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Comment Immigration debate missed the boat (Score 2) 146

...so to speak. All the debate (at least the prominent ones the last few years) has focused on fairness and compassion. That's really misguided. The fact is that immigrants are a benefit to the economy. They are more entrepreneurial than native-born Americans. They work harder for less pay. The US became great because of large-scale immigration and not in spite of it.

Comment Re:nice (Score 1) 36

They did buy back a lot of them. They made me a buyback offer on my 2021 Bolt that was almost what I paid. I turned it down only because I couldn't find a replacement car I liked. I still love the car, and it's incredibly useful even with the 80% limit on charging. I can't really fault GM's handling of the recall. They started replacing all battery packs because they didn't have a way of identifying the defective battery cells. Although I haven't read the technical details, I would guess they figured out a way to identify the defective cells and coded it into this diagnostics software update.

Comment ST: TOS (Score 1) 60

This reminds me of the Star Trek: TOS episode "A Taste of Armageddon" where the ongoing war between these two planet is fight by computer simulation. The computer simulation determines the casualties, and the individuals have to report to be killed humanely. Somehow, I don't think Kirk is going to destroy the computer to end this.

Comment There's no good way to lose your job (Score 2) 36

My friend worked at Intel until about 2 months ago. He was on a vacation in Japan when he received a message asking him to call. He had to pay for an international phone call to get laid off, and it ruined his vacation. I think he'd have preferred to read it in an email message when he got home.

Comment Re:We have known this for how long? (Score 1) 211

I grew up in Korea eating silk worms. Kids loved it so much they made crackers shaped like the worms. Now that I've lived in the Western world for most of my life, I'm not sure I will ever eat it again, but I do remember that it was very tasty. My point is I don't think anybody would say South Korea didn't/doesn't have access to meat.

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