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Justin Trudeau was a ski instructor before becoming Prime Minister. Ronald Reagan and Zelenskyy were ridiculed as an actor in their election campaigns. Poilievre is a career politi…

I mean, this is the French way. SNCF striking (a yearly occurrence) is arguably halting the economy each time it happens. As a sympathizer to the HK protests, I've heard all these …

Everyone thinks they're on the right side of history :)

English is an interpreted language. We wouldn't have this problem if we can check for undefined references during compilation.

Doesn’t that create an adverse incentive for companies to not grow (invest to make more money) even if they could? YouTube for example might still be stuck in the 480p era if Googl…

I’m sorry, but what are you talking about? A Nobel Chemistry prize was just awarded for the creation of AlphaFold.

Whole Sichuan peppercorns are most prominently used in Sichuan cooking where they can be the star of a dish (e.g. mapo tofu). However, the powder form is a central ingredient in th…

Discussion about US taxation often omit: - the state & local taxes (can be as high as 12-15%) - social security (6.2%, tapers off after 150k) - medicare (2% generally) - net invest…

It's always BGP......

Recreational marijuana and JUUL is very much a millenial/gen Z hobby, and it is being pushed with a fervor that glosses over serious studies any potential health risks. IMO weed wi…

If you paid for the ticket, then you get service from point A to point B. This isn't hard.

If you're talking about terrible behaviour from United employees, this is not an isolated case. See also "United Breaks Guitars" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5YGc4zOqozo

Move to Cayman Islands or Monaco and convince the company to keep you on their payroll. https://nomadcapitalist.com/global-citizen/countries-no-inco...

Businesses get preferential tax treatment because we want to encourage risk-taking. Yes, focusing on a handful of hyper-successful businesses make it seem like things are "not fair…

It's possible to build more houses... up to a limit. Cities need to be supported by enough resources -- that includes enough water, proximity to arable land, hospitable climate, an…

> The first time an angel heard the devil’s laughter, he was dumbfounded. That happened at a feast in a crowded room, where the devil’s laughter, which is terribly contagious, spre…

Quite right!