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The work these shadowy agencies and departments do has been going on for decades.

Even without modern tech, shadowy people doing their work in back rooms of government agencies or in royal palaces are nothing new.

I agree, it would be very nice.

If you get credibly accused of.... So don't get credibly accused of....

That's the reality.

Now, if writing in a style that is "bot like" constitutes "f'ing up" then I'll concede your point. But someday soon, bots will be able to write in ways that, in a pre-LLM era, we would call "excellent writing." Even absent LLMs, computers already out-do humans at some intellectual tasks, like playing chess.

of Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger B. Chaffee.

I'm absolutely conflating jank with slop, because from the outside, they're effectively indistinguishable.
You're appealing to the human element of "jank", which isn't really a part of it definitionally- you've just added it to distinguish it from slop.

That being said, I do accept your "low effort is different than insufficient effort" premise.

And that's a meaningless dilution of the statement.

Some guy: The Ford Pinto really is an awesome car.
Me: No, it's not.
You: That really depends what you are comparing it to.
[audience laughs]

We don't need to compare it against the best technology out there.
NeoPDP displays were "pretty damn good" for 20 years ago.
Today, it's mediocre, likely 720p (though they did make 1080p displays, they were really fucking expensive), and has lost half of its brightness, which will make it look like mud compared when paired with its straight-from-the-factory meh contrast ratio.

And you can drive to work just fine in a Ford Pinto.

But I never said whether or not that Ford was a suitable vehicle for commuting- I said it was awesome.

Seriously dude, did you even fucking try?

Okay - let's discuss. What game is China playing? Then what game is the US playing?

Chang'e, the Chinese Lunar program is moving along recently landing at the lunar South Pole. They have a pretty well thought out mission. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... Present plans are to land people in 2030. Planned for 2035 is a moon base with nations China, Russia, South Africa, Belarus, Azerbaijan, Venezuela, Pakistan and Egypt as partners.

This isn't the same game as the 1960's race, this one might have sovereign property declaration involved. There are science implications as well - witness the brouhaha over China's recent landing at the South Pole. There are mineral rights as well - if the pole holds water, it would have an important role in water for drinking and fuel for further space exploration. Seems like a plausible reason for a race to me.

Your thoughts?

Since I'm required to be on that cesspit, and all jokes aside, there are plenty of under 60's there. Surprisingly seems to be as many thirst traps as say, instagram. There are even some proper uses for it.

But yes, social media for kids is terribly toxic. And I'm certain some will get around the ban. But we shouldn't make perfect the enemy of good.

As we fall off this bridge, we really need to attempt to do an assessment of how it affects older people as well. People might remember I'm an amateur researcher in the area of gender relations. Young adults are being harmed as well, especially in the area of relationships.

Things like the Toxic TikTok relationship tests are "testing" relationships by destroying them - loyalty tests, fake breakup tests. Illiterate boyfriend tests. Ignore your boyfriend tests.

And on the other side, since men have learned of these tests, the result is usually an immediate breakup. Because men have their own access to the internet and social media, and are sharing some of this.

A pity, because a lot of relationships that might have gone somewhere have ended over stupid tests.

China! There needs to be a prod to get the US moving. Just as the Apollo Program was in response to Russia's space program, we now have a fire lit under us by China's space effort.

The pieces are in place, so time to roll seriously. Artemis appears to have shaken down okay. Now it’s time to get the mating pieces put together and make certain they work.

Believe...
Trump is openly corrupt, for sure. Criminal- that's a little more wishy washy, given his position as POTUS.
What I find interesting, is that you cite belief with regard to a fact, and wonder what's wrong with those that refuse to see that fact.
81% of Americans believe in some kind of God. The fact that 44% are willing to believe their demigod is not corrupt is... well, not surprising.
Cults of Personality have swirled around many of our great Presidents, Republican and Democrat alike. He may be the first truly fucking dumb one to hold that mantle, though.

Bingo. That's precisely how I've addressed the issue since the first time people figure out TVs were listening to them over a fucking decade ago.

Humorously, XNU stands for "X is Not UNIX" ;)
The FreeBSD layer in it does arguably offer some kind of UNIX-i-ness to it, though, in that it has broad POSIX compliance.

No, it doesn't. But that's ok.

Around 40%- but sure, I'll give you half, because that ultimately does not detract from the falsehood you said:

No. The system of criminal justice involving improper entry into the country has existed far more than "a generation or two".

Also flatly untrue. The flat majority of immigration issues are indeed criminal, however they do generally go uncharged, and are handled under civil law- and that does indeed have the constitutional requirement of being non-punitive. That does not, however, mean a crime was not committed. It means the system has, for a long time, leveraged civil law to handle the problem.

I don't think it should be criminal. I think it's abhorrent.
But you are never going to fix that fucking problem by spreading misinformation.