Buy Florida? You’d have to pay them to take it.

I think the TSX already has been pricing in a lot of assumed Trump bullshit.

“liked” and “benefits from” are two almost completely unrelated things.

It’s still the same party in charge that decided to use tanks to run over student protesters. China only seems more stable right now because protesters would have all been rounded up into the re-education camps a long time ago.

“Reasonable” is not the word I’d use. “Predictable” is more apt in my opinion.

I’m guessing that reasoning is why he’s been trying to get our economic relationship with China back to what is was before Trump’s first term. It’s a shitty choice to have to make, but when the US is by far your biggest trading partner, you have to diversify where you can.

The vast majority didn’t fight Trump’s return. The vast majority still aren’t fighting.

I’m guessing that the Poles didn’t give a fuck about German feelings after WWII, and no one gives a fuck about your feelings now. Until something more than hand wringing on the internet is done, expect the negativity to continue.

Sorry, but that argument doesn’t hold water anymore. We gave you guys the benefit of the doubt for his first term, but this time you knew exactly what you were getting, and you allowed him back anyway. 32% of the eligibile population voting for him is not just some small minority.

Honestly, you should just step away. Tech is best when it’s viewed as a tool to achieve your goals, not as a goal in its own right.

Depends on what end of the corporate world you are working in. I do industrial automation, and there’s no way you are getting out of having a Windows VM at the very least.

Also, citing historical actions from generations ago as justification for current actions is always fucked up.

With those definitions, a “state” existing is an inevitability.

Getting any group of humans to all agree on a single set of rules at all times is impossible, especially as the community size increases. So there has to be some form of enforcement of the rules, since some people are shit heads who will ignore the rules, and others will disagree on interpretation.

And as community size increases, it’s also an increasingly bad idea to leave enforcement of the rules up to individuals/the community at large. Humans are emotional creatures and will at times respond inappropriately to others who break the rules.

And since humans are made of matter, there’s going to be a defined geographical area where a given community has control.

For the no ruler part, while the internet has made direct democracy possible, there’s still going to need to be a manager of some sort to go about actually implementing the decisions made.

When you say “dozens of communities exist” that operate with self-governance, what is the size threshold that separates “community” from “state”? And does the term “self-governance” not imply a set of laws at that community level?

Depends on your cooking and shopping habits I guess. I rarely thaw meat. I rarely eat frozen meals, and when I do, they are usually the type that can be prepared in the oven. My toaster oven is the device that gets 90% of the use. My microwave can go weeks at a time without being used.

Sort of. It’s kind of like the “cult” vs “sect” vs “religion” distinction; it’s just a question of scale.

So when it’s only a couple inbred, racist fuckwits, it’s “vigilantism”. When it’s half the population of the country, it’s “civil unrest”.

To visit/fistfight the Andromeda galaxy.

My home server has a 12 year old cpu, and that bad boy just keeps chugging along running 24/7.

I feel like I’m the only one that remembers that incognito mode was only ever about keeping your browsing history private on the local machine, not anonymizing all your internet traffic.

I switched from bash to zsh a while ago, mostly just for shits and giggles. I really can’t see any reason to form a strong opinion on it one way or the other.

And what could Russia possibly do to stop the US from doing whatever they want in Venezuela?