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Comment Usurping Congress Again (Score 1) 80

Of course, the correct way to do this is to pass a Federal Law regulating AI, and then using the supremacy clause of the Constitution to set aside State laws that conflict with it.

But, Trump has never been one to do things in the Constitutional way. He just things that EOs are "rule by decree" even if they're not.

Comment Re:The low-hanging fruit has been picked (Score 2) 312

Tell me you've never been a landlord, without telling me you've never been a landlord.

Landlords LOVE chargers. They attract higher-income renters with better credit ratings, especially if they're at the high end of power output. I installed at least one and sometimes two Autel 50A chargers at all 28 of my rental properties three years ago and have been steadily able to cycle out to higher-paying, lower credit risk tenants.

Comment Re:What happened? UAW and stealerships did. (Score 1) 312

You have to be careful talking to anti-union MAGAts. To them, "communism" isn't an economic system. It just means "any system of government, economics, or religion we don't like." It doesn't matter to them what China actually is. It only matters that it's not "freedom" or whatever it is MAGAts think they're supporting (because it definitely isn't freedom). Probably Jesus. China doesn't like Jesus, so therefore they're COMMUNISTS!

Comment Re:The ugly truth (Score 2) 312

>> October rolls around and the tax credit is gone, along with many of the near purchase consumers who bought while the tax credit was still active.

Not to mention the inventory is also gone. Not a single EV on the lot at any local dealer here.. I waited too long and they were all gone. I was going to buy an EV9 but now I have to wait until Kia backs the tax credit out of the price.

Comment Apples and Kumquats (Score 1) 55

Intel makes a lot more than CPUs. Intel makes them itself.

AMD only makes CPUs. AMD pays someone else to make them.

nVidia only makes GPUs. nVidia pays someone else to make them.

So of course Intel spends a lot more on R&D. They are developing a much wider portfolio and they are making it all themselves.

Comment More stupid bullshit (Score 1) 60

Sitting on the toilet doesn't give you hemorrhoids. Straining, having a poor diet, and trying to "hurry it up" gives you hemorrhoids.

If you're on the toilet for a long time because you have a low fiber diet and have to strain to eliminate, you're probably going to have hemorrhoids. The phone you're using to pass the time more pleasantly is not what's causing them.

I swear to God, when did so-called "smart people" get so stupid?

Comment Re:Bad recommendations (Score 1) 84

Money has definitely changed the food pyramid over the years. Various lobbies, and all.

But to your points about vegetarianism/veganism, I think the reason most people who try these diets have poor outcomes on them is because they unwittingly end up eating more ultraprocessed foods that are actually worse for them than what they ate on their previous diet. Most packaged "vegan" options are just awful. Ultra-processed TVP is as bad for you as cured meat in the long run.

My wife and I are on a "mostly" plant-based diet, and we do it with fresh fruits and vegetables, not ultraprocessed "imitation" meats and other garbage like that. I eat between maybe 8 and 16 ounces of meat in a normal week, and it's fresh meat from a local farm, not packaged, cured, processed, dyed, antibiotic'd, hormoned meat. It makes a huge difference.

I would venture a guess that the high cholesterol problem came about with ultra-processing of foods in the 1960s and 70s. More chemicals, more industrial food manufacturing, less nutrition in fruits and vegetables due to monoculture and mega-chemical farming, etc.. A lot of the chemicals used in the ultraprocessing of foods are probably toxic and inflammatory, and cholesterol production and plaque buildup is one way your body can defend the epithelial cells in your cardiovascular system from these toxins in your blood. It just so happens that this can also kill you.

Now, here's the ultimate problem. There are too many people. Eating healthy food requires agriculture that is free of pesticides, herbicides, hormones, altered DNA, chemical growth stimulants, and ultraprocessing. The amount of land we have could not possibly produce enough healthy food to feed everyone, and it can barely produce enough garbage food to do it. So, good luck solving that one.

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