It’s funny to me how people can be aware of Trump’s anti-immigration agenda and oppose it without stopping to think about how the fact that so many people want to come to the USA is because Americans (even poor Americans, because the immigrants are showing up here with nothing) are far better off than most other people in the world.

AI will improve more quickly than senior engineers will age.

My dog was a true patriot who would go to fireworks shows with me.

But whatever you do, don’t call him an extremist.

The author of this article seems to be arguing against an attitude towards Elon Musk which doesn’t actually exist. There’s no widespread perception of him as a moderate, and no taboo against calling him an extremist. Major newspapers aren’t making a big deal of his endorsement of this film because it isn’t surprising, not because they tacitly approve.

The article mentions fifteen million dollars in lost tuition, but doesn’t the state lose money on every in-state college student despite the tuition paid? I suppose whether this saves money or not depends on fixed vs variable costs…

Tax exemptions for activity that would not have taken place without those tax exemptions cost the state nothing - no money is being “thrown” and no potential tax income is being forgone. Meanwhile, giving “poor guys” $200,000 a year costs $200,000 per year per poor guy. That’s the difference.

Well no, they couldn’t have, because this is money they can’t get in any case. Data centers that aren’t built don’t pay taxes.

Is the implication that this is a French catgirl?

Mickey Mouse case next. It can’t possibly go wrong.

Why does she have six toes?

Plain husks are pretty bad but the orange flavored ones are actually kind of pleasant if you ever need to consume them again.

I’m surprised that other states are only challenging Delaware’s dominance now.

In high school the computer drafting teacher glued all the mice closed because students kept stealing the mouse balls, and then of course all the mice got clogged with gunk and stopped working.

You can be good friends with someone without having the sort of connection that makes discussing some specific issue possible. That doesn’t mean the connection isn’t genuine, even if the scope of it is not as broad as you wish it was. Regarding venting in particular: in my experience, it’s fairly common that people don’t want to listen to heavy stuff that they can’t help you fix. I often have things that make me sad which I want to put into words even though there’s nothing anyone can do to help, and I find that for that sort of thing AI can actually be a good “listener” of a sort.

After I decided to divorce my ex-wife, I felt hollow. It seemed like the wind would be able to carry me away like an empty plastic bag. But, gradually, that feeling faded and today I can even smile about the fact that I did have the courage to leave a situation that was so clearly bad for me even though leaving felt frightening and shameful at the time. Your relationship lasted much longer than mine did and so this must be harder for you. You have my sympathy.

They got sentenced to about five years each, except for the guy who hurt a police officer and got two years more. That on its face does not seem unreasonable to me for causing over a million pounds in damage even without any sort of terrorist connection. How long are people in Britain responsible for hundreds of thousands of pounds in damage each usually sentenced for, given that this sentence is so outrageous to the author?

The moth flies for the German air force.

I don’t even know what the good outcome here would be, given the terms of America’s surrender. Maybe it would be better if Iran pushed too far and forced Trump to re-enter the war.

What you’re missing out on. (Not that I’ve gone myself.)

Talk about a flying saucer…