dpkirchner

Realistically, he probably shouldn't have been allowed to return as captain after being so uniquely compromised. Keep him in Starfleet, sure, but maybe stick him behind a desk or lectern in San Francisco.

It's an argument in favor of stronger immigration enforcement against employers.

Reducing illegal immigration is extremely simple and inexpensive -- toss a few Big Ag CEOs in something like "alligator Alcatraz". There's no step 2.

It's the line that folks on a certain side of the political divide (typically aligned with DHS) tend to bring out whenever we talk about the harms of surveillance.

Yeah.

Weird.

Yep, that's exactly what I'm saying, word for word, 100%.

What's to say about the price of diesel? He promised it would be more expensive -- that everything would be more expensive -- and his weirdo supporters were on board. They got what they wanted. (Unfortunately so did the rest of us.)

Good news, we can! Solar and battery technology will reduce our reliance on oil, which will reduce the need for our expensive overseas misadventures and crimes.

> China has several advantages no Western country has:

Plus, 4. The ability to do long-term planning.

5. An engineering culture instead of a lawfare culture.

There's upsides and downsides to both of these facts, of course.

> I really wish I understood why nuclear has this cult-like following. It's completely irrational.

I believe it is largely because it is so unviable. If you can shut down any power supply argument with "but muh nuclear" then you can ensure that we keep burning coal and gas forever. And as a bonus, you get to pretend you're the smartest person in the room for having come up with the only good solution.

The less evil one, in this case, is the one that is not afraid to admit excess CO2 (emitted by human activity) is a problem.

About how much would the session have cost if you were paying API prices (assuming good cache rates)?

Ah well. Guess it's as broken as the CRL, or I just clicked the buttons wrong or something. I just saw a thank you screen. I checked my email in case they sent something there, but nah.