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by ceejayoz 2mo ago
Yeah, turns out the trickle is just piss.
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by ceejayoz 2mo ago
The title of the chart is "Nonfarm Payroll Employment Percent Revisions ", with subheading indicating the statistic shown is the final number minus the first released number. The trendline shows the magnitude of the revisions d
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by ceejayoz 2mo ago
No wait required; click the link I gave and you'll see the answer is "yes, definitely". Anything over the zero mark on the Y axis is an upwards revision.
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by ceejayoz 2mo ago
> one would have to be careful that it does not end up lost in corruption I think that ship, as it were, has sailed. > The concerns about radar and wind turbines do not seem fake when private sector military companies try to offer sol
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by ceejayoz 2mo ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hideki_Tojo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Military_Tribuna...
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by ceejayoz 2mo ago
The COVID era is likely to be an outlier in many things.
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by ceejayoz 2mo ago
https://xcancel.com/ernietedeschi/status/1951721848393105573 indicates they've been getting better over time. I'd suspect better computing helps a lot here.
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by ceejayoz 2mo ago
They move in both directions regularly, typically in the direction the economic situation is moving at the time. Chart: https://xcancel.com/ernietedeschi/status/1951721848393105573
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by ceejayoz 2mo ago
To be fair, revisions are very normal, because the more reliable data (tax filings, for example) comes in later. https://xcancel.com/ernietedeschi/status/1951721848393105573
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by ceejayoz 2mo ago
> do you want the US to be hated "forever"? No. What I want and what I get don't always match up. The US will suffer from this era on the international stage for generations, in a completely self-inflicted blow. Its contin
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by ceejayoz 2mo ago
Like the Confederacy? Wait, bad example.
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by ceejayoz 2mo ago
> i dont think flattening of most major cities is a requirement... Both of your chosen examples went through exactly that as part of their reputational change.
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by ceejayoz 2mo ago
Note, also: > In yet another troubling sign for the labor market, the Bureau of Labor Statistics said that it revised down the prior two months by a combined 103,000. May’s jobs total was cut by 66,000 to 129,000 total jobs added, while
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by ceejayoz 2mo ago
A couple generations plus a flattening of most major cities, and the deaths/imprisonment of the leadership responsible.
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by ceejayoz 2mo ago
I'd really prefer not to learn the "don't put evil assholes in power" lesson the way Japan and Germany did. They're basically brand-new countries.
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by ceejayoz 2mo ago
> The US still lacks a lot of the specialized vessels, ports and manufacturing capacity. Maybe we should put the $1.2B into that sort of thing, then?
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U.S. economy lost 23,000 jobs in July, a sudden reversal(nbcnews.com)
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DOGE overstated savings, government watchdog says(politico.com)
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by ceejayoz 2mo ago
Back up a sec. Your definition of “equally” only applies to trillionaires?
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by ceejayoz 2mo ago
> However government officials might find themselves in a courtroom having to demonstrate how they applied the law equally… I wish I lived in your world.
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by ceejayoz 2mo ago
Putting several elevators right next to each other seems to work nicely.
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by ceejayoz 2mo ago
I think you've misinterpreted the parent. Someone almost bought that election. That it didn't quite work doesn't make it a good scenario.
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by ceejayoz 2mo ago
Yeah, co-ops don't exist in capitalist places like NYC, right?
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by ceejayoz 2mo ago
This is adorable and catches the original's vibe nicely, at least on first glance.
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by ceejayoz 2mo ago
No, it's the "local law enforcement struggles to handle largely anonymous international crimes" note. I'm not arguing anything; I'm just describing the reality.
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by ceejayoz 2mo ago
VPNs, hacked accounts, no jurisdiction, etc., I'd presume.
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by ceejayoz 2mo ago
HN threads on aviation are always a bit goofy to anyone who's actually flown a plane, yeah.
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by ceejayoz 2mo ago
Is it not possible for a victim of something to carry some blame for the situation they're in? Is it inappropriate to discuss why Mussolini got lynched? Flying with GPS out is something a pilot should know how to do. Jamming isn&#x27
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by ceejayoz 2mo ago
> Q: Did you suspect that the plaintiff may only know how to interact with men in a sexual way? I mean, she’s got sexual assault starting junior high, high school, college. Fucking yikes.
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by ceejayoz 2mo ago
This depends on the food and the disease/pesticide in question.

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