No, the executive tells the civil service what it needs to do, but the civil service is wholly independent.

Difference between scientists and conspiracy theorists:

Scientists constantly revise their facts, while conspiracy theorists never revise anything.

The Scientists look at these revisions as masterpieces and proof they are right.

The Conspiracy idiots look at revisions and call them mistakes that prove the scientists are wrong.

The conspiracy idiots never realize the problem with their own thought.

I pity the people that think scientists are 'advocates'.

Actor unions have standard contracts. This should definitely be part of it. Especially for the low level actors. They get paid a small amount - when the producers feel like it. There are lots of stories of people being screwed by producers.

That alone is good reason for the actors to demand it be put in the contract.

Stop assuming that spoken words only affect people psychosomaticly. The study presents evidence that words magically strengthen us. There is no evidence the effect is just psychological. :D

It is possible to use a Black hole to power a starship. Several authors including Arthur C Clarke have written about them.

This is on par with buying gift cards and reading the numbers over the phone to 'pay your unexpected tax bill'.

If you buy a camera and put it on line and do not have a full time security guy to maintain it, I assure you it will be hacked.

It is incredibly difficult to make money shorting a stock. They charge you rent for the shares you borrow. Unless you get the timing right you lose money even when the stocks goes down.

Capitalism means they sell it at a lower price than expected.

But that also assumes the AI bubble bursts affects all computing. There is the likely possibility that as the AI bubble bursts because it is replaced with an entirely different computing style. In which case, chips will become even more valuable. Among other things, if the military decides they really need more drones, they could easily take all the memory.

That's your tell that fusion has a promising future. Some people aren't like a stopped clock (broken but occasionally correct by sheer coincidence), so much as like a compass whose needle has been magnetized backwards and always points south (always precisely the opposite of correct, and therefore informative if you know to negate their indication).

When Isaacman was originally nominated, the whole space community was like, "oh, that's an interesting pick." Yes, he's a rich guy and pays for private missions via SpaceX, but his credentials are pretty solid, and he really is a believer in the ideals of space exploration. He also sees the value in public/private partnerships. Nobody thinks NASA is doing anything close to what SpaceX is accomplishing. Trump reportedly yanked the original nomination because someone told him that Isaacman had some history of donations to democrats, and he didn't like that. Which is why Isaacman has since make some donations to MAGA stuff as well. I assume that was part of the deal. But really, take a look at this guy before you dismiss him out of hand. This isn't a JFK Jr. type of pick.

And this is tagged "troll."

The truth is that Rust's cheerleaders have been trolling since the beginning about memory safety.

You do not appear to understand what a republic or a democracy is, so I'll ignore the last sentence.

"Independent" does not mean unaccountable to the people. The President is independent of Congress, and vice versa, but both are accountable to the people. Well, the current president doesn't seem to think so, but legally he is.

The civil service is not a part of the executive but is a co-equal branch.