mktesq
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mktesq
@mktesquire
Rugged Individualist just here for the yuks. America, Family, Labradors, and Newcastle United.
United States Katılım Kasım 2024
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Chuck Norris Was a Great Action Star -- but Politics May Overshadow His Legacy variety.com/2026/film/opin…
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I'm going to call this right now. We are going to have a large population with absolutely no critical thinking skills if they blindly trust AI for everything.
We have all already seen it.
They don't validate outputs. They don't really understand anything. They just ask questions, it looks good, and they go with it.
There are going to be huge issues in every company as this continues over the years. The amount of technical debt and knowledge gaps are going to be insane.
So much opportunity if you actually know what you're doing.
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Dangerously Hot Take: Jessup is the antagonist of the movie, but he's completely right and the moral of A Few Good Men is a big part of why the military has such a problem with mutiny, sabotage, and malingering.
The military is not a frat house or social club. It is an organization that exists to kill the enemies of the United States and break their stuff. Military units require hard men able and willing to follow orders, suffer brutality, inflict harm, and work as a team.
Historically, that means strict rules, harsh punishments, unit-enforced standards, and a troop-based immune system that weeds out weak links in the team that could get everyone killed.
In A Few Good Men, Santiago is blatantly writing letters to anyone with influence offering to "trade information" for a transfer. The real Marine it was based on, Alvarado, was salty that conditions at Guantanamo Bay weren't very comfortable and the information that he offered to "trade" was an accusation of an illegal shooting by his comrades—which was never substantiated.
This is not some super uncommon thing. Bad troops will make up all sorts of things to get out of doing any real work. I worked with several Santiagos. I had to do Article 15 paperwork on Santiagos. By the time I left the military—nearly ten years ago already!—it was becoming very challenging to do *anything* to deal with Santiagos.
Bradley Manning was a Santiago.
Bowe Bergdahl was a Santiago.
Whoever set the fire aboard the USS Ford is a Santiago.
Our military is now dangerously full of Santiagos because we've neutralized the immune system against it.
Civilization depends on the implicit threat of violence and the military is where those threats are made good. Nothing maintains unit discipline and cohesion like the occasional good old fashioned beating.
Change my mind.
Margot Cleveland@ProfMJCleveland
I fully realize Nicholson was the bad guy in this film, but Trump has got to feel this way when dealing with the gutless wonders that pretend to be our “allies.”
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@NatHalberstadt I just bought an HP 9130 printer, and in order to scan documents to my email, I have to use the HP app and fight with it for about 20 minutes until I can actually get it to scan and send. If you just hit scan it does nothing.
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@lukecaverns @vw7344 I suggest a "dance off" between the two of you to determine true supremacy. When can we set this up?
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@vw7344 My family was already in America by then—gotta catch up bro
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Most men today would not have the courage.
Three years ago, I traced my direct paternal lineage back to 1077 in Scotland. My family, the Rose Clan, was loyal to Scotland & fought under the direct command of Robert the Bruce to win the war against England—starving & outnumbered.
Something about those bagpipes hits the soul somewhere deep🇺🇸🏴
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@jonbrooks That $200 - $250k is a great number for developed land cost. Now add the home and that's where you are getting higher average home prices. Everyone always underestimates the land costs in their calculations.
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@TheMonologist Cameron wrote a love story and used the Titanic as a backdrop. The effects were amazing. A Night to Remember was a traditional film about the Titanic. Both have their audiences.
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