But I guess these days, with Dear Leader Trump, pretending Reality is not real is all the rage in certain (fascist) circles.

These are the same people who whined about Netflix's Alexander: The Making of a God devoting so much time, effort, and money to Alexander burying his "friend".

No different than that anti-vaxxer Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. who said in April he'd have an answer for what causes autism by September.

It's not belittling. It's asking a question whose answer might have been known, but hearing it from the horse's mouth removes all doubt.

...a new study has determined that water is wet.

Such a study would be groundbreaking and a shock to the scientific community since water makes other things wet. Water itself is not wet.

You have 20+ million criminals in your country from nations all over the world,

No, we don't. What we do have is the vast majority of crimes, of all types, are committed by U.S. citizens born in this country. Such as this one which was recorded, but which Trump said isn't a big deal and ordered the case closed.

But please, continue with your ranting. It gives us something to laugh at.

Once you threaten a public official, as happened in this case, the Secret Service is involved. The SS is also involved in protecting foreign dignitaries when they come to this country.

Thus, with the UN session going on, they were doing what they should. They were probably (most definitely) working with the FBI and DHS, possibly even NSA, on this.

H-2B visas allow companies to bring in foreign workers for non-agricultural purposes, such as waiters/waitresses, hotel desk clerks, housekeeping staff, servers, cooks, etc.

Let's impose a $100,000 fee for those visas as well so Americans can get those jobs.

Oh right. These are the visas Trump uses to avoid hiring Amerians at his failing golf clubs and hotels. Just like he knowingly hired illegals at his failing golf club.

If you were dumb enough to buy one of these "smart" refrigerators, you get what you deserve. There is absolutely no reason to have a "smart" refrigerator. It's a refrigerator. It should only do two things: keep the stuff in the fridge cool and the stuff in the freezer frozen.

Anything else is a waste of money.

But they have no problem paying $50 to have a Big Mac delivered to them.

Perhaps a rethinking is in order.

You missed the best part and directly related to this story. Texas got rid of the mandate that construction companies provide breaks for their workers in high heat.

This doesn't mean the company can't give their workers breaks, just that it is no longer mandated. How many do you think no longer give these breaks?

This is one of the oldest rationalizations for shitty behavior: "if I won't do it, somebody else will anyway".

Yup, and it's used to this day to justify genocide.

This is no different than requiring the manufacturer to include a warning about the stove tipping over if there is no anti-tipping bracket installed. Consumers are being warned of the issue.

If they're going to whine about this, might as well whine about every other warning they are required to provide with their product.

The Federal Reserve is only getting a response rate of approximately 42% when it sends out its surveyes. Since they only send out a little over one thousand surveys, trying to guesstimate policy for an entire country based on that response rate is effectively impossible.

First, their sample size is too small to begin with. They should sample at least three times the number they currently do. Second, who they sample also needs expanded. Getting a response from Corning is significantly different than getting a response from Billy Bob's Downhome Fried Chicken in Bumfook, Louisiana.

This lack of response, as this article relates, carries over into people getting surveys. Being asked 5-10 questions is far different than being given a booklet of 100 questions to answer. You need to make it easy for people to respond. Blind calling no longer works, as many on here have pointed out. Send people a letter with uniquely identifiable information they can use to complete a survey online. Since they won't be handing out their personal information it will make it easier for people to respond. Just use the code given and keep it down to a few questions.

The one quibble I have with USB-C is the pin doesn't seat far enough into a device. It's one thing if the connection is vertical. The pin is sitting in the port. However, when plugged in sidewarys, that itsy bitsy pin now has to bear all the weight of the cable pulling it down.

To me, that seems like stress which doesn't need to be there.

and barely knows what it is or how to pronounce it like an everyday term normal people use.

At this point, he's barely cognizant of where he's at.

Everyone knows what the MKV format is. It's something they use every day. No need to offer an explanation of what MKV offers compared to other formats. It's as clear as granite.