They’re both seafaring Europeans and got around.

Also, the Spanish Netherlands and Norway aren’t far apart, along trading routes.

The US builds all their embassies like a fortress while others just have them in a normal building.

Looks good. I struggle with timing my sourdough.

“We build cars that are too expensive for most people to buy and we need that profit! What could we do?”

Depends on what you’re controlling and your geographic location.

If this were the case, the goon squad would have showed up.

Typically submarines aren’t in a position to offer refuge to shipwrecked sailors, but to my recollection there hasn’t been submarine warfare since WWII. They sank a ship that didn’t present any threat and likely could have been neutralized with a number of alternate approaches.

With blackouts! Don’t forget about those.

Good idea.

Some can be converted to EV chargers. It’s considered contaminated ground, so the options are limited without expensive remediation. Depending on the economic situation they may just be abandoned.

They won’t all shut down at once. The ICE cars won’t all turn off at once; they’ll fade.

Metal is expensive, but also they’ll be subject to considerable criticism from the opposing parties. The design needs to be solid, which means it adds cost. It needs to be pretty, it needs to last forever, and withstand significant abuse. So they’ll contract it out and that adds cost. And you couldn’t possibly reuse a design, oh. My. God. /s

The actual manufacturing I’m not sure about, but I assume the city won’t be interested in 50 contracts, so it’ll be a big shop with overhead, sales people, and steak dinners.

Government procurement is hard, sometimes for good reasons, sometimes stupid.

Not sure if relevant but it’s deep through there - 60-100m.

I’m not a marine engineer but I think mines would need to be anchored. Might be cheaper to have drone boats hidden in every bend in the coastline.

A good protein supplement is very helpful. Some people argue it’s not necessary but I think that may be technically correct but you’re not going to progress the same way. I’ve been able to get by without it, but that’s been when I’m bulking, with a high TDEE, and as an omnivore eating a lot of dairy. 3800cal with 140g protein wasn’t hard :) Now I’m cutting and need 160g protein at 2400cal. My expenditure swings a lot!

Some part of this is the male influencers, and some part of this is kids being ignorant. But being a straight woman in that age group must really suck.

In a country where “oi, cunt” is a friendly greeting, it’s probably rubbing off on him.

It turns red when there’s a problem. It’s intelligent, see?

I sincerely hope there’s no generative AI involved, for the safety of the people on site.

For a while there, there was a perception that Satya was trying to move away from that.

Then they started firing people, cutting the sales budget, running licensing audits, and churning out trash and its 100% back to business as usual.

I remember the “this is my office” stickers the MS people had, when they were pushing the EMS. Now they’re required to be on site. Hmmm

Looks good, nice rise.

For this style of bread I roll it to a rectangle about 75mm thin, fold like a letter then roll it out again to be as wide as the pan, then roll it up like a carpet (wet it on the inside of the roll if it doesn’t feel tacky so it sticks together). Score before baking. The dough does need to be pretty lively to recover from the abuse, but it should give you the smooth top sandwich loaf look.

Does Phalanx work for a convoy or just the ship on which it is deployed?

I guess we will also learn how well it works against cheap drones.

I don’t think any of that works well against artillery shells, and oil tankers are not well armoured.

There’s nothing really special about being a vegan, other than making sure you’re getting enough of things. Omnivore bodybuilders don’t get enough fibre; vegans have their own challenges.

Soy, beans, lentils, and there are a few options for protein powders. As an omnivore it’s hard to hit macros so most people use protein powders; it would be the same for a vegan. There’s only so much protein rich food you want to eat whether it’s soy or chicken breast. Be wary of protein claims when looking at products or recipes; check the macros yourself. It could have 20g of protein but it comes with 50g carbs and 20g fat - that might not gel with the macronutrient distribution you’re targeting. For an example, almonds are primarily a source of fat, even though they contain protein.

If you’re new to this, I suggest at least looking at MacroFactor. I’m just a customer, not sponsored, but it’s quite good.