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The good ole days...not. Typing your code into a machine that punched the cards, then you took the cards to the front desk to be scanned and sent to the mainframe to be compiled...what a nightmare. Those were three dark days, thank god for the girl working the desk in the computer lab...she found my spelling error, today a debugger would find it in 69 seconds...further proof we need to update our systems. For those wondering (probably no one), "ENVIRONMENT" is a specific division within a COBOL program where you define details about the computer system where the program will run, including information like the file system, hardware specifications, and input/output devices, essentially describing the "environment" in which the program will operate.

He did post context, the death field is labeled "false". Even the article you posted says "possible explanation". That’s just one possible explanation for what DOGE allegedly found. Musk could also have simply looked up the SSA’s own website, which explains that since September 2015 the agency has automatically stopped benefit payments when anyone reaches the age of 115. One would hope the SSA could quickly validate every recipients receiving benefits. It should be a simple query to find out how many U.S. citizens are over age 100 and how many recipients over age 100 are receiving benefits. Google says there are currently 89,739 centenarians, the number of recipients should be reasonably close to that number....if not, take a deeper look. Conspiracy over. I don't know if there is rampant age related fraud but it does show the government system is a freaking mess and warrants a peak under the hood...for EFFICIENCY, not necessarily fraud. Kind of like manually processing civilian retirements in a limestone mine shaft. As someone who actually programmed in COBOL (atrocious language...I lost three days of my life because I spelled the key word "environment" incorrectly, every time it when to the mainframe to be compiled it generated pages of the green and white pin fed paper errors), it seems terribly inefficient given modern computer systems. Again, I don't like the cut with an axe approach (actually flamethrower), but I see nothing wrong with taking a look at government processes to see if they can be improved.

Maybe there is a reason why...

I agree...at first I thought it was another Crazy Ivan but when you peel the onion back a little bit it makes a lot of sense. Obviously the strategic location issue but I had no idea about all the rare earth minerals, once that I came to light I was curious why Denmark wasn't harvesting everything on their own, apparently the capital investment is a bit to steep for them. interestingly the Chinese are aware, they have a heavy presence on the ground right now. What was truly surprising the extend of the independence movement in Greenland, a majority of the residents have wanted to be independent for some time. Everyone is throwing shade at Trump for bringing this up but the United States tried to buy Greenland in 1947 for $100 million. Just like we tried to buy Cuba in 1848 and again in 1854.

Breaking reports - flipped upside down. Initial report say most people survived. 35-45 Knts winds at landing.

So you do think we should buy Greenland!

I think Putin is a wildcard who was not intimidated by the last administration. He grew up KGB and has no limits of evil when it comes to getting what he wants. A rationale person would think he would stop at the Polish border, but his actions are not always rationale. Thanks to his losses in Ukraine he will not pose a threat serious military threat to NATO for the rest of his life, but he will continue attempts to regain control of all the FSU countries including those now in NATO through influence, subterfuge, insurgency, murder, and who knows what other tools. Think about it this way, he was not afraid to hack and attempt to influence our election, do you really think he is afraid of NATO?

Yeah you are right, if we hadn't provided help Putin would have just stopped when he got to the border of Poland.

Pete sucks at negotiations...I hope you are right about Trump and his plan. I hope you are right, starting your negotiations with a complete win for Putin is plain dumb. Putin screws up a lot of things, but his long game is far better than ours. We crazy Ivan with every administration and both Russia and China know it. Brother I have no idea why you jump to such conclusions...I never said full NATO involvement or per-invasion borders...The REALITY on the ground you are holding up is Russia with one of the most powerful (or they were), military forces in the world still in a stalemate three years later...and it has not cost us a single U.S. or NATO soldier. For pennies on the dollar Russian has been blunted and weakened for a generation. However, if you let Putin have everything he wants, he will just do it again like when we turned a blind eye to him taking the Crimea. The ROI is a weakened Russia that is no longer a serious threat to the U.S. There no "mental gymnastics" to go through...look a the numbers...the population impact, the impact on their economy and Putin's ability to project power as a hegemon. We didn't "directly engage." Again, not a single U.S. soldier was lost, not a single NATO soldier was lost.

If approved Putin wins. "Security guarantees?" Like the ones we gave them in 1994 when they surrendered their nukes? Putin keeps the Crimea, he keeps a crap ton of new land, the ability to control the Black Sea and he keeps Ukraine out of NATO so he can do it again in a few years. What an absolute abortion. I am not impressed Pete.

How long until they direct a return to the white V-Neck?

Study claims harms of COVID-19 vaccines 'profoundly outweighed' benefits; calls for moratorium on mRNA shots

Of all the things to be worked up about and speaking about TRUST...As a service member I would have thought you'd be more worked up about the previous guy who had checked out, had surgery and stayed at home for a week without telling POTUS or anyone in the National Command Authority.

NOTAMs are back to "Notices to Airmen".

Lets hope he kicks Cat 5 to the curb as well.

When the refs don't help you win....AND the crowd booed Taylor Swift.

I can think of a place they might start. 28 agencies were authorized to fly helicopters near Reagan Airport before deadly crash

All is not as it appears, read beyond the headlines. Just because commercial sales are humming along does NOT mean you are making money, quite the opposite with Boeing: 1. Losses piled up for Boeing in 2024 - BLUF - They lost $11B in 2024 2. Boeing has lost $32 billion since 2019, with no end in sight. How long can it keep losing money? 3. Boeing’s Self-Inspection Program Is Deeply Flawed - BLUF Boeing has long operated under the Organization Designation Authority (ODA), which allows them to sign off inspections in lieu of FAA inspectors. With all the recent issues including the recent door blow out, the FAA has severely restricted their ODA.

"At the close of 2024 fighter pilot retention rates have hit historic lows, with some airframes reporting bonus take rates as low as 29%." Keep moving forward with that message, it seems to be resonating with the force. Soon you won't have any pilots to screw over.

Boeing is HORRIBLE! There is a constant battle over proprietary versus government owned software. At one point after 9/11 there was an effort to put Hellfire on the AC-130U. Rockwell owned the mission system on the U boat and wanted $100M to open the code and incorporate the munition. I was later told a similar effort on the Predator cost $2M. Lockheed did the same with the OEM software on the C-130J when AFSOC wanted to add additional SOF functions to the aircraft, they wanted $100M for access to the EOM software. AFSOC in their infinite wisdom decided to install a new stand alone computer box called the SOF Mission Processor, the idea being to have a gonkulator that could perform certain functions (numerous mission SOF functions and to integrate things like JTTRS), when on mission you could flip a switch to push those functions to the green machine glass and get around the OEM displayed data....at last count AFSOC has spent $300M and it still wasn't right. The worst was BOEING, when I was in the HQ there was a big push to keep everything government owned. Our engineers at Warner Robins had worked on Gunship code for many years and they contracted with Boeing for additional engineering support. One of the engineers came to me with a print out of the code where Boeing had gone in and put "BOEING PROPRIETARY" labels on code the government had written. I called the senior Boeing dude in for a meeting and he denied it. He was a retired AFSOC O-6 and actually friend. A few days later went around me to the AFSOC/CV to complain that I was spreading falsehoods about Boeing. I had the Warner Robins Engineers drive over to HRT with the code and show both the CV and the CC, the labels came off the next week.

Trump revoked Biden's security clearance today.

I don't think mode C provided everything that was needed, especially since it showed the helo at 200' when it was actually at 325'. If RA's are inhibited below 1000', then again Mode C does not provide what is needed. Regardless we all agree 100' of altitude separation is ludicrous.