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  • Trump Media to merge with nuclear fusion company to power AI

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  • It doesn’t have to change anything in the energy market. All it needs is for someone in government to approve massive federal funding, then: PROFIT. I’m sure there’s no connection and no way anyone in Trump Media knows what will be approved by the Trump administrative

  • "Flushable wipes"; "dishwasher-safe"; "odourless" - What are some other blatant lies that companies get away with?

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  • Cereal is worse. I used to get regular sized. Then I got family sized. Now I try to hold out for “mega sized” for myself

  • Now just throw your hands in the air.....and wave em like you just don't care!

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  • Meanwhile in New England it’s false spring. We had a small snowfall like a week ago but ever since the temp has been 10-20°F so that little bit of snow never melted. Yesterday got above freezing so the snow is gone!

  • Senate confirms Jared Isaacman as NASA administrator in do-over after Musk feud

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  • Plus realistically he has no say over it. The worst offenses, cost wise, are programs like the space shuttle and SLS distributed across many states and practically unlimited funding to incumbent providers. Those have been mandated by Congress.

    When the people deciding how much money you get also decide where it goes, there’s not much you can do about it

  • at what point in life it's too late to go back to school?

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  • If you are 20 years into your career and want to rank up to earn more money, an MBA is probably more expensive than it is worth.

    Or the opposite. It’s still situational. My uncle had a long career at a large company and worked his way up to a very senior position. But he hit a ceiling where he would no longer be promoted without the appropriate degree. In his situation it was worth going back to college after 35 years in his career. Because it meant a promotion and raise, or not

  • at what point in life it's too late to go back to school?

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  • Sorry but it’s never a stupid idea. It’s only a situational thing where the question is whether you can make it work. That’s not necessarily age related.

    Actually going through the other side of this right now with a kid not doing well at school. At what point is it a better idea to consider a gap year? The problem is any age after schooling is interrupted is much harder to get back. Some people make it work, fantastic, but once you hop off the treadmill you’ll probably stop running

  • ELI5 the US debt/budget and how come it seems like I give you 10 dollars and I get two back? I just don't get how its not a regular checking acount situation? How can we be trillions in debt?

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  • Some things to consider

    1. Our debt is higher than our GDP and getting into the range where other countries have been forced into austerity - https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/debt-to-gdp-ratio-by-country
    2. We’re protected by our unique status as the worlds primary reserve currency - but current government actions are weakening that and that benefit can disappear quickly if we don’t return to sanity - https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/reservecurrency.asp
    3. Interest on debt is the second largest part of annual government expenses - https://www.pgpf.org/programs-and-projects/fiscal-policy/monthly-interest-tracker-national-debt/

    While you’re right about debt not being an immediate threat and that there is no hard limit, that’s very different from calling it a lie and not a concern.

    An actual limit is determined by the market, by whatever other countries are willing to accept, and by what the alternatives are. Historically US had the largest economy, largest global trade, strong allies and trading partners across the countries with the strongest economy, and some of the largest financial corporations in the world. Economic and financial policy has traditionally been maintained by competent and independent administrators and government policy has generally encouraged world trade. There are solid reasons for our special place in the world economy, but it’s not magic nor should we take it for granted.

    Now our debt is getting in range where other countries have had runaway inflation or forced austerity. Our payments are crowding out other things we could do if we could afford it. Our competent and independent administrators have been replaced by yes-men. Government policy is chaotic at best and seeming governed by whim, personal spite, and exploiting the government for personal enrichment. We’re turning away from global trade, becoming isolationist and protectionist, attacking our most important allies and trading partners, abandoning the needier countries. The trigger will be other countries giving up on us and we really seem to be asking for that.

    And even worse, what are we getting for that money? Maybe we could excuse greater debt if it is an investment in future business technology or science, or improved well being for our citizens. But we have this huge debt and a century of deferred infrastructure work, the most expensive healthcare in the world while being nowhere near the best, declining health, education and life expectancy. We seem to be actively avoiding technologies of the future.

