Imagine the conversation in the boardroom:
"It's nearly 100% profit. We built it out of leftover parts!"
"They are selling out -we need to make more."
"...shit. We are running out of leftover parts."
"Call it a 'Limited Edition' and double the price."
The Courts need to recognize that Internet has become a necessary utility
I agree with the decision handed down. I do not agree with legislating from the bench. The courts need to apply the laws as written, not make up new laws. We have a branch of government for making new laws.
I have long said that Hydrogen as a combustible fuel is a poor choice for automotive use but a potential good choice for aeronautical use.*
Good job China for continuing to follow this path. Keep at it, and -maybe- it will work out.
*Reasons include difficulties in production, storage, transport, explosive consequences of fuckups, toxicity of spills, etc. -all of which are easier to mitigate under higher security of aeronautical use than everyday/everywhere automotive use. Current production is from fossil fuels, but production is possible using renewable electricity sources to split water. Weight is less than battery electric (which matters a lot more in a plane than a car).
Due to the Supremacy Clause, the Federal regulations override the State regulations. Once the CFTC stepped in and said "We are regulating this now", the states lost the ability to regulate.
The proper course is to challenge the CFTC regulation. Either in court, or via an act of Congress (yeah...) There is evidence that the CFTC action overstepped its statutory authority in granting a trading license to a market that allows the activities that these prediction markets allow. Make that argument in court. Or get Congress to override (this is the point of the Congressional Review Act)
The Congressional Review Act (CRA), enacted in 1996, is a powerful oversight tool allowing Congress to overturn new federal agency regulations via a joint resolution of disapproval. It enables expedited "fast-track" procedures in the Senate, requiring only a simple majority to repeal rules.
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"Please regulate our industry heavily. That way no newcomer can ever afford to compete with us!"
Just a reminder of what can happen when workers strike...
Sure. Just a reminder, back in the old days, before the NLRB forced owners and unions to negotiate in good faith... Factories and warehouses burned to the ground during labor disputes, people were beaten and killed.
Desperate people do desperate things when they feel they have nothing left to lose.
That's not all for just this war.
None of it is for this war. It is in addition to the special appropriation he has requested to pay for this war. The 1.5 TRILLION DOLLARS is for the next war(s) that he is planning to drag us into.
200 Billion?! that's nothing...
Trump has requested a 1.5 TRILLION dollar War (Defense) Department budget for 2027. That is a 500 BILLION increase over the 1 TRILLION dollar Defense Department budget he requested for 2026.
He has proposed a 10% reduction in domestic services budgets (Veterans, Medicare, Housing, Infrastructure, Parks, etc.) -amounting to 73 BILLION dollars to go along with it.
"It's not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all of these individual things, they can do it on a state basis," the president said, adding that the focus should be on "military protection".
That definitely checks out. Wouldn't want anyone with knowledge filling an advisory role. Dude's ego must be the most fragile thing in the universe.
You can watch actual live streams of cabinet meetings. It is just a bunch of people going around the table kissing his ass. No one providing any real advice or information. It is a performance.
There is no power difference between left authoritarianism or right authoritarianism, the only difference is their brand of ideology they are trying to force upon the others.
Right + Authoritarian = Fascist, aka forced inequality (Class/Wealth/Race/PickYourFavorite)
Left + Authoritarian = Communist, aka forced equality (although as Orwell pointed out, in practice there always some more equal than others)
"legally distinct code with corporate-friendly licensing. No attribution. No copyleft. No problems."
They can claim that it is legally distinct, but until they win the lawsuit and appeals to set a legal precedent -it is not safe to make the assumption.
If I type something, I'm just as likely to remember it as if I write something.
I feel that way as well, but the evidence is that for the general population it is not true.
Quantity vs Quality.
All of your points are true, but they are arguments of quantity over quality. You have more books, you can write faster, etc.
Especially at an early age, students benefit from an emphasis on quality over quantity. Real books, with subjects read slowly and studied in depth. Thoughtful consideration before putting pen to paper. Taking physical notes. (I absolutely hated taking notes in class but it has a documented relationship to remembering the information.) etc.
Introducing computer-aided learning tools such as word-processors and e-books and tablets and search engines is important as it allows faster processing of more detailed and up-to-date information, but the basics need to be developed first. Speed running the educational system does not improve learning.
TLDR: physical books and handwriting good to start with, add electronics in higher grades.
*BUZZ*
Clean-room design requires that the new model be built from a description of the original by someone with no exposure to the original. You can't look at the code and rewrite it and call it a clean room recreation. Typically it requires separate teams: one to examine the original and document what it does (but NOT HOW), and a second team to build a new model from those specifications.
Who cares?
Umm... you missed the premise:
the clones are actually alive and not "brainless".
If you are down with this, the CCP already practice it with Uyghur donors. Pay your money, and someone will "donate" whatever organs you need.
"A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices." -- William James
