The *real* question is what about companies that do business here

Is there a question at all? If you have a presence here, you are subject to our laws. I expect that the reverse is also true, that if I conduct business overseas that I am also subject to the laws of countries whose policies I do not agree with.

Now perhaps business based elsewhere have a recourse US based business do not have: they can stop doing business here and let the vagaries of extradition processes take control. But I wouldn't put money on my government doing anything for me in that case but jockeying for political advantage and then turning me and throwing me out like rancid meat. My best hope is that there is no agreement for data, and I can somehow fall through the cracks.

No that started long ago, it's more of an auction.

Protectionism isn't something the G8 generally likes and has come under fire lately. Based on some things i've seen lately, I believe China (and perhaps india) have been spanked for their usual nonsense.

So maybe those people are now trying a different approach, rather than the normal protectionism that chinese companies engage in (using only their own suppliers, designing out foreign chips, bringing all mfg and design work to them so that they can control the supply chain), they're trying to hide behind FUD.

So Tesla's anti-theft system is 100% lethal?

"Ulysses you old rat bastard, I'm not fallin' for that trick again. Let 'em secede."

But with the usual mess in government records, quite a number of dead souls.

The dead are often a pivotal election demographic.

Bell peppers are a very popular vegetable. I really like bell peppers. Costco has banned them however, bell peppers cannot be obtained at costco. So I shop elsewhere for my bell peppers.

Your book looks like emotional junk, I won't be purchasing it from anywhere.

I guess I don't agree. School is for the young and unattached, it is not an easy thing to go back to at some later date. I'm not saying that no one can do so, I'm saying that no one I know has done so, but continue to either wish they had, or try to make it work but can't find the time between a day job to keep the mortgage paid and kids fed, and the vicious hours studying and doing homework.

I would make the opposite argument: there are always jobs and they always pay money. Unless you're talking about an opportunity with such a high compensation that you can afford to not work for 5 years and pay for school, it's a bad decision for most people. There are cases where it does make sense, but they seem to be the exception. Taking a wage slave job at FB versus going to school seems like a really bad gamble.

For every 1999 there's a 2001. Jobs like that tend to get either very competitive or just abandoned when the market contracts. Or they just replace you with some other youngin', since that seems to be the way that job segment is working.

Calculus + coding = Job for life, it's a combo that works really well and it's a market where age adds, rather than subtracts, value.

For the record I would have ZERO problem doing this at all... in fact I could think for hours... although having a pencil and paper to keep track of ideas and plans would be helpful.

I think you're on to something there. I don't think this is about introverts vs. extroverts, or "engagement with the world". If you think about it, even introverts are rarely "disengaged" from the world. We're reading or writing, or otherwise engaged in our own world, but we are fully engaged. I consider myself a strong introvert, but almost never am away from a book I want to read, or a computer where I can work out my creative urges. Simply sitting in a chair, unable to act upon the chorus of our brains seems like it would be as infuriating to introverts and extroverts alike.

When left to myself to think (say taking a shower), I frequently find I have a lot of ideas that i know are going to be forgotten when I become engaged with the world. Left in a place where I can't write them down or act upon them, I might become frustrated and erratic. I like to think I'd survive more than 15 minutes, but I can see it happening. I'm not sure this is entirely a bad thing, on its own.

What would have been more interesting is to compare the results of this survey with people 50 years ago, 100 years ago, 200 years ago. I suspect that we are becoming more incapable of this sort of activity as the amount of stimuli and distraction available to us increases. The reality of instant gratification, coupled with the relatively reduced importance of a strong memory might be withering our ability to endure this sort of sensory deprivation.

I don't think it's a true statement that introverts recede into the mists unless lasso'd with the titanium chains of social discourse. We are human beings and are motivated by the usual impulses, just not the desire to necessarily be engaged with other people all the time or to do our critical thinking as part of a hive mind. Introverts do a) need money to finance our seclusion (in my personal experience, a proper hermitage in the modern world costs an incredible amount of money, I am still saving up), b) the desire to find a mate and c) the need to acquire goods to live and be happy.

In the quest for these it is frequently put upon the innocent introvert to venture forth into the unholy wilderness of academia, shopping malls or simply city streets. Presented with the option to get a quick $50 for a survey or perhaps simply being intrigued by scientific inquiry, an introvert may willingly participate. Introversion is not the same as social anxiety, we are often known to voluntarily be in the presence of other human beings. It's simply that we prefer not to be, and perform best when left to ourselves.

I was going to respond with a vigorous retort but my ispcapbw

Plus criticism has to be heavily censored and moderated, comments may end up being career limiting, and since there is no anonymity, the dialog usually driven by the strongest personality in the company, who likely is also driving every other damned thing to the ground. It's better not to have any such forum, or if forced upon you, to ignore it as vigorously as possible.

Hush now, if a tax law has been approved, both agreed to it. Given that they can't agree on the time of day, but have agreed to focus on 501(c), we can assume this annoys all the rich people, not just some ideological faction of them.

That'll never work.