Sat silently through a misguided attempt by my workplace colleagues to do something, anything, useful and productive... FOR THE GLORY OF THE EMPIRE!
laranis
joined 1 year ago
I want the Palm Pre form factor back. Sooo satisfying to slide that thing open or snapping it closed.
Keyboard was ok but not as good as the BB, IMO.
SoundBlaster?
This is what I fully expect. It is a sad state of affairs that I have to ask, "Are you serious this is what's happening or is this your prediction?"
Atlas Shrugged is a shit book, but I find myself thinking more and more about the world left behind when the "smart" people all leave. Nepotism breeds ineptitude leading to failed systems. Infrastructure crumbles. Businesses fail. Government stops functioning.
I wonder, after a cascade of failures of complex, core societal systems, which will be the first to actually affect the oligarchs? Gotta be the stock market, right? I mean, well after everyone's pensions and 401(k)s are in the shitter, but eventually? Maybe?
I appreciate the discourse and that you took the time to link the article. Unfortunately, I think the only thing that article does is lay out an effective strategy for the offending party to delay, escalate, enrich, and flee.
To the final point of the article saying that eventually you would get all sorts of pressure to restabilize from entrenched parties... This administration is incapable of understanding the implications of a destabilized United States. Literally incapable. Their world view is so skewed and their echo chamber so closed that it would be like a cancer having to realize that limiting its growth is good for both it and the host. It doesn't have the mechanisms to self regulate. Neither does our current oligarchy.
Backed up by what? Stern talking to? Fear of embarrassment? Public pressure? A moral compass? Perhaps there is another Amendment that applies when all else has failed...
Yeah, I'm on the side of the 13-yo.
DAE died a violent death on reddit years ago. I was there. I remember the backlash.
Let's not revive it here. This place is special.
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Statistics isn't my strong suit. What's the probability of the probability increasing given that it has been increasing over time? Should we project the future probability to include this growth?