DirkMcDougal t1_jbphwri wrote on March 10, 2023 at 6:48 PM

Reply to comment by icky_boo in Dell’s Latitude 7330 convinced me that business laptops are too expensive by dapperlemon

> a tax write off

So it's taxpayer subsidized then.

DirkMcDougal t1_jbpd7l0 wrote on March 10, 2023 at 6:18 PM

Reply to Dell’s Latitude 7330 convinced me that business laptops are too expensive by dapperlemon

I agree on the too expensive thing. A few years ago I got one of the first gen Yoga Books on a lark for ~$200. Was neat but hardly used it. Just started a new job and needed a tablet I could carry around and then a laptop briefly at the end of my shift to fire off email and my god. The thing is Perfect. Co-workers are immediately jealous and shocked that it's not some exotic $2000 machine. These "business" laptops have become just a way to have a high-profit product and corporate IT departments are glibly spending the money.

DirkMcDougal t1_j6h8o75 wrote on January 30, 2023 at 8:30 AM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Venus fly trap on the hunt by c0ntr0ll3dsubstance

This is not true. I clear "husks" out of my flytraps all the time. I grow a bunch here in Wilmington which is where they're from.

DirkMcDougal t1_j6252j7 wrote on January 27, 2023 at 4:10 AM

Reply to comment by [deleted] in Netflix Special Challenger The Final Flight - curious omission. by GhostRiders

Some of the SRB segments are literally re-used segments from shuttle SRB's. And the the first few flights are using RS-25's which flew on shuttle missions.... then throwing them in the ocean.

DirkMcDougal t1_j55c4i0 wrote on January 20, 2023 at 2:42 PM

Reply to comment by krichuvisz in Can humanity's new giant leap into space succeed? There is a new order emerging in space - a race between America and China. But with the demands of space exploration, even these great superpowers won't be able to do it alone. by filosoful

With wise resource allocation and enhanced application of even our current technology it could be done. Pessimism is a threat I didn't list but should have I suppose.

DirkMcDougal t1_j53iytg wrote on January 20, 2023 at 3:26 AM

Reply to comment by krichuvisz in Can humanity's new giant leap into space succeed? There is a new order emerging in space - a race between America and China. But with the demands of space exploration, even these great superpowers won't be able to do it alone. by filosoful

Oh I think we know how to keep a planet alive. It's excessive greed and ignorance we cannot seem to snuff out.

DirkMcDougal t1_j2v9tic wrote on January 4, 2023 at 4:30 AM

Reply to comment by tperelli in NASA planetary science budget remains under stress by Lolbitable

Artemis was created because Richard Shelby wanted to keep Michoud Assembly operating and SLS needs something to launch.

DirkMcDougal t1_iugpiv2 wrote on October 31, 2022 at 4:47 AM

Reply to comment by KikiFlowers in U.N. says it agreed with Turkey, Ukraine on plan to move 16 vessels under Black Sea grain deal by alumidi

Bosporus is not a canal. It's a strait over 2k ft wide. A Ford, or any other carrier could Tokyo drift through it sideways if she wanted to. The only reasons they don't are legal and tactical.

DirkMcDougal t1_it6bivv wrote on October 21, 2022 at 6:42 AM

Reply to The ‘Documentary Now!’ Episode on Werner Herzog Is Exactly as Good as You Hoped by KidOrpheus

I just heard the Herzog impression clip on the NPR review describing the two simultaneous projects and laughed so hard at a red light the driver next to me was certain I was a madman.