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DIY-HP-LED
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The transition to a matrix like existence won't be easy! The logical end is we all end up with a jack in our skulls or a wireless implant! Technology has social and economic consequences, it always has, but they are accelerating at an alarming pace and the mass social experiment comes with benefits and losses. Evey moment we spend with technology, is one we don't spend with others around us, the more we cocoon with endless selections of entertainment and amusement, the lonelier we become. We have theaters, banks, libraries and amusement parks and gaming arcades right in our own home or on our phones when we do venture out. Humans are social animals, crave each other's company and a sense of community, which is why social media is popular.
How A 'Risky Experiment With Loneliness' Is Impacting Young People
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The Financial Times' Federica Cocco joins Morning Joe to discuss her latest reporting on what she's called 'the approaching loneliness epidemic'.
How A 'Risky Experiment With Loneliness' Is Impacting Young People
9,598 views Nov 29, 2022
The Financial Times' Federica Cocco joins Morning Joe to discuss her latest reporting on what she's called 'the approaching loneliness epidemic'.
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UAE set to launch rover to the moon Wednesday
DUBAI: The UAE has completed the final preparations to launch its rover to the moon in the Arab world’s first lunar mission, it was announced on Tuesday.
Rashid rover will blast off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 30, embarking on a five-month journey to the moon. In a statement, Japan-based ispace inc. announced it had completed the integration of its HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar lander into the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
“We are pleased to have finished the first phase of the Mission 1 with the final preparations before launch completed,” said Takeshi Hakamada, Founder and CEO of ispace. “To do this, we utilized a design and development model that balanced reliability and low costs by employing proven technologies and components from around the world,” he added.
The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center (MBRSC) invited viewers from all over the world to watch the launch live at 12:39pm UAE time (GMT+4).
The rover will land on the “unexplored moon surface at Atlas Crater, on the southeastern outer edge of Mare Frigoris (“Sea of Cold”)” in April 2023, the center said.
“The target site criteria were carefully considered by the Emirates Lunar Mission Team, including the duration of continuous sun illumination and communication visibility from Earth,” the MBRSC said in a statement. Once launched, the integrated spacecraft will take a low-energy route to the moon rather than a direct approach.
If the lunar mission succeeded, the UAE would be the fourth country to land on the moon. The 10kg Rashid rover will study the properties of lunar soil, mobility on the lunar surface, the petrography and geology of the moon, dust movement, and study surface plasma conditions and the moon’s photoelectron sheath. It will send data and images back to Earth, using two high-resolution cameras: Microscopic, and thermal imaging ones, said the mission’s team.
The lunar mission was the latest of the UAE’s effort in space exploration. Earlier in February 2021, the UAE made history by landing its Hope probe to Mars, becoming the first Arab nation to launch an unmanned mission to the red planet.
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DUBAI: The UAE has completed the final preparations to launch its rover to the moon in the Arab world’s first lunar mission, it was announced on Tuesday.
Rashid rover will blast off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 30, embarking on a five-month journey to the moon. In a statement, Japan-based ispace inc. announced it had completed the integration of its HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar lander into the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
“We are pleased to have finished the first phase of the Mission 1 with the final preparations before launch completed,” said Takeshi Hakamada, Founder and CEO of ispace. “To do this, we utilized a design and development model that balanced reliability and low costs by employing proven technologies and components from around the world,” he added.
The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center (MBRSC) invited viewers from all over the world to watch the launch live at 12:39pm UAE time (GMT+4).
The rover will land on the “unexplored moon surface at Atlas Crater, on the southeastern outer edge of Mare Frigoris (“Sea of Cold”)” in April 2023, the center said.
“The target site criteria were carefully considered by the Emirates Lunar Mission Team, including the duration of continuous sun illumination and communication visibility from Earth,” the MBRSC said in a statement. Once launched, the integrated spacecraft will take a low-energy route to the moon rather than a direct approach.
If the lunar mission succeeded, the UAE would be the fourth country to land on the moon. The 10kg Rashid rover will study the properties of lunar soil, mobility on the lunar surface, the petrography and geology of the moon, dust movement, and study surface plasma conditions and the moon’s photoelectron sheath. It will send data and images back to Earth, using two high-resolution cameras: Microscopic, and thermal imaging ones, said the mission’s team.
