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Nerd alert, incoming: Not sure about isopropyl, but the azeotropic distillation point of ethanol is about 97.5%. After that, dessicants are needed to remove the remaining water content.

You can purchase laboratory grade 200 proof isopropyl, but I would guess it is rather expensive.

If you use a VPN that also provides DNS servers (e.g., Mullvad), you can prevent your ISP from snooping on your internet traffic and selling that information or having it hoovered up by government agencies and immediately tied back to you. HTTPS encrypts your internet traffic, but the metadata of what sites you are visiting and the frequency is typically enough to make some decent assumptions about what you are doing. No matter the legality of what you are doing, your data shouldn’t be for sale and shouldn’t be collected for government surveillance. Using a VPN cuts down on your information being available. There are still other ways it is collected, but there are other tools to mitigate that. The uBlock origin browser extension is a great first step.

In short, a VPN will help make your internet traffic a bit more secure and more private, but it won’t grant you complete anonymity or necessarily protect you from sophisticated surveillance.

Disclaimer: I am just a lay person with self-taught experience. I am not an IT professional.

Movie scene was more brutal with the sledgehammer. She cuts his foot off at the ankle with an axe in the book.

The movie is pretty awesome for what it is. The novel it’s based on is a better story, in my opinion. There are important differences in the characters and plot that Stallone forced on the movie script that changed the character of Rambo and his ultimate fate.

BS in Geology and professional licensing after the adequate work experience and exam requirements were met. It does just fine in my line of work. A Master’s or higher would have left me completely burned out, and honestly would have overqualified me for entry level work with no industry experience.

When all of the Civil War Confederate generals walked free instead of standing trial and being executed for treason. When the era of Reconstruction was allowed to be ripped away and ground into nothing. When minorities were openly lynched and the perpetrators went unpunished. When, and when, and when…

One cat likes to bat around a stuffed salmon and flip it up in the air to chase after. The other bats a ball around and plays fetch with herself, no human interaction desired.

My favorite part about geology is the application of fractal theory. So this new model should apply on both the micro and macro scales. I would love to see this daring new model evident in both a thin section and a road cut!

This was a generic version to get the point across, subject to a lot of factors. The meeting timing aspect is for the external facing comms.

It would be shameful if they actually felt any shame about it.

The company I work at emphasizes the up front contract in both internal and external communications.

“Hi, I need X minutes of your time to discuss Y. I intend for us to reach a decision/decide the next step next step/get your approval by the end of the call. Are you available at this date & time? Thanks!”

I watched it a few years ago, and yes it drags. The ending is slightly worth it, but it was a challenge to get there.

The rectal to keyboard interface has had huge bandwidth advancements

Man, I see this hot take pop up repeatedly, and it’s so easy to say from the outside. Americans are doing things. Why do you think the fascist pigs just murdered another person? Beccause he was doing something. There were crowds of thousands of people marching in protest in Minneapolis today. What’s the next step in “doing something” to you?

America is a large country, where most of the states are as large or larger than most European countries. People are organizing locally, because that’s what they can do. Labor strikes are great, but there are no protections for that in this country. Many employers can fire employees at any time for any reason. Paid time off is not guaranteed, healthcare is not guaranteed. State governments typically do not provide those benefits, and the federal government does not provide those benefits. People striking risk losing their jobs, homes, and healthcare, and many cannot afford to go without income for any period of time without risking homelessness or being unable to affort basic necessities. People are so ground down from the burden of simply existing in this environment.

So what’s the next step? I’m truly, genuinely asking, what can Americans actually do about a federal government that is utterly poisoned from the inside?

I’m not surprised. The standard Microsoft disclosure on my work laptop at the login screen states any use ofbthw computer may be monitored and/ or recovered by Microsoft and law enforcement. That’s why Microsoft products are not present in my home.

Had to look up that one. The similarities in the logo style were immediately clear!

Oh yeah, album art artist for Yes and Asia! Always cool alien landscapes!

The deadliest Bop-It

Oh boy! I’ve done that twice in the period of two weeks. It was… a blast. Good luck!

Exactly. The crust would likely experience similar effects as the liquid beneath, probably fracturing into plates and moving on the tide. There is visual evidence of the surface expanding, contracting, and fracturing with tidal forces