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jacksilver

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  • Trump looks increasingly desperate to restrict voting rights

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  • While I don't think this should ever pass, I think a huge issue is we're too close to the election to be changing how voting works. People could vote in the primaries and then not have the documents to vote in the actual election. Something like this would need to be phased in over time, just think about how long Real IDs took to implement.

  • Why China can withstand oil's surge past $100 more easily than other countries

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  • I always forget when looking at energy production, the US is at 40% renewable+nuclear (21% just renewable) which is actually around the same for China ~40% renewable+nuclear (35% just renewable).

  • Hegseth declares, 'I only speak American' to room full of foreign leaders

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  • Phoenix-based company's LUCAS drone changes war in Iran

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  • If it's like the sahed drone then it costs about $30k, has the range of a "medium-range" ballistic missile (which cost millions of dollars), but moves at ~115mph vs supersonic. They also have more limited payload.

    So the general principle is that you can produce them quick enough that you can deploy enough to overwhelm your enemies defenses. They also use satellite and interial navigation so can be fairly accurate.

  • Games you've given honest tries for and just don't find fun

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  • I thought TOTK was worse cause now you're also managing the parts inventory. It was so frustrating to get to certain places and find out you didn't have the necessary parts (like a glider) to do certain things.

    I even ended up using duplication glitches to skip resource scavgening and I still felt like I ended up wasting half the game managing my inventory.

  • Games you've given honest tries for and just don't find fun

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  • I agree with you, it's a decent open world game but a pretty mediocre Zelda game. I had hoped TOTK might improve upon the direction they chose to take the series, but it kinda doubles down on all the weaker points of BOTW (uninspired "dungeons", more one-time use resources, etc.).

    I think my biggest gripe with TOTK and Echoes of Wisdom is that you can solve 90% of the "puzzles" with one or two techniques. There isn't a lot of critical thinking needed when you can use things like the rocket to just skip most of the puzzle and similarly I think I solved a majority of the puzzles in Echoes of Time using the bed echo.

  • The U.S. unexpectedly loses 92,000 jobs, adding to worries about the economy

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  • That's a fair call out. My comment about systemic issues was to address the fact that it's somewhat unfair to compare apples and oranges. So when I said the economy was doing well under Biden, I meant in regards to the current systems in place in the US.

    That being said, the economy is generally measured in how productive the country is. If the economy is doing good, then generally we have lots of people producing lots of things. That doesn't mean we're producing the right things though, as that comes down more to policy and public sentiment/behavior.

  • The U.S. unexpectedly loses 92,000 jobs, adding to worries about the economy

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  • Under Biden wages were growing faster than inflation, inflation was coming down, unemployment wasnt growing, stockmarket/business were doing well. Meaning things were doing okay and had the potential to do even better.

    Also, a lot of the points you made aren't directly tied to the economy and are systemic to the country. No matter how good the economy is doing, privatized Healthcare is going to cause issues.

  • The U.S. unexpectedly loses 92,000 jobs, adding to worries about the economy

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  • Coming out of the pandemic the US had one of the best looking economies. If he had done nothing he could have taken all the credit. Instead he decided to shoot himself and the country in the foot.

  • Senators demand investigation after ninth American killed by Israeli settlers or soldiers in West Bank

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  • This is talking about American citizens killed by Israelis in Palestinian territory called the West Bank (Gaza is the other half). So isn't about the war with Iran.

  • Saudi journalist says 'not all attacks' on Gulf coming from Iran, fears US-Israel dragging monarchies into war

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  • GAZ-16 hover car prototype, the Soviet Union, 1962

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  • This design reminds me of all the evtol cars that have been coming out. I wonder if it'll be a similar situation, interesting concepts/designs that just never really stick the landing.

  • Iranian warship hit by US torpedo did not carry ammunition, say Indian sources

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  • Yeah, we're well past the initial attack. I'm not sure why anyone would think the ship would be safe to return to an Iranian port. It seems kinda silly to think the US would wait until the ship was rearmed before engaging.

    Is there something I'm missing?

  • The Top Sci-Fi Weapons In The Universe

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  • Yeah, I don't think the creator was very rigorous in their research. I feel like the Halo rings have to have more impact than the death star.

  • Supreme Court blocks California restrictions on schools notifying parents about students' transgender status

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  • I'm pretty sure that's part of being a designated reporter.

    However, that's not a uniquely parent-child policy and it's really about the parents behavior. I'm not sure I would consider those the same thing.

    Some legislation that is slightly similar is that college students need to sign waivers to allow their parents to access their grades. But that's because in college students are adults and therefore parents don't have inate rights to that information.

  • Supreme Court blocks California restrictions on schools notifying parents about students' transgender status

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  • While my gut says this isnt a great decision, I can't think of another scenario where teachers/school are restricted in sharing information like this. I know sometimes teachers are designated reporters (have to report), but not aware of anything being restricted.

    Is there some legal precedent for what California wanted to do?

  • ELI5. Limit of current gen AI/LLMs

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  • Yeah, that's fair. I haven't jumped into the whole agentic side of things as I find LLMs consistently fail at lower level stuff.

    Everyone says it's great at prototyping or writing documents, etc, but I think that's just cause people have low standards. When coding I find that it quickly messes things up or lacks good quality control (which you only notice if you're familiar with the domain). For writing it's fine, but the tone and language always feels off and certainly doesn't sound like me.

    Either way, I would suggest playing around with them to see how they fit into how you do things. I think we're starting to see things finally slow down on new implementations, and they aren't going away, so it may be a good time to see if all the fuss is worth it to you.

  • Melania Trump presides over UN Security Council as US attacks Iran

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  • Did he send her because he was afraid he'd be attacked if he went?

  • Steam hardware survey for February 2026. What happened? Why did it lose such a big percentage?

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  • Anyone know what my hardware would show as if I play on my phone using something like GameNative or Gamehub? Curious what the android/arm numbers would be.

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    Ignorance is Bliss: White House Press Secretary Snubs Reporters after Asking 'Does Anybody Have Questions'

    www.republicworld.com /world-news/white-house-press-secretary-snubs-reporters-after-asking-does-anybody-have-questions