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skydog

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I was 'guy in the chalk outline', formerly 'skydog', in the birdhouse.

B'hammer, WA.

Interested in #science, #politics, #3Dprinting, #arthistory, and just about anything else. I have > 17,000 hrs in an airplane, mostly in seat 0-A. (#aviation)

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skykiss, (edited ) to iran
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Turkish UAV identifies source of heat suspected to be wreckage of helicopter carrying Iranian dictator Raisi and shares its coordinates with Iranian authorities. The turkish drone is on site and has a live video feed of the crash site. Drone on site flying over Iran’s northwest region.

News reports have said seventy three rescue teams were in route to the site. Crash site about 100km (62 miles) from the city of Tabriz, near a village called Tavil.

He said rescue teams on foot with SR dogs are trying to reach the area now. Earlier reports from the iranian regime: there was contact with two persons who were on the helicopter.
The team will arrive shortly. Live video taken at 5:35 am local Iran time / 7:05pm pacific time.

No survivors.

Once I have the flight profile data will update with crash assessment. Yes, I'm a helicopter pilot.

skydog,
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@skykiss

The shape of the IR signature screams "crash site" with dispersion. No normal landing here. What do you think?

skydog, (edited )
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@skykiss It's unfathomable that Iran is flying around its 'presidential' aircraft without an ELT. I witnessed plenty of Islamic inspired lack of attention to maintenance and walkarounds at Cigli (Izmir), but I'd have imagined their transports for leaders would be meticulously maintained!

Allahu Akbar doesn't hack it for a walkaround.

I've got a story from pilot training, with one of our foreign students on his '88' ride (ride before compentency washout) spinning a T-37 when the unsecured gust lock flipped up and froze his stick. Capt F Balsille, the IP asked "what are you going to do about that?" and Ali told him "I am not afraid to die." Frank broke the gust lock with a karate chop, popped the ac out of the spin, and rtb-ed. The student was shipped out to a downtown hotel, while his classmates were hunting him to kill him, for disgracing his country. That's all true. He eventually returned to Iran as a nav.

skydog,
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@skykiss

??Are we cluing in to a coup?

GottaLaff, to random
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Oh look.

Via Aaron Fritschner:

Justice #Alito says his wife Martha-Ann Alito had an altercation with neighbors about a "'Fuck Trump' sign that was within 50 feet of where children await the school bus in Jan 21."

Except... FCPS and ACPS were all remote in January of 2021. No children were waiting for buses

Washington Post 2 EDUCATION ‘I'm so glad you're here: Students return to Fairfax County classrooms for the first time in months ' By Hannah Natanson February 16, 2021 at 7:12 p.m. EST
EDUCATION Alexandria City Public Schools sets date for reopening: Arlington refuses to follow suit ' By Hannah Natanson February 5, 2021 at 3:25 p.m. EST

skydog,
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@GottaLaff

They know that our kvetching is a good way to blow off enough steam to keep them safe.

Hate to say it, but unless this results in action, the Supreme Court will continue to act out in increasingly extreme ways. Strong, censorious action is a requirement, if we value continued democracy. The vote is the most important thing, but without the strong action, there will be a rinse-repeat of the right's actions, until they are eventually able to seize monolithic control.

Words are getting weary. Action is on deck. Call action into the game.

GottaLaff, to random
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Damn. Award-winning actor Dabney Coleman -- who starred in hit movies such as Melvin and Howard, 9 to 5, On Golden Pond, and Tootsie -- has reportedly passed away at the age of 92.

He won an Emmy in 1987 for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special for his role Sworn to Silence, but was nominated six times. He also won a Golden Globe Award. https://local12.com/news/entertainment/report-actor-dabney-coleman-passes-away-dead-death-age-92-melvin-howard-on-golden-pond-tootsie-movies-film-television-emmy-award

skydog,
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@GottaLaff

Love him. He was great in the 'mean guy' roles, but there was a piece of confection he did in the '90's with Matt Frewer and Teri Garr where he was a hoot as the protagonist, Short Time.