The lunar mission was the latest of the UAE’s effort in space exploration. Earlier in February 2021, the UAE made history by landing its Hope probe to Mars, becoming the first Arab nation to launch an unmanned mission to the red planet.
UAE set to launch rover to the moon Wednesday
DUBAI: The UAE has completed the final preparations to launch its rover to the moon in the Arab world’s first lunar mission, it was announced on Tuesday. Rashid rover will blast off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 30, embarking on a five-month journey...
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DIY-HP-LED
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I was wondering about a polar mission with those side mounted solar panels, perhaps their angle can change. For polar operation the solar panels would be like sails on a rotating mast, since the sun would be on the horizon most of the time. They would rotate with the sun every 28 days and when the batteries are full can be turned edge on to the light to save wear and tear. Such a power station could power a polar base and a rover which can recharged regularly from it. Location is everything however and the higher the mast the more consistent the power.UAE set to launch rover to the moon Wednesday
DUBAI: The UAE has completed the final preparations to launch its rover to the moon in the Arab world’s first lunar mission, it was announced on Tuesday.
Rashid rover will blast off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 30, embarking on a five-month journey to the moon. In a statement, Japan-based ispace inc. announced it had completed the integration of its HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar lander into the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
“We are pleased to have finished the first phase of the Mission 1 with the final preparations before launch completed,” said Takeshi Hakamada, Founder and CEO of ispace. “To do this, we utilized a design and development model that balanced reliability and low costs by employing proven technologies and components from around the world,” he added.
The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center (MBRSC) invited viewers from all over the world to watch the launch live at 12:39pm UAE time (GMT+4).
The rover will land on the “unexplored moon surface at Atlas Crater, on the southeastern outer edge of Mare Frigoris (“Sea of Cold”)” in April 2023, the center said.
“The target site criteria were carefully considered by the Emirates Lunar Mission Team, including the duration of continuous sun illumination and communication visibility from Earth,” the MBRSC said in a statement. Once launched, the integrated spacecraft will take a low-energy route to the moon rather than a direct approach.
If the lunar mission succeeded, the UAE would be the fourth country to land on the moon. The 10kg Rashid rover will study the properties of lunar soil, mobility on the lunar surface, the petrography and geology of the moon, dust movement, and study surface plasma conditions and the moon’s photoelectron sheath. It will send data and images back to Earth, using two high-resolution cameras: Microscopic, and thermal imaging ones, said the mission’s team.
The lunar mission was the latest of the UAE’s effort in space exploration. Earlier in February 2021, the UAE made history by landing its Hope probe to Mars, becoming the first Arab nation to launch an unmanned mission to the red planet.
UAE set to launch rover to the moon Wednesday
DUBAI: The UAE has completed the final preparations to launch its rover to the moon in the Arab world’s first lunar mission, it was announced on Tuesday. Rashid rover will blast off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 30, embarking on a five-month journey...
Lucky Luke
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Voluntary voting is flawed. It means a political candidate must rile up their supporters to get them to vote. It means that making it harder for your opponents supporters to vote is nearly classed as a legitimate strategy. .
Compulsory voting means that political candidates have to vie for the middle ground and making it easier for people to vote is the job of the government.
Compulsory voting means that political candidates have to vie for the middle ground and making it easier for people to vote is the job of the government.
