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I'm saying it doesn't matter. If the forest is getting the regular burning it needs anyway someone lighting an additional fire at a different time isn't going to make any differenc…

Thanks for that complexity. I've posted brought the same thing and all the responses have been "no, fire is bad" from people who obviously have no idea what they are talking about.…

As I said elsewhere, I can't even find a single source.... For important world news there are a lot of options. However the most important news is my local community. Who covers my…

They always have been. A few times I've read it and I was always disappointed. They are about all that is left though. I keep looking for someone with real reporters who cover my l…

What happened is there used to be local newspapers with local reporters who at least knew something about the local community. Even if you hated the bias you could at least learn s…

They are not the same evil. They are two very different evils and neither is acceptable.

One reason. The other is C is easy. Any language can implement it and have confidence it can work. (there are other options that are just as easy, but C won). C++ is much harder be…

The C++ standard doesn't say anything about binary ABI (as you say generally either Itanium or MSVC, though there are other options they are rare). However the people who write tha…

Bad news sells. There is always some bad news to print so you hear about it. That doesn't mean things are bad though.

There is a lot more to spend it on. I'm gen-X, ADHD wasn't even heard of by most people until I was in college, and then it was only diagnosed/treated in the worst cases. Today mos…

There are a lot of such people. The whole Smokey the bear thing was trying to teach people that for decades.

Trees don't live forever. A fully grown cottonwood tree (I'm picking on example I know of, others are similar, but different in details) at 100 years old is impressive, but that is…

If you are in the US make sure you write your congressman about this. Elections are coming up in a couple months and if they see this as an issue they will ensure something happens…

Maybe. Check with a lawyer. I would for starters be looking at the angle that Congress needs to approve spending money, and I doubt this was in any budget. There also needs to be a…

You don't really have a choice here. As a "conservative" (what ever that means...) I got two different evils that I couldn't stand. I voted third party, but even that party wasn't …

Nearly all of those are forests that are supposed to burn every year or two. Check with a forester knowledgeable in your specific area because there is no universal truth here. How…

AI has proved several times they can prove some complex math things that humans have been trying for decades so solve. They have not failed and have clearly done complex things hum…

No. You are supposed to understand them, and why despite having so much more wealth they often really do feel like they are in real poverty. I don't have sympathy for them either. …

That is a matter for debate. Europe generally doesn't have a bad life. However depending on what you personally value you might find it could be better. Would you be willing to com…

I don't know about billionaires, but I do know couples who between the two are earning nearly a million dollars per year - yet because their spending has grown to match their incom…

That isn't the full picture. Nannies are not common amount the wealthy in the US - they exist, but they are less common even though the money to pay a full time nanny is there. Als…

A house is a good hedge against inflation - my payments stay the same for 30 years of inflation, then go to zero (I still have taxes and maintenance so this is wrong - but it is cl…

I can sell my house when I'm retired if I choose to do that. I can only save so much money in retirement plans. A house (in the US - other countries have different rules!) is my ne…

Generally people are indexing the numbers always go up to inflation. Which should be different, but so far numbers still go up anyway.

> My advice to any young'un thinking they can wait out the market: you can't, buy whatever you can afford as soon as you can and watch inflation reduce that painful monthly outgoin…