Chromebooks used by schools really should be counted separately.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

Seems like you either have popularity contests with the people, or a popularity contest with corporations, who lobby state legislatures behind closed doors.

But I like the idea of governors and state legislatures having more say in the federal government. Now the relationship seems to be strictly through the political parties and coercion through funding.

Oh yes, and Israel needs to learn the same lesson. As Jews, they natually exist to be annihilated by Islam. Fighting back is genocide.

What's so bad about the 17th Amendment?

This just in: scientists rediscover difference between conscious versus susconscious thought.

How is this worth anyone's time? Neuroscientists have know for a very, very long time that the conscious brain 'writes' a subconscious 'program' into parts of the brain that don't participate in consciousness through repetition, and that those programs are then able to run asynchronously. Examples include learning to turn a doorknob or doing math. And yes, riding a bike or driving a car.

How did these guys ever convince anyone to pay them to run this study?

is are we due?

For 99% of these "influencers," the job is supplemental income and won't hurt their long term job prospects. For those who do very well, they can make enough money to retire quite early.

Stupid people use the word "subsidy" like it's a free lunch because they don't understand how anything works.

Um, OK TDSbot. Musk is a very good person who has done more for free speech and the future of Earth than anyone else alive today.

The people who call him "Nazi" are the awful human beings. And stupid.

Yup, not a great example.

I was speaking generally about the EU's protectionist approach to competition. This probably wasn't the best post to leave this comment on.

They can just not pay, then, but I imagine they won't be able to do business until they change their name. This is China we're talking about.

If you can't compete, I guess just regulate and fine everyone else into oblivion.

Microsoft is still offering free security updates until October. They extended it last October for another year. Only reason I'm still using it.