Lucky Luke
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Wazzir
As 2 April 1915 was Good Friday, many ANZAC troops waiting to go to the Gallipoli Campaign were on leave, and many of them went to the Birka. They had an accumulation of grievances against the entertainments in the Birka: beer adulterated with water or even urine; high prices; much venereal disease among the area's prostitutes; theft and general dishonesty; an incident when an English soldier from Manchester found his sister serving as a nude dancer and prostitute there (she had accepted an offer for a job in domestic service, but her purported employer took her to Cairo and left her there: see white slave trade), and when he tried to take her away, the brothel's staff threw him out of an upstairs window.[3][4] About 4000 troops rioted and wrecked and burnt many buildings, and threw prostitutes and pimps out onto the streets and their possessions after them; furniture including a piano was thrown out of upstairs windows; and they rescued the English soldier's sister. The riot started about 4 pm or 5 pm and ended by 10 pm.[5]
As 2 April 1915 was Good Friday, many ANZAC troops waiting to go to the Gallipoli Campaign were on leave, and many of them went to the Birka. They had an accumulation of grievances against the entertainments in the Birka: beer adulterated with water or even urine; high prices; much venereal disease among the area's prostitutes; theft and general dishonesty; an incident when an English soldier from Manchester found his sister serving as a nude dancer and prostitute there (she had accepted an offer for a job in domestic service, but her purported employer took her to Cairo and left her there: see white slave trade), and when he tried to take her away, the brothel's staff threw him out of an upstairs window.[3][4] About 4000 troops rioted and wrecked and burnt many buildings, and threw prostitutes and pimps out onto the streets and their possessions after them; furniture including a piano was thrown out of upstairs windows; and they rescued the English soldier's sister. The riot started about 4 pm or 5 pm and ended by 10 pm.[5]
Two new minerals found.
Two minerals, never-before-seen on Earth, found in one of planet's largest known meteorites
The two new minerals were found in a slice of a meteorite recently discovered in Somalia, possibly offering clues on how the rocks are formed.
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The thing about compulsory is people who are not politically astute are voting..which was at least one reason we have Electoral College..mr 1700s farmer wasn't usually politically astute- he may not even have any schooling..someone had to keep them from going off the rails if they existed, which they didn't. Rails.
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Worse yet, no outlet to re-charge..that is my biggest fear..major solar flare that destroys our electrical grid..everyone's electrical grid.
Fear and chaos will ensue.
DIY-HP-LED
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I think a better idea would be to pay people to vote say a couple of hundred bucks, those who choose not to vote in effect pay a fine to those who do, pick up a check when you vote in person of it will be deposited to your bank account by mail. The carrot and stick approach will target those who don't vote, the poor and the young more effectively. Don't want to vote, pay the 200 dollar fine by not getting your check. If you have been convicted of hate crime, or vote cheating or rigging, or are nuts, you don't get to vote since you are anti-social, and voting is a social act.
Hope.
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Alzheimer's drug lecanemab hailed as momentous breakthrough
Lecanemab is the first drug to remove damage, but there are questions around its impact, side effects and use.
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Sativied
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Aside from Australia there are not many examples where compulsory voting leads to anything good. Voting is a right, not something you force on people. Not voting is a vote too. Voluntary voting isn’t a cause for a lack of accessibility either, that’s just connecting dots that aren’t linked. Democracy itself is flawed, it’s naive to think compulsory voting can fix that as it’s based on the false assumption it leads to something better.
We did the $200 fine with ACA and look how that turned out.
Like religion; you have the choice to not be part of Christian Nation.
DIY-HP-LED
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The nuthouse is back! Give them somewhere decent to live and medication and it will work out for most, few would need to be confined and most can be helped. Sometimes it's our society that breaks people and sometimes it's just bad luck with genes or an upbringing. Most of those removed from society will be violent for one reason or another and will need confinement. A more comprehensive approach is required IMHO, not just chasing the ones who act out violently with butterfly nets.
DIY-HP-LED
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All stick and no carrot, no law against the government giving money away in exchange for public service, no service, no pay.
DIY-HP-LED
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Perhaps the flaw is not in our stars, but in ourselves as the bard would say. Democracy is flawed because people don't vote on policy or issues and are swayed by other, often false concerns, culture wars and such. While free speech and a free press are necessary and valuable to the functioning of a democracy, the spread of disinformation and lies by the internet is problematic. There are two ways to suppress the truth, censor it if you are able to and to bury it with bullshit, smoke and mirrors. The decisions we make are only as good as the information we have to work with and many work with "alternative facts".
Many are in information silos of their own creation, no despot has to censor for them, they do it themselves and live in a world of "alternative facts". Then there are the effects of tribalism, bigotry and racism throwing sand in the gears of liberal democracy. Social and generational division over covid, masks and vaccines are but one example of this phenomena with a constantly changing virus that mutated out of control and made existing polices meaningless. Here we adapted to science and social pressure, fought protested and disagreed, in China they did not.
