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some_random_dude 2 points ago +2 / -0

You can get, with some tweaks, a windows-esque experience. If you started on Win XP (or older) it is LESS of a transition than it is to Win 11, and arguably to a Mac desktop.

Any major app (browser, email client, word processing) is close enough.

Some apps can run natively with some pro-level toys like Proton, which is how Steam runs Windows games on their Linux steam deck.

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some_random_dude 4 points ago +4 / -0

I'd start with the ATF myself. Their general MO wouldn't even need to change, we're just having them do it against non-citizens rather than citizens.

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some_random_dude 1 point ago +1 / -0

Knowing the [nuclear] power on ONE single SSBN floating out somewhere in the ocean, waiting for The Signal.... is absolutely terrifying. The only consolation is in the most densely populated areas it would be over in milliseconds... for the Potato to be (in theory or appearance) in charge of that type of lethality, not even considering reciprocal effect or the fact we have a lot more than one of these boats, is just mind blowing... man I hope this is a movie...

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some_random_dude 2 points ago +2 / -0

They probably don't want people tracking lot numbers and correlating serious injury and death anymore.

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some_random_dude 1 point ago +1 / -0

Yeah these folk have some amazing powerpoint skills, music and all. It is a great presentation.

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some_random_dude 2 points ago +2 / -0

I have ** NEVER ** seen (smelt) this in the midwest, been here for over 40 years.

I have smelled many fires (wood, BBQ, etc) and was a former electrician, so know what a burning transformer smells like... far closer to the latter here than the former.

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some_random_dude 7 points ago +7 / -0

Can confirm (Northern Illinois) that it smells like a house fire- some wood, but mixed with plastics- like an electrical transformer or something. If it is a forest fire, something else is in there, burning.

Maybe a traincar of vinyl chloride or something.

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some_random_dude 2 points ago +2 / -0

Can confirm a frequent problem, at least for another carrier . Except ours didn't happen from corrosion- the discharge of bilges with JP5 in it upstream of the intake of water for desalinization was ours. The fuel would make it through the distillers, into the potable tanks.

It was pretty damn obvious, though, when it happened, and we'd flush it out- it wasn't the most carcinogenic threat on the boat.

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some_random_dude 3 points ago +3 / -0

This is amazingly well stated. Post of the year.

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some_random_dude 2 points ago +2 / -0

Obligatory history : The Duffy Street Disaster

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Bernardino_train_disaster

Like every great disaster [that isn't a planned FF] a series of screwups create the perfect storm.

ProTip: remember to get utilities marked before digging with heavy equipment

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some_random_dude 2 points ago +2 / -0

Can we get the bodycam footage where the good guys come in and drop this hideous creature? Maybe with the Steve Inman voice-over?

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