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tophi··on China, Japan, South Korea will jointly respond to US tariffs
Yes, and if we continue down this path China will be the biggest winner. If we align with Russia, then Europe and southeast asia will have no other choice. Africa will also be easy pickens for China.

The best case scenario for USA is we are able to hold on to secure elections, Democrats move towards something like Ezra Kleins’ vision and MAGA collapses and a more values based party takes their place.

tophi··on Americans Are Tipping Less Than They Have in Years
Right, if I tip I am heartless? If I am heartless I may as well not tip. Delusional.
tophi··on Americans Are Tipping Less Than They Have in Years
Guess I will be rude then. I’m not going back to cash.
tophi··on Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free
1. I agree with you. 2. Assange is a Russian asset and the West’s (esp USAs) emphasis on freedom of speech puts us in a very difficult situation with respect to information dissemination. 3. This blind spot is being heavily leveraged to alarming success and Authoritarian regimes are gaining momentum with their goals. Mainly To destabilize democracies and make us all like them. We also want them to fail and be reborn as democracies. 4. I do not know how to navigate this challenge in an ethical/moral way. But i want to make sure we all recognize the biggest genuine threat to our descendants’ freedoms.
tophi··on Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free
No, absolutely not. The West must be held to a higher standard and we have a duty to hold ourselves there, but too many are failing to understand the biggest threat to all the world’s freedom. Hint hint, it is the actual authoritarians.
tophi··on Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free
You are not wrong. Nor are they.
tophi··on Julian Assange has reached a plea deal with the U.S., allowing him to go free
Cheers. what say you to Navalny’s torture, detainment, and death?
tophi··on Charlie Munger has died
Yes, how sad… such a tragic ending.
tophi··on Mortgage rates soar to their highest level in 21 years
Yea, were they trying to sell you a house yesterday?
tophi··on Asteroid ZTm0038 with a >3% impact probability
0.10% and 0.25%?
tophi··on Asteroid ZTm0038 with a >3% impact probability
There is a disclaimer from the data source: “Scout data are about unconfirmed objects and all information should therefore be treated as potentially unreliable”

I’m hoping this ztm0038 is an error or hoax.

tophi··on Asteroid ZTm0038 with a >3% impact probability
Can’t find any information on this anywhere else.
tophi··on Tesla FSD Beta ignores stop sign in live test with Ross Gerber and Dan O’Dowd [video]
If it was a flawless run, you wouldn’t see it on here. If there are actual FSD fatalities, don’t you think they’d be all over the news?
tophi··on Tesla FSD Beta ignores stop sign in live test with Ross Gerber and Dan O’Dowd [video]
how many people die to car wrecks each day? What % are using Tesla FSD and what % of all miles driven are Tesla FSD? This is what I’d like to know.
tophi··on Ivy League Schools Sure Look Like a Cartel
For many students, the sport team culture and the activities surrounding these events is a big draw and motivator to attend university.

Most college athletes will not play at the professional level. Their young adult connections and the values they develop as being part of a team to overcome great challenges in preparation and on game day are important to our society. The stress one feels for a final exam does not compare to the emotions one feels on a big game-day! Valuable mental models are developed from athletics. Lessons learned are applied to every industry. it’s important simulation.

To deduce it all to irrelevance is a mistake that many intelligent people with no team or sporting experience often make to no fault of their own.

tophi··on Ivy League Schools Sure Look Like a Cartel
A university is not just a place to go to learn anymore. It’s a big club that happens to be a place where you study.

You bond and make lifelong friends. Also a great place to find a partner for life.

Athletic departments are vital to the university system in American schools and their local economies.

tophi··on Amazon is closing its cashierless stores in NYC, San Francisco and Seattle
lol l
tophi··on The More You Look for Spy Balloons, the More UFOs You’ll Find
Hi Eric
tophi··on Netflix has job with almost $1M listed salary range, to comply with new CA law
Cash? That seems inconvenient.
tophi··on Why Tesla removed radar and ultrasonic sensors [video]
Yes, the current delta was not massive and will shrink over time.

By getting rid of the extra sensors they eliminate a temporary crutch and focus resources on the simple solution.

Not a new concept by the way. Henry Ford was obsessed with simplifying and eliminating every part that wasn’t necessary on the model T for virtually all the same reasons.

tophi··on The Double Entry Counting Method (2016)
It wouldn’t be the first time! I think the suggestion given below, “allocate”, is the best yet.
tophi··on The Double Entry Counting Method (2016)
Classify I think
tophi··on Jackson, Mississippi, to go without reliable drinking water indefinitely
30 minutes for every new filter? Or every time?