In the original concept for the Matrix, the humans were supposed to be used as processors. I knew it. That would have made way more sense. https://youtu.be/XhIJarQduJA
What the fuck? Steve Dillon is dead. That's awful. I've been a fan for twenty years, but I thought he was still a relatively young guy.
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He was only 54
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I can't click on any article now without immediately seeing a spelling or grammatical error. Doesn't matter how big the newspaper is. Do editors still exist?
I can't click on any article now without immediately seeing a spelling or grammatical error. Doesn't matter how big the newspaper is. Do editors still exist?
Why employ someone to perform MS Word functionality?
and we will never, ever, be able to visit anything outside of a bubble 0.00000000001% of it
Not with that attitude anyway
Also, that is how we perceive it. What if we are perceiving it wrong?
What if there's a teapot around Neptune?
Well, considering that we just went from thinking there were 2 billion to 2 trillion galaxies in our observable universe, the idea that we might not have a full picture of things yet is actually incredibly likely.
Short of troops to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan a decade ago, the California National Guard enticed thousands of soldiers with bonuses of $15,000 or more to reenlist and go to war.
Now the Pentagon is demanding the money back.
Nearly 10,000 soldiers, many of whom served multiple combat tours, have been ordered to repay large enlistment bonuses — and slapped with interest charges, wage garnishments and tax liens if they refuse — after audits revealed widespread overpayments by the California Guard at the height of the wars last decade.
Investigations have determined that lack of oversight allowed for widespread fraud and mismanagement by California Guard officials under pressure to meet enlistment targets.
But soldiers say the military is reneging on 10-year-old agreements and imposing severe financial hardship on veterans whose only mistake was to accept bonuses offered when the Pentagon needed to fill the ranks.
Short of troops to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan a decade ago, the California National Guard enticed thousands of soldiers with bonuses of $15,000 or more to reenlist and go to war.
Now the Pentagon is demanding the money back.
Nearly 10,000 soldiers, many of whom served multiple combat tours, have been ordered to repay large enlistment bonuses — and slapped with interest charges, wage garnishments and tax liens if they refuse — after audits revealed widespread overpayments by the California Guard at the height of the wars last decade.
Investigations have determined that lack of oversight allowed for widespread fraud and mismanagement by California Guard officials under pressure to meet enlistment targets.
But soldiers say the military is reneging on 10-year-old agreements and imposing severe financial hardship on veterans whose only mistake was to accept bonuses offered when the Pentagon needed to fill the ranks.
holy shit this makes me furious.
That seems like illegal to demand.
If anything maybe top brass in the National Guard should be the ones getting some sort of punishment if they knowingly did something wrong.
and we will never, ever, be able to visit anything outside of a bubble 0.00000000001% of it
Not with that attitude anyway
Also, that is how we perceive it. What if we are perceiving it wrong?
What if there's a teapot around Neptune?
Well, considering that we just went from thinking there were 2 billion to 2 trillion galaxies in our observable universe, the idea that we might not have a full picture of things yet is actually incredibly likely.
Sure but that's not at all the same as "what if we are perceiving it wrong?"
we can certainly get better measurements of the hubble constant - it's pretty "ish" right now - but that doesn't mean we're likely to find that it's wrong
going from 2 billion to 2 trillion is less of a jump than going from 2 billion to thinking that actually, galaxies don't exist after all
and we will never, ever, be able to visit anything outside of a bubble 0.00000000001% of it
Not with that attitude anyway
Also, that is how we perceive it. What if we are perceiving it wrong?
What if there's a teapot around Neptune?
Well, considering that we just went from thinking there were 2 billion to 2 trillion galaxies in our observable universe, the idea that we might not have a full picture of things yet is actually incredibly likely.
Sure but that's not at all the same as "what if we are perceiving it wrong?"
we can certainly get better measurements of the hubble constant - it's pretty "ish" right now - but that doesn't mean we're likely to find that it's wrong
going from 2 billion to 2 trillion is less of a jump than going from 2 billion to thinking that actually, galaxies don't exist after all
Well, it's not as much of a stretch that we might find out something like "hey wormholes are actually pretty common and/or exploitable", etc.
Short of troops to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan a decade ago, the California National Guard enticed thousands of soldiers with bonuses of $15,000 or more to reenlist and go to war.
Now the Pentagon is demanding the money back.
Nearly 10,000 soldiers, many of whom served multiple combat tours, have been ordered to repay large enlistment bonuses — and slapped with interest charges, wage garnishments and tax liens if they refuse — after audits revealed widespread overpayments by the California Guard at the height of the wars last decade.
Investigations have determined that lack of oversight allowed for widespread fraud and mismanagement by California Guard officials under pressure to meet enlistment targets.
But soldiers say the military is reneging on 10-year-old agreements and imposing severe financial hardship on veterans whose only mistake was to accept bonuses offered when the Pentagon needed to fill the ranks.
holy shit this makes me furious.
That seems like illegal to demand.
If anything maybe top brass in the National Guard should be the ones getting some sort of punishment if they knowingly did something wrong.
