I like the 34 time convicted felon angle a lot. Not because I'm particularly pro Trump or anti Trump. I just like that depending on which judge is doing the talking he's either a 34 time convicted felon or a man who had 34 convictions thrown out on appeal. So is he or isn't he? With the mix of judges in this country and their various loyalties the world may never know.

Using cars?

So we grow 80% of the worlds soybeans (give or take)? What happens when we stop selling them to China? Grow something else I guess? The same areas that grow soybeans are just fine for corn and other crops so to me this seems like the kind of thing that within a season or two means nothing to either side. American farmers can grow other crops. China can get soybeans from other places right?

The amount of necessary components and the stringent control over the process rules this out for most manufacturers that don't have Apple's budget. Any of the bigger PC manufacturers could have done this eons ago but they don't have the organizational structure to make it a reality nowadays. The people here who could do this sort of work are either already at Apple or doing other things nowadays.I see posts about Framework but that's not enough, maybe if they get a bigger budget and are willing to invest in Linux/Freedesktop etc. All that said, who knows.. I'm trying to lessen my dependence on Apple hardware and their ecosystem and threw Fedora on an old Thinkpad p52s, using it as a desktop for the last couple of weeks. I'm tempted to start pulling code and writing patches as well but I wish I did have that laptop or hardware combo target.

Be realistic here. You probably speak for about 300 Canadians at most.

You say that like it's not an option but increasingly it's becoming more likely. One of the only good things about the US dropping two atomic bombs on Japan was that it horrified the world (including the US) once it happened. Results were 80 years of nobody nuking anyone else. Ever larger and more deadly weapons kept the fear up but now they're becoming commonplace. More countries join the club every year and sooner or later someone is going to use one. China's making a great case for being the inevitable target.

I would genuinely like to see it happen. Mostly because I'd like to see how something like that shakes out. On a regular basis Apple, or Amazon, "Somebody" gets this treatment and I'm not saying that they do or don't have it coming. Not taking a position. We all see this response and yeah, it could happen I guess but what would be the fallout. I'd like to find out just once.

I think he should be required to fight crime with it.

Keep telling yourself that. They are remarkably self-sufficient I'll grant you but most of that is about not being sent home and not paying taxes.

So if all of the promised results don't occur within 42 days the whole thing was a bad idea?

Gas chambers are going to be bad for the environment. He'll be rolling out "electric chambers" I imagine.

Interesting idea. I wonder how many "Micro Pennies" I have in my body right now?

There's gonna be plenty of children in the future so stop worrying about it. Not as many as there would be without climate change and sure, they're going to be living in domes or underground but humans are definitely going to keep having children. Humans or Moorlocks.

The older I get the more convinced I am that one day I will see someone running Doom on a hearing aid.

At some point Keith is going to start wanting to eat brains and that's how it will start.