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The disparity is because 4yrs vs 1. It's less under Biden year over year.

I mean, I don't think there's never a scenario where we can interdict shipments. Sanctions are important. If Venezuela had been shipping nuclear fissile material to North Korea and we stopped that boat, I'd probably be on board.

The argument for this one was that it was oil being sent to sanctioned nations. I've not seen any convincing evidence that that was the case though. And, even if it was, I'm unconvinced oil shipments rise to the level of interdiction.

But I say all that to say the world isn't black and white. While I agree this interdiction was wrong and Jessie Waters is an idiot, that doesn't mean that we can paint all US interdictions as obviously bad. Each must be weighed on its own merits.

As opposed to the US which has a famously inland capital. :P

Is it possible for Chic-fil-a to ever redeem itself in your eyes?

If they fired everyone involved with every controversy and started donating every cent of profit to LGBT charity groups, would you say they were a good company, or is it once tainted always tainted.

Chic-fil-a has made a lot of changes in the past decade and a half, and I'm of the opinion that, if no amount of self reflection and change can ever make us reconsider our condemnation, then there's no reason for anything to try and change, as it won't stop the hate.

Not that Chic-fil-a is perfect, but I would argue they are now as good or better than any other fast food chain we're not actively hating on. They actually pay their employees more than minimum wage and give them one guaranteed weekend day off if nothing else.

So why continue to put them down now that it's "mission accomplished?" If the goal was for them to change, and they have, it seems that we should bring them back into the fold, no?

I would argue that nothing is ever an intrinsic part of one's identity.

I think there are things society puts a lot of emphasis on, like career or sexual orientation, that are elevated in a way that makes us assume they have to be part of someone's "identity," but that's not some universal law. It's a societal construct.

I like peanut butter sandwiches. I would never say "I identify as a peanut butter sandwich fan." But here's the thing, some people do. There's somebody out there who's got 50 different "PB Sandos 4 Life" Tshirts, and has a YouTube channel dedicated to trying all the different brands of PB, and wants to be buried on the JIF plantation. For that guy, peanut butter sandwiches are part of his identity.

And in the same way there are plenty of gay people (who are born that way, to be clear, I'm not arguing being gay is a choice) for whom their sexual orientation are not part of their "identity." They are unquestionably gay, but don't participate in the larger gay community, and if you asked them who they are, being gay wouldn't be in the top 10 things they say about themselves, any more than most straight people would list "heterosexual" in their top 10 things about themselves.

Now, that's hard in our current societal context, as it puts so much emphasis on who you're sleeping with in a way that drives people who don't "fit the mold" to (very reasonably) band together for solidarity and support, but that doesn't make it intrinsically part of your identity.

All that to say, identity is a tricky thing, and I would argue that it's far too fluid to say that literally anything is intrinsically part of it.

I mean, you're not necessarily incorrect, but I think it's a far cry from having whites only water fountains.

Like, yeah, systematic racism has huge implications that still affect millions of people, but to say that it's the same as when restaurants and stores were legally banning minorities from shopping at them is a bit intellectually dishonest.

The post isn't saying that there is no racism or division. It's saying that it's clearly not "the worst it's ever been."

Looks pretty good. I may give it a shot.

Being in beta worries me, and I'll have to investigate if it has cross browser sync, though I assume it does through Google accounts or something.

Doesn't hurt to give it a spin though. Thanks for the rec.

It looks like the first pipelined release was in August, so I'm not surprised I hadn't heard of it, lol.

I'd be happy to switch away the moment someone recommends me a better chromium based option.

Firefox just doesn't work for my use case. I know it's pithy, but their dev tools suck, and the history menu is dogshit. And since my main use case is pulling up recently used pages, that's a huge impediment for me.

I'd switch to vanilla Chromium, but it's (reasonably because of what it is) super feature poor. Not having a good way to device sync on Linux basically makes it a non-starter for me.

So what's my alternative? What browser should I use? It's a genuine question, as I've tried several, and Brave is the only one that's remotely usable for my use case.

Yes, I agree the Trump administration has been disgusting with regards to immigration. Absolutely a stain on American history.

It seems a stretch to tie this to that though.

