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Tyranthraxus posted...

Super versions have full grocery supermarkets inside.

For us in SoCal, those are just the "Regular" versions here.

There is no "Super Label" attached on the outside.

Tyranthraxus posted...

If you live near a super target or super Walmart they probably have them as well.

Ok, I have normal Target's & Walmarts near me.

What do you mean by "Super" versions of those?

Tyranthraxus posted...

I see them at Publix and Kroger all the time.

Never heard of Publix, don't have a Kroger near me.

Tyranthraxus posted...

TBH the Atkins advantage peanut butter cups taste way better than Reese's. You should try those if you have access to them.

Where would you get those in the US?

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Toblerone's don't get enough love IMO.

Highly under-rated despite being so damn good.

Noumas posted...

When people say UK chocolate, do they mean that Cadbury or other chocolates? I tried Cadbury chocolate and it was ok... but what I tasted with lindt was something else entirely... I can't even describe the soft sweet creamy goodness that melts in your mouth with justice enough, you'd have to taste it for yourself to see what I mean.

We can easily buy Lindt in the US, especially at Costco.

https://naturalhealthcarecenter.com/why-trans-fats-and-high-fructose-corn-syrup-must-be-banned/

The FDA should ban TransFats & HFCS in foods.

Use natural sugar instead of HFCS and get rid of artificial preservatives and other artificial crap.

CassandraCroft posted...

Here in Britain where I live we do not stuff our chocolate and sweets (candy) with High Froctose Corn Syrup, artificial colourings, preservatives and other crap that the FDA allows in American food and drink or do not put in parafin wax into our chocolate which is what the Americans do as that acts like a congealing agent.

I concur, all that junk needs to be removed from our foods.

Skallagrim released this today:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jca3_cpzO0

I still think the LK Chen Hook Shield is a better shield for dueling then this Shield/Arm Bracer hybrid.

This should be good for a few laughs:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xpw4tAz-IHk

AngelsNAirwav3s posted...

Sounds great, except for the reducing a hurricanes intensity part, that is just not possible, which is what the original Stanford video was about

I have plenty of faith in Standfords scientific accumen & their simulations.

Along with modern engineering technology / material sciences and the Wind Turbine Industry's efforts to make Hurricane resistant Wind Turbines.

So let's leave it at that.

We'll agree to disagree.

AngelsNAirwav3s posted...

We arent investing money into wind turbines to stop hurricanes though. Which is probably why they want to put those on the WEST coast, where hurricanes are extremely rare.

I never said they were to "Stop Hurricanes", that's fundamentally impossible. A side benefit of the massive wind farms along our coast & off-shore is to just "Reducing the Hurricanes Intensity". That's all.

The primary purpose is to generate power along the US coast line where the vast majority of people live.

Having LOTs of Wind Farms provide Green Energy for us and I think that's worth it.

Imagine how much power we can capture if the US coast line was dotted with dense Windfarms across the coast for countless miles deep into our territorial economic zone.

The amount of energy we can generate.

AngelsNAirwav3s posted...

Gusts of up to 128 mph? Yeah that wont last very long.

Lets see, one of the largest off shore wind farms in the world, the Hornsea Project 1, covers an area larger than Philadelphia, took 4 years to build, and cost a whopping 4.2 billion. This project has a grand total of 165 wind turbines. And definitely not the newer expensive turbines which could survive 128 mph wind.

The video says tens of thousands of turbines would be required to effect a hurricane (which I think is low probably hundreds of thousands to have any actual effect), this is going to take a very very long time and a ton of money and these would have to be stacked basically right next to each other to take up the smallest area possible, meters apart from each other to basically make a wall (hopefully the ocean floor in such a large area is flat and wants to play ball).

Then we get into maintenance on the things, which is extremely expensive, especially being in a hurricane hotspot. You keep posting things about the turbines, but the wind towers themselves can only withstand 175 mph, not the 200+ you can see in a big storm. So every big storm we see 10%-20% minimum (look how easy current off shore wind farms get damaged, that are deliberately put as far from hurricanes as possible) of these at least with minor damage to the blades, or catastrophic damage to the whole tower. Now we need to go fix tens of thousands of windmills before the next storm hits. I cant even fathom the amount of man power and capital that would take.

Yeah, just 5 minutes of thinking and you realize using a wind farm to slow down a hurricane is just pure science fiction.

US launches program to boost floating wind turbines
https://arstechnica.com/science/2022/09/us-launches-program-to-boost-floating-wind-turbines/
Most of the West Coast will need floating hardware to harvest offshore wind.

Too late, we're already investing ALOT of money into offshore wind turbines.

MICHALECOLE posted...

my mom decided.. hey, this is weird as fuck, I dont want my kid to get molested, and took me out

Yeah, child runway modeling is a weird world.

Popcorn2000 posted...

In Star Trek we created giant nets to stop tornados

Well, we're not at Star Trek level of tech, so we deal with it using the tech we have.

AngelsNAirwav3s posted...

And hurricane alley would be the absolute worst place to put an off shore wind farm

Riders On The Storm: GE Is Building A Wind Turbine That Can Weather Violent Typhoons, Hurricanes
https://www.ge.com/news/reports/riders-storm-ge-building-wind-turbine-can-weather-violent-typhoons-hurricanes

It's not like they haven't thought about how to deal with this issue.

