"after [Boeing president Harry] Stonecipher came in those jobs shifted to white-collar people with degrees, often with MBAs."

Remember that name. He was president of McDonnell-Douglas before the merger. Then he became president of Boeing. He retired in 2005, so he made his wad and got out.

"Another anonymous moron spewing bullshit."

My money's on the same anonymous moron. Almost identical wording. If it's not the same guy, they're being fed the same script from one source.

"Short positions can be rolled over."

If the stock goes up, you are welcome to maintain your short. However, you will have to put up money to cover your loss to this point. If you don't pony up, you *must* unwind your position. The broker will let you gamble your money all you want, but you don't get to gamble his.

"People are selfish, and will not sacrifice their lifestyle now for a vague better future later.

The answer is government, with good leadership."

Unfortunately, there's a fatal flaw in that solution. Government IS people. Expecting government to be less selfish than the people who make it up is futile.

I know I'm not--I've seen my control of Google search slipping away for some years now. I'm just happy not to be forced to take another giant step on that path.

Good. That's the best thing I've heard about Google AI search this month.

"In other words: Tennessee has just outlawed clouds."

Clouds, hell. They just outlawed *breathing.*

"Lithium based batteries can combust like an incendiary bomb"

Unlike a tank full of gasoline, which will never, ever catch fire.

then of course. You can't put a stick shift on an EV.

"What if"s don't mean a damn thing. You can sit here and spin "what if"s for eternity. You need facts, not what ifs.

What if Trump publicly confessed to being a Satanist and eating babies?

to be addicted to outrage and fear.

This is a relatively new phenomenon

Your ignorance of history is astounding. Go back and look at the polemics of Protestants and Catholics during the Reformation and Counter-Reformation when both sides regularly accused the other side of eating babies. And that's far from the only example.

Not a real Nigerian?? Next you'll be telling me he's not a real prince!

"Even if there were good reasons to use DST...However, there are no good reasons"

Sez you. As I get older and my night vision gets worse, I appreciate more and more having another hour of daylight in the evening. But I don't appreciate having my mornings in the dark. Keeping sunrise more or less at the same time over the course of a year requires Daylight Saving Time.

Didn't that get abandoned six years ago?

Unless it dies first, it will eventually become impossible to mine Bitcoin at all. There's a built-in ceiling of 21 million, after which mining operations will not yield any Bitcoins at all (actually, because of the way the Bitcoin algorithms round, production of Bitcoin should come to a complete halt when there is just short of 21 million).