Staffed by some of the same people who caused all the problems that has given Activision Blizzard serious legal headaches now. Yeah, that’s cause for concern, because it illustrates that nothing was learned and nothing has changed — it will be the same kind of harassing, discriminatory workplace as before, just under…

Is that anything like AT&T’s promise that deregulation would result in better performance and prices for its internet customers??

Yeah, that’s not ‘hands off’ by any stretch of the imagination, but it’s also to appease the corrupt arm of the US government that might otherwise destroy Facebook’s business model out of spite for daring to defy them. Also, not surprisingly, a lot of investment capital is in the hands of the corrupt party’s biggest…

By no small surprise, there’s an extreme degree of overlap between people who push profits at any cost and people who are still continuing to deny climate change.

If we’re being honest, the entire Biden administration, Harris included, is being set up to fail. Thanks to some backstabbing democrat ‘centrists’ and the unhinged GOP blockade, everything the rest of the Democratic party, from the White House down, is trying to do is being undermined and sabotaged.

You’re not wrong that taxing unrealized capital gains is a can of worms, but it’s also not that simple either. The problem is that a lot of that wealth is used and ‘owned’ but not taxed. It exists, it’s not simply ‘on paper.’ But it isn’t being taxed, because the corporation can write it down as ‘wages’ while the…

Just because they *FAILED* to overthrow a legitimately elected government because of their incompetence doesn’t mean they shouldn’t all be thrown in prison for the rest of their lives. Failure is not a defense of intent and actions. They intended to seize control. They tried to seize control. Just like an attempted…

How about you look at some old sci-fi rotating stations, first. Artificial gravity, in whatever manner we can manage it, is pretty important for prolonged space trips. And, of course, get a rocket into orbit first. Or, really, be on track to even *HAVE* an orbital-capable launch vehicle. Below Orbit’s offerings and…

...when they can’t even get an orbital-capable launch vehicle off the ground.

And the sad part is that because most of it is going to be rain and CA is severely lacking in water-retention infrastructure, the vast majority of it will flood waterways, provide a brief bit of drought relief, and then all be gone in the following weeks, putting CA right back where it was before, in the midst of a…

It’s both too much to expect and unreasonable to ask (even though it shouldn’t be). Selfishness is a deeply ingrained human behavior (primate behavior, really, it goes that far back in our evolutionary history). And billionaires don’t become billionaires by being selfless, so you’re already aiming at a crowd that’s…

Being a millionaire is not the same as pulling in 7-, 8-, and 9- figure salaries. There are lots of millionaires who worked very modest-paying jobs for 40+ years and invested heavily. And then there are the people who make more in one day of ‘work’ than most other people will earn over their entire lifetimes. The…

But then they’re not slaving away for the Corporate America meat grinder! What about Quarterly Earnings reports! Profit margins! Won’t someone think of the billionaires?!

When the average dockworker has to go through 4 years of university-level classes and a 2-year residency program before being allowed to do their jobs, then you will have a point. Until then, get off your high horse. There are *SIGNIFICANT* differences in what it takes to do a given job well. That’s a fact of life.…

In a country where tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of people are pulling 7, 8, and 9 figure salaries, even a $200k salary is still a slap in the face. And those same people making those outrageous salaries are the ones responsible for this supply-chain cluster****.

JIT supply chains work beautifully. Until they don’t. And then they’re a cascading train wreck.

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So you’re saying that anyone who wants to can be a neurosurgeon? Or a propulsion engineer? We both know that’s a lie. Not everyone is cut out for certain fields and certain kinds of jobs.

Not quite the same thing. That’s on-the-job experience. It takes time to get that experience, same as any job, anywhere, but yes, pretty much anyone with a good work ethic (ie someone who’s willing to work hard) can do these jobs. Not everyone is going to be database programmer, or a materials engineer, or a surgeon,…

It’s not. Because it’s California, not Alabama. $100k in CA is equivalent to $30-40k in other places. It’s a living wage. Nothing more. Also, you’ll enjoy 1-2 hour commutes *both ways* every day. More if you want to stretch that salary a little further.