My theatre let out a very audible sad sigh/exhale when the credits started.

So far at least, I’ve found this much more charming than culture war bait.

But I understand how a TypeScript or Java dev could think that the difference between 1 and 4 bytes is negligible.

Shots fired.

Judging by how many people wear clothes made by children in sweatshops, I’d say the wants of the many seem to outweigh the needs of the few.

Canada… Depends what kind of visit really. I captain a few rec teams, so breaks or dislocations, we’ll go to emergency, get triaged and wait for a bit.

If it’s somwthing I’d like to get checked out but not urgent, I’ll schedule an appointment with my family dr, might take a week or 2?

For something sooner, I’ll go to one of the several walk in clinics nearby. Wait time really varies but generally pretty quick as long as I get there a little early.

Admittedly, a lot of taxes are misspent but a quarter of your income seems a bargain.

For example, I imagine getting to your jon would be really difficult without roads. Or a semi functional legal system that stops people from just robbing your business whenever they feel like it. Or a system that enforces contracts and property rights.

I’ve had a job where I didn’t pay taxes. It didn’t end well.

Hadn’t thought about it like that but really, if they want to boost profits more hospitals ought to have cigarettes in vending machines, bars in the waiting rooms and taco bell in the cafeterias.

The land of hopes and dreams.

Oh man, I figured that was most of the joke. Is everyone just like “huh, weird phrasing but I’ll roll with it?”

I just watched demolition man for the first time the other day, loved that and the future’s music.

Oh heck, I never thought of just asking! (Admittedly, I’m usually high as balls and socially awkward at a movie but still!)

I have yet to see anyone provide some rough numbers so we can have some context. My understanding is that Chinese ship builders can be between 1/2 and a 1/3 as expensive as North American builders.

So, on a huge order like this, how much would we be spending to subsidize our tradespeople? What services should we cut for the privilege?

Thanks!

being fit becomes a way to signal discipline, long-term planning, a healthy lifestyle, competence, and so on.

Yeah but I think it’ll just be a more explicit marker of wealth instead, sort of how so much of fashion boils down to “how much are you willing to spend?”

Phew, hello fellow old!

If you’re into old school ska punk, Streetlight Manifesto is a lot of fun. That being said, I once got pulled on stage while wearing a Streetlight Manifesto where the lead singer of the Dreadnoughts proclaimed “great band, singer’s an arsehole though.”

This really just seems like “I want to complain about .ml” with extra steps.

I don’t care for them, so I don’t go there.

Open source projects will be used for things of which you approve and of which you do not, that is life.

Straight down the centre.

Fyi, what’s happening in LA is a much more trumpian distraction; it’ll suck up all the media oxygen, it’s an (possibly the only, if iirc) issue (immigration) on which he not only has overwhelming Republican support but ALSO a net favourable rating with the public overall.

Oh yeah, he’s absolutely trolling and doing so delightfully.

Ehhhh, trump’s incredibly successful modus operandi for distraction is to bait the Left into over-reacting etc. Epstein is actually important to a swathe of his voters (as is, I assume the respect of one of the wealthiest men on Earth.)

If trump wanted a distraction, he’d sifn another ED targetting trans folks or somesuch in a way to make the Left freak out so that the fight becomes about that/our over reaction depending on your pov.