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  1. giardini
    Once again raising the question: "Should one trust a man who wears a bow tie?"
  3. giardini
    ">* If the cops don't care about something, it's defecto legal. *<"

    Ahhhh! A new English expression, "defecto legal". I like it! It should be the name of a website, defectolegal.com, for purposes TBD later.

    The proper term is "de facto": https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/de%20facto

    "Defecto" is Spanish for the English "defect", a flaw, an error.

    Don't get me started about "giving a dam".

  4. giardini
    ">If the cops don't care about something, it's defecto legal.<"

    Ahhhh! A new English expression, "defecto legal". I like it! It could be the name of a popular website.

    The proper term is "de facto": https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/de%20facto

    A defect is a flaw, an error, and "defecto" is Spanish for the English "defect". The meaning of "defecto legal" (English) thus remains in the wind, TBD. But I look forward to it's landing.

  5. giardini
    Need a free link please!
  6. giardini
    We gave up on you guys a long time ago: told your Dad to leave you behind a bush but he was a good Dad so, lucky you! Our bad.
  7. giardini
    >"Meanwhile, left barely does anything. They are not rocking the boat, they are powerless."<

    The left's judicial branch is very active: they sue every chance they get. And since they've diligently packed the court systems for decades, and since population centers that are predominantly Democratic are usually the locations for filing significant legal issues, i.e., they have left-leaning populations, therefore left-leaning juries and leftist judges, they usually get what they sue for.

    Maybe someday we'll be able to look at Epstein's mail or Clinton's e-mails even.

  8. giardini
    A "world police" are useful to almost everyone (nations involved in international trade) for situations such as piracy or border enforcement on the high seas. OTOH being such police is a costly endeavor so most nations will do their best to avoid investment and get a free ride.
  9. giardini
    What "deal"?
  10. giardini
    The US is pulling back from NATO and simultaneously re-asserting dominance in the Americas, i.e., the Munroe Doctrine, which has suffered setbacks in recent decades.
  11. giardini
    People sometimes react to AI software as they might to a "Ouija board". E.g.:

    https://duckduckgo.com/?q=ouija+board+vs+chatgpt&t=ffab&ia=w...

    Oops! Lots of spooky stuff! One of them is a funny story:

    "AI Is a Digital Ouija Board"

    https://jameshirsen.com/2025/03/30/ai-is-a-digital-ouija-boa...

  12. giardini
    As a software guy going way back, this post may be the death knell of software development as I've known it. I have never seen a good hardware guy who could code his way out of a paper bag. If hardware guys succeed in developing software with LLM coding, then it's time to abandon ship (reaches for life preserver pension).
  13. giardini
    >"I love the Netherlands and have spent a few months trying it out as a place to live. It's among my favourite places: moderate weather, friendly people, a high level of personal freedom, very high rate of English speakers, clean and modern environment, good international restaurants, lively town centres even in smaller towns, most towns have rivers / canals which make them very pleasant to walk around. I could list many other positive things."<

    Yes, and about half the Netherlands is below sea level, something I cannot abide.

  14. giardini
    Horse meat is tasty too! Pretty popular in France. Hmmm, remember my first steak tartare in Belgium! Ymmmm!
  15. giardini
    Soylent glue?
  16. giardini
    You'll likely be OK until Claude gets a penis. Then you're toast.
  17. giardini
    Perhap he shouldn't have gone with her. Perhaps your gf shouldn't have let him go with her. Perhaps you face marriage into a family that has hereditary bad judgment!

    Changing your oil and washing your car may be the luckiest decision you've made in your life!

    I once did not marry a (beautiful) daughter of a family with an overweight heart-diseased patron. Turned out to be one of the best accidents of life for me. Saw her years later and she was almost as big as her Daddy was when he had his second heart bypass! Glad I missed that "iceberg in the night"!

  18. giardini
    I thought Krugman was right-leaning but the article speaks volumes. Finally checked:

    https://www.allsides.com/news-source/paul-krugman-media-bias

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