2023-02-13
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Linux Helps Bring Titanic to Life (1998)
- My Alpha systems came from that job.
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expected ~9p CST Feb 12: ESA: Small meteorite will safely impact atmosphere tonight over northern France
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Toxic gases connected to Ohio train derailment cause concern
The Norfolk Southern train that derailed in East Palestine, Ohio, last week, setting aflame tankers of hazardous chemicals and prompting an evacuation of thousands of residents for almost a week, had traveled at least 20 miles with a malfunctioning axle, according to security camera footage from businesses in Salem, Ohio.
At 8:12 p.m. on Feb. 3, the southbound freight train passed by Butech Bliss, an industrial equipment manufacturer in Salem. One car, a few dozen behind the first locomotive, glowed brightly on the bottom as it passed. A minute later and a mile down the track, a camera at a meat processing plant called Fresh Mark captured the same fiery axle.
The National Transportation Safety Board, which is leading the investigation into the derailment, said it believes a mechanical issue with one of the rail car axles is responsible for the accident. Board member Michael Graham said at a news conference on Feb. 4 that the train crew had gotten an alert “shortly before the derailment indicating the mechanical issue,” and started to apply the brakes.
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(Feb 9) Journalist arrested while reporting on press conference about derailment cleanup - ABC News
- There's online complaints that this story has been suppressed; the troll farmers are out on it and explaining away things like this.
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Ohio catastrophe is ‘wake-up call’ to dangers of deadly train derailments
Horseshit
celebrity gossip
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Gregory Benford Had a Major Stroke on December 22
I’ve spoken with him, but mostly at him, via FaceTime and, although everyone thinks he’s improving, it seems to me that there’s something missing. My intuition is that he’s not entirely there, as of now. Deep down, he’s confused.
Musk
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God Did the World a Favor by Destroying Twitter Archive link
Twitter’s troubles are due not just to Musk, who appears to be both shooting himself in the foot and cauterizing the wound with his own brand of flamethrower. No, Musk is merely the vehicle. The real reason Twitter lies in ruins is because it was an abomination before God. It was a Tower of Babel.
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We will not enable escalation of conflict that may lead to WW3
Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation
Media / ShowBiz / Advertising
TechSuck
Crypto con games
Economicon / Business / Finance
Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making
Law Breaking / Police / Internal Security
External Security / Militaria / Diplomania
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UFOs, the Channel Islands and the Navy’s ‘drone swarm’ mystery
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US Military Has 'Decommissioned' Another 'Object' Over Lake Huron: Congressman
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From Huron in we have to demand answers
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U.S. military downs another flying object over Lake Huron, near Canadian border
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US military shoots down high-altitude object over Lake Huron on Sunday
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China is about to shoot down another flying object in their territory
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Octagonal object shot down by military aircraft over Lake Huron
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F-16 Shoots Down "Octagonal Object" Over Lake Huron (Updated)
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They won't officially categorize them as balloons or as having some type of a propulsion system, although there could be a gaseous envelope inside. They don't know what country they are coming from. When asked about aliens, said they just won't rule anything out at this point.
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Won't talk about if they have interfered with sensors, as has been reported.
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Pentagon: Unknown objects not balloons, unsure of sustained flight method
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How Bad Is It? Biden Team Issuing ‘Private Assurances’ It’s Not Aliens
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China’s Balloon May Have Taught the US More Than Beijing Learned from It
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US Norad Hasn’t Ruled Out Alien Origins for Latest Objects Shot Down
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Everything We Know About 'Unidentifieds' Shot Down over the U.S. and Canada
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US military shoots down fourth flying object over North America
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China’s Top Airship Scientist Said He Sent One over North America in 2019
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US Security Experts: Latest Two Objects Shot Down Were Balloons
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China says US balloons breached airspace at least 10 times
National Security Spokesperson Adrienne Watson saying the following:
Any claim that the US government operates surveillance balloons over the PRC is false. It is China that has a high-altitude surveillance balloon program for intelligence collection, that it has used to violate the sovereignty of the US and over 40 countries across 5 continents.
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Military unable to determine how the objects were kept aloft
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A trio of new intrusions leaves America’s leaders grasping for explanations
NORAD commander Gen. Glen VanHerck said recent objects shot down were likely the first “kinetic action” that NORAD or the US Northern Command had taken against an airborne object over US airspace.
In the latest event, a high-altitude object was shot down on Sunday afternoon by an F-16 over Lake Huron, which lies between Michigan and Ontario. The Pentagon said the object was not assessed to be a military threat but was a flight hazard. But it did connect the craft to a radar signal picked up earlier over Montana, the home to US intercontinental missile silos and other sensitive sites.
fierce political debate over the balloon has clearly changed Biden’s tolerance threshold for unknown aerial objects. It’s now a case of shoot first, investigate later.
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this bit. There was 4 days between spotting and shoot down:
connect the craft to a radar signal picked up earlier over Montana shoot first, investigate later.
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