I think the way most loans are presented to the consumer is in bad faith. The specific terms and effect on the buyer’s finances are often deliberately concealed and the potential benefits (such as a shiny new car) are heavily promoted. These tactics exploit well-characterized flaws in human reasoning and decision…

Really? I’ve never heard that. What a strange thing to say, that one “deserves” a particular car or loan.

Oh I thought you meant people who could reasonably afford it. Obviously there will not be 145,000 copies of this car sold

In the US alone there are over 145,000 households with over $25 million in net worth.

It was really awkward to watch

How old are you? You must be a lot of fun at parties

You can’t be serious

But most people are Asian

What the fuck

Drain the swamp

I don’t know that this article establishes clearly:

Well the article suggests a pretty good thought experiment. If the Washington Post had an article about a local kid winning the Boston Marathon when in fact he won a kids’ 5k fun run, would that coverage be acceptable? The relative obscurity of chess tournament structures is a poor excuse, I think.

I bet he voted for Brexit

Come on. It’s literally the only positive team record of any kind held by the Mariners.

What the fuck is an asterix? He literally spelled it for you in the previous post. I don’t know why I’m so bothered by this and I agree with your point but what the hell dude

Can’t tell if

To a certain extent you could argue that offensive power has always had an advantage over defense, especially if you are considering the most sophisticated weapons available.

The unstated alternative is key, and it seems like that was the point of the original post. Does the poor performance of the system necessitate abandoning it? Bringing more resources to bear? Approaching the problem differently?

Kimi could not have known where the traffic would be when pitted. The team knew it and pitted him anyway.

The current ineptitude of the Mariners must be understood in the context of their historical misery, which is essentially unrivaled