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I don't think you all are understanding that this wasn't a training session proper. Like a training program set up to train them. This was highly likely after-hours type extra PT with some who have already graduated the course. Something that a lot of male Ranger candidates do and have done for...

You can fail the PRC as much as your command will let you attend it. If they had some after-hours training by some other Rangers before they attended PRC or anything (100% guaranteed they did) to pass that's completely fine.

That article is kind of stupid. Technically all additional PT you do outside of the regular scheduled shit is "additional training." When I was at Bragg anyone wanting to go to Ranger school had to go through the Pre-Ranger Course for 3 weeks just to get the opportunity. If you don't pass that...

I don't get what you're talking about Chanur. The tests at the factory and the tests out in the wild are the same. They were designed to beat that test knowing how the test was ran. Are you complaining about state emissions tests in general? If X state agency comes to the lab and tests your...

Are you an M.D. Kuriin? Or some other kind of health professional?

I don't really play Halo. But I do enjoy the universe they've created to some degree. I had never heard of this podcast until recently, but I absolutely love this kind mock investigative journalism narrative (interesting in episodic podcasts as well). Its really quite good. The topic is about...

Maple Fever and the Canadian custom of playing Chuck Mangione every morning at 8AM had me rolling. What did Garrison snort in there? A 5 hour energy drink?

The'yre going to deny they had any knowledge of it of course. Surely it was a junior engineer in each division that masterminded this whole thing!

Okay played through this the other day. Nice 8 hours or so of survival horror narrative.

The more I think about it the more ridiculous it becomes. Volkswagen effectively creates their own niche market in the Diesel sector with their "Clean Diesel" vehicles for about 8 years. No other auto manufacturer has a similar product to compete with them (a few 2016 models from other...

On top of creating the Techtopus tech wage stagnation debacle currently coming to the surface!

The book had plenty of narrative to draw from. They're clearly just going to have them "tie together" rather then independently come to similar conclusions as they did in real life. The dude Bale is playing is the aspy Doctor who just figured it all out by reading some cheap subscription site...

I really hope they don't go with the Lone Gunman explanation. Because the public would probably buy it. CEO has no way out of this and will certainly resign, but if he was unaware (likely so) fingering some random senior engineer who "did all of it" just seems so implausible. I just can't see...

It will certainly take them 5 years to even remotely recover from this. That they admitted to setting aside $7BN just to deal with fallout from this issue also might fuck them. Although its unclear if that article meant they just now did it, or had done it some time ago.

@Fiyero The place I originally learned Arabic (DLI in Monterey) just really instilled in me the ability to remember many many words, phrases, definitions and grammatical rules without too much effort anymore. There are so many parallels in grammatical structure (generally, not higher nuance...

How could you hate on Pacific Rim 1? It was just an unabashedly fun movie.

Yeah the fundamental difference between GM's ignition and this is just crazy in and of itself GM - This ignition switch has a little less torque than before. It could, theoretically, switch off if a large keychain had enough weight on it or something like that turn the engines off...

Hot damn. GM only recalled 1.5 million cars with the ignition problem. I'd say this would be the time to invest but in VW, but if there is ANY truth to this article then the we are far, far from the worst of this.

It could easily be a really deep rabbit hole. I am not an automotive engineer but I do work for an auto manufacturer. Just developing their internal financial software. From what the article says, some device was throttling the emissions, triggered by embedded software. That involves...

Not really a "screw up" when you intentionally designed a device and application to circumvent inconvenient mandatory testing bros.

God damn this game has me salty lately. String of losses to incomprehensible bullshit. This game sometimes...

This whole situation is kind of unprecedented in the auto world. Will be interesting to see how much it fucks them. Somewhere along the chain, some high executive if not the CEO himself had to direct a team of engineers to design and program a device with the set requirements of being able to...

For GM? Fine was $927M and current CEO has only been with the company for a few years.

Yeah its something like $120k to scale that shit. I can think of a lot better ways to spend that kind of money.

The fines/lawsuit that Volkswagen is going to get slapped with is going to make GM's ignition lawsuit last year seem mild in comparison. While GM's was determined to be a design oversight. This is something you had to dedicate a team to intentionally develop and implement. Gonna be a doozy.

In that same scene with the hamster dude walking away, you see the guy behind him super happy to watch the Personal Space slides. That made me laugh.

Sweet robot derail guys!

Nows the time to buy some Volkswagen stock gents!

Damn, we almost got some sweet tentacle porn. I am amazed that Guillermo would even try to tease something like that on regular television.

It honestly makes zero fucking difference what calibur the standard rifle is. Shit you will carry (no exceptions) 1. Rifle 2. 210 rounds of ammunition. This is absolutely bare minimum. You will carry multiple reloads on longer missions. 3. FoodxDay 4. Sensitive items (NVGs etc) 5. Water...

Looks like The Commandant needs to be replaced with a more progressive one who doesn't hate women!

That's the thing dude. They are FAILING the minimum standards and politicos want to adjust the standards so that they pass.

I really don't think its about ego. Infantry/Combat Arms pushes men to their uppermost limits in terms of exertion, performing under duress, etc, etc. Men routinely fail out of these things. Is it possible to find a woman who can compete at this level? Absolutely. But you're going to have to...

I'm also curious how they intend to handle the numerous conflicting rules they will have to resolve for women to be in combat arms. For example, the second time I was in Iraq we were living in this Euro Style vertical department store building in NE Baghdad. The FOB was populated by 600 soldier...

For infantry specifically each squad has X amount of gear on top of your personal shit. Every loadout used is generally the same and everyone carries all of their personal equipment and some amount of the squad/platoon equipment (usually ammo for the 240B, mortar rounds, etc). Logically each...

I don't even think that's an issue. Unless you're infantry it is extremely hard to go to Ranger School if you're not an officer. Back in early 2006 I did the Pre Ranger Course on Fort Bragg and had no problem passing it. I still didn't get a slot because I wasn't infantry. If I wanted the...

I'm sure we can form a Rerolled Coop Crew to play around with this once everyone finishes the campaign.

This will be awesome. But I do want me some Dark Elves someday!

I'm really looking forward to this. DM and troll ass hardcore dungeons will be great.

Eventually, a bunch of politicos are going to put the screws to the Marines/Army/ETC and fudge them through the tests in some way. There have been numerous studies showing even the most fit women unable to perform a wide variety of common infantry tasks. Unable to carry the load expectations is...