Odd Stuff (Part 2)

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Can we just burn NFTs with fire already?

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Boeing successfully flies unmanned autonomous military ‘wingman’ aircraft that may become pilot’s buddy

Boeing this week successfully completed its first official test flight of its autonomous uncrewed military airplane.
Nicknamed the Loyal Wingman, the 38-feet-long aircraft was able to autonomously whiz around the skies of the Australian outback crewless. Having said that, it was under the careful watch of a test pilot in a control station at the Woomera Range Complex, a military aerospace facility in South Australia, about 450km from Adelaide.
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The 40-Year-Old Version: ZX81’s sleek plastic case shows no sign of middle-aged spread

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Region. Locked. Ink.

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Yeah, that would make me “go Office Space on a printer,” too!

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Friends don’t let friends buy HP printers. Of course the other manufacturers are just playing catchup and eventually you won’t be able to buy a “dumb inkjet printer”.

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Personal Odd Stuff:

So, after a recent surgery (out patient non critical) I am being bombarded with customer service survey texts and emails from from the anesthesiologist in regards to customer satisfaction.

Well, I don’t remember a thing. So, 100% satisfied? Why is there a survey? Well, this guy remembers half of his surgery so, 50% satisfied?

Odd indeed.

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House Armed Services Committee chairman calls F-35 fighter jet a ‘rathole,’ suggests Pentagon should cut its losses

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Jeff Goldblum What GIF by The Late Late Show with James Corden

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Well then…

the rock hail satan GIF by Saturday Night Live

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Geez, if the F-35 is a “rathole,” I wonder what they call the Osprey… :thinking:

Saying they want to “cut their losses” now is trillions of dollars too little, and decades too late.

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Some I’ve heard over the years about the Osprey:

  1. Widowmaker (not the only aircraft called that)
  2. VTOSL (anagram of STOVL) - Vertical Take Off, Sudden Landing
  3. Twirly Whirly Death Machine
  4. SSSS - Single Sortie to Safety Standown (heard it at one squadron, didnt seem to be widespread)
  5. Spam in a can
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These “anti-government” folks are such effing morons! How would they feel if their food was tainted, or their children’s toys were covered in lead paint? Or, or, or…
It’s as if they truly have no idea how much work it would take to live a safe life without some entity making sure every fucking thing wasn’t horribly pillaged for profit. And what we have now is not at all good enough, but even this they complain about. Makes me want to pull my hair out.
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ETA - sorry for the anger, not aimed at you in any way, obviously.

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AIKZ

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breadfruit
I see what you did there
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Minimum wage fail Bernie?

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