Has anyone here actually used AM radio during an emergency? I’ve used FM to keep track of a tornado once and weatherband a few times, but never AM.
Has anyone here actually used AM radio during an emergency? I’ve used FM to keep track of a tornado once and weatherband a few times, but never AM.
Are you sure about that? Straight courses are used for drag racing.
Almost makes me wonder if this is a mechanical turk situation.
Oh, another thing about secret votes. It transfers blame from individuals to congess itself. If votes are public, and a popular bill fails, then the individuals and parties are blamed, if secret, then the whole of congress gets blamed and you could see incumbents lose reelection not because of how they individually voted but because of how the body as a whole did. That could force cooperation, but it could also introduce a new form of gamemanship.
This isn’t an ideal solution, but a practical one. A simple hack for the U.S. would be to make congressional votes secret. Yes, this means congress people would be less accountable, but think about where their accountabilites lie. These people are far more worried about their parties’ strongmen and sponsors than their gerrymandered constituents.
Impossible to implement in the present U.S. climate, but more idealistic is to divide the US into 50,000 person districts (greatly expanding an individuals access to their rep), then group those into evenly sized super districts. The reps choose from among themselves a super rep to attend congress, who they can recall at anytime. This should make gerrymandering more difficult, and dilute the effectiveness of corporate donors while increasing the influence of individual voters.
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Saw this FDR quote last week: “Do something. If it works, do more of it. If it doesn’t, do something else.”
Thorne doesn’t work, at least not with the offense and gameplay run last week. I’m ready for the “something else”
I’ve worked in two U.S. buildings with Both ground and first floors. The buildings were built into a hill so street level entered the first floor, but parking entered the ground floor. Very easy to get confused until you figure it out.
Yeah. I felt the same about “No Longer Allowed in Another Word” at first, but it grew on me. I think it took about four episodes to establish itself.
It is also the origin of the anime “wow” sound effect. https://soundeffects.fandom.com/wiki/Anime_Wow_Sound
Changes could have so many repercussions even well meaning actions could make things worse. The safer bet would be to collect lost books and art.
That said, stopping the Lincoln assassination is tempting. I’d hope to change reconstruction to better wipe out the confederacy, prevent lost cause doctrine, and better integrate former slaves into full citizenship and society.
VR - It has been through a few hype cycles, but never quite makes it. Cost, weight, battery life (or tethers), lack of highly desirable games, required floor space, nausea (in some people), etc.
Starlink - when announced it sounded like the solution to ISP monopolies and rural broadband access. But the roll out was so slow that other solutions have caught up. For people with no option other than satellite internet, it is still great (if they can get it) but for a lot of people, better options now exist.
Robber to victim: ok, let’s compromise. Give me half your money and I’ll only stab you a little.
The “media” has spent the last week setting the bar so low that when Trump comes out hopped up on stimulants, nothing in the debate itself will matter, and he will get a huge boost from simply not appearing as old as Biden did.
I’m not optimistic about the debate. Any publicity tends to work in Trump’s favor as his fans and the complicit news media will gloss over any mistakes while magnifying even the slightest gaff by Harris.
Trump falls asleep - media: he’s working so hard for us he is exhausted.
Harris pauses for a second before answering - media: did Harris have a mini-stroke? What is she hiding about her health?
One second ago I put a dollar on my dresser. That’s on pace to be 30 million in a year.
Same here only it was 20 years ago. UML professor was convinced it would replace programming.
Either competition is good and the merger should be blocked, or competition is unnecessary and the merged companies should be nationalized.
Sometimes it seems like we are just adopting the worst parts of multiple systems.
Sometimes creators can be wrong… Hello Kitty is obviously either a cat or a cat person not a human girl, GIF is not pronounced like the U.S. peanut butter brand, and Han shot first.
Volcanos being caused by overpopulation in hell.