Far-right leaders are winning across the globe.
How does it map to income inequality? Only authoritarianism can support higher levels of income inequality. Arab Spring. Western Fall.
There's not one single reason when the election went the way it did, just like there is not one demographic that made the election go the way it did.
But the argument "It wasn't the economy. The economy is great, just look at these numbers [published by the government]!" is just politicians falling for their own rhetoric.
The US governments have been skewing official statistics for decades. I've lived through decades of "Oh, X is fine" when my lived experience has been quite the contrary.
I suspect that a significant source of D's sitting this election out is similar to a lot of R's thoughts: "You've ignored us for decades telling us that things are getting better, but they never do. We're done. Burn it down."
Maybe they don't expect things to get better after this election, but maybe their hoping that spreading the suffering will prompt more people to demand change as well.
Just a thought.
Don’t ask. Just start using it. If others like it and it catches on, eventually it will be put in the OED.
There wasn’t a language conference that ok’d ‘skibidy toilet’ before it could be used.
My theory is: free publicity. Just like the fashion industry comes up with ridiculous clothes that no one would ever wear, attention whores will constantly do outrageous things so that people will talk about them. The number of electrons spilled over this stupid mouse port placement over the years is uncountable. But the repeated conversations keep Apple in the public consciousness as a fashionista.
In the early days it seems pike Stack Overflow tried to regulate engagement from trolls. They encouraged support for dumb/newbie questions and discouraged obnoxious behaviors.
I’m guessing that’s just a losing battle. I don’t think there’s much hope of keeping a good moderator for free. It’s a tough, thankless job. Troll/poor moderators are free.
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If I didn’t know better, I would say this sounds like Farley giggling and winking in order to make a play for his next CEO gig.
That is the nature of greed. There is no thought of the future or consequence.
In my experience, groups of people will ignore inconvenient but correct answers until the problem explodes into their collective faces.
"The point is that we are all capable of believing things which we know to be untrue, and then, when we are finally proved wrong, impudently twisting the facts so as to show that we were right. Intellectually, it is possible to carry on this process for an indefinite time: the only check on it is that sooner or later a false belief bumps up against solid reality, usually on a battlefield." -- George Orwell
Uber Black is “Luxury rides with professional driver.”
“Professional” insinuates “paid”, so the other Uber drivers aren’t paid?
Nah, it’s corruption only when poor people do it. When rich people do it it’s just “smart business”.
It’s likely you won’t find a rock this big when digging a basement, but as we can see here, it’s not something you can safely take for granite.
I confirm that mine has not increased in size over the last 30 years. Maybe I’m in the control group?
I'm looking for "fat"? keycaps similar to what Matias uses for Esc, Ctrl, Option, Cmd and Space keys on their ErgoPro. What search term should I use to find similar keycaps? I've tried "tall", "fat", "oversized", "big", etc., but I only find extra wide (in the X direction) or extra tall (in the Z direction) rather than in the Y direction. Any help welcome.
I'm looking for "fat"? keycaps similar to what Matias uses for Esc, Ctrl, Option, Cmd and Space keys on their ErgoPro. What search term should I use to find similar keycaps? I've tried "tall", "fat", "oversized", "big", etc., but I only find extra wide (in the X direction) or extra tall (in the Z direction) rather than in the Y direction. Any help welcome.
Has Huy Fong Sriracha changed color?
Saw a bunch of bottles at the store today, but instead of their usual brick-red color, the sauce was almost brown. I checked the expiration dates on a few bottles -- the date was June of 2026 (or there abouts, don't remember the exact date), so they weren't expired. Anyone know if these Sriracha bottles are unusual, or is Sriracha brown now?
Grass, weed, tree, just some of the sources of pollen that can send our allergies off.
In my experience, I’ll react (itchy eyes, etc.) for a day or two, then it will wane. Certainly the pollen I’m reacting to doesn’t magically disappear in a day. What processes do I have to thank that allow me to suffer only a relatively short time? Are the allergen in pollen unstable and break down quickly on their own? Are there bacteria or other life forms that are helping to break the allergens down?
Tearing eyes and draining noses want to know!
In the Dune universe, when a laser weapons hits a shield, both are destroyed in a nuclear explosion reaction.
So instead of building nuclear weapons, wouldn’t it be easier to tie a timer and a “parachute” to a laser gun and drop it from orbit onto your enemy’s city?