Road signs to help people limit radiation exposure in contaminated areas

Post by hommelix » Wed, Jan 15, 2025, 7:19 AM UTC

fsckboy wrote: post #163

killjoywashere wrote: post #45

> engineers mused over whether there was anything to be done top stop a torrent of enemy missiles falling across the nation. These superweapons seemed to promise destruction on an overbearing scale, threatening the very existence of human civilization itself. THEY STILL DO!!!! This is what drives me nuts about our politics: so many people seem to think we can flirt with the sort of nationalism (1) that led us into WW…

you have it all backward > we can flirt with the sort of nationalism that led us into WWI and WWII who are you speaking for? because nationalism didn't lead us , the US, into either world war; a desire on the part of our elected officials to save/preserve our democratic European allies did; that and a direct attack from the Empire of Japan. > Mutually Assured Destruction is still a thing yes, and thank God, because M…

Post by baq » Wed, Jan 15, 2025, 7:30 AM UTC

dullcrisp wrote: post #116

BurningFrog wrote: post #84

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> WW1 kicked off due to a royal getting murdered in broad daylight which triggered a cascade of alliances. Nationality had nothing to do with it. The murderer Gavrilo Princip was a Serbian nationalist, who committed the murder for nationalist reasons.

So you’re saying that if we want to avoid World War 3 we have to get rid of nationalism in Serbia ?

Post by dotancohen » Wed, Jan 15, 2025, 7:39 AM UTC

olalonde wrote: post #156

0xbadcafebee wrote: post #125

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Nationalists are not motivated by reason. Just telling them they're going to start a nuclear war isn't a deterrent. Loyalty, sacrifice, obedience, ethnicity, borders, tradition, etc are their primary motivators today. If they have to end the world with nukes to protect "their" nation, then by golly, that's what they'll do. Self-preservation isn't as important as preservation of the ethos . Look at any white nationali…

> Nationalists are not motivated by reason. It's curious how nationalists, who often claim their stance is grounded in objective truths, almost always champion the nation of their birth.

Post by codethief » Wed, Jan 15, 2025, 8:12 AM UTC

mminer237 wrote: post #138

hhmc wrote: post #114

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> Also worth considering is that, even if higher limits reduce the rate of accidents, accidents at higher speeds are almost universally more severe. Obviously this is true, and especially important at low speeds, but I wonder how much difference there is between 70 and 80 — I would have assumed they are both typically fatal

The energy is exponential. It takes 30% farther to stop going 80 than it does going 70. One of my favorite trivia is the scenario that a car going 50 mph sees an obstruction in front and slams on its brakes and stops just in time just tapping it. A car next to him going 70 mph sees the same object, has faster reflexes, and hits his brakes at the exact same spot of the road. He slams into the object at 50 mph. Just th…

Post by olalonde » Wed, Jan 15, 2025, 8:38 AM UTC

dotancohen wrote: post #175

olalonde wrote: post #156

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> Nationalists are not motivated by reason. It's curious how nationalists, who often claim their stance is grounded in objective truths, almost always champion the nation of their birth.

From what I've gathered trying to talk to reasonable people who have different points of view from me, the main concern is preserving one's way of life. Their culture. I've heard the phrase "the more of the third world you bring in, the more similar your country will be to the third world". And be there no mistake - the countries that these people call "third world" don't want European or American culture infiltratin…