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TaoBear

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I was conceived without my consent. The hits just keep on coming. Thanks.

Mereolgical nihilist, tech fan, general purpose nerd, atheist, guitar noodler.

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arstechnica , to Random
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The surprise is not that Boeing lost commercial crew but that it finished at all

"The structural inefficiency was a huge deal."

https://arstechnica.com/space/2024/05/the-surprise-is-not-that-boeing-lost-commercial-crew-but-that-it-finished-at-all/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

TaoBear ,
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@arstechnica I kinda feel like Starliner is Sheldon knocking on Penny's door, and she opened it before he could get out the third knock-knock-knock-Penny. Apart from the /possibility/ (what are the odds of needing a second "crewed flight test"?) of having a "second source," I really don't see any point in Starliner. Boeing blew it. Starliner is years behind (in operational experience and improvements based on it), far more expensive to fly, and seems like a much more limited spacecraft.

georgetakei , to Random
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Directions were unclear.

TaoBear ,
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@georgetakei I'm similarly helpful. I'm not welcome at gyms. Even gyms I've never been to. I think they communicate somehow.

rbreich , to Random
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Pepsi replaced its 32oz Gatorade bottle with a 28oz for the same price.

Nabisco shrank the family size box of Wheat Thins by 12%.

General Mills shrank the family size box of Cocoa Puffs by 6%.

Frito-Lay shrank the size of a bag of Doritos by 5%.

Shrinkflation is everywhere.

TaoBear ,
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@rbreich I don't have any research ready to hand to back this up, but just from my own memory, I get the distinct impression this has been going on (to some extent) since (at least) the Reagan administration. ...and then, of course, there's prices driving inflation, but wages not tracking inflation. That's a good way to hide profit-taking.

rbreich , to Random
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The effective federal corporate income tax rate:

1950: 50%
1990: 25%
2020: 13%

Stop asking "but how we will pay for it?" Restore the corporate tax rate.

That is how we will pay for it.

TaoBear ,
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@rbreich To paraphrase the late great George Carlin, if they want to influence politics, government, and public policy, let them pay the price of admission like everybody else. He was talking about taxing churches, which I also endorse.

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Elon Musk’s grotesque distortion of capitalism https://robertreich.substack.com/p/elon-musks-grotesque-distortion-of?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

TaoBear ,
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@rbreich Maybe I missed something, but ... it seems to me that Musk is just playing the inevitable endgame of capitalism. He found the infinite money glitch, an he's being the worst possible human he can because there are no external stressors distracting him from his basest R-Complex drives.

georgetakei , to Random
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Completely acceptable excuse.

TaoBear ,
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@georgetakei It's after the 400-page "short history" of the bloggers "food journey", and another hundred or so pages of how the blogger deals with fussy kids and a disinterested domestic partner. Of course, once you get to it, it's in Klingon.

arstechnica , to Random
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Here’s BMW’s electric replacement for the X3—production starts in 2025

BMW has developed an all new EV platform with better efficiency and more tech.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/03/heres-bmws-electric-replacement-for-the-x3-production-starts-in-2025/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

TaoBear ,
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@arstechnica Wow. That's ugly. <sarcasm>Will it be as reasonably priced and cheap to operate as their ICE offerings </sarcasm>

arstechnica , to Random
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Broadcom CEO admits VMware changes have brought “unease” to customers, partners

"There's more to come."

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/03/broadcom-ceo-admits-vmware-changes-have-brought-unease-to-customers-partners/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

TaoBear ,
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@arstechnica cough Proxmox cough I know Linux is scary and everything, but... it's been around for 30 years. Give it a chance.

arstechnica , to Random
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Ford rethinks EV strategy, is working on a smaller, cheaper EV platform

Ford now says mass-adoption needs EVs that cost the same as combustion cars.

https://arstechnica.com/cars/2024/02/ford-rethinks-ev-strategy-is-working-on-a-smaller-cheaper-ev-platform/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

TaoBear ,
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@arstechnica To Ford: Gee, ya THINK?!

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Facebook rules allowing fake Biden “pedophile” video deemed “incoherent”

Meta may revise AI policies that experts say overlook “more misleading” content.

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/02/facebook-rules-allowing-fake-biden-pedophile-video-deemed-incoherent/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

TaoBear ,
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@arstechnica What?! Meta is a dumpster fire?! The hell you say!

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