...basically, the earth should be warmer.

The bulk of its history it's been a great deal warmer, with higher levels of CO2.
https://earthscience.stackexch...

The fact is that that the deep carbon cycle is not at equilibrium, with more carbon coming out of the mantle (through volcanic activity) than carbon going back to the mantle (through subduction).
This is good, because at 150ppm CO2, vegetation fails and everything dies.
https://www.frontiersin.org/jo...

Yes dual use. Improvised bombs and incendiaries. When someone attacks you look at dual use items more suspiciously. Especially a hospital that Hamas has constricted tunnels underneath. Bad shit happens in war, so don't start one.

Gaza has water problems due to Hamas (militants in general, going back far enough) mismanagement. They polluted their own aquifers, overuse caused salt water intrusion, ... all sorts of short sighted self harm occurred. That fact remains that Israel provides a lifeline, to a self-derived enemy of Israel. You want more generous support from Israel, perhaps don't advocate for and work towards their destruction? Don't want farm fields bulldozed to create a security perimeter along the border, don't launch Oct 7 like attacks.

Israel also works with international aid organizations to improve water infrastructure in Gaza.

No. A withdraw of the military, a destruction of Israeli settlements, etc. And peace treaties, a Palestinian state, offered multiple times. And rejected by militant Gazan regimes, continued calling for the destruction of all of Israel. Gazan regimes choose war over and over. They are the source of the misery of the Gazan people, through both administrative incompetence and their ongoing state of war.

And you wonder why you got swept the last election? Dur..

I remember when the "paperwork reduction act" came along in the 90's. People told me I better find another line of work since copiers wouldn't be around much longer. (tech, not sales). Every time a new government rule/law comes along, it "required" more paperwork. Now, all the machines are pretty much multifunction devices. Print, copy, scan, fax, email. Mechanically, they are pretty stable, but it's the SOFTWARE that can drive you nuts. The part that ticks me off about this industry is the RIPOFF of toner/ink. Black toner/ink is one price, but the color is 3-4-5 times more expensive. IT'S THE SAME! Just the pigment is different. When I'm teaching new techs in class, just to screw with them I will switch around say magenta & yellow when they are on a break. When they come back, and make a color copy, the look on their faces is priceless! In troubleshooting, it's common to swap components from one color to another to see if the problem follows the color or stays. If the toner wasn't the same, it wouldn't work. Also, if it were different, the DRUMS would be different for each color. Same with the carrier/developer. If you are 100 miles from the office, on a Friday and the customer really really needs the machine, you need one color of carrier/developer but only have a different color, You install it, run enough copies to run out the wrong color in the carrier (carrier is the "super tiny iron pellets that the toner sticks to) and then supply the correct toner, recalibrate and you are good to go. Yeah, it's a ripoff, but it is what it is.

From the summary: "AMC Theatres now warns customers that movies start 25-30 minutes after the listed showtime to account for ads and trailers, "making it easier for moviegoers to know the actual start time of their film screening,"

It seems they are helping people avoid ads and trailers by making it clear how much there will be, when the movie will actually start. If their quote is accurate, I show up 20 minutes after the posted start time. Thanks for the heads up AMC.

I wonder if the ads and trailers are someone else's idea, AMC obligated to show it all, so they (maybe local managers if not corporate) are giving the heads up to help customers?

The Israeli military did leave.
Construction material was imported, then stolen by Hamas to build tunnels. Material that actually went into infrastructure, for example some water pipes, were dug up by Hamas to make home made rockets.
Gaza farms were fine before the currently military campaign in response to Oct.
What Israel did destroy before leaving were Israeli illegal settlements in Gaza.

Don't conflate post-Oct 7 with pre-Oct 7.

Source?

The question was about kids buying things in a presumably no-cash store. :-)

I suppose a kid can pass on the $20 to a parent and have the parent fund the card.

Or you can pay them in crypto. :-)

Me too, 5x $20. I haven't touched them in two years. Two years ago the local gas station lost internet. I gave them $40 cash to prepay the pump.

You are mistaken on both ideas. The new Mac is based on an Apple Silicon CPU designed for use on an iPhone. An A18 Pro CPU. The 'A' series CPUs are typically designed for mobile devices, the 'M' series CPUs designed for computers. It's the same instruction set, they are compatible from a software point of view. Previously there were exceptions when an 'M' series was used in a high end iPad. Now we have the other direction, an 'A' series going into a modest computer. Mobiles devices still run iOS, computers still run macOS.

Thank you.

Mac mini M4, Parallels, ARM Debian, full screen :-)

Without cash, the GOVERNMENT can turn your money on or off with the flick of a switch. Prevent you from purchasing something, if your "health report" shows your BMI is too high after your last government provided "free healthcare" checkup, social media post. Don't think so? Just think about the POWER government would have, if EVERY transaction you make, can be traced!

Has to be the USA government, I mean 30 billion yearly... serious money.

Facts hurt you little fella?

Uhhh ... is it in a tool bag? If so I'm going to have to check to see if we are cousins trained by the same grandfather. :-)