And every time one runs into a wall at fatal speeds, two slower ones appear.

Yeah, it’s funny because of how terrible everyone is. I’m laughing because it’s outrageous, not because the characters are going through relatable hijinks.

I wouldn’t say inevitable, but there seems to be a whole aspect of capitalism where doing that which is not done is the norm. So all those baby steps inevitably lead to a degree of rapaciousness that is hard to envision 20 or 40 years ago.

“How did we get here from there?” One step at a time.

Not all consequences are immediate.

Yearning for the mines.

I had someone at work ask me if I was an expert at Excel. I’ve written macros in VBA and made formulas that would have been easier as a macro so I could save them as xlsx instead of xlsm. I said yes, with some hesitation. She asked me if I could help her with a problem and I said sure. The problem was a bunch of hidden cells. At least it wasn’t a bunch of data she’d deleted and wanted me to get back for her.

The amazing part was how hard it was to show the cells in the latest version of Excel.

Lol this is the typical takeaway. A better result would be to not engage in illegal practices and then it doesn’t matter if you put it in writing, but that’s not how you become a billionaire.

I think you can attribute that to the people MS bought DOS from. Don’t ask me their names, because…

Yes, but if you increase the funding, they will say “Why is science so expensive?”

Why can’t we spend $20 billion on a full-scale reactor that may very well not work? Why is science so slow?

Thos is a false trail. We certainly may be missing signs of life that don’t follow patterns we aren’t looking for, but that has no bearing on this case. The argument in this case would be if there were paths we knew of that could produce these chemicals that don’t involve life, or paths that involve life on earth but could develop without life being present to produce these chemicals elsewhere. If we can’t rule these options, and possibly others I haven’t thought of, out, then we may only be left with alien life being the source of these chemicals.

Kind of my point, but a set of a dozen chairs like that isn’t so much about creativity as it is cost. Still beautiful imo, although i still prefer more minimalist styles in furniture.

I agree with all of this except the part about making things pretty being a waste. Beauty has its own value, although far too often for pieces like this it was more for bragging rights as you said.

Kind of my thought. China (or any single country as your supplier) isn’t great for national security, but damn Trump for making that option look so palatable.

I’ve been cheated!

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It’s very easy to find an image of a politician, or anyone really in the public eye, doing what appears to be a Nazi salute. Pretty much any gesture that starts with the hand below shoulder level to above head level may well briefly transition between those two that could result in an image that appears to be a Nazi salute from one angle or another. It’s much harder to find video that closely mimics actual videos of Adolf Hitler doing a Nazii salute, even harder to see it happen twice just moments apart.