Search results

Like Trump, we missed the target thread?

Not only do the miss context and nuance, but LLM summaries have a tendency to actually reverse the main point. It may in fact tell you the job ran when it actually failed.

Yes. I have seen ads online attacking Dr Acton that never get around to mentioning his name. She is most identified with Ohio's anti-covid measures which were pretty effective until Republicans in the state Legislature overturned our (Republican) Governor's actions.

Low turnout and a large protest vote will be enough to undermine Farage's anti-establishment vindication message. Then they can get back to investigating his finances and throw him out proper.

There is a real chance of Ohio electing a Democrat for Governor simply because the Republican candidate is Hindu and has a clearly Indian name.

Give the product for free and then charge a lot once the users are hooked. Where have I heard this business model before?

The original effects were on hard drives that were destroyed. So they don't have masters. The show was filmed in widescreen but broadcast in 3:4 format. They knew the standard was about to change so they planned to be able to reformat the show. But without the effects discs it was not...

If only we had experts in the area that were paid for analysis and strategic planning.

And just like every other aspect of the US government, the process of changing the Constitution gives small states more power. It would be more likely that any major attempt at modifying the Constitution would be to lock in their political advantages.

To the larger point I absolutely agree that our form of government is stuck in time and is absolutely not fit to run a modern country. Unfortunately the will is not there to change it given how much it takes to amend the Constitution, or more properly replace it, given the magnitude of changes...

Yes. Yes they fucking do. As I keep posting on other sites. "My car isn't a Honda, it's gray." Unfortunately we in the US are living in the middle of a bunch of fuckwits that think it clever to post "America is a Republic not a Democracy." They don't understand either term except as labels...

In the words of Uncle Al

Tell me you've never played a Zelda game without telling me you've never played a Zelda game.

Our military planning has been about technological supremacy and mostly fighting air wars. So we have a limited number of advanced weapons and the theory that we can overwhelm any foe in a short time. As Innula points out, Iran has been using overwhelming numbers of far less expensive weapons...

Seems perfectly sane to me.

The deal was already worth far less when Europe threatened to drop FIFA. When the Americas and Asia followed suit, he didn't even have the votes for a far lower value deal.

We have been able to achieve so many technological marvels like the Singularity, Artificial Intelligence, Quantum Computing, and Autonomous Vehicles by the amazing advancement of redefining those terms to mean something completely different that we already have instead of actually inventing them.

Way too much of what our government is doing right now is theater with an audience of one.