*Former ISU RB
*Led the B12 in rushing yards in 2016
*Finished 8th in Heisman voting in 2016
Retired from football due to engineering degree
* = could have
BREAKING: The US Justice Department is considering a deal with Boeing, $BA, that would see the aerospace giant avoid criminal prosecution but may appoint a federal supervisor to oversee company progress on safety improvements, per NYT
#Vikings TE Robert Tonyan has “looked impressive” so far in OTA’s and minicamp, per @alec_lewis.
“He is catching everything, snagged multiple passes in red-zone period, outstretched arms, toe-tapping in corner of the end zone. He’s looked impressive.”
Objectively wrong.
I obsess over European history so that, in the event that I run into a disgusting Parisian in-person, I can mentally dominate him with a greater knowledge of his country than he has
Something a lot of men don't like to admit:
All of your hobbies and ambitions are to attract women.
Nature doesn't care how much personal fulfillment you get from them. Those things are cool, but they're a coincidental positive externality to the prime objective:
To keep the species going.
@JohnnyTvedt @WalterHudson Probably not, given two reasons.
1) the flag pole is not touching the ground and therefore isn't being 'planted' as it was in the picture from Iwo Jima
2) the American flag only has 12 stripes in this painting
I've seen scenarios where backup UPS power fails to engage even though all checks were good, backup air supply fails, SIL3 interlocks (>99.9% reliable) fail, cases where 4 or 5 protection layers fail for whatever reason. Industrial disasters are ALWAYS complex and multifaceted
My unironic take on the situation in Baltimore:
As someone who has actually studied industrial disasters and has been a process safety investigator on numerous high potential incidents, freak accidents *do* happen, regardless of how many safeguards may be in place
what i thought would make me happy:
• money
• fast cars
• expensive watches
• big mansion
what actually makes me happy:
• more money
• faster cars
• more expensive watches
• bigger mansions
@disclosetv There have been 1500 or so Russian troops stationed in transnistria since the fall of the USSR to 'protect a major munitions depot' in the region.