ForeignOrchid

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No it doesn’t.

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@CoreyWriting It's not a real thing. And there are tons of air-conditioned facilities/businesses that just blast it out.

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@MsMelChen Tons of commerical businesses blast AC and keep their doors wide open. Much to the lament of dads everywhere.

So this thing seems like a weird gimmick more than an actual thing.

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@jessesingal Permitting reform is great.

When he starts applying it to building and renting, let me know.

One of those two categories is far more impactful and far more antagonistic to his supporters.

Let's take the win but not forget all the loses.

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@lymanstoneky Probably for the best too.

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@omgsidewalks Data center companies are often paying for the infra updates and building out capacity. That removes one of the main barriers: cost.

Considering how important energy costs are to residential and business consumers, that our governments should have done this decades ago.

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@asymmetricinfo @TheLincoln I think there might be more lefty economists in academia than most other conservative non-stem discipline professors in total.

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@peterrhague It probably counts as criminal menace in most jurisdictions or lesser assault. So yeah, these idiots could be arrested, fined, and jailed for a short period.

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@AliceFromQueens @TheLincoln And most of the disagreeable stories in "stem" are often the social sciences or interdisciplinary fields.

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@lthlnkso The ghost of McCain frightened Putin into action. The only holy relic that can finally put to rest McCain is sitting in a secret mausoleum in Kyiv.

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@SeanTrende @neoavatara He could also just part time his work and draw even less. I bet even if he drew 100k, he'd be fine and be in growth. Also, drawing down isn't bad unless you think you will draw to exhaustion before death. Unlikely.

Then again the way folks like millionaires taxes...

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@JonahDispatch That would be an interesting legal punishment for such folks.

Vandalized something? 2 years in the army!

Menace someone? 4 years of latrine duty!

Jaywalk? Boot camp and probation!

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@xwanyex I was curious and GPT suggests only 220,000 tons of gold have been mined in the world. So 500,000 stolen is obviously impossible.

And the likely value of 150 tons is a small portion of the world's gold.

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@JonahDispatch Who do we think will get more votes: Platner or Roy Moore?

Moore almost won but lost probably 15pts from the scandal. Will Platner win? Will he drop by less than 15pts?

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@bethanyshondark For a normal politician I'd think that they see the race as a last opportunity before the soup line so they have too. But Planter is a nepo baby without real concern for resources as I understand it. But it is also likely his last hurrah so...

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@DavidAFrench Not the case for WWI.
And Britain's clownery in WWI peace deal helped exasperate the conditions in Germany leading to WWII. And their refusal to work with the commies and willingness to throw away allies to Germany lead to a worse fight for them.

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@harukaawake Thank you, @MattWelch !

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@EliLake Some might say they'd be chased from the river to the sea. :)

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@vonderleyen Making people pay more for items you claim do not meet EU standards seems idiotic. If it isn't meeting standards: block it; don't just tax consumers.

And considering your tune on tariffs just last year, this is pretty hypocritical, no? Rules for thee, not for me, huh?

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@damintoell To be fair precedent can be overturned. Knowing 4 are open to it means the huddle is less and so narrow legislation may have a chance, even if fleetingly, to pick off one more.