This is not directly contradictory but certainly has some dissonance, wouldn't you say? Your second sentence here suggests that it is not, in fact, taken out of context... you just believe it's archaic.

The people who lived 200 years ago left you a mechanism to achieve that (constitutional amendment, the same process they used to guarantee the right to keep and bear arms).

The second amendment guarantees that the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed. The purpose of that right is certainly because a well regulated militia is necessary to the security of a free state, but the right clearly belongs to the people and not the states (which do not have rights, but rather have powers). The power of the states to form militias is already articulated in Article I, Section 8.

[citation needed]

The actual "modern reinterpretation" is that the second amendment is not an individual right. The first time the US Supreme Court referenced a right to bear arms was in its repugnant Dred Scott decision, where it held that black people could not be citizens because they would have the rights "to go where they pleased at every hour of the day or night without molestation, unless they committed some violation of law for which a white man would be punished; and it would give them the full liberty of speech in public and in private upon all subjects upon which its own citizens might speak; to hold public meetings upon political affairs, and to keep and carry arms wherever they went."

So, in 1857, we have a clearly established individual right to keep and bear arms (that, it being the antebellum US, we are denying to people because of their race. This is, thankfully, resolved by the ratification of the 14th amendment).

Presumably, any protections that exist for employees filing grievances do not protect those employees when they file provably false statements. I can imagine many HR teams, once they realize the gift they have been handed, will be reacting with glee as they receive a free pass to bin off what they likely already perceive as troublemakers instead of having to walk on eggshells when disciplining them.

Applying a condition affecting a minority of a population to the entire population is certainly more in the realm of "insult" rather than "fact."

I understand that, but those are going to end up being some really large radiators depending on how much compute you're packing into each individual satellite, and how do you position them when you want the maximum amount of sun for power? It's also only one of the (many) challenges you need to deal with.

The first gen Starlink satellites were ~60 per launch on Falcon, IIRC, so it's not unreasonable to imagine "hundreds per launch" on Starship.

With that said, the whole "AI in spaaaaaaaace" bit seems even more insane than terrestrial AI. Where is all the heat supposed to go?

Come on, Elon has been grafting through the Obama, Trump 1, Biden, and Trump 2 administrations without being called on his shit, and your comment about "the Rs stock portfolio" utterly ignores that it's congress as a whole (with a few exceptions) seems to come out with massively increased net worth when all is said and done.

You also appear to have a reading comprehension problem. I didn't say a thing about who was doing research or financing it directly. My point was about what individuals are paying for medication. But, sure, set that strawman up and knock it over--look how strong you are, you're a big boy now!

Bold assumption of you, and absolutely incorrect. It also suggests you didn't bother to read my comment, since I'm reasonably certain that someone who voted for Darth Cheeto and his ilk would not refer to him as "possibly the worst president in American history."

That's one of the problems with "your side" of the political divide. People like me can't even fucking agree with you without you telling us off.

I agree with your general point about e.g. Adobe being shit, but your second point is probably a bit stale. Reader and Pro are the same codebase at this point (you can log in to reader with Adobe credentials, and it becomes Pro without even requiring you to restart the application).

I have watched some of our EPC customers switch toolchains and it's clear that they think it's "relatively easy" even when it's a disaster when they actually do it. It's pretty clear that "the sales guy took me to Morton's and a strip club" really does drive purchasing decisions of thousand seat deployments.

I don't support the anti-vax bullshit, and you're certainly right to call that out, but... I've been saying for years that we are subsidizing the rest of the world when it comes to pharma because the profit taking is happening in the US. I don't object to subsidizing e.g. sub-Saharan Africa, southern Asia, etc, but I do object to subsidizing first world nations. This article appears to prove that this is, in fact, the case--if approval chances being hazy in the US means there is no point to pharma developing new vaccines, then we are absolutely being fucked over and we might want to do something about how we're collectively being overcharged to the point that we make that a reality rather than arguing about the anti-vax morons.

I think Darth Cheeto is quite possibly the worst president in American history, but he does make a few good points now and then, and his "most favored nation" pharma strategy is one of them (or would be, if there were anyone competent in this administration to actually implement it).

Khan will also have the captain's chair on the bridge reupholstered in fine, Corinthian leather.

Punctuation is the difference between "Let's eat, Grandma!" and "Let's eat Grandma!"
Capitalization is the difference between helping your Uncle Jack off a horse and helping your uncle jack off a horse.

So I guess the genius dogs are an example of...

*puts on sunglasses*

The long tail effect.

YEEEAAAAAHHH!