Army Master Sgt. Toni Jaffe, the California Guard’s incentive manager, pleaded guilty in 2011 to filing false claims of $15.2 million and was sentenced to 30 months in federal prison
well people seem to be going to prison
EDIT: but also in general, it's not illegal anywhere to demand back money people should never have gotten.
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Short of troops to fight in Iraq and Afghanistan a decade ago, the California National Guard enticed thousands of soldiers with bonuses of $15,000 or more to reenlist and go to war.
Now the Pentagon is demanding the money back.
Nearly 10,000 soldiers, many of whom served multiple combat tours, have been ordered to repay large enlistment bonuses — and slapped with interest charges, wage garnishments and tax liens if they refuse — after audits revealed widespread overpayments by the California Guard at the height of the wars last decade.
Investigations have determined that lack of oversight allowed for widespread fraud and mismanagement by California Guard officials under pressure to meet enlistment targets.
But soldiers say the military is reneging on 10-year-old agreements and imposing severe financial hardship on veterans whose only mistake was to accept bonuses offered when the Pentagon needed to fill the ranks.
holy shit this makes me furious.
That seems like illegal to demand.
If anything maybe top brass in the National Guard should be the ones getting some sort of punishment if they knowingly did something wrong.
“These bonuses were used to keep people in,” said Christopher Van Meter, a 42-year-old former Army captain and Iraq veteran from Manteca, Calif., who says he refinanced his home mortgage to repay $25,000 in reenlistment bonuses and $21,000 in student loan repayments that the Army says he should not have received. “People like me just got screwed.”
In Iraq, Van Meter was thrown from an armored vehicle turret — and later awarded a Purple Heart for his combat injuries — after the vehicle detonated a buried roadside bomb.
fucking god dammit the Pentagon just basically shafted these people for the rest of their lives.
What the fuck? Steve Dillon is dead. That's awful. I've been a fan for twenty years, but I thought he was still a relatively young guy.
He was fifty something. He started when he was in his mid teens and was absurdly good right out of the gate. No one had better command of facial expressions.
With Darwyn Cooke dying this year as well 2016 is really going to great lengths to make sure it kills off giants in every artistic arena.
and we will never, ever, be able to visit anything outside of a bubble 0.00000000001% of it
Not with that attitude anyway
Also, that is how we perceive it. What if we are perceiving it wrong?
What if there's a teapot around Neptune?
Well, considering that we just went from thinking there were 2 billion to 2 trillion galaxies in our observable universe, the idea that we might not have a full picture of things yet is actually incredibly likely.
Sure but that's not at all the same as "what if we are perceiving it wrong?"
we can certainly get better measurements of the hubble constant - it's pretty "ish" right now - but that doesn't mean we're likely to find that it's wrong
going from 2 billion to 2 trillion is less of a jump than going from 2 billion to thinking that actually, galaxies don't exist after all
Well, it's not as much of a stretch that we might find out something like "hey wormholes are actually pretty common and/or exploitable", etc.
No, but then again, it is much more likely that we won't
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It's weird, I don't know if I like it. I don't think I'll do it again.
Is that a haunted painting?
My half plate armor brings all the boys to the yard
Everyone knows asian girls are ghosts by default
two trillion galaxies
Does that make anyone else feel sick?
It always makes me feel sick.
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and we will never, ever, be able to visit anything outside of a bubble 0.00000000001% of it
What about other dimensions?
Not with that attitude anyway
Also, that is how we perceive it. What if we are perceiving it wrong?
He was only 54
I can't click on any article now without immediately seeing a spelling or grammatical error. Doesn't matter how big the newspaper is. Do editors still exist?
What if there's a teapot around Neptune?
Man, that was heavy.
The universe is shaped like an orange le creuset mini crock pot.
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There is also that theory that states that it is highly probable that we are in a simulation.
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Well, considering that we just went from thinking there were 2 billion to 2 trillion galaxies in our observable universe, the idea that we might not have a full picture of things yet is actually incredibly likely.
That just kinda creeps me out.
Like something is going on right next to me that I will never know about.
holy shit this makes me furious.
That seems like illegal to demand.
If anything maybe top brass in the National Guard should be the ones getting some sort of punishment if they knowingly did something wrong.
Sure but that's not at all the same as "what if we are perceiving it wrong?"
we can certainly get better measurements of the hubble constant - it's pretty "ish" right now - but that doesn't mean we're likely to find that it's wrong
going from 2 billion to 2 trillion is less of a jump than going from 2 billion to thinking that actually, galaxies don't exist after all
speak for yourself
Well, it's not as much of a stretch that we might find out something like "hey wormholes are actually pretty common and/or exploitable", etc.
well people seem to be going to prison
EDIT: but also in general, it's not illegal anywhere to demand back money people should never have gotten.
fucking god dammit the Pentagon just basically shafted these people for the rest of their lives.
He was fifty something. He started when he was in his mid teens and was absurdly good right out of the gate. No one had better command of facial expressions.
With Darwyn Cooke dying this year as well 2016 is really going to great lengths to make sure it kills off giants in every artistic arena.
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what you do it eight hours a day and then next day you gotta do it again
Seems like bad design
No, but then again, it is much more likely that we won't
all of these deaths are just the rapture happening