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@robertstadler

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Especially in this case, where the Trump admin has no legal authority to write the contracts, so companies really can't trust that courts will uphold them.

08.03.2026 20:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yes, I know.

08.03.2026 01:17 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, this has long been one of my complaints about D&D. At STR 8, if I'm arm-wrestling an NFL linebacker (STR 18), I shouldn't win a third of the time.

07.03.2026 04:48 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For some reason, it's hard to find an email service provider willing to go to jail in my defense rather than comply with legal processes.

06.03.2026 00:13 ๐Ÿ‘ 8 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If they were just targeting the military bases, that would be different, but Iran is also attacking hotels and other civilian buildings.

01.03.2026 21:14 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

When they started using compostable tableware at my old job, I eventually gave up and brought in metal utensils from home.

27.02.2026 19:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's a sign of how crazy the US healthcare system is that an infinite-deductible plan would actually be useful. It would let its participants pay the lower rates for care that insurance companies do, rather than the insanely inflated rates uninsured people are charged.

26.02.2026 18:34 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

People _always_ think crime is increasing, regardless of the actual level or rate of change.

26.02.2026 06:08 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Not if, but when.

25.02.2026 03:05 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

If you figure that it would take a competent attorney about 10 hours to handle each of these, this guy would need to be spending over 40 hours a day.

23.02.2026 21:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

This Congress struggles to keep the lights on.

23.02.2026 04:00 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
The Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron - Voyage of the Damned
The Russian 2nd Pacific Squadron - Voyage of the Damned YouTube video by Drachinifel

You should watch Drachinifel's video on it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Mdi...

21.02.2026 00:12 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Trump regularly turns on his appointees. Look how he's been attacking Jerome Powell.

20.02.2026 19:07 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

No, taxation without representation!

20.02.2026 19:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I don't think you can claim something is privileged if you say it during a public stream.

18.02.2026 18:53 ๐Ÿ‘ 2 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

How could it be less than 5 for you? I see pork, oysters, crab, shrimp, and snails.

13.02.2026 05:54 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It also validates the right's agenda. It's saying, "Yes, we agree that immigration is a problem, and vote for us because we'll be less effective at dealing with it."

12.02.2026 18:37 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That people think their shiny new idea can solve every problem is the defining attribute which _makes_ them a founder.

12.02.2026 18:06 ๐Ÿ‘ 1 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Yeah, the problem is that they're more likely to get some overworked adjunct to teach some required stats class for lawyers.

12.02.2026 01:33 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Unfortunately, too many statistics classes focus excessively on the mechanics (calculating the standard deviation, etc.) and don't spend enough time encouraging students to develop their intuition about what various statistics really mean.

11.02.2026 18:03 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 3 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

That's for criminal cases, not civil. If you hire an incompetent lawyer for a civil case, your only recourse is to sue the lawyer for malpractice.

05.02.2026 19:32 ๐Ÿ‘ 18 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The fix that I want for capital gains taxes is to mark liquid assets (i.e. stocks and bonds, but not real estate) to market, and tax people based on the inflation-adjusted increase in their net worth (but allowing people to roll capital losses forward to offset future gains).

04.02.2026 01:52 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Which, predictably, led to renewed repression and a lost generation before a revolution could succeed.

02.02.2026 17:58 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Oh, but Vic didn't hire Lemoine!

Although he did eventually end up paying Lemoine's fees.

02.02.2026 06:04 ๐Ÿ‘ 3 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

It's hard to find a good therapist these days. So as long as you're being deposed, you might as well also turn it into a therapy session.

02.02.2026 05:35 ๐Ÿ‘ 6 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

They may be getting these ratings from the Cook Political Report (which they list as one of their sources), since their ratings of these races all match.

29.01.2026 20:18 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Russia did perform dramatically poorly in the Crimean War a decade earlier.

28.01.2026 22:50 ๐Ÿ‘ 4 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I read the book on your recommendation, and I have since recommended it to others.

27.01.2026 05:15 ๐Ÿ‘ 0 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Except that, with apologies to Anatole France, I think it does allow ICE to steal.

26.01.2026 17:19 ๐Ÿ‘ 5 ๐Ÿ” 0 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

The American public education system also dramatically understates how much violence was used to maintain segregation. I didn't really understand this until I read the history as an adult.

25.01.2026 18:44 ๐Ÿ‘ 15 ๐Ÿ” 1 ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0 ๐Ÿ“Œ 0