barbecue, of course.

Is copcar102 how to eat donuts without spilling coffee on the console?

Check out “thermal depolymerization.” You can turn poultry processing discards and restaurants’ used cooking oil into deisel fuel, and old circuit boards and HDMI cables into gold nuggets (assuming gold plated). Thermal requires a ton of energy input for heat… unless you find a way to use...

Shack Don’t forget disposal at the vehicle’s end of life. Huge environmental concern almost nobody is talking about. Also, have you seen how much water it takes to extonguish a Tesla fire? Huge safety and environmental and feasibility concern there, too. Fire depts aren’t equipped to handle...

EVs are a novelty and won’t become environmentally sustainable unless technology drastically changes. Either the power grid, the vehicle power source/ battery composition, or the way the raw materials are mined and refined.

Maybe I did hear it here from you? Stories tend to stick with me, but I sometimes forget where I heard it. Hope I retold it accurately.

Even if they have “no pursuit” policies, don’t the police still need to, ya know, get from location A to location B expediently?

I was issued this by either ECRC or the CIF at CST. Probably just as likely to save your life as any blade. I kept it on my plate carrier somewhere below my TQ and above/ out of the way of my magazines.

I wonder if he did anything overseas before enlisting. Like, if he’s the only recruit sporting a GWOT-EM or IRCM on his service uniform.

Too bad they don’t have an IST option to retain your commision but reset grade to O1 2Lt and reset time in grade clock to 0 months.

He would get service credit for 6 yrs Army but would retire as an E. Pretty sure you need 10 yrs as an O to retire as an O. I heard a story of a WW2 US submariner who held command at sea of a sub as a LCDR with a battlefield/temporary commission, then after the war he was reverted to and...

In this case, I’d guess your standard Gen Z FOMO/ indecision/ grass is greener-ism. Same as we see every day in the private sector interviewing IT professionals asking $190k with 5 past jobs and 4 years of experience.

Das Boot (Hulu) is a chilling window to 1942 in occupied France.

Tone it down a notch, please. Are you 43 yrs old like your profile says? If so, you would need an age waiver. Can you elaborate some more on your background, degrees, prior work, and qualifications? Any advice would benefit from additional details about you.

And if your Persuade skill is 100, you don’t need a gun at all. ;)

Pro tip, you don’t have to repair drywall if your aim is good… but you might need a mop and chlorox.

Buy a cheaper/used bike that you won’t feel as bad if you end up selling it.

Really? Why not a 9mm?

How do you like the Walther?

Or this kind of gun:

I bought the HHS V. Reason: Tim the Toolman Taylor’s favorite phrase, except with magnification.

Thanks for the tips. Probably going to go with either the EOTech HHS II, V, or VI. Putting on a clone of the M4 that I did a lot of training with.

Rethink that.

I still don’t follow your logic. Lawyers in Congress can have a lower ethical standard than SEALs in Congress?

You said “average politician” though. Why should any politician get a pass on ethics?

Why?

I checked their website. Looks like they sell EOTech at roughly market prices. Didn’t see any holo sights they make themselves.

Looking to get a red dot or holo sight plus magnifier combo for my 14.5” DD M4. Admittedly the EOTech variety and product naming conventions are a bit confusing. Also tough to get honest opinions if EOTech is worth the price over clone brand optics. Looking for advice, open to suggestions...

Personally Identifiable Information. Someone on the internet could use it to open a Hooters credit card in your name and buy Moonwatches.

PII alert

Easily could be life threatening, if you hit an artery, even if you have a TQ on you and know how to apply it one-handed after being shot. Why do you ask? The Navy doesn’t widely issue handguns chambered in .45…

Yes. Did you ask your recruiter about what is required?

Friend of mine tried to get extended another year in a good deal desk job, with 1 year left on his pilot MSR. He even had a 2-star BNR to stay. Held out as long as he could with his detailer. They sent him to a watch floor in Bahrain. He had the choice of 1 year unaccompanied, or 2 years...

IWBC is not a requirement for 18X5. IWO qual within 60 months of commissioning. RDIVOLC or RILC every 5 years.

I had a manger like that once. He told us all a story of how he did that on a long stretch of two lane road, beside an 18 wheeler, to regulate all the cars behind him from going faster than he deemed appropriate. Then he proceeded to do something similar with all our careers. He was a real piece...

And to think, now it’s my fantasy to get 3 licks from a woman who believed the moon landings were faked by Hollywood.

He was firing on automatic and someone was touching his shoulder, therefore he could not have been qualifying. When the Navy does shooting quals aboard ship, sailors shoot at paper targets.

I’ve been taught that stance as well, but we were also told to do whatever is comfortable. Also, I didn’t need to collapse my rifle stock to shoot this way. The main benefit we were told is it helps keep our front plate square to the threat, vs exposing our side. I can’t recall anyone who kept...

I didn’t realize how lucrative GI Bill was until after I joined the Navy.

A) Good advice, but he doesn’t have to be in the Navy to do that. B) You’re not wrong on QoL, but I have no qualms about telling a non prior enlisted DIRCOM officer to go take his or her first ever Mob. It’s different than asking a reservist who has active duty time, either underway or forward...

Get qual’d, volunteer for a Mob, and you’ll get weapons training depending on where you go.

Welcome aboard. You will await your FINSEL letter, sign your RRA agreement, and swear in with your recruiter. Then you’ll wait to be gained by your NRC and receive instruction about indoc and your first DWE. You will have to do PHA, get your GTCC, and some other readiness/admin. You’ll work with...