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wallst07··on Tesla Roadster
Sexist much? https://www.instagram.com/supercarblondie
wallst07··on Tesla Roadster
What systemic issues?
wallst07··on Things to know when you get cancer
I know HOUSE is a fictional character but I use the character as a example of a doctor I would prefer. Someone who cuts through BS, tells me straight without any bedside manor.

And as a patient, if I'm doing something stupid, say I'm an idiot. But just diagnose and treat my illness quickly and efficiently no matter how common or rare.

tldr: I like 'House' type doctors over the opposite.

wallst07··on Lobbying is corruption
Ugh, teachers unions are some of the most powerful unions at local levels.
wallst07··on Lobbying is corruption
Only a joke in your circle of understanding, statistically the US has the most immigration demand and has hosted the most amount of immigrants.

https://www.migrationpolicy.org

wallst07··on Lobbying is corruption
I "lobby" my accountant to pay as little in taxes as possible for me.
wallst07··on NYC's "Click to Cancel" rule is now in effect
Unpopular opinion: QOL enforcement with recent administrations has also gone down even though there are programs designed not to.
wallst07··on NYC's "Click to Cancel" rule is now in effect
Good point, Adobe MBAs: Make the commitment 30 years just like your mortgage. :facepalm:
wallst07··on I hired an illustrator to draw my house. Now it's my Home Assistant dashboard
What would really make you feel uncomfortable is there is near 100% probability that there are electronics controlling your physical access to buildings you use on a daily basis. Maybe not your home, but other acess.

And the most important thing(s) that any experienced HA automation geek knows is:

1) Always have a manual way to control a device if HA goes down.

2) Local only, no cloud.

wallst07··on High Diesel Prices Bankrupted 16 Trucking Companies in Just 30 Days
Idiots is a overstatement. This is why trucking brokers exist. These small trucking outfits can barely hold a conversation, much less deal with a end-consumer on anything customer service related.
wallst07··on High Diesel Prices Bankrupted 16 Trucking Companies in Just 30 Days
Trucking companies for shipping are easy to setup and take down.

I wonder if anyone here has shipped anything by freight directly (like a car) and done the research on USDOT / MC Numbers / VIN for their truck. It's a shady system.

16 companies is nothing.

wallst07··on Turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and get its disk space back
On macos you get ads for icloud and are impossible to disable, no thank you.
wallst07··on Turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and get its disk space back
How so?
wallst07··on Turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and get its disk space back
>doesn't get Apple Intelligence because it has just 6GB of RAM.

This sounds like a feature to me: Apple should provide a upgrade path that disables AI for older hardware that can't run it, and thus not download the models.

wallst07··on Turn off Apple Intelligence on macOS 27 and get its disk space back
Some first edition educational airs came with 128gb of ssd. You can barely install 26 on them, I had to spend a good amount of time removing so much to get one usable for a low income friend who couldn't afford to upgrade.
wallst07··on Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and electricity usage
Who decides what is or isn't a crime? Are you a Fruitarianist for making such claims?
wallst07··on Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and electricity usage
Why is it stupid? Do you understand why the government subsidies farming?
wallst07··on Improper redaction reveals Google Data Center water and electricity usage
It's essential for the united states to be able to feed it's population. Keeping land fertile for farming and all the necessary supply chain intact is a national security issue.
wallst07··on So you think you could be an electrician?
>relying on supply and demand leads to unfair outcomes

And I don't think anyone here is unaware of this either. Peoples abilities (actual or potential) will forever be variable and fall on some sort of standard distribution.

There will never be equality in outcomes.

wallst07··on In Ukraine, distributed renewables foil Russia's assaults
Solar panels don't feed a nation, giving up fertile land for panels is a bad idea. Put them where you can't grow anything.

The ethanol argument is a dying cause.

wallst07··on 10-year Treasury yield climbs above 5.3% to a level not seen in 24 years
Can you show me your math on how taxing Billionaires solves France's Debt/GDP issue? Or even the US's debt servicing. I'd like to see the analysis.

This is not a argument on if they should pay more tax or not, it is a argument about what affect it has relative to the discussion of a countries debt.

wallst07··on California bans child marriage, a practice still legal in 32 US states
Another comment pointed out that the article is sensationalist.

If you bucket all the marries this law would affect, the 50 year old marriage is a far outlier. Most of the marriage gaps for these minors are < 1-2yrs.

wallst07··on California bans child marriage, a practice still legal in 32 US states
These are all good questions and also supporting OPs claims of consistency.

For a minor:

Is Marriage a want or a need, same with cosmetic surgery, or gender changes.

wallst07··on California bans child marriage, a practice still legal in 32 US states
On the flip side, you can get the marriage annulled in 1 day or divorced in a year.

Surgery is a little bit harder to rollback. There is still a power imbalance if you don't assume the parent is acting with best intentions.

wallst07··on California bans child marriage, a practice still legal in 32 US states
In practice though, did any children (by OPs definition) actually get married, or were they all pubescent minors?

You could say the same thing, "California bans babies from marriage" technically true but wrong in context.

wallst07··on California bans child marriage, a practice still legal in 32 US states
In tight/smaller communities having kids younger has one massive advantage: your parents/grandparents are actually young and energetic enough to help raise them.

Having active grandparents around to pass down wisdom and share the load beats waiting until your late 30s or 40s just so you can afford to hand your kids off to expensive daycare.

Losing that family safety net is a one reason people are having fewer kids now, and I really doubt it’s making society any happier.

wallst07··on Tesla takes on $30B in credit as it approaches unprofitability
The whole truth and nothing but the truth...

Being biased isn't lying, withholding truth isn't lying (maybe). What is your point? You can be biased and not lie.

wallst07··on Tesla takes on $30B in credit as it approaches unprofitability
So is HN, you're in the wrong placed for nuanced balanced discussions.
wallst07··on Musk, the Movie
The irony in this "the ones that agree that there shouldn’t be billionaires"

facepalm.

wallst07··on U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve Falls to Lowest Level Since 1982
Yes, solar is far more efficient for generating power, but solar panels can't feed a population in a crisis.

The ethanol market isn't just about fuel, it acts as an economic buffer that keeps millions of acres of land fertile, farmed, and operational. If a global supply chain collapse hits, we can immediately redirect that acreage to feed livestock and people. If you cover that prime topsoil with solar panels, that agricultural capacity is gone. A nation that can feed itself has national security sacrificing our emergency food reserve for electricity is not a good idea.

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