    No the analogy of the home equity loan is more relevant. There is something of value backing it we are exceeding that, but we’re doing so to buy avocado toast and our daily Starbucks instead of fixing that leak in the upstate’s shower, while not being able to afford our medicine or our kids school supplies. There may not be a specific limit but we’re in awfully deep and still digging the hole deeper

  • Trump admin threatens to break up major climate research center

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  • That’ll solve climate change - no more bad news

  • ELI5 the US debt/budget and how come it seems like I give you 10 dollars and I get two back? I just don't get how its not a regular checking acount situation? How can we be trillions in debt?

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  • We’ve always told ourselves this, which is why it’s a problem

    Think of it more like a home equity loan. We’re living beyond our means so taking a loan out in the value of our house to pay for it. As we want more stuff, we just take out more of the home equity loan to pay for it. I have $10 but want to buy eggs, so I spend an additional $2 from the home equity loan

    We live in the biggest house on the street so people are claiming we can live way beyond our means, unlimited. But there’s always a limit.

    But the limit is whenever the bank says it’s too much and we don’t know ahead of time what that is

    • our loan relative to house value is bigger than some who were foreclosed on
    • our payments to those loan is one of our biggest expenses, making it more difficult to afford anything else.

    Is that too much? Not yet, but it’s stupid to keep pushing the limit just to make a few billionaires richer

    … and we benefit from being the worlds reserve currency, or we used to. It would be really stupid for a government to mess with that by being isolationist, blanket tariffs and other trade barriers ——- back to the analogy is that our home value is propped up by fantastic landscaping. But we’re letting it goto seed and parking some rusted out cars in the yard, while still claiming we have the best yard in town

  • Trump moves to dismantle major US climate research center in Colorado

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  • I see claims that we’re already getting close, going by USAID alone

  • China to cover all out-of-pocket childbirth expenses

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  • I also read claims the one-child limit became socially engrained. So even once they lifted it, it was not very socially acceptable

  • China to cover all out-of-pocket childbirth expenses

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  • officials have already expanded maternity leave benefits and housing subsidies to encourage couples to have more children.

    Seems like they’re trying multiple things. Meanwhile we’re over here trying to say middle school kids can be paid less than minimum wage, operate dangerous machinery and work late on school nights. If you can’t afford kids, might as well exploit them

  • THIS is a real test of how old you are. If you score 20 your future is short

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  • Since no one can afford health insurance, vaccines are apparently bad, and our government is prescribing horse dewormer …. We’re getting there

  • Despite Declining Support for the Death Penalty, Executions Nearly Doubled in 2025, Report Says

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  • Fwiw

    • Florida is 40%
    • 27 states allow the death penalty, about half
    • 11 states so far this year have executed someone

    I’m going with this is not a us problem but a red state problem or even Florida man problem

  • A new ‘solution’ to student homelessness: a parking lot where students can sleep safely in their cars

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  • Fair enough, but I still wish I could give you UBI, free healthcare (including mental health and for gucks sake dental), and an opportunity at free college

  • what do y'all use for CI/CD?

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  • I’m not entirely sure why all the hate : Jenkins can do the most things the must ways. And yes, it’s so much nicer defining a pipeline with a fully functional language than an assortment of yaml files

    Actually that was my response when my company wanted to start using Gitlab ci. It only has one way of doing things so you can probably get a faster start if you had no ci, were a small company, and had simple builds. However we’re over 4,000 builds in many languages from 12 year old monoliths to modern micro services and containers….. and way too much godawful JavaScript. Do you want the quick and simple tool great for a small startup or the all powerful kitchen sink of tools?

  • THIS is a real test of how old you are. If you score 20 your future is short

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  • Water beds are making a comeback. This coming year, I swear!

    20/20, y’all invited the my funeral. Apparently any day now

  • EU drops 2035 combustion engine ban as global EV shift faces reset

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  • “We didn’t put in any effort until the last minute and now we can’t easily do it. It’s not fair to our shareholders”

    If I tried to use that bs as a a reason for being late ate work I wouldn’t have a job there anymore

  • ‘I Didn’t Vote for This’: A Revolt Against DOGE Cuts, Deep in Trump Country

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  • Oh no, the political party I voted for opposes my special issue, but I had to vote for them instead of the party that supports it because I lack awareness and am gullible.

    And I call that “common sense”