SlickNixon

Not terribly useful to assume supersonic airflows are occuring at sea level.

"Every person using technology will make every other person's life easier" is not the correct interpretation of the original statement.

Can't imagine willingly using a tool that I assess makes my life more difficult.

Upvoted. I'd hazard that--

"LERS is a system in which a verified law enforcement agent can securely submit a legal request for user data, view the status of the submitted request, and download the response submitted by Google.

If you are a sworn law enforcement agent or other government official who is authorized to issue legal process in connection with an official investigation, you may submit your request through this system."

--is not the height of transparency, though.

This appears to be for private citizens to report illegal content?

they have websites

That's interesting, can you link to one?

One I don't accept without some strong backing.

I need to see some data on this.

Maybe she likes the way eating raw salt makes her feel.

when you're comparing it to a library that literally burned down

There have been significant improvements in structure fireproofing and firefighting in the past 2071 years.

Is there another noteworthy rocket strike in the vicinity of Al Shifa hospital that the comment you replied to might have been referencing?

an angst that could otherwise be channeled more appropriately

Sincerely, you might be on to something here.

I've never had one crack and fail on me.

Well, I can't argue with that.

Soldering crimp connectors (that are not otherwise designed for it) will reduce the flexibility of the wire and introduce stress concentrations. Those stress concentrations will reduce the fatigue life of the harness.

Well-ventilated area, non-flammable container, lighter/matches. Liquor, cigarette, thousand-yard stare optional.

or (strangely) pulling the charging handle every reload

AK or AR or ?

The Pentagon was completed in 1943. There may be some relation between your "farmboys and factory works" and the organization that occupies it now.

They don't have to tolerate anything with China or Russia.

Of course, China and Russia are such bit players that contracts can be broken with them at will.

A machined feature could be either.

Remember that you asked this question...

That and the cartel can just straight up roll up with guns and take all your shit, why wouldn't they just do that if they wanted your money?

...and I gave you this answer (paraphrased)...

Because it's easier to get the cops to do it for them.

Looks like we're done here.

The point is that a police uniform gives a veneer of respectability to robbery (they even call it something different--a bribe!) that a mugging does not posses, and presents as a routine matter instead of an assault or threat of violence (the threats there, of course, just less explicit). The uniform is a bone-stock, fundamental element of the police bribe dynamic. You can hard disagree that tourists find it more agreeable, but you need to throw out some kind of argument for why that is (more than just how hard ya are).

What you are describing... by making it less profitable.

Absolutely correct and totally irrelevant to the original point, which was that the administrative overhead for the cartel is vanishingly small.

Hard disagree

It was palatable enough for you to travel to Mexico.

You're making a number of assumptions for what's required in this process beyond "shake down any tourists you like and give us a cut when you do (or we'll kill you)".

That and the cartel can just straight up roll up with guns and take all your shit, why wouldn't they just do that if they wanted your money?

Being robbed by the government is more palatable to tourists. Would you travel to a place where ununiformed criminals shook you down for $100 a day?

Has it occurred to you that the police and cartels might not be operating as separate entities when it comes to shaking down tourists for cash?

I was referring of course to the hypothetical of the United States making deals to purchase minerals, paying in advance, then subjecting the countries in question to humiliating financial consequences when they can't deliver.

What if they paid in advance?

You sign a deal to trade them X amount of minerals.

The sharp end here is what happens if you don't come up with the minerals.

or the legacy PC can't be kept behind a firewall that only lets data out

Only because I had the same thought and I feel like you might know more, is there an example of software that does this securely?

In the future, code beyond all human comprehension will be rated for reliability by the number of layers of garbage unit tests it's buried under. Tests for the code, then tests for the tests, then tests for those te-...

Erdogan wasn’t aware of it in its infancy, and decided to allow it to go through

It's not impossible, but when you go through the details (e.g. how much everything, including Erdogan's early morning nationally broadcast FaceTime(!)[0], hinged on Türksat remaining operational) it's clear how huge of a gamble that would be on his part.

[0] https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/7/16/erdogan-resorts-to-...

They weren't sure it was him. Puts it in perspective that the military pilots would be averse to shooting down a civilian passenger jet. See here:

TC-ATA [Erdogan's jet] used a callsign THY 8456 to disguise as a Turkish Airlines airplane (Turkish’s callsign is THY) [0]

The jets didn’t fire after the presidential plane’s pilot told the fighter jet pilots over the radio that it was a Turkish Airlines flight, a senior counter-terrorism official told the Guardian. [1]

[0] https://theaviationist.com/2016/07/18/exclusive-all-the-deta...

[1] https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/18/military-coup-...