RickJWagner

Noteworthy: since the films release, we have much fewer heat related deaths, polar bear population has doubled, there are fewer hurricanes and less wildfires.

This doesn’t mean climate change isn’t real, of course. It’s just not panning out as predicted earlier.

Ask AI if Reddit has more phony political content from the left or right. Follow up on the sources it gives you.

You should come away with a different point of view.

I think so, too.

An exotic disease breaks out right on top of a lab where disease cultivation occurs. Then government coverups begin.

Future generations will be amazed that anyone dismissed this very, very strong possibility.

Also— in a few years, when the politicization has faded, we need a comprehensive study on which countries took the right steps at the time. ( How much shutdown was beneficial. )

You forgot the /s.

Numerous studies have shown left wing bias at Reddit. Average sub moderators trend significantly farther left than average readers, too.

If they keep writing articles about this, eventually nobody will believe them.

(1) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Boy_Who_Cried_Wolf

Two important things missing:

1) You will have technicians working for you that will earn more than you do. They will often act like prima donnas.

2) ( Advice given by a friend that was an IC, then a manager, then an IC again ): “They nip at you from the top, and they nip at you from the bottom.” Meaning that your manager will gripe at you, as well as the people under you griping at you.

Looking at you, Reddit political posts.

Yes, this is a problem. Look at a typical truck from the 90s or so, they are tiny compared to today’s trucks.

The same thing is true of cars. Today’s civic is as big as an accord used to be. There is no Del Sol.

We need to turn the incentive knobs that worked so successfully on consumption so we now work on vehicle size.

Also, about the center of gravity discussion: I used to have an old friend that spent decades in business running a body shop. I asked him once what was the worst animal for causing vehicle damage. ( This was in rural South Dakota. I was thinking cow, horse, maybe bison. ) Nope. He said most animals would go up and over the hood, just like the people in the article. He said pigs were the worst. They stay low, going right into the car and not bouncing over. Often resulting in a total loss for that car.

As a banjo player, I have heard perfect pitch defined this way:

“Perfect Pitch: When you throw a banjo into a trash bin and it lands on an accordion.”

All this at a time when world poverty is in continual decline, medical science reaches continual new heights, crime is in multi-year decline, etc.

It is often said that the average person today has better food, shelter, health services, etc. today than a king had just a short while ago.

Bad news sells, though. Don’t buy it.

Just when it seemed EVs would never be beat.

Krugman. He couldn’t write a single sentence in an article about Europe without mentioning Trump.

This is the same guy that said the internet was not going to be a big thing, made wildly incorrect predictions about everything from post-Covid inflation to Obama-era growth predictions, and was oblivious to the downsides of zero interest rate policy.

At this point, Krugmans work should be considered entertainment at best, or maybe political comedy.

Thanks for that— the poles sound like a great idea.

Off topic, I love a New Zealand podcast called “Backyard Bluegrass”. The host is a walking encyclopedia of roots music, and he’s got great presentation skills.

There’s not much I can gather from that guy, as I don’t speak Japanese. I will say I’ve seen several media bits showing Japanese fans remaining after games to pick up trash. It makes me think we could benefit from some parts of Japanese culture.

Are you living in the USA?

Have a look at the many foreign streamers raving about their visits for the World Cup. It’s refreshing and incredibly uplifting to hear other perspectives.

I’m sort of with you.

I don’t mind people succeeding at gathering wealth. Mostly the very rich stay quiet.

What annoys me is loud mouthed celebrities. For some reason, people famous for being born pretty think their opinions are all brilliant.

In your opinion, which list is the most credible? ( I.e. do you have a web link that shows a list of predictions you consider highly credible ? )

Something that would help a great deal would be some very public, clearly worded predictions about future events that should happen.

Climate scientists could help convince skeptics by correctly predicting future events. Skeptics could vet the predictions immediately to avoid late refutations. They’d look foolish if they tried to downplay the events if they didn’t raise concerns at the time they were predicted.

Looking fairly at things, predictions along the lines of ‘An inconvenient truth’ did not help. ( A UK high court ruling found at least 9 errors or exaggerations in the film. )

Demonstrating predictability should increase acceptance.

It’s like fertilizer, for jealousy.

That’s a good question.

You know how all the people taking part in a robbery get charged with murder if just one of them kills someone?

I’d view it like that. A cop that covers up corruption for a partner is guilty of corruption. A cop that covers up a DUI carries a similar amount of guilt.

A cop that exercises ‘professional courtesy’ to overlook a minor traffic violation? Same negligible amount of guilt.

I think it seems about right.

Slate has my interest.

I don’t want to get stuck with a failed company EV, so I’ll be cautious. But man, they seem to have some good ideas so far.

Source?

I have a close relative that’s a cop, he’s a really good person, father and husband. I’ve known several other cops and never knew a truly bad person.

Hot Springs, Arkansas was an alternative during that era.

The nations first national park anchored the attraction, complete with eponymous hot natural water baths. All the big celebrities of the day vacationed there ( alongside all the biggest gangsters, Al Capone included ) and professional baseball teams held spring training there.

Today, Hot Springs is still a pleasant place to visit, but it’s no longer a national draw.

You may want to give serious consideration to supply chain dynamics. If the commerce and political streams cross, the bargain EV could bring unexpected surprises.

To the author: Thank you, quite readable. I like the thumbnail explanations.

Car racing and drug running must have been closely linked in the 80s. For another great read about them, check out Randy Lanier’s story. ( He had racing boats, too. )

Maybe Miami Vice was closer to truth than we knew.

I hadn’t heard of Meshtastic until I saw a pair of nodes for sale on Facebook Marketplace. My curiosity made me check it out.

I guess Preppers are all over this one.

That would destroy the incentive to save. Why put aside a dollar now, only to have it taxed every year? Better to spend it while it’s whole.

That changes future value calculations, too.

These are things not to mess with lightly.

I just left Reddit, where a Cuban that moved to America is hosting an AMA.

It’s incredible. The guy seems to be giving brutally real opinions, the good and the bad, and telling his life’s story. Reddit readers ( admitting they’ve never been to Cuba ) try to shout him down and tell him what he should be thinking.

It’d be nice to hear more first hand stories like that.

There’s also a ‘trigger trombone’ variant, where pulling a trigger routes the air through more tubing, bringing a different pitch.

Source: I’m a sponsor of the trombone arts. My kid played trombone in high school.