I think I'll watch it tonite for my Friday Movie. Dabney, thanks for the memories, you were truly gifted. 92 was a good run.

skydog,
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@GottaLaff

Did either of you get it?

DJDarren, (edited ) to random
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In the battle of the grizzly voiced singers, who would win?

skydog,
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@DJDarren

I was the minority report. Joplin for the range. She's got an interesting vocal fry in that she can hit it from the bottom to the top of her register, and then flip right back to being in harmonic accord. I don't know that I've ever heard another singer be able to do that. She can't take the low vocal fry down to zero (males can do it, I can), but close enough to be one of a kind. Dead far, far too soon.

GottaLaff, to random
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I parked near some asshole who had a big Trump bumpersticker, and a smaller one that read: "Trump was right about everything."

It took every ounce of self-restraint to not deface it.

skydog,
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@GottaLaff

I carry a couple of these in my wallet for just such occasions (including parking in a handicapped spot w/o a tag). I slip it under the wiper blade, and leave it to them what it means...but I feel better.

I've never stuck around to watch, but I imagine when they see it, they also walk around their car to check for damage. Car karma.

dgar, to random
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Submariners are under a lot of pressure.

skydog,
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@dgar

Only because they didn't do well in school, and have to prove themselves. All their grades were below C.

nileane, to random
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I feel the same way about AI that I did about crypto when it started becoming a thing:

• All of the moral practices that make it possible are fucked beyond repair.

• It’s spawning some of the worst companies, and enriching some of the worst billionaires in the world.

• While there are some genuinely useful, practical applications for it, there are so few of them, and they have had so little positive impact so far, that it doesn’t even seem like it’s going to be worth it anytime soon.

skydog,
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@nileane @sigmund

One can wish. But thru my lifetime, I've seen how we have gladly offshored manufacturing for the product of cheap labor, cheap goods. And until the recent (DEMOCRAT) recognition that we'd cut too deeply into essential industries, and re-establishment of some industries here, it was a downward spiral of trade deficit and weakening security.

AI is in an analogous position. As long as it produces 'cheap crap' that people like because of the immediacy and (false) economy, no real guardrailing is going to take place.

skydog,
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@oldguycrusty @nileane @sigmund

AI as a concept is being oversold. I think the reality of it is it is a natural progression in machine learning. We're in a position right now where its most visible applications to the public are online content generation, 6 fingers and all.

My son's in Silicon Valley in the machine learning biz, and we talked about this 12 hours ago, coincidentally. Even the projects he is working on, although they use AI/ML, are not directly interfaced with other parallel projects in the company. The machines are not yet scraping other machines. That's when the real fun begins.

But right now, AI's primary usefulness in the market seems to be pumping AI stock prices. From the cheap seats, where I sit, at least.

VikingChieftain, to random
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Russian and Nepalese cannon fodder try to communicate as best they can. At least the Nepalese now know where the Ukrainians are.

video/mp4

skydog,
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@WashingtonIrving @VikingChieftain

You know, you may have hit on something there. Maybe we should be using drones to occasionally drop cell phones to troops, the day before their trenches are targeted. Not only would it give some chance for their word to get out, but after doing that a couple of times, it's a nice signal to them that their trench is about to be plowed under. Makes 'em twitchy.

skydog,
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@ekknappenberger @VikingChieftain @WashingtonIrving

Russia's professional corps has been largely decimated. But even at the onset of the war, the reservists were woefully undertrained. Even Russia is majority underdeveloped, just like Chechnya and the -stans.

I graduated USAFA, and flew military for 7. Training to 'reserve' level is maintaining a proficiency, at best. Unless one's full time, it's not training to expertise. Then drag them off to a strange theatre with no support, and we wouldn't do much better. And now they're down to conscripted reservists. Those 'morons' had perfectly good, and probably productive lives (disregarding released convicts here) before impressment into service.

