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  • "If we could perceive time as it truly was, what reason would grammar professors have to get out of bed?"

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    Elon Musk has been in regular contact with Putin for two years, says report
  • Wouldn't surprise me if Putin is deploying underage honey-trapping on these guys like Trump/Elon/Tucker/etc., covertly filming it, and then blackmail owning them thereafter.

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    Florida sheriff questioned for posting identities of teens who made school shooting threats
  • Imma go with bad idea on this one. While one could think this will work for the individual kid, if any of those kids gets any accolade from some peers or possibly even receive money from a lawsuit, they become some version of "hero status" and the antics could become admired by others and more kids might want to do it.
    One thing to always remember is, kids are idiots.
    And a second thing to remember is, adults are idiots.
    Just like school/mall/concert shooters or even worse, Kardashians, they should never be allowed time in public media.

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    TIL sailing ships commonly moved around without wind by warping
  • Pipe lay (etc) anchor barges do this today.
    There are usually six to 8 anchor winches on the vessel. A tug comes to the barge, picks up the anchor and moves it out to some point while the winch unreels. Repeat for other anchors. Winch in to move the vessel.
    This is used for precision movement/placement of the barge.
    Many vessels use azipods and Dynamic Positioning System (DPS) these days.
    But before DPS much of offshore infrastructure was placed by anchor barges.

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