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by cardamomo 2y ago
No contemporary politician, perhaps, but we're a young country and don't have to look too far back to see how much of the US was annexed from French, Spanish, and Mexican territory. And let's not forget Caribbean and Pacific
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by cardamomo 2y ago
If I weren't on vacation right now, I'd create a site to publicly catalog such posts, so that meaningful discussion could continue. We won't emerge from this crisis if we can't talk about it. It is not wholly political a
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by cardamomo 2y ago
This article has since been updated significantly to include Pentagon officials' vehement denials that the briefing is related to China. Lest anyone else get the last word, Musk is reported to have responded himself: > In his own po
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by cardamomo 2y ago
This article mentions two possible reasons for briefing Musk. First, to allow DOGE to cut the Pentagon budget responsibly. Later in the article, however, Starlink is mentioned as a target of China's attention. Edit: Clarified last sent
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Musk Set to Get Access to Top-Secret U.S. Plan for Potential War with China(nytimes.com)
41 points by cardamomo 2y ago|10 comments
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by cardamomo 2y ago
There was some debate whether or not to remove the rule requiring a 60% vote to end filibusters in the Senate. Because this rule still stands, most laws cannot pass without 60 Senators' votes. Budget reconciliation bills, however, can
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by cardamomo 2y ago
Oft quoted on HN in these contexts: "The purpose of a system is what it does." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_purpose_of_a_system_is_wha...
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by cardamomo 2y ago
In theory, that isn't too far from the system we have. The President was never meant to have so much authority, and Congress already requires a 2/3 majority in order to make certain kinds of decisions, including overruling a presi
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Timing Object(webtiming.github.io)
2 points by cardamomo 2y ago|0 comments
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Problems with New California Bar Exam Enrage Test Takers and Cloud Their Futures(nytimes.com)
8 points by cardamomo 2y ago|0 comments
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by cardamomo 2y ago
In my ten years as a teacher, I've had just one student whose pediatrician prescribed ADHD meds, much to the alarm of my colleagues. Typically, an ADHD diagnosis is the result of either a full neuropsychological evaluation, which requi
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by cardamomo 2y ago
Let's not call a Black mayor of a major city a slave.
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by cardamomo 2y ago
They seem to be in favor of state and local governments only so far as those governments agree with them.
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by cardamomo 2y ago
I think people care. People are angry about this coup and scared about what might happen next. At the moment, I wonder if people are waiting for Trump's opponents in government to fight back. It's looking increasingly doubtful the
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by cardamomo 2y ago
The administration need not defy court orders. Federal judges can be impeached and removed, with loyalists installed. Already, there are enough Trump-appointed judges on the bench where it won't take long for a judgment in the administ
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How much do SpaceX's reentering Starlink satellites pollute Earth's atmosphere?(space.com)
6 points by cardamomo 2y ago|1 comments
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by cardamomo 2y ago
> The focus should be on creating new pathways for individual prosperity rather than just shifting power between competing states. I'd argue that the focus should be on creating prosperous communities, of mutual benefit to their ind
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by cardamomo 2y ago
Not my intention! Just an esteemed git archeologist
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by cardamomo 2y ago
Reading this post, the term "software archeology" and "programmer archeologist" come to mind. (Thank you, Vernor Vinge, for the latter concept.)
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by cardamomo 2y ago
That's Mead Lake, you're thinking of, not Lake Mead
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It's September 2026, and The Pentagon Is Alarmed(nytimes.com)
3 points by cardamomo 2y ago|1 comments
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by cardamomo 2y ago
How curious! (I feel that I've observed the Britishization of the word "curious" in my lifetime. As a child, it meant only interested, intrigued. Now it also means strange or bizarre.)
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by cardamomo 2y ago
My proplifting code is a bit simpler: I don't take cuttings, but I will pick up loose leaves or other plant parts from the floor, shelf, or wherever they have landed. Succulents in particular will often drop leaves, which can be quit
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by cardamomo 2y ago
Still Proto-Indo-European...
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by cardamomo 2y ago
For those in the Milwaukee or Chicagoland areas, I highly recommend checking out American Science and Surplus ( https://sciplus.com/ ). Not props or movie industry related, but similarly fascinating. This store has catered to
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by cardamomo 2y ago
Interesting research! I hope they come up with a catchier name than "Southern Hemisphere Circumpolar Wavenumber-4 Pattern."
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by cardamomo 2y ago
Please explain this comment. How is the Crowdstrike incident related to the Key Bridge collision?
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by cardamomo 2y ago
Am I missing something here? The figures quoted in the opening paragraph suggest to me that confidence is rising. > Confidence in college has taken a nosedive, with one out of three poll responders claiming they have “little or no confid
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German Navy to replace aging 8-inch floppy drives with an emulated solution(tomshardware.com)
3 points by cardamomo 2y ago|0 comments
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Primarium: Handwriting Education in Primary Schools(primarium.info)
1 points by cardamomo 2y ago|0 comments

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