Unless they're personally war criming, I'd like to kill them with the respect they would have deserved, if not impressed. Discounting them as morons has the danger of hubris.

skydog,
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@ekknappenberger @VikingChieftain @WashingtonIrving

There's a parable about a samurai who was tasked to kill the mayor of an opposing village. As he was about to kill the mayor, the mayor spit in his face. The samurai paused, sheathed his sword, and walked away.

When you riddle out why he didn't kill the mayor then and there, you've found out the 'proper', some might say soulful, way to kill, in war.

skydog,
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@VikingChieftain @ekknappenberger @WashingtonIrving

Sorry, I may have hit the wrong reply, but the question was made for ekknap. No, the point being that the samurai had been angered, and he would have slain his opponent in anger. He recognized that and walked away.

Anger in war is useless. You use your training to remain dispassionate. That does not remove assuming the role of mad dog, but it is a role you play for maximum effect in a situation that demands it.

Hubris is another thing worse that worthless in war. It creates a hole in the understanding of one's own strength. Respect the enemy.

RickiTarr, to random
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Remembering when this Tomb Raider came out, and thinking, Wow, game graphics can't get much better than this!

skydog,
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@RickiTarr

It was a confusing time for some of us. After all, milk comes in rectangular jugs.

GottaLaff, to legal
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NEW #TrumpTrial 🧵starts HERE. #Trump #legal

Remember: I cannot reply while live-posting, so plz use NFL (Not For Laffy.. no hashtag) so I can skip your replies. THANK YOU.

1/... Erica Orden:

Trump returned to courtroom accompanied by Eric, Lara Trump, + rest of entourage.

McB:

Back in overflow, the rules are as strict as ever—even Chris Hayes
gets ID'd.

"Press credentials?" a court officer demands, as another reporter gives a good natured, "You sure you're a member of the press, Chris?"

skydog,
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@tdwllms1 @GottaLaff

NFL

Toilet humor? Please!

No, really...please. We need more of that shit.

GottaLaff, to random
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🤦🏻‍♀️
: We have witnesses in this courtroom that have made a point of going out, being on TV, making money but we are not allowed to. President is somehow not allowed to.

Acyn:

(The gag order does prevent Trump from being on TV or making money)

skydog,
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@GottaLaff

NFL

I'm not going to blow a gasket about Trump's surrogates. Their words don't have the anti-gravitas of Trump's particular insanity, when it issues from himself.

With any luck, as a matter of fact, when Trump is found guilty in this case (I'm not allowing myself to think he will not be), the muck will hit them as well.

skykiss, to Ukraine
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First Russians turned off transponders to disguise ships full of goods looted from , now even replacing ship names with nonsense lettering.

Russia is just a 1980s gangster movie.

Putin's terrorist state here transporting stolen grain and obscuring the ship's name with gibberish, in violation of regulations which mandate that a vessel's name be clearly displayed on both the portside and starboard bow. The ship Matros Koshka fails to comply with this rule and should not be permitted to transit. In April 2024, unnamed vessels and those flying false flags transited the .

@potus

skydog,
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@skykiss @potus

Nice ship.
It would be a shame if it impaled itself on a piece of Nord 2...

RickiTarr, to random
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Where do you live and how do you feel about it?

Obviously, don't tell me exactly where you live, no actual addresses please! You can be as vague as you like.

I live in Central Missouri in the U.S.

Pros:

This is an absolutely beautiful place, green rolling hills, lots of rivers, lakes, ponds, and natural springs, cool caves to explore.

Lots of farming here, so great access to quality fruits, vegetables, meat, eggs, and dairy.

It's relatively inexpensive to live here compared with other states, because it's a "flyover".

I'm close enough to three major cities, that it's an easy day trip, and I'm about halfway to anywhere in the U.S.