I'm glad that's not a thing anyone has said in real life then.

Look, no one involved in coming up with this idea tied it to the hunger games, and no one thinks that you'll actually have a "I volunteer as tribute" type thing going. And, not to put to fine a point on it, but "volunteering as tribute" loses a lot of it's negative connotation when it's not literally volunteering to go die in a gladiator pit.

Trump has done innumerable things to be upset about. We don't need to make up fake rage bait. Just look at the actual bad things he's doing.

I mean, "the Nazis glorified youth sports" feels like an empty argument to me. Hitler liked dogs. That doesn't make me morally obligated to hate dogs.

And yeah, Trump has abhorrent policies in other areas that could taint this. That doesn't mean this idea in particular is bad.

I mean, you could say the same about the Olympics. There's no way a small country like Jamaica could possibly beat a huge country like the US.

But sometimes they do. That's what makes it so exciting.

And what are you on about a 50 lane track? Does the Olympics have a 200 lane track for all the countries? You do it in heats. Have you ever watched a track and field event? And practically every state has a facility that would support a track and field event with around 120 people. That's not absurdly large.

I assume it'd general track and field, though it's a little odd if you just have 2 competitors per state to do all the events. Though I think that actually makes it a little more interesting. Kind of triathalon-y.

I don't think this is as hard to organize as you seem to think it is. Yes, it requires coordination and stuff, and is more than just a snap of the fingers, but if you assigned a qualified and well funded planning group to it, I'm confident you could get it put together by summer.

I mean, I assume that the states would be able to nominate their competitors themselves.

I think this sounds fun? Would make for a fun "state pride" thing and would be fun to watch. Kind of like a mini Olympics.

Calling it "the hunger games without the killing," is a lot like saying "the Boston Marathon bombing but without the bomb." Just a fairly normal athletic event.

I don't understand why people are up in arms over this. Is it maybe a silly thing for the president to be pushing for? Sure. But I'd rather him work on this than almost anything else he's prone to work on.

Is it accurate?

I do think that any time you hire an intern, the only thing you can judge them on is vibes.

I used to be in charge of an intern program, and the thing is that you can't really select based on experience or anything, because they don't really have that. Instead, you end up asking a bunch of personality questions and trying to get a feel for if they'd be a good fit on your team.

Now, do I think "answers the phone" is a good test of that? Probably not. But then again, we used to ask people if they'd rather be a blade of grass or a doorknob, just to see what they'd say.

I guess my point is, if this was for a "real job," I'd be a little more judgy, but for an internship, I've selected people based on wilder things than "did they answer the phone."

Before I even looked I said, "I bet it's Russell Moore." He's been vocally anti-Trump since before his first term. Even got fired from the SBC ERLC for it.

So he's been there the whole time, basically. This isn't a reversal for him.

Edit: I hadn't actually read the article yet. That quote is David Brody. I just assumed the whole article would be about Russell Moore.

Hooking a whole desktop to a TV is intrusive with most desktop form factors.

Most people who want a console don't care about upgradability or repairability, and that's certainly not the main thing that "makes PCs so great."

Most people gaming on PC are equally "trapped in an ecosystem." This has a desktop mode if need be, but hardly anyone does games outside of Steam.

"It has Linux but most users won't notice or care" is a double positive.

"It won't push the player base, only the devs" is a double positive.

The point of a console isn't to make people into more technical proponents of open source projects. It's to play games.

And if it's competing in the console market, especially for people who aren't terribly interested in the "Call of Duty" type AAA titles of today, it seems like a perfect fit.

In addition to what everyone else said, property damage is a big part of it as well.

Let's say you run into a building and knock out a load bearing wall. Or plough through a business or government office. It's not impossible to rack up a couple million in damages if you crash bad enough.

The biggest thing with auto insurance isn't covering your car, it's covering the cost of whatever you hit sueing you.

Your car may only be worth $3,000, but if you hit a pedestrian and they require a dozen surgeries and are wheelchair bound for life, you bet you're ass you're getting sued for a few million in medical costs.

In a reasonable country, those medical costs would be free, but since they're not you need some sort of protection against once accident bankrupting you in civil suits.