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?

My wife has one of those things, the programmable leds on the back have some interesting applications.

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

Nah.

"Despotism" will do just fine; Warlord Bob isn't going to bail you out when your crop fails, he's just going to order you beaten until morale improves.

A lot of the low performance is driven by the insane proliferation of tech and screen time, which MS and Amazon both have plenty of blame for.

He didn't say it was good. He said it was cool. It reminds him of being a giddy youngster full of ambition and dreams.

It's ok to find joy in things, you know.

It's funny, I went and checked, and my bank offers exactly one card with a lower rate, and that rate is 12%. Which still isn't 'based on individual risk.'

Cards are a commodity; here's their properties, take it or leave it. No substitutions, you can't ask for extra pickles or hold the mayo.

Lets see, my credit score is currently 850, my bank CC's interest rate is 20.99%, and my bank LoC's interest rate is 6.45%.

So, no, Credit Card interest rates actually have nothing to do with 'perceived risk of the debtor.' If it did, my CC would also be at 6.45%.

Your mistake here is not differentiating between 'drawing on credit' and 'using a credit card.'

I, also a Canadian, use a credit card for almost everything, because a) rewards, and b) better protections against fraud than a debit card. However, I also spend to my budget and pay the card off in full every month, which means I'm not using 'credit.'

But you're not incorrect that the US banking system uses credit card companies to fulfill the same functions that Interac does up here.

This is, in fact, the fundamental argument behind safe injection sites and safe supply.

No, credit cards always have the advantage over debit that they're carrying the risk of the transaction.

If you put a payment on a CC and get overcharged, you can issue a chargeback.

If you put a payment on a debit card and get overcharged, wow, that sucks.

Thank you and sorry for your loss.

I'll qualify my use of the word "stress" as chronic stress from repeated trauma or one large traumatic event. One only has to look at the consequences of chronic stressors, brain inflammation and release of cortisol. These lead to outcomes, like rumination, that consume cognition. The normal state of the brain releases dopamine, serotonin without inflammation also allows a balance between the sympathetic and parasympathetic nervous system. This is the platform for cognition to the limit of a person's I.Q.

In my experiences I.Q is generally subsumed by the rumination from traumatic events and compounds whilst it remains unprocessed. Specifically fluid I.Q, i.e. the I.Q available in the moment is affected, crystalized I.Q is not and it is reflected in the way dementia and alzheimer's affects a persons memory. I often wonder if there is a link between trauma and those diseases because I notice this in people around me. If it is so common in a such small sample maybe it is reflected in a broader population. That's why I think this is more likely than general decline in human cognition.

Shit, I remember when it was easier to do some mac-related stuff in BeOS than it was in MacOS.

He's a 78-year old with dementia, you could tell him and he wouldn't remember is 10 seconds later.

I avoid twilight of sunset or dawn because the shadows are long in the water, which gives the shark an advantage. Bright daylight is best.

It paid off, one day a shark showed up to exactly where I surf. The fucking thing was huge, about 3 metres between the dorsal and tail fin, so about 5 or so metres long. You know something is wrong when the fish are trying to jump out of the water.

Once I saw a seal pop up in front of me and the look of fear in it's face and lack of concern for meeting a human told me it was time to get out of the water.

Sharks, you just don't want to be the object of their curiosity.