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by pstuart 4mo ago
Dating in the workplace is usually a bad idea, especially if it's a manager and an underling because the power dynamics get fucked up. But in the case of the Clinton affair, it was effectively personal (Bill, Monica, Hillary) -- their
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I think conservative's brains are wired differently, and there's studies that back that up. They tend to lack empathy, which implies they can't walk in other people's shoes so therefor their assumptions about others are
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What Clinton did was absolutely wrong, but that was a personal affair. In life and the law, intentions are foundational for evaluating people's actions. The scandalizing of Clinton's behavior was only about political slander,
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Good will and trust can ultimately have monetary value, and having a funnel based on open source is a viable play if it leads to a service that is sticky.
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Gas is faster to respond, coal, not so much. From the Goog: Starting up a coal-fired power station depends heavily on the plant's current temperature, taking anywhere from 2 to 48 hours to reach full operational capacity. Because of ma
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> If we had tariffs, this northward movement of herds would not happen. Please explain how that would work.
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Pointing out legitimate failure of an administration is not partisan -- denying or deflecting that criticism is partisan. The current regime has slashed so many programs based on the flimsiest reasoning (including "my predecessor suppo
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True, but battery advancements are ongoing at a rapid pace. Sodium-ion is now viable and will be a mainstay in grid storage. Ignoring ideology, this path is plain cheaper than anything else.
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> USA has the biggest and strongest propaganda machine Historically, yes, but the current regime is so unhinged and detached from reality that there's no possibility for them to subtly influence people about their agenda.
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It's an interesting point. With Clinton, l'affaire de bj was a willful attempt to take the president's private life public as a means of congressional focus. It should be noted that until then, this was effectively off limit
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I think it's because the incumbents do not know how to build competitive, desirable, affordable EVs. I'm just an armchair observer, but that makes a fair amount of sense. The other part is that a lot of money is made in the pr
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There's plenty to not like about the CCP, but their strategic investment in the country as a whole is impressive. It would be great to have that on our side as well but with the current state of things that is a non-starter.
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This cannot be emphasized enough. The rise in egg prices was such a thing. Avian flu was an impact, but not to the degree that egg prices increased. Those producers are reporting record profits.
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The current admin is actively hostile to EVs, but I think the real problem was the chicken and egg issue of charging stations: they wouldn't be built because there wasn't enough demand for them and EVs would be limited in sales
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> authoritarianism is called for Maybe it's a language thing, but authoritarianism is never called for. Rule of law that is just and enforced fairly is what is called for.
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One can take some hope that Germany recovered from its descent into fascism. But that was in a time where there was no social media and other brainwashing technologies embedded into the population. My hopes are tempered, to say the least.
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I think's actually worse than Brexit. The destruction of institutions and the industrial weaponization of partisanship has done significant damage. Add to that the tariff circus and the alienation of every single fucking foreign power
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I hear you, I'm trying to find the bright side in "community" where people who don't know each other at least treat them as "brothers". The insular part is fucked and we need need to evolve past that. > For
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by pstuart 4mo ago
People in general tend to be very tribal -- it's in our DNA. When it's about "yay community!" its kinda nice but most the time it's "other tribe bad". I think this is a core to a lot of legislation. Not
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I don't know what kind of games you could fit on a watch (Tamagotchi type things?), but getting kids to actually use things requires them seeing some sort of direct reward. We bought cheapo dumb phones for our kids and they'd neve
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Likely TrumpCoin is the correct answer.
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People who want to get rid of "the government" are not thinking too deeply. "Government" is the creator and enforcer of the rules of society; it's merely a matter of flavor of what that looks like: democratic, Churc
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Prison is expensive and has downstream costs as well--it should be a last resort. There's definitely times where it absolutely is the right thing but it should not be default mode. Note that these crimes are almost always done by dru
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Nor any clue on what blanks cost. But I could see the thrill of this if money was no object.
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So is this a handmade port vs the translated port done by modernc?
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WinNT 3.5 was a solid offering.
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Sure, and the Trump admin is trying to do just that. But the economics of renewables itself (let alone the environmental impact), are compelling: utility solar is cheaper than anything else (without storage), and while battery costs take it
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The whole "state rights" thing has traditionally been to allow states to do shitty things, but there's value in having freedom to experiment too. I believe that regulations in general serve us well, but they can be onerous. W
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You seem to be aggrieved by my "politicization" of the topic of renewables. It's absolutely the case and I take no pleasure in bringing the matter up but it's relevant to the discussion. The Trump admin has been very voc
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by pstuart 4mo ago
The moment someone sincerely invokes "cultural marxism" the debate is over -- they are unable to engage in a reality-based manner.

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