Comment Re:When random companies move into the DC business (Score 1) 44
Comment Re:A republic, if you can keep it... (Score 1) 228
Comment Re:Merit? (Score 1) 49
I'll be honest, I'm a little jealous. Setting up interplanetary networks would be a really fun project.
Comment Blue Origin making progress (Score 1) 49
The launch sequence is unexpectedly beautiful.
Comment Re:Remember PAIR PROGRAMMING and "XP" ? (Score 1) 18
This is probably because social assholes cannot stand anyone doing things on their own...programming solutions you'll get from frat-boys and sorority-whores...No, world, you go fucking pair program (or just fuck and give each other your STDs already
LOL with that kind of personality I can't imagine why you don't like pair programming. Agile morning standup must be torture for you.
Pair programming in the modern era can actually give your programmers a massive speed boost, because they aren't spending half their time on the phone. It's like a fidget spinner but effective.
Comment Re:Looking [backward] to this (Score 1) 226
Comment Re:Seriously, what do you guys think of this? (Score 1) 228
About 30% of the US population is evangelical, i.e. radical fundamentalist "Christians". This is about the same percentage of the population that still thinks Trump does a good job
He delivered on their primary agenda: he changed the court ruling on abortion.
A lot of evangelical Christians were single-issue voters, because they view abortion as baby killing. I admit if I started from that premise, I would also consider it an extremely important issue, so I can empathize with these people even if I don't sympathize with them or agree.
Comment Re:A republic, if you can keep it... (Score 1) 228
Comment Re:A republic, if you can keep it... (Score 1) 228
Comment Re:Trump is a loser (Score 1) 228
It's a fact that some if 5% of the people switched their votes, Trump wouldn't have been elected. It's my opinion that Harris sucked royally. She had difficulty taking on even the responsibilities spoon-fed to her as VP. She couldn't articulate a coherent position.
Comment Re:Polling Reality. (Score 1) 228
Comment Re:A republic, if you can keep it... (Score 1) 228
The real difficulty is that capitalism is poorly defined. I don't usually use the term (preferring "free markets" or "financing" as more precise, depending on the situation), but in this situation I was citing the opinion of people who have poorly thought out ideas, so they use the word.
Comment Either you a Trumper or an American (Score 1) 228
Comment Re:A republic, if you can keep it... (Score 1) 228
The next president will be just a bit worse than Donald Trump. The president after that just a bit worse
No, Obama was better than his predecessor without question.
You are voting for a winner take all
Australia has ranked voting, which seems like a good idea but it didn't really solve the problem.
They don't give you a choice, not really. You pick the face, the party picks the plan
The problem is that both parties are full of sycophants, hanger-ons, leaches, and rent-seekers. The problem won't be solved as long as voters generally don't realize that. Currently, no more than 10% of the public realizes that.