deadlydose

We should shut yours down since your comment reads like nothing more than a veiled ad hominem attack. If you disagree with this person, fine, but at the very least try to have a constructive back and forth without resorting to name calling.

Couldn't you just fly low so that you'd be within the energy weapon's dead zone? I mean it doesn't look as if it can target anything flying at a depression less than 0°. Seems a few cheap fiber optic drones with a mortar lazily strapped to it and flying low could easily render this useless.

No it's not, it's never been about hackers except in name. It's about startups and venture capital. Always has been. Doesn't invalidate the point you are trying to make, though.

Should they not be lighthearted and optimistic? Or did you leave a comment just to vent some of your personal grievances with a dash of JAQing off?

> i wouldn’t visit the US even if i though i was perfectly safe

That's certainly your right and I get where you are coming from but

> our enemy.

Calling the US your "enemy" is a pretty strong stance, especially considering how deeply tied our countries are economically and culturally.

Don't want to visit? That's fine, but let's not pretend for a second that every American supports all the things you oppose. Only a plurality, not a majority, of Americans even voted for Trump and more than 75% of us still consider you an ally.

But you might want to lay off the media and tone down the rhetoric and drama a bit. Shit like that is why things are the way they are now.

> You would blame the hammer or at least the manufacturer if they claimed the hammer can do it al by itself.

I wouldn't because I'm not stupid and I know what a hammer is and isn't capable of despite any claims to the contrary.

I'm rather anti-Apple but even I enjoy John's site from time to time. Hell, I had to vouch for this post just to see it. I can't think of any legitimate reason for his content to get flagged as often as it does and it's been happening for years.

I don't usually reply to replies but I was asking because I'm not sure. About a decade ago I was looking into the 'Chicken tax' and went down a tariff rabbit hole. A cursory search now is quite difficult due to all of the recent news and changes. And also millionshort seems to require an account now to do advanced searches. So about the best I could do is ask ChatGPT for a chart comparing average tariff rates by sector for the US and EU before 2016. But I'd rather not.

> initiated by the US

While I don't approve, didn't the EU charge the US tariffs that were twice as high as what the US charged the EU?

> For the average European

Depends how old you are, I guess:

- The Palmer Raids (1919-20) - WW2 internment and deportation (1942-45) - McCarthy era (all of the 50s) - Present day

Each one seems to have deported random people. Many of whom did nothing wrong.

And honorable mention:

- Fallout from the Iranian hostage crisis (1979-81)

That last one didn't involve Europeans, per se, but it did deport a lot of innocent people. And for a bonus, here's the ~30yr pattern of anti-immigration:

- Immigration Act of 1924 - Operation Wetback of 1954 - Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 - Present day

These things have _always_ happened here. And some of them even follow a pattern.

Edit: Sorry for the formatting.

> Why do you speak for them?

Why do you?

They were never stranded, that's why anyone with half a brain isn't outraged.

Or maybe the astronauts, who themselves stated they weren't stranded, are big fat liars. Personally, I'll take them at their word.

You could try reading the linked paper. If I am reading it correctly, basically, we have atmospheric models for brown dwarfs and the presence of C2H2 and compounds cannot be explained by those models. So they think there are more complex atmospheric processes like aurora or lightning behind it.

It's still an additional 'tax' on individuals.