I went to school back in the days of leaded gas. Precisely zero of that shit happened back then. I attribute it to societal breakdown due to economic pressures (american businessmen offshoring as much as possible, and automating the rest), effectively ending traditional stay-at-home parenting.
And also due to social pressures, (media constantly trolling for clicks with flame headlines and "analysis") combined with political extremists shouting over everyone all the time. It's the "false dichotomy" thinking that leads kids to think there are no alternatives.

Wasn't the blockading of the South a major factor in their economic downfall ?

It was discussed extensively among certain progressive news sites which is where I was hanging out at the time. I hope nobody thinks the DNC is somehow liberal or left -- they aren't. Except to those who are so far to the right that everything else is left of them. And yes, I recall watergate, and the pentagon papers. Was there and alive at the time.

Actually I got it from rather prominent progressive/economics site. They were rooting against the DNC for rather obvious reasons at the time. Nice try, tho.

No kidding, I did believe that he was the leaker. Never heard anything to the contrary, this is the first time. I am disgusted more by the behavior of the political animals than anything else.

Let's not forget Seth Richards (Hillary Clinton 's IT guy) seems he was shot in a botched robbery attempt. Something about emails and leaks.

Growing up in the 70s and 80s it was pretty much the same for me. The crap didn't really get started until the 90's IMHO. And now it's in overdrive.

Pretty sure those laws already exist. 50 years of "business-friendly" voting got us to this, complete lack of enforcement.

I work in a heavy equipment/semi truck shop. The torque wrench used on the wheel lugs is cal'd every 6 months, and the details are recorded. Similar to aviation work, everything is logged. 80,000 lbs at 65 mph causes a lot of oh shit in a hurry if something isn't right. At best its just massively expensive. Cal and double checking is absolutely necessary for everyone's safety, for our company reputation, and for the insurance lawyers.

Re-read the post you replied to: "The USPTO will grant you a patent on your perpetual motion invention if you submit a working model."
If you can submit a working model, then I think you've got credibility (and have apparently discovered an error in known physics).

Also, by definition, a rejection for lacking utility would be inappropriate if the perpetual motion machine does work.

I wonder if anyone else recalls the Mexico had a huge problem with NAFTA because the US insisted on being able to sell this shit there. Mexico's economy isn't the only thing that got destroyed by so-called "free trade".

Before security check-in, have each passenger weigh themselves and their luggage. They're already waiting in line anyway, might as well get their weight. Tie it to their check-in ticket. Done.

> the site's editor-in-chief told Slashdot. "We need to get Google to reindex the new site ASAP."

There was a time when Google would have been paying attention to the ACM's longstanding plans, and would have had the reindexing available almost immediately.

Perverse incentives lead to perverse results. Management by nihilist bean-counters is concerned mainly with the next quarter's financials. Wall St. ultimately doesn't give a fsck as long as they get theirs. Longer-term thinking usually comes from the company's founders and engineers.