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  1. 33 minutes ago, bernorange said:

    Gee, it's almost like it's a simple empirical observation from the data we already have. Idk why it's such a shocking thought that firms with cartel pricing power are exploiting their consumers for extra profit. Shits just basic capitalism. 

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  2. 4 minutes ago, atomheartbevo said:

    He doesn't control the Senate, and at the rate things are going, he'll either be booted out because the Dems are back on top, or because Gaetz/MTG/etc. are not happy that he's doing some stuff Biden wants and one of them will file a motion to vacate.  Hell, Gaetz has already threatened him as recently a few weeks ago, over some of the spending stuff.

    He doesn't control the Senate but he can unilaterally block any further aid packages to Ukraine, or any other legislative moves that his fascist base dislikes.

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  3. 3 hours ago, atomheartbevo said:

    I’m with Steamboat - most of my relatives or acquaintances that were excited about Trump in 2020 are not excited now.  He’s not exactly on the campaign circuit and most of his bitching these days is about his criminal stuff or various grievances that are constantly repeated.

     In terms of Biden, a lot of the more moderate types on the right have shit to do and are not glued to Fox or NewsMax or whatever.   Plus this stuff has been dragging for years and nothing big enough has really happened for them to care about, whether it’s locking up Hillary or Hunter’s laptop, because they’ve been hearing about it for years.  

    Here in CR, we fall into the trap of thinking all Republicans are MAGA and are glued to Fox News 24/7 when that’s not really the case - witness all of his endorsements that went nowhere or were defeated.  The reality is that Trump isn’t on twitter, and the vast majority of previous Trump supporters are only hearing about him in the context of his court cases, which isn’t a good thing for him. Whether they think he’s innocent or not, it’s not a good look for him and many just want somebody else who is not facing all of these indictments. And they aren’t showing up in massive numbers outside of the courthouses  

    It’s like assuming all aggy are reading TexAgs 24/7 and care deeply about what Luigi says about coaching changes or whatever, when in reality most have never heard of TexAgs or won’t think too much about it until next fall. Aggy cranked out another mediocre season and there was a coaching change and that’s it.  They will file it away for next year and just hope that next year aggy keeps it close and maybe cranks out a 9 win season and get a bowl they can travel to.      

    We are very guilty of being an echo chamber and assuming that all Republicans are closely following his trials and think he’s 100% innocent or following the Hunter laptop shit, just like some of us assume all aggy are ardent TexAgs posters.   Will many vote for him? If they are at the polls yes, but they have to already be there and he’s worn them out on the same shit he’s been bitching about for years.  

    Motherfucker, an outright and open christofascist is second in line for president behind Kamala. It's not fucking fringe. It's currently in power and actively controlling what legislation will be voted on

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  4. 2 hours ago, bernorange said:

    I just don't understand the value proposition of a trustless and decentralized ledger system for supply chain management. There are not any architectural benefits to adding layers of complexity and abstraction to supply chain management - it's ultimately a matter of information assurance and access management. Both of which are substantively handled by existing systems that are far more efficient and easier to implement - while fully guaranteeing idempotent, tamper-proof, and accessible management of the information.

     

    I have not yet heard a compelling technical argument for improvement by way of integrating blockchain into any record keeping system - especially ones that are already centralized by business and/or regulatory necessity.

  5. 13 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

    No, the law has yet to fail with Trump.  It's not proceeding according to your timeline, but it has yet to fail.

    Moreover, I submit that an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure, and the law represents a cure.

    The GOP could have kept Trump off the ballots if they'd really wanted to, but they were willing in their quest for power to permit idiocracy to serve them up a useful idiot a few final times before dismantling it.

    Is the right to a speedy trial purely a right of the defendant, or does the damaged party in a crime also have an interest? When a brutal rape or murder happens should we just let that criminal go out and about and abuse and threaten the entire justice system if they happen to run for office? 

    There is not some theoretical damage happening because of the slow fucking roll of justice with respect to trump. He is actively stirring up calls for violence and death threats against the judiciary. His movement is continuing to pick up momentum and damage political norms precisely because there is empirically ZERO fucking criminal consequences for any of their criminal acts done on national TV. 

