Nuke them twice?

Agreed. I have a desktop from about the same time running Mint and have had almost zero problems running Firefox. I had one lockup about a month ago, but that's been it.

Other than the excessive nagging about updates which can't be removed, it does exactly what a browser should do: display web pages.

Hiring a guy who injected children with an anti-puberty drug to show vaccines cause autism.

Correct. If Congress okays a president receiving a gift, money, title or such from a foreign government, then it is okay. Otherwise, it is not permissible.

For more information.

No. If you read the text, it is only on receiving items from foreign heads of state:

Article I

Section 9 Powers Denied Congress
Clause 8 Titles of Nobility and Foreign Emoluments

No Title of Nobility shall be granted by the United States: And no Person holding any Office of Profit or Trust under them, shall, without the Consent of the Congress, accept of any present, Emolument, Office, or Title, of any kind whatever, from any King, Prince, or foreign State.

It's just that all past presidents did their best to not enrich themselves while in office. Carter put his peanut farm in a blind trust to avoid a conflict of interest while he was in office.

The patent is granted by the government in the first place, they don't need to give it away and then buy it back.

The government doesn't own the patent. All the government is saying is a particular idea/concept/formulation/whatever is unique and was created by (fill in the blank). They are not paying the person/company anything for the patent. The person/company pays them.

They can't give away a patent because it's not theirs to give away.

How fast do you think this will fail? Given his track record of business failures, this will be another one added to the list.

hahahaahahahahhahaha

Americans are lazy. What else needs said?

"The farmers don't know if their corn is for human consumption"
Certainly not in the case where they don't know how it's going to be used, they would conform to the usual limits.

I'm not a farmer, but I know farmers who have stated "I'm growing this corn for ethanol" ahead of time. I don't know if that's a contract thing or something unique to MN or just that particular farmer.

Did you also complain that Biden blanket-pardoned his family and large numbers of folks as well?

Just checking if you're a hypocrite before I reply.

You may be giving the word "allegations" too much power. An allegation is an accusation; it isn't proof; it isn't even evidence.

From The Guardian: "Investigations by the Washington Free Beacon and the New York Post .... turned up nearly 50 instances of alleged plagiarism in Gay’s academic writing. ... According to the Harvard board, a school subcommittee and independent panel charged with investigating the plagiarism allegations against Gay found "a few instances of inadequate citation” but “no violation of Harvard’s standard for research misconduct"

"No doubt, a top administrator accused of being a chronic cut-and-paster is a bad look for the nation’s foremost institution of higher education."

So: allegations, investigation, no violation.

That seems valid: if it's possible to get the model to disgorge a substantial fraction of a book unchanged, does that imply that the model has stored a copy of part of the book?

"Better Place was a venture-backed international company that developed and sold battery charging and battery switching services for electric cars. It was formally based in Palo Alto, California, but the bulk of its planning and operations were steered from Israel .... The company opened its first functional charging station the first week of December 2008 at Cinema City in Pi-Glilot near Tel Aviv, Israel. The first customer deliveries of Renault Fluence Z.E. electric cars enabled with battery switching technology began in Israel in the second quarter of 2012, and at peak in mid September 2012, there were 21 operational battery-swap stations open to the public in Israel. ... Better Place filed for bankruptcy in Israel in May 2013."

"The Better Place approach was to enable manufacturing and sales of different electric cars separately from their standardized batteries .... the Better Place monthly payment would cover electric "fuel" costs including battery, daily charging and battery swaps."

"The QuickDrop battery switch system would enable Renault Fluence Z.E.'s battery, the only vehicle deployed in the Better Place network, to be swapped in approximately three minutes at dedicated battery exchange stations.[64] The actual robotic battery switching operation took about five minutes in the deployed stations."

Anyone buying it is a moron - 15% savings for 20% less mileage AND increased gasket damage.

Plus, as I understand since it's not for human consumption, many of the limits on weedkiller etc are suspended or drastically reduced leading to increased contamination of drainage basins and rivers.

Ethanol was a stupid idea on every level.

Yes I'm sure that has nothing to do with leftist lawmakers & judges whose "catch and release" policies that result in the criminal being instantly released without bail. Hell, they do that today with actual murderers.
    Why the hell should police waste their time?