The monsters have never been the problem, it’s always been class warfare. The nobility are the monsters

This is rocket science - the $2m threshold seems low

Vodka

Holy shit got it!!!

Anyone else would avoid a conflict of interest. They just looke to monetize it

That’s fine, sort of. Maybe we’re all just traumatized by violating constitution, checks and balances, the rule of law, but I’d welcome the improvement if they were evil legally

Keep the title, keep the cover art, completely replace the content!

The shovel makers and shovel sellers always get rich in a gold rush

That’s fine, I’m over here eating popcorn, watching all the drama……

Luckily I’m not likely to need any laptop, phone, tablet. game console, car, tv, etc any time soon. All my higher end devices are good for a few years until the bubble bursts.

That being said, my hobbies tend to be in low end devices. We know raspberry pi’s are now expensive and likely to get worse, but I wonder how it will effect the tiny bit of old technology memory in things like “smart switches” and sensors

For sure the ridiculous us money for little benefit to us citizens at high us consumer cost is ridiculous. But that doesn’t change the fact that there’s been a lot of medical r&d benefitting all our lives. We want that to continue and the us should prefer that it be here

But the thing is it’s across all science and technology. US has benefitted from brain drain from other parts of the world, some of the best scientists coming here for the best rewards. That’s a good thing (for the US).

Reversing that brain drain is a bad thing (for the US) and this is a scenario where a very few individals can make a huge difference. If we don’t have a critical mass of researchers to become a desirable destination and we don’t have research opportunities, and yes if we don’t have opportunities for rewards, the brain drain flows the other way. That’s great for the countries retaining more of their top researchers, but bad for the US, bad for the researchers if there are less rewards and bad for everyone if it results in less opportunity. and this is a people thing so an individual staying away affects other individuals and new researchers see which way the brains are draining and a poor reputation for supporting science and research may not be overcome in these peoples lives

Out of all the things Trump continues doing to destroy our place in the world, undermine our values , this is one that may never come back

But will they fund upgrades to the electrical system?

I try to visit much every year or two and it can be anything I’m bit indoorsy. Let’s start with walking everywhere. I’m not sure you have to even go farther: because if walking everywhere I’m outdoors and physically active far more than when I’m home.

Then you have all the parks and walks …… my kids Scout troop did a campout in NYC! They found a campground on Staten Island, took the ferry in, and did their hike up the west side of manhattan!

A while back I went to my high school reunion and met up with the guy who had been my best friend. He admitted to having never been more than 50 miles from where he was born …. And was exactly the same as in high school. No growth, no personal development. I had moved to a large city, which was totally alien and frightening.

Obviously there are degrees and most people aren’t this bad, but visiting other places and other people can really open your eyes. I don’t know if lack of travel is cause or effect but it really seems like people who have never been anywhere tend to be very small minded, have a very narrow view of people and the world.

Oh we understand all too well. The damage from the current administration will take years to recover, decades, generations. Some of it never will

For me the anti-intellectual oppression is worse. That brain drain is something we’ll never recover from

I keep trying but somehow always end up with highly salted or suugar coated garbage.

Just watch it on my phone or other device. My big tv gets so little use these days that I don’t know if I’d replace it if it dies

Or …. The extra electricity needed for EVs is zero or maybe even negative. Except for batteries, power is not dispatchable. Power plants can’t react to the amount of power needed at any time and they get inefficient trying. If we had a way to charge when supply is greater than demand, we can not only make use of previously wasted power but even make power plants more efficient by giving them steadier demand

I’m also amusedly infuriated when “smart” advertising takes the exact wrong pattern ……

“ I see you recently bought a part for a Toyota. You must have a Toyota. Let me sell you the same part for a Volkswagen. “

those bastards take a decade+ to come online, by which time this may have blown over

Par for the course: send billions of dollars to friends of those in power, then eventually decide not to care about results.

Yet somehow keeping underprivileged people from starving is “fraud, waste, and abuse”