    Your plea for "prevention" from the fascists that back trump is like asking a leopard not to eat your face. 

    1 minute ago, Biff Tannen said:

    Hey guys, let's have y'all debate this AGAIN.  I'm sure the outcome will be different this time.

    Oh my bad I'll stfu once our justice system actually punishes a christofascist, and I stop hearing ad nauseum how well it's handling trump

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  6. 15 hours ago, elfenix said:

     

    12 hours ago, StassneyHorn said:

    God-mode of buying votes

    edit: actually, second to PPP loans

    Except this is relief that should be available and granted under the existing terms of income driven repayment. It's not some new gift, it's just sticking to our word and deal that was made. 

    It's no wonder why the trumpsters are pissed

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  7. 6 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

    Thing is, though, this has been more or less always true, likely worse over the course of the nation's history.

    We have always been at some risk from the morons in our society.  And, no matter how good we get public education, or family values, or whatever the fuck, we're always going to be at some risk of the morons upending everything.

    What failed here were the political systems, i.e. parties, that allowed a dickwad like Trump anywhere near a ballot for anything beyond dogcatcher, if that.

    An irony of all of this is that the morons present their largest threat via democracy.  The founding fathers realized that and installed certain features, like the electoral college, as a backstop against ti.  But due to high concentrations of morons in populous states, e.g Texas, the EC wound up reinforcing the morons.

     

    Idk, I would call the justice systems failure to prosecute trump in a timely manner is the larger failure than the political one you describe. No shit things are going off the rails, he's gotten away with everything so far and has been able to appeal or outrun every meager wrist slap he's received. 

    Fucking insane to me that he is actively inciting death threats against one of his judges and he's given a unique degree of deference to continue to do so. 

    Yeah, the morons are making him powerful, but the law has failed with trump. 

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  8. 39 minutes ago, StassneyHorn said:

    Recruiters get it first, IT gets it last cause they have the passwords

    Tell me you've never worked in a large enterprise without telling me. Salaried developers are expensive, and you can hire a shitload of overseas contract devs for the cost of a few salaried employees. I've seen more than one org punch itself in the dick because they were too excited to fire folks without making sure they got all the necessary tribal knowledge documented

  9. Destin with Smarter Every Day posted a talk he gave to the American Aeronautical Society about mission design and planning. He also raised some incredible flaws in the Artemis III mission plan, like how NASA didn't actually know how many cryogenic orbital refuelings would be needed to land on the moon for A3. Which have never been done before. Destin guessed 12, but nobody had an answer!

    Spoiler

    After this talk, NASA published a paper that set it at AT LEAST 15 refuelings for a single landing. 

     

  10. Destin with Smarter Every Day posted a talk he gave to the America Aeronautical Society. Really makes you concerned about where Artemis is when NASA wasn't even sure how many refuels it will take to land Artemis III a single time

    Spoiler

    It's AT LEAST 15 orbital cryogenic refuels per the paper NASA published after this talk

     

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  11. 13 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

    Put it this way, you wouldn't think it was broken if you were on the wrong end of it.

    But these decisions, while not final, and subject to appeal, set the ground rules for further proceedings, for the most part, and sometimes those go faster than we might think.  Trump hasn't won any of them since leaving office.

    Trump still has not faced any fucking criminal consequences for his criminal actions that happened on national TV nearly 3 years ago. Playing rope a dope with fascists is how you surrender to them. 

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  12. 32 minutes ago, Pato del Muerto said:

    The 4 qbs in the current games have 95, 44, 33, and 29 passing yards at the half. Cumulatively that’s less than ewers had in his first half. 

    Shit, it's barely more than what he had on the first quarter 

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  13. 3 minutes ago, MonkeyDoughnut said:

    That's the issue that Gundy takes advantage of, there isn't a time limit. Guy can tap the farthest defensive guy on the field to sub. Rule has to change

    Terrible sportsmanship of gundy to resort to bush league shit like that. 

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