We have one of the best Conservation departments in the U.S. and this is one of the few things that is a bipartisan issue. Lots of awesome nature programs that are free or cheap, state parks, conservation areas, bird watching, hunting, boating, foraging available to everyone.

Cons:

Yeah, it's a big one, it is a RED STATE, while a lot of the cities are blue, there is a large rural population, that votes red. Abortion is not legal here. People often vote against their own self interest.

While I'm not against responsible gun ownership, lots of people aren't responsible, and people have access to guns that definitely should not.

We have very few employee protections here, while the cost of living is relatively low compared with other places, it's taken years to get to a $12 minimum wage, and it's still not enough.

skydog,
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@RickiTarr

I live in the very northwestern tip of the US state of Washington, and let me put it this way...

When the apocalypse comes and everyone loads up their land cruisers to search out the the paradise that lay beyond the destruction, they'll all be headed in this direction.

skykiss, (edited ) to Ukraine
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Eighty years ago, millions of Ukrainians fought for Nazism to lose forever. But today, Ukrainians are again opposing the evil that has been reborn, has come again, and wants to destroy us again. An army of monsters who kill, torture, and wipe out peaceful cities and villages from the face of the earth. Evil, the name of which is Russian fascism. Abbreviated as the Russian Federation.

On the Day of Remembrance and Victory over Nazism, remembering millions of Ukrainians who, together with other peoples, fought and won, we believe and bring a new day of a new victory closer, when the expulsion of the Nazis from Ukraine.

It's impossible to deny that Russia has its own versions of Nazi ideology. The way to stop Nazism remains the same. Only joint efforts can be effective.

Russia puts every country that doesn’t submit to its terror on its "list."

As long as Russia exists in its current form, no country is safe unless it is a pawn or accomplice of a terrorist state. Part 1.

🧵 1/

skydog, (edited )
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@skykiss

You know, maybe what we need is another 'Pearl Harbor'. What we have right now is VERY reminiscent of the isolationism of the United States in the 1930's. The feeling that what happened in Europe (or the Pacific) really didn't concern us. But it concerned our allies, until it finally did 'concern' us.

We finally resolved that with an a couple of fission bombs. So I ask Mastodon, now that we are in the nuclear age...

What should our upcoming Pearl Harbor look like? Enquiring Minds Want To Know.

SteveBellovin, to random
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Well, the Brother support web pages kept me from going out and buying a new printer/scanner—their fix worked. They lost out on an immediate sale, but that (plus, of course, the fact that they don't play weird, privacy-invasive games with toner cartridges) has helped confirm that this is the ONLY brand I'll buy.

skydog,
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@SteveBellovin

Brother was fine back in the day, when they had bulk loading. These days, I use Epson, with the tanks. If you get one full refill in, the savings on ink has paid for the printer. And I haven't found any IoT nags on it. I'm somewhere over a dozen printers thru the years, now.

KarenDorman, (edited ) to Fashion
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Hey friends, does anyone know what either of these objects are?
(They were found in a deceased relative's jewelry box.)
Please boost for added eyes, thanks! 😊

The lettering on the object on the left says:
Hadley Made in USA
Both ends open up to 90⁰ and the main body expands and contracts about a centimetre.

A clever person has said that the object in the right is a Writescope telescoping mechanical pencil. Thanks!

@sewing

skydog,
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@KarenDorman @sewing

On the left, a pocket sized punch or stitcher, I would think. Its use would be in workshops, possibly to hand correct stitching, for materials like light leather? Or could it be an imprint, at the base? For embossing a company mark on something, after inspection? But the basic action seems obvious.

skydog,
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@Tooden @KarenDorman @sewing

Well, all I see on a company history site is that they merged with a larger diversified company that might have made something like this, small batch. But it's definitely outside of Hadley's core business.

skydog,
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@Tooden @KarenDorman @sewing

I may have hit on it. This company is exactly the type of use I expected. They make watch bands.

https://www.hadleyroma.com/

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