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The steam engine took along time to develop for exactly that reason. You needed something that was big and strong enough for it. https://technicshistory.com/the-age-of-steam/

A larger black hole

Bread and circuses

Tax return on a postcard is still in the Republican area of ideas, but they can't seem to get enough actual Congressional Republicans to come on board. It's frustrating. The problem to me is that the Democrats have become so uncompetitive in large swathes of the country, that too many center/moderates/status quos adapt Republican cover to get into office.

I'm sure Democrats can complain about their Senators in the same language.

Please, the fatalism you see if concentrated in the overproduced elite. Overrepresented on the internet.

Mgmt: It's got an API! It's got RBAC! It's Perfect!

Devs: It sucks ass.

I would say it's more about the discussion of morality and specifically the morality of actions in war and not the politics of war, though they are linked.

The lesson of the Skinnies is quite jarring for someone that didn't go through WW2. Earth outright terrorizes the Skinnies into submission.

Re: 2, That's definitely another part of it. There's this timelessness about the current culture that I am not sure where it's coming from.

I find myself encountering bits of culture (tv/movies/music/books) that could be from today, or from 10 years ago, and little way to determine from when. And there's so much of it now.

Oh that's definitely true. I mean you can definitely see the conflict of interest between say you know HBO Max trying to get their content viewed versus any other streamer

Seems there are two things going on here that is being conflated.

1. The amount of "culture" being created has to be like a magnitude of order greater than 25 years ago. Of course you can't watch all those shows and movies't now. There are too many and it's too much.

2. The algorithms were developed to help with this problem. They are just a poor match for the problem.

Fair point. I hadn't considered them within the context here. I suppose a call out to New world natives' atlatls as well is necessary.

Really? That's interesting, I can't recall ever coming across that myself. I have some research to do.

Well, you aren't really aiming with early firearms. You are just shooting in the general direction of the enemy. So I don't think smoke really explains it.

When was the last recorded javelin volley? I think there is a suggestion of a historical transmission from the late Classic era to the early modern era and it was possibly archery. Not to mention crossbows.

One thing that I don't enjoy from COUP is he often demolishes ideas that approach strawman territory (is a barely coordinated order to start shooting a volley? or does it have to be something else), but I understand that from his perspective as a teacher, he has to disabuse his students of all the nonsense tropes they pick up from tv shows and movies.

The importance of having a reserve, so you can make a last minute change if you needed to.

"Even newly minted M.B.A.s from elite programs are struggling to find work."

I was worried at first but this is an elite journalism product for elites who are facing economic insecurity and not AI

Well without actual examples from any supposed position, this discussion goes nowhere.

The argument that I assume you are talking about has some nuance around it. It's mostly about politically connected or nepotistic people who are pulling large salaries for essentially little to no work. I'm sure most regular employees at a nonprofit get treated as poorly as those of us at a normal business.

I'm also sure this inhibits digitization of art because the museums are balancing access and revenue.

Well, poured concrete is a relatively new technique. Most of the industrial areas in New England were built before that. All the those factory were built when brick was the material to build with.

Most of the first colonists weren't farmers. And I believe some tricks were actually picked up in Europe and end up coming back with former enslave natives.

Boston is mostly built on fill. Terrifying to think of sitting through 7.0 Earthquake. All those brick buildings all along the Merrimack.

My local libary is great for me at the point I am at life. Clean bathrooms, 3d printers and laser cutters, video conference rooms, free videos to watch, comfy chairs, a huge manga section. Not a lot of physical books anymore. I guess I can just use an e-reader and check one out that way. No more discovery.

I don't think it was intentional, being kottke.org, but it's a terrific click bait headline.

Maybe they want this fight. They want it to go to the Supreme Court. A favorable ruling will unlock alot of doors.

Democracy is always Dying, But did it ever really Live?

You could donate to your chosen homeless assistance charity and just carry cards that explain how to get assistance from the same org.

Right, but if the kicker needs to move further back in response, the tactic doesn't work anymore so the snapper is safe as well.

In both cases why not?

1. Make the kicker kick from farther out in that case. Pretty simple change.

2. 1 yard is kind of nothing in this league now when the referees have so much leeway to change yardage. They get the spot wrong ALL the damn time now. So what if it's automatic for some teams. And so what if the offense has the advantage there. That's sport. Same thing in soccer on penalty kicks, the kicker has the advantage there knowing where he's going to kick.

In the logic of empire, the overlord just needs to pick someone and eliminate the competitors. It's best if they have some popular support but not necessary. I am sure there are some networks with titular heads that can be utilized.