JCM 6/22/2026 5:39:05 PM

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Sorry folks, for the lack of threads, two major projects need my attention. 60 hour weeks.

Project 1 is a new product and extra wide cockpit display.

And the keyboard for the Abrams Tank.

Kosh's Shadow 6/22/2026 7:06:56 PM

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Abrams tank? Luxury

Here is a video of a Mark IV tank from WW!. About 7 minutes into it, they go inside and explain what it took to drive the thing

JCM 6/23/2026 6:29:58 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 2:

I've seen that. Especially the toilet facilitiies.

vxbush 6/23/2026 7:08:50 AM

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Reply to JCM in 1:

That keyboard reminds me of Apple's trimmed-down cordless keyboard from 10 years ago (ish). But I'm guess it's far, FAR more sturdy than Apple's was. 

And now, in the is-she-really-a-judge news: Federal Judge Declares That Common-Sense Election Integrity Is Illegal

Kosh's Shadow 6/23/2026 8:08:30 AM

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Reply to JCM in 1:
Why do the pink-ish buttons on the right look like  a robot? 2 legs, 2 arms, head.

JCM 6/23/2026 8:42:57 AM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 5:

I believe a pictograph of fuel tanks.

I'm working on the power supply.3

preBoomer-Marinebrat 6/23/2026 10:07:51 AM

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In the JPost

1:  At the time of his death, Arad was held by a Lebanon-based unit of the IRGC.  It's very possible that Hezbollah knows where he was buried.  It's extremely unlikely that the Beirut gov't does.  Therefore, who exactly is "negotiating".

2: "in order for the Lebanese army to prove its ability to disarm Hezbollah". .... The Beirut gov't can't do that.  The Taif Agreement of 1989 and the UNSC Resolution 1701 of 2006 called for it, and Hezbollah refused.  Donald's delegates to those "negotiations" are probably like him - too illiterate to know about any of that.

preBoomer-Marinebrat 6/23/2026 12:48:37 PM

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Extremely unlikely that Pakistan will give nuclear weapons or related technology of any sort to radical-Shiite Iran.  Saudi Arabia funded Pakistan's nuclear program, beginning in the 1970s.  There is substantial reason to believe (FAR more than what's in the linked article) that the Wahhabist House of Saud can call upon Pakistan's "support".

Anyone who thinks there's an inherent gut-level "Islamic alliance" between Shiites and Sunnis ... will buy the Brooklyn Bridge.

preBoomer-Marinebrat 6/23/2026 4:37:10 PM

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