Sativied
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Reminds me of a high school friend, his dad was a history teacher, typical bearded gray yarn sock and sandal type. Knowing little about what communism actually entailed, everyone "knew" it's bad, craziness from behind the wall. One day during a group session of consuming beer and weed, this friend says it's not the system (communism) that's bad, it's just humans who aren't suitable for it. I remember everyone looking judgemental like wtf our mate's a commie. But it made sense at the time, figured his dad gave him that wisdom. Till many bags of weed later I realized it's horseshit, if a political system isn't suitable for humans, it's a bad system. The flaws in ourselves (let's face it, it's not us, it's the others who are flawed
) should be considered and addressed in any system applied.To consider compulsory voting (which we had in NL for 50 years, till 1967) you have to consider who doesn't vote now and why. Reasons vary per country, culture, person and aren't addressed with making it compulsory. Democracy is a means, not a goal. Higher turn out doesn't equal 'more democratic' or anything like that, it also doesn't mean less votes for populists or the bad side whichever that is in whatever country. It does provide a whole lot of extra sheep to be brainwashed with subliminal messaging, soundbites, catchy slogans and worse, alternative facts. The idea that the more people who vote the better the result (in any way other than pure higher turnout %) is an unproven and imo unlikely fantasy. Can't have 1 person decide everything for obvious reasons, doesn't mean we have to go to extreme lengths to involve everyone just for the sake of it.
Belgium has compulsory voting too. They can still vote blank. The reason is just as in Australia to force a high turnout. Effectively, it doesn't seem to help them form governments and thus govern effectively, at most on the contrary:
No government? No problem, say Belgians - France 24
No government? No problem, say Belgians
@Sativied US is gonna 'move on The Netherlands like a bitch'
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I still get some of my best material from That Man.
U.S. beats Iran 1-0 in a must-win World Cup match
The U.S. had to beat Iran to advance in the World Cup. Iran had to just tie in order to move on. The U.S. will go up against the Netherlands in the Round of 16.
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I still get some of my best material from That Man.
BudmanTX
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nice, hope they make it......godspeed UAEUAE set to launch rover to the moon Wednesday
DUBAI: The UAE has completed the final preparations to launch its rover to the moon in the Arab world’s first lunar mission, it was announced on Tuesday.
Rashid rover will blast off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 30, embarking on a five-month journey to the moon. In a statement, Japan-based ispace inc. announced it had completed the integration of its HAKUTO-R Mission 1 lunar lander into the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
“We are pleased to have finished the first phase of the Mission 1 with the final preparations before launch completed,” said Takeshi Hakamada, Founder and CEO of ispace. “To do this, we utilized a design and development model that balanced reliability and low costs by employing proven technologies and components from around the world,” he added.
The Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center (MBRSC) invited viewers from all over the world to watch the launch live at 12:39pm UAE time (GMT+4).
The rover will land on the “unexplored moon surface at Atlas Crater, on the southeastern outer edge of Mare Frigoris (“Sea of Cold”)” in April 2023, the center said.
“The target site criteria were carefully considered by the Emirates Lunar Mission Team, including the duration of continuous sun illumination and communication visibility from Earth,” the MBRSC said in a statement. Once launched, the integrated spacecraft will take a low-energy route to the moon rather than a direct approach.
If the lunar mission succeeded, the UAE would be the fourth country to land on the moon. The 10kg Rashid rover will study the properties of lunar soil, mobility on the lunar surface, the petrography and geology of the moon, dust movement, and study surface plasma conditions and the moon’s photoelectron sheath. It will send data and images back to Earth, using two high-resolution cameras: Microscopic, and thermal imaging ones, said the mission’s team.
The lunar mission was the latest of the UAE’s effort in space exploration. Earlier in February 2021, the UAE made history by landing its Hope probe to Mars, becoming the first Arab nation to launch an unmanned mission to the red planet.
UAE set to launch rover to the moon Wednesday
DUBAI: The UAE has completed the final preparations to launch its rover to the moon in the Arab world’s first lunar mission, it was announced on Tuesday. Rashid rover will blast off from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida, US, on Wednesday, Nov. 30, embarking on a five-month journey...