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Air Force pilot to face virtual dogfight with AI foe

| August 15, 2020 | 16 Comments
Air Force pilot to face virtual dogfight with AI foe

On Thursday this week the Air Force will pit one of its elite fighter pilots against a computer in a virtual dog fight. The DARPA program will consist of three days of trials and tests for their artificial intelligence systems. The USAF Weapons School-trained F-16 pilot will face off against eight AI teams’ systems to […]

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Power Plants Planning

| August 4, 2020 | 36 Comments
Power Plants Planning

As the UK and Euro zone people are slowly finding out, and we’re slowly beginning to realize, wind and solar plants are not necessarily the best choices for power generation for a large populace.  They are not reliable. They are easily damaged, destructive of the environment and wildlife, and when the parts have to be […]

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U.S. Again Used Missile With Long Blades to Kill al Qaeda Leader

| June 26, 2020 | 32 Comments
U.S. Again Used Missile With Long Blades to Kill al Qaeda Leader

AGM-114 R9X Hellfire The Hellfire R9X is an AGM-114 variant that utilizes kinetic blades in lieu of an explosive warhead, intended to reduce collateral damage when targeting specific individuals. First deployed in 2017, its existence has been public since 2019. This variant was used in the killing of Jamal Ahmad Mohammad Al Badawi, accused mastermind […]

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Transatlantic Sahara Dust Cloud Projected

| June 21, 2020 | 14 Comments
Transatlantic Sahara Dust Cloud Projected

  Saharan dust makes it all the way across the Atlantic to the Gulf of Mexico and then moves up the USA east coast. https://www.accuweather.com/en/weather-news/abnormally-large-dust-cloud-making-5000-mile-trek-across-atlantic/761708 And this from NASA as the cloud grew bigger: https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/nasa-observes-large-saharan-dust-plume-over-atlantic-ocean NWS (National Weather Service) gives us both a satellite image of the dust cloud and a very cool video graphic […]

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There could be more than 30 alien civilizations in the Milky Way

| June 16, 2020 | 30 Comments
There could be more than 30 alien civilizations in the Milky Way

By: Bill Watterson By Chris Ciaccia If extraterrestrial civilizations exist, we may not have to go too far to find them. A new study from researchers at the U.K.’s University of Nottingham suggests there are 36 planets in the Milky Way galaxy, a calculation the experts have dubbed “the Astrobiological Copernican Limit.” “The classic method […]

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How a Learned Habit Contributed to Pandemic Spread

| June 14, 2020 | 53 Comments
How a Learned Habit Contributed to Pandemic Spread

The cashier coughed into her hands. Without washing or sanitizing her hands, she handled the money and merchandise she was holding during the cough. She handed the merchandize, and change, to the customer. My chance of getting this cashier was 50%. I turned that into zero percent as I left the line and returned my […]

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After all the sturm und drang the CDC now says…

| May 25, 2020 | 60 Comments
After all the sturm und drang the CDC now says…

Anthony Fauci, the head of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, stated that the steps the U.S. is taking to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus will likely mean the worst-case estimates for the number of deaths don’t materialize. ABC’s Jonathan Karl asked Fauci about the New York Times report on the […]

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Michael Moore’s New Video

| May 2, 2020 | 15 Comments
Michael Moore’s New Video

Michael Moore …Hasn’t Pleased Enviro-Whackos Caught some of this on the previous MM post, here: Michael Moore’s New Docudrama. Seems Moore has spit in the eye of enviro-heros like Elon Musk, Arnold Schwarzenegger, The AlGore, and many others. It flies in the face of their closely held beliefs in solar, wind, and other ‘Green’ technologies […]

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