Can Wind Turbines Withstand Storms?
https://web.uri.edu/offshore-renewable-energy/ate/can-wind-turbines-withstand-storms/

Well, wind turbines have an anemometer that measures current wind speeds. This information is sent to the turbine controller. The turbine controller operates cut-in and cut-out periods based upon these wind speeds. Turbines are powered on only when wind speeds range between 8 and 55 miles per hour (mph)2. Once the anemometer measures speeds at or below the turbines cut-out speed, the blades resume normal operation and continue to provide renewable energy to the grid.
The diagram below shows the power output of a turbine against steady wind speeds. As wind speeds increase, more electricity is generated until it reaches its maximum, or rated power. As the wind speed continues to increase, the power generated by the turbine remains constant until it eventually hits the cut-out speed and shuts down to prevent unnecessary strain on the rotor1.
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/0/8/AAAFvAAADuuQ.jpg
According to industry standards, any turbine (along with its substructure foundation) should be capable of resisting extreme loading with a certain chance of return period caused by storm winds, waves, and currents.
Active research is being conducted to better assess hurricane-induced risk on offshore wind farms as hurricanes have not been an issue in the European previously-existing farms.

The Wind Turbine Industry has the situation under control and they'll plan accordingly and has already developed Wind Turbine technology that is ready for Hurricane Alley.

Plus Wind Turbine offers plenty of Green Energy, and the more we built along the coast, the more we sap energy out of ANY hurricane that comes towards the US coast. Ergo lowering the intensity of any Hurricane.

That's a Win/Win situation.

MICHALECOLE posted...

I have a funny story about this song

lemme know if you wanna hear it

Sure, go for it!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P5mtclwloEQ

AngelsNAirwav3s posted...

I definitely watched the video, and yes using thousands and thousands and thousands of windmills to reduce the force of a hurricane is extremely stupid. Just cause they made a little computer graphic doesnt make the idea any more realistic.

That's more of a "Side Benefit" of having thousands upon thousands of Wind Turbines off-shore.

The main purpose of the Off-shore Wind Farm is for power generation and there is plenty of real estate off the US coast to plant Wind Farms.

AngelsNAirwav3s posted...

Do you really think the problem is capitalism? Or maybe its that the idea of using a wall of windmills to stop a hurricane is a fucking terrible idea as soon as you put any actual thought into it, like Solar Roadways?

If you actually read the article, it was never meant to "Stop the hurricane", just "reduce it's storm rating by a few tiers" to be manageable.

Current Wind Turbines are already designed to withstand hurricanes while off-shore. That's why they are already allowed to operate in area's where Hurricanes might go.

Solar Roadways is a completely different animal and is dumb as eff.

ssj3vegeta posted...

Like da ability to stop hurricanes, tornados, tsunamis, volcano eruptions, earthquakes, etc?

Or is being able to detect dem hella faster to evacuate da area be da best we can do?

https://arstechnica.com/science/2014/02/massive-offshore-wind-farms-unexpected-benefit-hurricane-protection/

According to Standford Universities simulations, lining the US Coast with a MASSIVE AMOUNT of Off-Shore Wind Turbines would dramatically lower the intensity of Hurricanes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7uRtxl8j2U

Making LOTS of Wind Farms form a wall around the US along the coast line can theoretically absorb ALOT of the energy from a Hurricane/Typhoon/Tornado can "LOWER" the intensity.

It WON'T stop the Hurricane/Typhoon/Tornado sadly. But it's a start.

Volcano & Earthquakes, we can probably predict when those will happen and evacuate, but we can't stop it.

Tsunami's could be withstood if you made your home out of Concrete / Steel instead of Wood.

http://courses.washington.edu/larescue/precedents/prevention.htm

Alot of Tsunami mitigation comes from good local planning & Quality manufacturing of Buildings / Facilities.

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10 Game Streaming Services Dead! (Including Stadia).
4x Game Streaming Services Left.

I'm betting Amazon Luna is next.

Then there will be 3 left:
- GeForce Now
- PS +
- Xbox Cloud Gaming

Now, for the rest of them to go down into the trash bin of history, to never be recycled or ever considered again.
We can do it! Everybody, help get the word out about how bad "Game Streaming" is so that they can all FAIL MISERABLY and die by the waste side.

Viva Game Ownership !!!!
DEATH to "Streaming Games" & "Games as a Subscription Service".

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I concur, construction methods, materials for a blade need to be transparent along with forging process and any other easily verifiable technical stat should be made available to the consumer.

CableZL posted...

No, and I'm not sure what the deal with our relationship with our cable vendor is. We've had a number of situations where the cable vendor goes out, runs copper/fiber, doesn't test it, and then leaves the site. Then we come in days to months later and realize the cable doesn't work.

But the team I'm on doesn't manage the relationship or contact with the cabling vendor at all.

Maybe you should talk to the team that does and tell them WTF is going on.

It doesn't take that much time to validate that the cable works before you shove it into the walls / ceilings.

End result is a much quicker install since there are less things likely to go wrong.

They didn't test the Fiber pairs before labeling it?

The radioactive fallout would spread to his city pretty quickly given how close they are.

It'd be stupid.

Smackems posted...

Maybe the back is for sawing? Idk

Prongs at the bottom, no clue

Never underestimate the "cool factor." If it catches someone's eye that's generally what they want whether it's functional or not

Then it seems to be based off of "Cool Factor", then that seems to be the only reason I can think of myself as well.

Sad but many decisions are based on such thinking.