jfengel

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by jfengel 6mo ago
Yes, in that it's a sequel, about an older Aang. It fits between the original animated series and Korra, so it might cover some story referenced in Korra. But it should be new material, unlike the two live-action remakes (the truly aby
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by jfengel 6mo ago
I cannot imagine how they came up with that number. If it were under $2 per ticket it wouldn't have been worth pursuing. This happened because they were taking tens of dollars for no other reason than that there was no alternative.
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by jfengel 7mo ago
Though at this point volume is far higher than needed for liquidity. We do not need companies holding stocks for a millisecond in order to squeeze out arbitrage, and we do not need day traders hoping to arbitrage noise. The stock market wou
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by jfengel 7mo ago
Democracy requires allies, so the overall position will tend to settle into two camps. I'm not sure how well that reflects people's actual opinions. In many cases I think people don't care much about most topics. They simply
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by jfengel 7mo ago
The stock market wasn't designed to be gambling. You're buying a piece of a company. They want people to come so they can raise money for expanding businesses. If insider trading benefits some at the expense of others, people won&
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by jfengel 7mo ago
Stock markets also want to keep executives honest. When the insider can affect the outcome, it creates bad motives. They don't want the CEO selling a bunch of puts, then deliberately tanking the stock. Not for the other bettors, but be
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by jfengel 7mo ago
If they're appropriately priced, you can't win money at all, unless you have insider knowledge.
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by jfengel 7mo ago
I think that's still just a rumor, but a very loud rumor.
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by jfengel 7mo ago
At least it's not the White House. The OEOB is an ugly building. Paint it any color you want. Though it does sound like a good idea to leave the composition of the paint up to the experts.
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by jfengel 7mo ago
The OP said (in the last paragraph) that the ingredients that go into colas are the kind that make the drink cloudy. Crystal Pepsi was clear, even without the coloring. Presumably it's because they changed to use flavors that are compl
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by jfengel 7mo ago
Mitt Romney was OK. So was John McCain. Both of Obama's opponents were pretty decent guys. I disagreed with them, but they weren't actively trying to destroy the country. And arguably, that's why they lost. When Republicans r
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by jfengel 7mo ago
I wasn't aware that they'd left. If I'm reading the article correctly, they haven't. Rather, Israel had started a campaign to entrench them further, but it was too explicit about how social media targeting works. So they
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by jfengel 7mo ago
Oh, that's too bad. My opinion: return to the 24th century and make something more like a follow-on to TNG/Voyager/DS9. Go back to making 20 episodes a season, so that you can lower the stakes a bit. Which also means ceasing
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by jfengel 7mo ago
That sounds right. But I think that's a reasonable goal. It doesn't benefit the wealthy at all. They come off worse for it. (There are revenue-neutral versions but I don't think they suffice.) But I believe that they can affo
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by jfengel 7mo ago
Uh, yeah, we know. We've known for a decade. The question is what we're going to do about it, and nobody seems to have a good answer. Most of the answers I've heard seem to come down to "do the thing I've said all a
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by jfengel 7mo ago
I wonder how they pulled off Crystal Pepsi. A neat trick, even if nobody cared.
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by jfengel 7mo ago
We are about to crank the budget by a half trillion just for the Department of War. Nobody seems to think that's a threat.
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by jfengel 7mo ago
Four is just two in each hand. Learning to do that one hand at a time is a nice addition to a three ball cascade. You hold the third in your other hand, and it's a good source of jokes. You can do four-out-of-five, which is a five ball
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by jfengel 7mo ago
UBI is not welfare. It is just a livable minimum wage, for everyone who works. For those who cannot work, it replaces welfare, but that is not it's primary purpose. As a welfare replacement, it is much more efficient, since there is no
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by jfengel 7mo ago
There is currently more than enough total production for people to live quite well. If AIs simply replace people, the same total work gets done. It's just a matter of who gets the profits from it. It won't be that simple, to be su
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by jfengel 7mo ago
I was pleased how much was passed over from my last phone. I got the same brand so it's not surprising, but wow it is so much better than The Good Old Days (tm).
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by jfengel 7mo ago
(In fact, I may well be nearer to your position than my description implies. I use the term "leftist" because I hate the way the term is applied to anyone who isn't a Republican. My beliefs, in the Clinton/Obama range, a
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by jfengel 7mo ago
I prefer to avoid customizing apps. I want to be able to sit down at a fresh install (or someone else's) and not spend time learning their preferences. When someone asks me for a checkbox so they can have my app work their way instead
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by jfengel 7mo ago
I do think Garland made a massive mistake. Nixon resigned; Trump did not. Nixon largely disappeared, as most former Presidents do during their successor's term. Trump was still communicating crimes and clearly intended more. I'm d
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by jfengel 7mo ago
My (leftist) opinion is that we don't give enough pardons. By the time people get out of prison, their lives are pretty much wrecked. We should have a lot more clemency and compassion. That's what the pardon is for. If that means
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by jfengel 7mo ago
It does seem hard to replace his cult of personality. I don't understand how it works, not being part of it. It's more than just his opinions, which are easily duplicated. It's more than just audacity; anybody can lie boldly.
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by jfengel 7mo ago
In a capitalist world, the company that does decide to screw people over gets rich and the one that doesn't goes out of business. It would be great if people chose not to do business with the former, but many simply do not care. They m
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by jfengel 7mo ago
Stop mining.
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by jfengel 7mo ago
I believe that the problem is that they also set up Congress with its own check, between two houses. They made it deliberately hard to pass legislation, which means they cannot effectively balance the other two branches. Congress spent deca
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by jfengel 7mo ago
Sure you can, when you're the President. He's got presumptive immunity for all official acts. If election interference is an official act (as they decided in Trump v US), then surely ordering the destruction of all of his records

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