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Around here, I am what I have to say. No more, no less. Descriptive != Prescriptive. Understanding why something works the way it does is critical to making the thing better.

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Yokem @yokem.signalfd.com · 07/10/2026
"STOP DOING MATH .. They have played us for absolute fools" meme.
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Yokem @yokem.signalfd.com · 17/09/2026
The Tyranny of the Rocket Equation by Astronaut Don Pettit. web.archive.org/web/20230725...
If the radius of our planet were larger, there could be a point at which an Earth escaping rocket could not be built. Let us assume that building a rocket at 96% propellant (4% rocket), currently the limit for just the Shuttle External Tank, is the practical limit for launch vehicle engineering. Let us also choose hydrogen-oxygen, the most energetic chemical propellant known and currently capable of use in a human rated rocket engine. By plugging these numbers into the rocket equation, we can transform the calculated escape velocity into its equivalent planetary radius. That radius would be about 9680 kilometers (Earth is 6670 km). If our planet was 50% larger in diameter, we would not be able to venture into space, at least using rockets for transport.
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Yokem @yokem.signalfd.com · 09/09/2026
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Yokem @yokem.signalfd.com · 01/09/2026
A beautiful mountain sunset.
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Yokem @yokem.signalfd.com · 21/06/2026
At the Reflecting Pool, and guys, this doesn't look right.
Screenshot from The Abyss when the alien water worm pops up out of the pool.
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Yokem @yokem.signalfd.com · 28/05/2026
Geordi Drake Meme of "Project 2029?" on the "Nah" pane, then ”Reconstruction 2.0" on the "Yes!"   pane.
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Yokem @yokem.signalfd.com · 22/04/2026
Definitely checks out.
Matt Damon in the Martian in a space suit with a scraggly beard.
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Yokem @yokem.signalfd.com · 18/04/2026
This bike lane on a collector street near my home was repainted last fall. I think it is pretty obvious that drivers really don't respect the lines. They would respect a hard curb.
A bike lane on a street with worn paint.
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Yokem @yokem.signalfd.com · 12/04/2026
A preview perhaps.
The end of the Ceaușescus.
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Yokem @yokem.signalfd.com · 03/04/2026
Deprivation of rights under color of law
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Further information: Persecution and Farmer v. Brennan

The deprivation of rights under color of law is a federal criminal offense which occurs when any person, under color of any law, statute, ordinance, regulation, or custom, willfully subjects any person on any U.S. territory or possession to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured or protected by the Constitution or laws of the United States, or to different punishments, pains, or penalties, on account of such person being by reason of his color, or race, than are prescribed for the punishment of citizens (18 U.S.C. § 242). When two or more persons conspire to prevent the exercise of constitutional rights, or to punish an individual for having exercised them, it is deemed a conspiracy against rights (18 U.S.C. § 241). The death penalty is applicable in extreme cases when the crimes cause the death of the individual being deprived of statutory or constitutional rights.[2] Remedy by civil action is also possible: 42 U.S.C. § 1983.
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Yokem @yokem.signalfd.com · 30/03/2026
Wrong kind of stripper, friend. This is the real thing:
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Yokem @yokem.signalfd.com · 28/03/2026
Which they've been angling to cancel. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boeing_...
In June 2025, it was reported that the Trump Administration was considering cancelling the E-7 procurement due to concerns that the aircraft would be vulnerable in future conflicts. During an appearance before Congress, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth gave the E-7 as an example of "systems and platforms that are not survivable in the modern battlefield, or they don't give us an advantage in a future fight" and said that "tough decisions" needed to be made.[88]

On 26 June 2025, it was reported that the USAF had canceled the E-7 program due to ballooning costs and concerns about survivability. The termination, announced as part of the fiscal 2026 budget rollout, came after months of rumors that the program was in danger as the Trump administration increasingly set its sights on instead using space-based capabilities to help warplanes find and track enemy aircraft, known as the air moving target indicator (AMTI) mission.[7] However, in September 2025 it was announced that two existing Boeing 737 passenger aircraft would be significantly overhauled and upgraded to create two prototype early-warning surveillance aircraft for delivery to the USAF.[89][90]
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Yokem @yokem.signalfd.com · 24/10/2025
And then there's these folks: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en...
Picture of Cascadia Flag
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Yokem @yokem.signalfd.com · 23/10/2025
From their sweepstakes tos (www.coverd.us/sweepstakes). So, no you can't buy more of their lottery tickets. You just can get them for free by buying other bullshit.
From the terms of service (the last sentence is highlighted):
Sponsor gives away sweepstakes entries referred to as “Coverd Cash” as set out in these Official Rules. Coverd Cash can only be used to play sweepstakes games for a chance to accumulate eligible Coverd Cash that can be redeemed for cash and prizes (“Prize”) subject to the terms of these Official Rules.  Coverd Cash cannot be purchased under any circumstances.
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Yokem @yokem.signalfd.com · 21/10/2025
The bit to understand this guy is a) he's a follow farmer, and b) he's shilling his book.
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Yokem @yokem.signalfd.com · 21/10/2025
This guy is real dipshit. I really hope no one puts some bad 1 star reviews on book without reading it.
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Yokem @yokem.signalfd.com · 15/10/2025
Eventually, one of these folks will get tired.
Cartoon image of a ring of people engaging in a circle-jerk. The heads of the cartoons are the logos of open ai, oracle, amd, coreweave and nvidia. There is a center caption of "Infinite Money Glitch".
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Yokem @yokem.signalfd.com · 11/10/2025
A picture of a bag of phallic shaped gummies.
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Yokem @yokem.signalfd.com · 10/10/2025
It does a fairly simple prompt to the LLM that asks, "hey, given this post, is this reply good faith"
You are an observer of posts on a microblogging website. You determine if the second message provided by the user is a bad faith reply to the second message provided to you. Opposing viewpoints are good, and should be appreciated. However, things that are toxic, trollish, or offer no good value to the conversation are considered bad faith.
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Yokem @yokem.signalfd.com · 30/07/2025
www.americanscientist.org/sites/americ...
This is an old Dilbert cartoon where Dilbert is in cave man times and is getting a tour of a "company" and the tour guide introduces Dilbert to the "random number generator" that only outputs nines. Dilbert questions the randomness of this and the guide responds "That's the problem with randomness, you can never be sure".
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Yokem @yokem.signalfd.com · 11/02/2025
Uh - is wikipedia wrong here? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_...
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