Rivalarrival

joined 2 years ago
[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 12 points 1 day ago

In this job marlet, if you're not lying, you're not trying.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A reasonable president wouldn't have sent him in the first place. A reasonable president would be asking for him back, offering favorable diplomatic terms.

If refused, as Trump has claimed, a reasonable president would be parking a carrier group off the coast of Acajutia, and having F/A-18s doing nightly, low-altitude, glass-breaking, supersonic passes over Casa Presidencial.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 7 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Do you fully mix into a homogenous mass? Or do you prefer lightly stirring, so some spoonfuls are mostly yogurt, and some are mostly fruit?

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 5 points 3 days ago

He doesn't hate trans people, any more than he hates anyone else

FTFY. Trump hates everyone who isn't himself.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 2 points 3 days ago

I would expect more mishaps from a regional turboprop, flying ten 45-minute flights a day, than a widebody flying a single 12+ hour flight a day.

Mishaps are most prevalent on takeoff and landing. The aircraft that make the most takeoffs and landings are going to have the highest mishap rate.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 1 points 3 days ago

The risk of a mishap is greatest on takeoff and landing. Inflight mishaps are extremely rare.

A "flight" is one takeoff and one landing. The largest aircraft have the longest duration flights. They might be airborne 12+ hours at a time. They might fly fewer than 10 flights a week.

Small commercial aircraft flying local and regional routes might be shorter than an hour. These aircraft might have 70 flights a week.

A student pilot in the smallest, single-engine GA aircraft might spend all day shooting touch-and-goes to build time and experience. Each touch-and-go is a landing-and-takeoff. These aircraft might have 300 "flights" a week.

Yes, the smallest aircraft are going to have the highest per-airframe mishap rate, simply because they experience the most risky phases of flights much more frequently than large aircraft.

Per-flight, the risks aren't significantly different.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 6 points 3 days ago

A320 seat configuration is 3-3. ATR-72 is 2-2. I'd take a guaranteed not-middle-seat any day.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 3 points 3 days ago

Exists. I won't link, but I can assure you: It Exists.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 10 points 3 days ago

Burdick v. US.

A reporter was ordered to divulge a source. Reporter refused, on 5th amendment grounds.

Reporter was given a blanket pardon. Government argued that because the reporter could not be convicted regardless of what they said, the reporter was compelled to testify and name the source.

SCOTUS said that accepting a pardon was tantamount to an admission of guilt. The reporter could refuse the pardon, maintain their claim of innocence, and continue to exercise their 5th amendment right against self incrimination.

Yes, you can refuse a pardon.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 11 points 3 days ago

UBI needs to be pinned to inflation, or we will have made the existing problem worse.

But we should definitely phase in a UBI. Consider it a citizenship dividend: it is what you are owed as a "shareholder" of USA.

[–] Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

How much is cocaine?

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