Depends.

They’re gps guided 155mm artillery rounds. The electronics and guidance in them reliably survive the 50,000 g-force hell of being shot out of a cannon and then land (when used correctly) within a meter or 2 of their intended target over the course of a 20+km distance.

God knows how much was invested over the years to develop the system, and even once that’s recovered there is still an impressive amount of high precision manufacturing required to make a single one.

I’m positive they’re probably making $30k+ per round, but if it does its job is it worth it?

Agreed, but 2 important things in my eyes.

1 - renewable surpluses. As wind and solar keep ramping , hydrogen is a fantastic way to store that energy. Sure, there are efficiency losses but it’s transportable, able to be stored long term, and able to be used from small scale to grid scale applications.

2 - total life cycle cost. There is an incredible amount of emissions embodied in evs. Haven’t seen a comprehensive analysis of a h2 vehicle but I would imagine a few hundred kilos of missing lithium is a good thing.

Genuinely confused by your first statement (in particular effective altruism). What does that have to do with the board?

Not an attack, just actually clueless.

I mean, I haven’t actually looked it up, but presumably “news” is information brought to you by a reputable source, so you have some confidence in its accuracy.

The concerning part for me is there’s no way tik tok is regulated, or held to any kind of standard. I’m not sure if sources are regularly cited, or confirmed. It feels like gen z / alpha just taking everything at face value, even blatant propaganda, and assuming it as truth because “nobody would just go on the internet and lie”

I watched a video of a man have his head removed brutally with a garden hoe.

I’ve listened to a phone call from an ordinary Palestinian to his parents, elated that he’s murdered 10 innocent Israelis on October 7th. His parents plead for him to come home but he responds “either we win or we die”.

Explain to me how this isn’t a death cult? Explain what supporting hamas looks like?

Perhaps I was too subtle in my last comment. I don’t agree with Israel’s outright response to October 7 as it will inevitably lead to a whole new wave of Islamic fanatics hell bent on establishing a caliphate and wiping everyone they disagree with from the map. However ideologies that cannot get past 14th century thinking have no place in our modern world, and should be eliminated, violently or otherwise.

There was a ceasefire. Hamas broke it. Should Israel just say “haha, you cheeky devils, stop that” and go back to living their lives?

Hamas are determined to capture, torture, murder, mutilate and otherwise destroy the citizens of Israel. Celebrating jihad and martyrdom is completely at odds with Western values. How are women, the lgbt community, and non-Muslims supposed to exist and lead enjoyable, meaningful, and fulfilling lives if hamas and it’s allies control the region?

Nobody in the West condones needless killing, it’s literally one of the things that sets us apart from our enemies. Broadly, we indiscriminately value human life. Israel drop pamphlets, send text messages, call mobiles and landlines, and use “roof knocking” explosives to warn civilians of impending strikes. Know who tells them to stay? Hamas. Because death is not a bad thing for them, it is to be celebrated. There is no better thing than to be a martyr and be welcomed to paradise.

If Israel intended to commit genocide, they wouldn’t be sending their troops in, they’d just level Gaza. They want their hostages back, and jihadists eliminated.

There’s no simple answer to all of this, because religion is one helluva drug, but one religion is a hell of a lot more compatible with our western values.

Clearly you don’t understand Usenet, it’s open, you can start your own provider and indexer if you like. Nothing stopping you.

I’d rather not, so I pay to support those who do a good job of it.

Even so you still have to seed, meet lame ratio rules, hope that old torrents are still seeded etc.

Torrents certainly still have their place, but Usenet is just generally superior in all aspects, and for a few dollars a month the service it provides is unparalleled.

Faster, encrypted, no need to seed. Yep, sure is terrible.

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Please attempt this and post results

Genuine question:

Assume that it’s financial viable, is there anything stopping me from establishing a manufacturing facility whose goal is to produce as much plastic waste as possible?

Because if there isn’t, there’s our problem…

“Around 30% of respondents also perceived cyclists to be less than fully human.”

What the fuck is wrong with people

Great idea, don’t know how it would work in practice though.

And yeah, my email to my supplier this year was essentially “don’t make me faux leave to another supplier again to get the good rate, just give it to me”

How were the Qld ones different? Softer?

I do love the crunch of the NSW variety, but worry without dental cover under Medicare I’m definitely going to end up paying thousands for it haha

The other day standing at the lights waiting to cross, for whatever reason it hit me like a ton of bricks as I saw half a dozen cars pull up to the lights.

“we’re doomed, there’s no way people will accept the changes we need to make right now to stand any chance of avoiding a climate catastrophe”

Heavy cars are just the tip of the iceberg. From the heavy ships burning shit oil in international waters, to agricultural methane, food waste, microplastics, etc, we’re fucked.

Pessimistic, but I just don’t see humanity coming together for a common good. We’ll probably be ok in Australia. Rich, and far away from everyone but I feel for those in less fortunate situations when the crops stop growing and AC becomes mandatory to survive summer.