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- Delivered directly to your doorstep from the government of “no new wars”, guided by “peace president”.
- Could it be slide to type issue as pointed in another comment: https://www.hackerneue.com/item?id=46233219 ? Disabling it might help?
- Not OC, but funny that in my native language "stroke" is "insult" - so I understood that and didn't catch it that in english it doesn't make sense. :)
- Maybe we are talking about the same thing, but my intent was to say that original quote was in the theme of "kids these days...".
Not all progress is desirable, of course, and smartphones have their own problems, but same was told about younger generations and internet, TV, newspapers, etc. But those generations grew up out of it and personally I'd argue that smartphone addiction is not only young people problem.
- Socrates would have drawn the line at writing and reading texts.
- Draw 2x2ft square on the ground and see how could you stand there, sit down, sleep, stretch your legs/arms. Imagine doing that for 24h.
I haven’t drawn this, but I think taller adult would always be touching at least two walls unless standing diagonally.
- Wasn’t it the same with covid hiring? While others over hired, Apple was modest in this position. Then everyone needed to significantly downsize, when Apple didn’t.
- > Have you ever thought that you would be compared to a gasoline engine and everyone would discuss this juxtaposition from purely economic perspective?
Not sure if by accident or not, but that’s what we are according today’s “tech elite”.
https://www.goodreads.com/work/quotes/55660903-patchwork-a-p...Therefore, the most profitable disposition for this dubious form of capital is to convert them into biodiesel, which can help power the Muni buses - Since the beginning of the year - USA is just a shell of market economy. Small government indeed…
Also some say it’s “flawed democracy”, IMHO - for last ~3 decades (or even more) it’s just a charade of democracy. Probably soon you won’t even have that.
First-past-the-post two party system, bizarre primary elections, electoral college, land votes instead of people (how many senators are from california and how many from wyoming, they also say it’s “to balance the tyranny of majority”), abhorrent and disgusting gerrymandering (so states could also force tyranny of the minority in congress too :) ), voter suppression (voting on Tuesdays, employers can control if you can go vote that day, voting booth count is getting smaller, voter registration shenanigans in marginalised communities), etc.
- Values are case-by-case basis depending if trump (GOP?) likes something (most like got paid cash) or not.
Case in point - full pardon for former Honduran president on drug trafficking, while at the same time they are trying to use drug trafficking as pretext on war with Venezuela.
Same thing with arabs/muslims/immigrants being bad (look at how they were during Mamdami campaign), though literal al-Qaeda members and murderers acting as arabian royalty are "great leaders" and "things (murders) happen".
Even on "simpler" issues like family values - they preach against queers, about "traditional family values", kids, etc. But most of them have 3+ divorces, multiple kids that they don't take care of, imported/immigrant trophy wives, numerous scandals of adultery, while destroying policies for children education/health/food, etc.
- IMHO - not “would risk”, but “will definitely increase road deaths”.
- …someone even wrote a book about this. Something about “mythical men”… :D
- > How can the extrajudicial killings of (over 80 by now!) alleged drug traffickers without any charges…
While drug trafficker convicted of trafficking 400 tons of cocaine get full presidential pardon.
- What do you mean?
- Also they probably save on cleaning costs.
- At least before you are grown up - that’s absolutely proven truth.
Until you are an adult - you must get outside light (even if it’s overcast winter). On average - luminosity (I hope that’s the term) outside is orders of magnitude above indoors, even when it’s overcast.
Kids without enough light have much bigger risk of shortsightedness. Because eyeball development is related to light.
There was even an article about this on HN couple weeks ago.
- IMHO - a step in right direction would be abolishing first-past-the-post voting system, together with electoral college. Finally USA could get a feel for multi-party system, instead of always voting for lesser evil. MAGA could be their own party, but they will need to deal with coalition instead of having total chokehold on all institutions of government.
Not sure how to break Senate and highly unequal representation it gives.
Though realistically I don't think this will ever be possible.
- Also - what's so "Swift-inspired"? There's not a single mention of Swift in README.
When he says success or about “you gonna be so rich you’re not gonna believe it” - he talks about himself and his billionaire buddies not you. His only policy stance is to surround himself with yes-men and enrich himself through blatant open corruption. Anything is for sale: crimes, pardons, citizenships, you name it - directly contradicting your thesis.
Also I truly believe he hates half of Americans because of wrong-think. But he will deal with them after he deals with brown people.
> Closing the border, deporting all illegal immigrants
Lets deport farmers, construction employers and business owners who “import” such workforce to essentially slave for them.
How such employers are not deeply scrutinised by public and politicians - I will never understand.
> abandoning unfounded foreign policy commitments
Abandon Ukraine, but financing Israel, Argentina, attempt truly unfounded war against Venezuela (reasons change every other day and contradict other policies like pardoning Hernandez on drug trafficking but threatening Maduro with war for same reason in the same week).
> using tariffs as a tool of trade policy
Sure if it’s deliberate, calculated and strategic. China laughs at your soy bean farmers. Coffee exporters give zero damns about your tarrifs. Canadians laugh at you when you’ll wait 30 years to grow your lumber. And on top of all of it - policy is so chaotic (who said men are not emotional?) - no actual long term commitment from industries will happen.
Also more points how his views are contradictory from my previous comment: https://www.hackerneue.com/item?id=46158110