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Above all first make sure the women and kids are safe, then throw them your car keys and wallet mentioning you've just come from the bank (they'll be distracted) and quickly decide which one to kill first. That would be the idiot holding his stolen pistol almost over his head. The other one will ...
Their MBA alum in the last 20 years or so are the smartest people in the room. If you don't believe that, just ask them and they'll confirm. :lol: ...
Could this result in significant numbers of woke folk dropping out, making room for those who, you know, just want an education? One can hope. ...
[quote]I also have PTSD. If there was one thing it helped with the most, it was that. I was having nightmares 4-5 times a week over a certain event in my life. They almost completely vanished when I was being prescribed CBD/THC. Since I've been off, they've returned. Not as often, but I'm back to ha...
[quote]frick THC. That shite is toxic to anyone battling a mental condition. Absolute poison. Glad this is happening.[/quote] I mentor a few former combat veterans with mild to severe PTSD that use it to help calm their racing brains from horrible memories not of their making. Their medical doc...

re: On believing something to be true

Posted by Mr Breeze on 5/28/24 at 2:57 am
[quote]Science is a framework that produces evidence and the goal is to generate more evidence that can be used to update conclusions if warranted. It's also important to remember that scientists speak in probabilities, not absolutes, so there's always going to be a disconnect when scientific evi...
[quote]His book Bienville's Dilemma is one of my favorites, and I highly recommend it. I will definitely get a copy of the new book.[/quote] Interesting read, anything Campanella writes has always been informative and well written. I always learn something new, not presented in a dry academic sense...

re: On believing something to be true

Posted by Mr Breeze on 5/27/24 at 5:40 pm
Although I doubt Peterson covers any new ground, he's an excellent communicator and I'll watch this later. Augustine (somewhat) and later Aquinas attempted to reconcile the question, Paul Davies, a contemporary theoretical physicist, as well in "The Mind of God" and other writings. None have pres...
Difficult for me to view today, but thank you Bobby. Thank you. [img][img]https://i.imgur.com/G1lNU7dl.jpg[/img]...
[i]In little-noticed move, state senator seeks to lift ban on casino campaign contributions. The prohibition dates to 1996 and was imposed to prevent possible corruption.[/I] Apparently, the righteous Senator Pressly (it's for the children) isn't against all legally codified "sin" products, only ...
[quote]Only downside is having these tube's coming out my chest and having to cover them before I shower with a stick on cover that rips my hair out. [/quote] I have idiopathic heart failure, and a bad back courtesy of the Marine Corps and crashing helicopters that take me to the hospital for vari...
Tomorrow is a day of honor and reverence for those who made the ultimate sacrifice for our country, regardless of one’s political affiliation or views of any particular war. To my fellow Nam Marines and all that followed, especially the younger ones who served in Afghanistan and Iraq, and our br...
The linked article headline states that homeowner's rates are stabilizing and "So far this year, ten insurance carriers have requested no rate increase and nine have requested a rate decrease to the state." So, roughly 50% of Florida's homeowner's insurance rates have gone down, not 100% as the ...
[quote]Did work study for Doc Edgerton.[/quote] Legendary and brilliant scientist. ...
[quote]Harvard, Stanford, Kellogg, Wharton, Booth, Columbia, and MIT are pretty consistently and nearly universally considered to be the best 7 MBA programs (in some order) in the U.S.[/quote] Self selected history in the Northeast for those headed to Wall Street to work for GS or any of the well k...
[quote]Bechtel will finish it and make huge money[/quote] XOM is a capable company but in a bind if committed to a hard completion date. Bechtel won’t bend them over but won’t do them any favors. Risk Management is a bear that can eat you alive. ...

re: *Not a Licensed Surveyor

Posted by Mr Breeze on 5/22/24 at 4:26 pm
[quote]Seems to me the craft or trade of Land Surveying served us well before complicating the process with "the science of Geodesy". Which system of surveying provides evidence of curvature? (or do they?) Cynics (like myself) would say the over-complex Geodesy was adopted as a surveyor tool t...

re: *Not a Licensed Surveyor

Posted by Mr Breeze on 5/22/24 at 1:08 pm
[quote]Question for you (and anyone else who has surveyed land): Do you take into account the "curvature" of the earth? OR Do you assume the land is flat?[/quote] Depends on the technique being used and the end geodetic datum desired. Survey grade GPS requires a datum shift from satell...

re: *Not a Licensed Surveyor

Posted by Mr Breeze on 5/22/24 at 9:18 am
[quote] Licensing is meaningless, all it ensures is there is less competition, it has nothing to do with competency other than providing consumers with the warm fuzzies. If anyone doubt this consider the same entity that licenses professionals also licenses drivers...[/quote] Totally and completely...

re: *Not a Licensed Surveyor

Posted by Mr Breeze on 5/22/24 at 9:07 am
Try to use it for a boundary survey for legal purposes and any however minor future dispute in court and you’re screwed. Use it for general layout planning purposes is fine, but I wouldn’t build a fence next to your neighbors using that data. Your friend will need an EDM and RTK GPS, plus researc...