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by taylodl 2y ago
I never accused Musk of being brilliant
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by taylodl 2y ago
We're about to witness the greatest wealth transfer in history. Create a depression, depress asset valuations, buy assets from desperate people for pennies on the dollar. IIRC, Musk pretty much laid out this plan before the election.
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by taylodl 2y ago
TSMC's pledge is worthless. You avoid tariffs today, wait for Trump to get out of office, and never build manufacturing capability in the US tomorrow. Sure, you're going to have to act like you're making progress, but you&#x2
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by taylodl 2y ago
What a garbage "article." From the garbage pile: "Could the FSF not find any law firm that, in addition to talking about or for Free software, does not use .NET, OOXML, and almost everything Microsoft? Even in 2025?" O
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by taylodl 2y ago
Interesting. Is Musk not aware that SpaceX relies on NOAA forecasts to determine safe launch windows? Are these people aware that farmers critically depend on this service? I know the GOP hates the climate data, but farmers need that data
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by taylodl 2y ago
I love how Zelensky said Lindsey Graham is a nobody. Honestly, Congress needs to hear that more often. The Executive has made them irrelevant.
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by taylodl 2y ago
The future of NATO is secure. It just won't include the US. Whether that exclusion is done implicitly or explicitly remains to be seen. The US has put itself in the position where it has no allies and no peaceful trading partners. That
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by taylodl 2y ago
They think we don't know that it's corruption. It may be legal corruption, but it's corruption all the same. Even the MAGA folks are starting to figure it out.
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by taylodl 2y ago
The idiots think they're slick at hiding their corruption. This is all middle school to them. It's about all they're intellectually able to handle.
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by taylodl 2y ago
Leaving motives aside, I question the process. There doesn't appear to be any cohesive plan or vision. It's all slash-and-burn, damn the consequences. I'd like to see a plan put together and put before Congress. The Republi
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by taylodl 2y ago
The US government put itself up for sale. Musk bought it. Now he's reaping the rewards of his investment.
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by taylodl 2y ago
Oh, there was an RFP to award the contract? No? Then it's corruption.
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FDA cancels meeting to select flu strains for next season's shots(nbcnews.com)
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by taylodl 2y ago
I expect children to be better-behaved.
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by taylodl 2y ago
A tariff is a regressive tax. What that means is the poorer you are, the greater percentage of your income is going to tax. Combine that with the fact that the poorer you are, the more likely you are to spend the entirety of your income on
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by taylodl 2y ago
Increasing the tax on the yield of their endowments is your solution for solving that problem? As far as cutting NSF grants, there are already legal limits in place for how that funding may be used - and it's not to support administrat
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by taylodl 2y ago
Congress is proposing increasing the tax on the yield of endowments? Can anyone convince me how this, along with their proposed cuts to the NSF, isn't a direct attack on higher education? I have a low opinion of the reasoning ability o
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by taylodl 2y ago
Short of revolution, I see no viable path forward for a complete overhaul of the American government. While a Constitutional Convention is a theoretical option, replicating such a process today is exceedingly unlikely. The last Constitution
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by taylodl 2y ago
My point is that Trump is no Julius Caesar. Caesar loved Rome and was a brilliant military general, statesman, and orator. Trump, on the other hand, appears to prioritize his own interests and lacks Caesar's positive traits. The Roman
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by taylodl 2y ago
You're forgetting why the Roman Empire succeeded. It ended a period of tumult and so brought great prosperity. The people were for it. What's happening in the US today is not that. Things are getting more tumultuous and the pros
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by taylodl 2y ago
Are you familiar with Duverger's Law? The "system" doesn't require an overhaul, but how we vote, does. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Duverger's_law
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by taylodl 2y ago
> if only people knew what we were doing Biden never beat his own drum. He expected the facts to speak for themselves. Maybe that worked for his generation, but it was woefully out of touch for younger generations. Thing is, Kamala sho
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by taylodl 2y ago
I don't want the Democratic Party to pander to voters. I want them to provide a cohesive alternative - which they have done. What they haven't done as good a job with is articulating that alternative. As has been the case for deca
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by taylodl 2y ago
So not only will we lose out on hosting international sporting events, but we can kiss goodbye international conferences as well? Plus, hey, let's kick tourism in the nuts while we're at it? This seems anti-business. Have the GOP
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by taylodl 2y ago
What AI means is the kings no longer need their serfs. You are not the king.
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by taylodl 2y ago
Well, that's one way to ensure international sporting events won't be hosted in the United States.
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by taylodl 2y ago
They're actively destroying US preeminence in science and technology. This has multiple effects. The lack of technology innovation leads to the lack of business innovation. The lack of business innovation leads to stagnant financial gr
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by taylodl 2y ago
And if you're in a remote meeting, share your screen. Instantly focuses everybody. Even if you whiteboard in real time it'll make your meeting far more productive.
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by taylodl 2y ago
They've learned "Big Tech" has "Big Money."
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by taylodl 2y ago
One way you can do that is to bring the business stakeholders into the discussion. This will help uncover implicit assumptions that may be being made about business needs. The business stakeholders can also help determine how the pros/

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