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[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (2 children)

Fun fact, Navy ships didn't even have a dedicated firefighting force until after the disaster on the USS Forrestal in 1962. A fire broke out on the flight deck and the attempts to put it out were like watching Keystone Cops. Nobody had a dedicated job or understood how to actually fight a Class D fire.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Such a slow burn movie, but I really enjoyed it.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Now NSF funds all branches of science excluding defense and most medical. Those are DOD and NIH for the most part.

[–] [email protected] 53 points 4 months ago (4 children)

If this type of basic science research interests you, in the US there is a federal agency dedicated to this pursuit; the National Science Foundation (www.nsf.gov)

95% of its annual budget goes out the door in the form of research grants to colleges, small businesses and individuals. Most of the research has no immediate application but has lead to some very exciting discoveries. The biggest in the recent past was that orange donut picture of a black hole that was everywhere. ( https://new.nsf.gov/blackholes/how-are-black-holes-studied#eht)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Got to love Singin' in the Rain!

[–] [email protected] 59 points 4 months ago (6 children)

The Cuecat: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/CueCat

Came at a time when there weren't barcodes everywhere and QR codes didn't exist yet. Companies had to publish Cuecat specific barcodes, it was much easier to just type in the URL by the time you figured out you could use it at all.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

In live in DC and I wish we had a well functioning taxi system here. The airport is about the only place you can reliably get one. If I want to get picked up at home there is no one number to call since every taxi is independent and the Curb app is worth shit. When I do get a cab from the airport the experience is on par with Lyft and usually cheaper.

[–] [email protected] 82 points 4 months ago

The orders: "Don't get caught"

[–] [email protected] 66 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Because they make his hands look huge.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Why anybody would purposefully get in something recently designed by Boeing is beyond me.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 months ago

Was there ever going to be any other outcome?

[–] [email protected] 15 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

You see a shirt like this an MLM is not far behind.

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