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by randcraw 2y ago
A classic form of intimidation. Lyndon Johnson was a master of it as he loomed over the target of his entreaties, tall man that he was.
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by randcraw 2y ago
Maybe, but Trump's base is actually tiny, only about 22% of the US voters. This will strongly alienate the other 78% of Americans, not to mention 100% of America's allies. And America's enemies now see how grossly inept he
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by randcraw 2y ago
I think Europe will see this as a clear sign that Trump just attacked one of their own. I would not be surprised if the EU nations soon call a conclave to discuss establishing a new compact for self defense (and economic interest) that EXC
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by randcraw 2y ago
Yeah, my father had lovely printed penmanship. I've planned on practicing to develop that as I return to reading more (in retirement), both to take notes as I read and learn, and because otherwise my notes will be illegible. My curre
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by randcraw 2y ago
And if you literally write it down, with pen on paper, supposedly that's more memorable still. I need to experiment with this. My memory needs more assistance now that my spring chicken days are behind me.
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by randcraw 2y ago
I wish those facts were more encouraging. They make it clear that, despite knowing Trump's history, 40% of us passively sat by and let this mess happen.
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by randcraw 2y ago
It's indisputable that half of this country has voted for the most unrepentantly anti-christian candidate ever. Twice. So it should be no surprise then that when we jettison all moral values (Christian or otherwise) in pursuit of onl
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by randcraw 2y ago
This is a very big change at the Post. For decades they have dutifully aired competing perspectives from the political left and right as well as major international players of different stripes. Now all of that will end. It seems future
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by randcraw 2y ago
Wow. That attitude is reprehensible, especially from people who claim to know the dehumanization of factory work, firsthand, as I have too. Celebrating it and gleefully aggrandizing it is... unimaginable.
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by randcraw 2y ago
Ellison's purchase of the island also included several resort hotels and homes. It's likely the income from those does a lot to cover his $500 million loss in farming. (It's curious the article says nothing about his yield
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by randcraw 2y ago
I've been a programming pro for 40 years, enjoying it for the first 35. But after covid the bloom has faded. My home for the past 20 years has recently become a production shop in which jira, github, confluence, process workflow, and
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by randcraw 2y ago
Their answer to the first question is actually wrong. The correct answer is 1 less than the given answer.
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by randcraw 2y ago
Did that just last week. $200 off at lots of places until February 25, IIRC.
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by randcraw 2y ago
As others here have said, an increase of only 10% or 20% will do nothing, not even motivate other countries to blink. They'll just reciprocate with tariffs of their own which will add inflation across even more products. To motivate
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by randcraw 2y ago
I think the main purpose of tariffs is to serve as a 'stick', to (supposedly) punish other countries for not doing what they're told. Trump has no concept of 'constructive engagement' or negotiation. He thinks in
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by randcraw 2y ago
The basics of pricing theory, that higher prices reduce demand.
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by randcraw 2y ago
Reagan put tariffs on Harley Davidsons and steel in the 1980s. These gave HD a little breathing room to restructure which helped them to bounce back (for maybe 30 years), but couldn't cure the natural limits of selling a nonessential v
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by randcraw 2y ago
And how much money per month are you willing to pay for each of these capabilities/services? I can't imagine paying $50/month for any use of AI. I willingly pay $80/month for a smart phone and its ecosystem. Google sea
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by randcraw 2y ago
And as an infant our world was incredibly smaller than our world is now. Surely the 'principal components' of that day were reshaped or subsumed by other pointers later, thereby shifting the landmarks used to retrieve memories. I
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by randcraw 2y ago
Yeah, I think the first chair we observe is the template for recognizing other chairs later. Surely that 'seed' chair will undergo substantial revision in time as we become aware that it wasn't the ideal basis on which to ba
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by randcraw 2y ago
Multiply that one product by all the others and you're out of work, unless you move to China. That's why you should care.
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by randcraw 2y ago
I don't think so. No building material is as ugly as concrete. It starts ugly and only gets uglier with age as it inevitably discolors and crumbles. There's really no way to make it attractive. Concrete's raison d'etr
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by randcraw 2y ago
Foreign governments that have been deemed unfriendly routinely access US products that are otherwise off limits to them using the assistance of friendly "international" corporations. I suspect this bill attempts to close that loo
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by randcraw 2y ago
Right. Everything I've read says the operation will be entirely automated/virtual. This decision is clearly intended to get away from Illinois's operating regulations and move toward Texas' looser reins.
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by randcraw 2y ago
I lived in Houston a couple of years. Texas is mostly a state of mind -- the promotion of "Lone Starry-eyed-ness" as a world view that's uniquely suited to curing whatever ails the human condition, but coupled to a willfulne
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by randcraw 2y ago
Europe needs to roll future refinements to AI regulation into the existing GDPR statutes and not label them as AI. What really matters is HOW info is misused or what physical activities were injurious, not whether the miscreant is automate
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by randcraw 2y ago
That's what I pay for FIOS internet 20 miles north of Philly. I suspect that's their standard rate for 1 Gb/s service everywhere in the US.
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by randcraw 2y ago
The best accounting I've seen of how much work people did historically were the mini-series that were aired on PBS a few years back: "Frontier House", "Colonial House", "Texas Ranch House", "1900 Hous
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by randcraw 2y ago
A2 has surprisingly high demand for small condos. Many affluent parents like to buy them for their children while they attend UofM, or as alumni to attend college sports events (since UofM is a big sports Mecca), or as retirees to be close
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by randcraw 2y ago
But in the Winter, the entire state does suffer from persistent lake effect gloom. I grew up in central MI and had no idea how much sunnier it was elsewhere in the US (esp. along the eastern seaboard) when seasonal daylight gets short.

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