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Comment Re:Is there even a veneer of plausibility here? (Score 2) 20

So, in order to protect against possible military applications(known for their cost-sensitivity...); we are making the sale legal as long as El Presidente gets his cut? That's in character, sure; but what's the paper-thin excuse for that being a cogent policy idea?

Cogent sailed a while ago. Here's a quote from Trump announces $12 billion bailout plan for farmers hit by trade war with China (12m:16s) :

And this money would not be possible without tariffs. The tariffs are taken in, you know, hundreds of billions of dollars and we're giving some up to the farmers ...

Noting that's technically true, but nonsensical: Farmers need a bailout because of tariff / trade war that Trump started and he says bailout wouldn't be possible without the tariffs -- which are paid by U.S. companies and consumers. Once again, solving, or at least mitigating, a problem he started and proud of it. For example, China was buying tons of soybeans from the U.S. before he imposed tariffs, now they're buying them from Brazil.

Comment Re:Let me get the popcorn... (Score 1) 52

...and watch the deep pockets of Netflix duke it out against the politically-favored Paramount+Ellisons.

Well... maybe less favored now. Donald Trump Lashes Out At Paramount Owners In Rant About Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Appearance On ‘60 Minutes’

Donald Trump said that the Ellison-owned Paramount is “no better than the old ownership” as he lashed out at the company over a 60 Minutes interview with new nemesis Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA).

[Lengthy Trump Truth Social rant in article]

Remember, everything is a quid-pro-quo with Trump, like this: Trump slams ‘lack of loyalty’ after pardoned [Texas] Democrat says he won’t change party. Trump literally expected this guy to switch from Democrat to Republican if he pardoned him -- which sounds like a bribe, that Trump (now) would be immune from prosecution thanks to SCOTUS.

Comment Re:It's intentional mispricing. (Score 2) 77

Do you think they care about $600k?

To some extent, probably, and I'm guessing they'll find a way to pass it along to their customers, after writing the fine off on their taxes. Rich people and corporations care about every penny. For example: Elon Musk calls for abolition of European Union after X fined $140 million -- which is literally pocket change for him.

Comment Re:Now do USPS (Score 5, Informative) 45

Now do USPS.

Paper mail is a waste of time except when it isn't, and for those times pay for FexEx!

Noting that UPS and FedEx don't have to deliver to every address, USPS does.

Also, the Postal Service is in The Constitution, Postal Clause.

Also, some myths debunked: Let’s Get to The Truth: Myths and Facts about Postal Privatization

Comment Re: Why was the older version better? (Score 5, Insightful) 70

They don't really know what caused the glitch.

The cosmic ray hypothesis is just a conjecture.

So, they're rolling back to the previous version until they can figure it out.

If they're doing memory scrubbing, they might want to bump up the frequency.

If they aren't using semiconductors made with depleted boron, they should be.

Comment Re:Not going to happen anytime soon (Score 1) 142

I also prefer checks over credit cards because I don't want Visa getting any of my money.

Technically those fees are paid by the merchants, though a recent settlement with MasterCard and VISA may change things a bit.

Visa, MasterCard reach $38 billion swipe fee settlement, draw opposition

Comment Re:Was it a Russian drone? (Score 5, Insightful) 137

Yeah, Russia and Ukraine are at war, but was it a Russian drone that attacked the dome? Ukraine has more reason to attack it and blame Russia, so they hope Europe will poor more money into them (their leaders already shown nothing has changed over the decades in how corrupt they are) . Chernobyl is very close to russian border, so if the dome cracks and nuclear radiation escapes, it might hit russia. But of course it might be possible for a russian drone on its way to Kyiv to be misguided and hit the dome by accident. Yeah Russians are morons and not very nice, but in this war nothing is as it seems, and we in the west don't seem to get the real/full story.

Russia has more reason to attack it because in doing so, people like you will contemplate it being Ukraine blaming Russia to garner sympathy. Of course, Ukraine has more reason to attack is so people like me will think it's Russia hoping to blame Ukraine for it being Russia false-flagging Ukraine's implication of Russia being to blame while falsely accusing Ukraine.

We can play sixteen-dimensional chess. Or we can boil it all down to one country being instigators and nothing else mattering. The dome is damaged because Russia invaded another country. Period. In my books, even if the leader of Ukraine ordered Ukranian people to damage the dome, the Russians are to blame. There's the border. Get back on your side.

Comment Missed it by *that much* (Score 2, Insightful) 54

Two Virginia brothers Muneeb and Sohaib Akhter ...

I was going to snark about how Trump will just pardon them for this "white collar" crime, but then saw their names. Guess they'll either have to buy a *bunch* of his crypto or become presidents of another country, like former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez - convicted of conspiring in smuggling +400 tons of cocaine into the U.S., sentenced to 45 years in prison 1 year ago, and just pardoned (at the recommendation of Roger Stone and others).

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