I_Has_A_Hat

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[–] I_Has_A_Hat 0 points 12 hours ago

Ok, then don't buy any 🤪

[–] I_Has_A_Hat 14 points 12 hours ago

Using a gun with a 25' effective range

Translation: I know fuck all about shotguns beyond what I've seen in movies and video games.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat 5 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (3 children)

If the US reserves gold, why do they also reserve silver? Why do they reserve grain, oil, steel, cheese, or foreign currencies?

Because it's dumb to put all your eggs in one basket and the more you diversify, the safer it is. Like it or not, Bitcoin is an asset; and barring a global disaster that knocks out all electronics, it's unlikely to go away. It makes sense to have some and sit on it.

Will there come a time when everything falls apart and the only way to trade with another power is with tons of wheels of cheese? Probably not, but if it does, the US is ready.

Will the same ever happen with Bitcoin? Probably not, but if it does, the US is ready.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat 8 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) (1 children)

Every time I see an article or comment going "Trump can't do that! The Constitution will protect us!" I just think of that scene in Game of Thrones where Ned tries to depose Cersei by revealing a signed statement from the king declaring him the ruler of the realm, and she just takes it and casually rips it up in front of everyone before arresting him.

"Is this your plan? A piece of paper?"

He controls all 3 branches of government. So what if he goes against the constitution? Just who the hell do you think is going to stop him?

[–] I_Has_A_Hat 17 points 15 hours ago

My God, it's like all those statues started out as columns and it was easier to carve the arms like that instead of sticking them out!

[–] I_Has_A_Hat 1 points 15 hours ago (10 children)

Should there be a collapse of the US economy, or global markets stop using the dollar standard, or sanctions placed on US banks by other countries, a store of alternative currency is good to have.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat 2 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I'm talking about capturing the vapor, letting it condense, and then dropping the condensed water from its capture point. It's not about exploiting the remaining energy from heat & pressure contained in the steam, but exploiting the gravitational potential energy created from all that water vapor rising and coming out the top of the cooling towers. Kinda like how we create energy batteries by pumping water uphill into a reservoir for later use, except we wouldn't have to use any additional energy to pump it uphill.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (4 children)

You can get a hell of a vertical drop for free though. A typical nuclear cooling tower, for instance, is about 500ft and thats not the limit to how high the water vapor will travel. Even a couple thousand gallons at that height is a lot of potential energy that could be recaptured, and it appears that large nuclear plants release several million gallons of water per day.

 

Is it just a matter of not being worth it? I see cooling towers releasing what appears to be a ton of steam, pretty high up. If that steam were captured at the top and allowed to condense, wouldn't that result in a ton of water with a lot of gravitational potential energy? That water could then be released and used to power water turbines. Maybe I'm overestimating the amount of water being released as steam, or underestimating how much is needed to spin a water turbine to get a meaningful result, but it seems like wasted energy to me.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm aware. My point stands.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat 7 points 1 day ago (4 children)

This assumes there is an exact 1:1 ratio of male to female snakes, which is almost certainly not the case.

[–] I_Has_A_Hat 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

To OP and others giving similar answers; ok, so you take control of the person...

Do you actually know how to do the things you say?

Using OP as an example, do you know how to use those hacking tools? Do you know how to go about hacking everyone's phone? Because otherwise the only thing you'll have access to for a minute is whatever is in arms reach of said NSA agent.

 

I'm aiming to get the 30k steps in a day achievement and was wondering if the app considered a day as in a calendar day, or if it's 30k steps in 24 hours?

30k steps comes out to about 15 miles. If the app goes off 24 hours, I was considering taking a backpacking trip some weekend and hiking half in an afternoon, stopping for the night, and doing the rest in the morning. But if it goes by calendar, I'd have to adjust my plans.

 

I'm moving across the country in a few weeks and am trying to plan my route as I'll be driving a moving van with a car towed behind it. The entire drive will be 16-17 hours.

Google maps seems limited for searching everything I'd want to take into account for the route (pull through gas stations, height requirements, avoiding mountain highways, etc.) and was wondering if anyone knew of a better way to plan out the trip?

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