Noobg

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[–] Noobg 3 points 1 year ago

Russia is no longer a threat to anyone except, perhaps, a small neighboring country with no defensive capabilities. China, on the other hand, is certainly a growing problem. While the USA maintains a significant technical advantage, China is set up to out-build the west from a manufacturing perspective.

[–] Noobg 3 points 1 year ago

He can't remember.

[–] Noobg 1 points 1 year ago

Its likely a reference to Russian propaganda that the Kyiv government is populated with drugged-up nazis as justification for their unprovoked war of aggression.

[–] Noobg 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The Russian population will continue to ignore any and all imperialistic geopolitical ambitions perpetrated by their political elites like ostriches with their heads in the sand. As is tradition.

[–] Noobg 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wasn't he like 16 years old when he posted that? I certainly said some pretty stupid stuff when I was that age.

[–] Noobg 82 points 1 year ago (9 children)

He hung himself after being prosecuted by the federal authorities for academic journal article piracy. He was trying to make journal articles available to the masses and was facing life in prison for it. This was many years ago.

[–] Noobg 3 points 1 year ago

The audiobook versions of the Murderbot series read by Kevin R. Free is my guilty pleasure. I have listened to them all in order about seven times. It's great in the background during menial work.

[–] Noobg 2 points 1 year ago

The rule of thumb I was taught many years ago in operations management class was that shipborne cargo freight, on a TEU basis, uses less fuel to get from Hong Kong to Los Angeles as it did to deliver that freight to the store in North America. It's 100x less impactful in terms of CO2 output as trucking.

https://climate.mit.edu/explainers/freight-transportation

[–] Noobg 5 points 1 year ago

Yes, but full-size vans aren't a popular vehicle outside of passenger and tradesmen applications, unlike pickup trucks. I was only pointing out that North Americans apparently prefer to have a passenger vehicle where 40-50% of the wheelbase is unused useless space.

[–] Noobg 4 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure the parent comment is whining because their "CIA caused Ukraine to hate Russia" argument falls flat in the face of overwhelming evidence that Putin and his gang of oligarchs are giant war-mongering douchebags.

[–] Noobg 7 points 1 year ago

Most tradesmen I know haul a trailer with their tools and supplies so that they have the option of unhooking and leaving all that weight behind without unloading the truck. Or, conversely, unhooking at the jobsite so that their workers can keep going while they run for supplies.

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