The issue here isn’t about charity for the less fortunate. Many of the people begging make a decent living (from begging), and moreso than those working shitty service jobs. I don’t want to give money to someone that dresses homeless and puts on an act. I would happily give money to anyone that genuinely doesn’t know where they will sleep next week, or where their next meal is coming from.

The problem is that I’m not in a position to evaluate that. As such, I would rather give money to food banks and the like, since they are in a better position for that.

Searching through the trash means they genuinely need the money, and are willing to work for it. That’s worth something.

ARM wasn’t a sudden shift. 15 years ago it was clearly not going to be going away, simply due to energy efficiency needs. Intel responded with the Atom line, which was widely panned. Once it failed, Intel seemingly decided to skip that entire market.

By definition, to win a Darwin award you must remove yourself from the gene pool. Usually that means killed, but sometimes means accidentally sterilized.

AFAICT, the guy survived, so no Darwin award.

It only seems logical that Lorde would have that talent.

Lots of songs are composed on piano, regardless of the final instruments.

Ranked choice

https://vote.nyc/RankedChoiceVoting

NYC has ranked choice voting.

https://vote.nyc/RankedChoiceVoting

Voter intimidation is a lot harder when the voter doesn’t have to physically be there in a narrow window of time.

Kroger owns a bunch of other brands. Do you have one of them in your market, and it’s just a branding difference?

While true, part of being a doctor is empathy and showing dignity to all of your patients. That includes the ones you detest, whether they be hippies, pregnant teens, atheists, or Nazis.

It’s unfortunate that they are unable to voice their personal opinions outside of a medical situation. This is only going to get worse with basic statements of fact being politicized.

Watts per hour isn’t a thing. Watts is already a measurement of rate. 67 watts, running for 24 hours, is 1.608 kilowatt-hours.

The rest of your math checks out, assuming no hidden “distribution” or “transmission” fees (like I have).

For anyone unaware, the gallon size of condiments (mayo, ranch dressing, hot sauce, etc) is typically for food service. IOW, restaurants and the like.

That said, there’s nothing stopping individuals from getting it, so the point is still valid.

Imagine choosing Trump over your own wife, even if you hate her.

This won’t do it. The plurality system (often called “first past the post”) inherently and inevitably leads to 2 parties. Whenever a third is introduced successfully, it quickly eliminates one of the previous parties.

Breaking up the supply duopoly requires a change in voting method, such as Ranked Choice or Approval methods. Those allow a third party without acting as a spoiler.

It’s cringe pretending to be humor.

Elections are a cornerstone of autocracies. All of the most brutal dictators have elections, and they get 90% of the vote.

Free and fair elections, OTOH, are nowhere to be seen. And that’s a critical difference - they won’t be cancelled, so there won’t be the obvious line in the sand. Voter suppression and disenfranchisement, which is already happening, will continue and accelerate. But most of it will have a heavy coat of marketing, to convince people that those groups don’t really deserve to vote.

It would be naive to think we aren’t conducting large-scale espionage against China. We absolutely are, and against every other country on Earth. And so is every other country, to whatever limits they can.

However, in the name of diplomacy, we (all) pretend that we’re upstanding, trustworthy people. That we can be trusted to further each other’s goals and good fortunes. And sometimes our goals are even aligned, and a partnership really does benefit everyone involved. But it’s all an act.

It’s still a bad move on his part, and makes him look bad, but it’s not revealing anything we didn’t already know.

I’m still never going to buy a Tesla.

FTFA:

a man officials say rammed a federal vehicle during immigration raids last week.

Most people draw a distinction between a phone/tablet vs a desktop/laptop. It’s not a distinction that can be easily defined, but most people instinctively categorize them as such.

But regardless, the issue at hand has nothing to do with that definition. The discovery process requires them to process any applicable devices that might have info, potentially including all of the above (and more). His team said they already did his phone, but that the laptop in question is not used by him. His opponents say that he has not complied with the requirements of discovery.

The judge will rule on whether that laptop is included in the discovery order.