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"The US is a big place" , but the world outside the US using Celsius is even bigger, more populated, and with more temperature differences.

Fahrenheit being more natural is purely subjective, there's no good reason at all for it.

Keeping the imperial system is just a matter of convinience because Americans are used to it and changing everything is difficult. Also some people think producers of food and any objects to sell might lose some margin by converting and rounding to the next round number of the new unit

Silent at the end of a word only (and when it is part of a conjugaison or accord suffix such as -es or -ent). Also, depending on the accent of a person, the ending "e" can be pronounced, but it's rare.

Agree, that would be the best scenario.

The worse one would be that they actually can block sites and access to the internet is forever changed, now at the will of the ISPs. (fortunately, this would be more plausible under a Republican government, and they're leaving.)

If there is competition, one could think it's okay. But if they are allowed, I imagine the competitors ask why they can't do that either. If they can, they'll block sites too.

Then what? Residents won't have any choice guaranteeing free access to all websites.

I don't see that working.

For more than a decade, we have seen how social networks let conspiracies and extremist views thrive and how they were amplified.

There is ample evidence that "listening" does not tame or squash these positions on these platforms.

Are we starting to see Ajit Pai's dream for Net Neutrality coming to reality?

"Stop The Steal" is nowadays very specifically referring to the conspiracy theories surrounding the US November 2020 presidential election that was started by Trump supporters.

Maybe in a few years (months if you're optimist), it will be forgotten (because of these kinds of measure?) and the phrase will be allowed again.

I think you underestimate the power of American politics and its influence over other countries.

Many politicians are publicly supporting Trump despite sharing none of his values and none of his political stances just because he is branded as a successful right-wing politician. Most people don't know how skewed the political window is in the US anyway.

Even moderate right-wing politician from a European perspective want to be associated with him because he represents the right.

Because of that, news reporters in Europe tend to be gentle with Trump and the Republican party, glossing over their most egregious acts, to not appear biased, despite the small number of people actually supporting the same policies locally. And they still need to report on the USA because of their importance in the world.

Also at play, the incomprehension in translating American problems to other countries'. In other events, the BLM movements was imported to other countries with little knowledge of the US systemic problems and used/criticized in different ways.

This is how American politics can drag the political discussion over the world and impact the political spectrum everywhere.

As popular as Joe Rogan is, he seems to be a drop in the bucket of the news (infotainment) business.

Also, it's debatable that his podcast promotes higher-level discourse even if it's long in duration.

Yet you seem to side with the less complex interpretation of current event being "he gave a rousing speech"

I just spent an hour on minesweeper

This also depends on the country and its work culture.

For instance, a senior engineer can be valued and respected internally, and paid accordingly in the US. In a country like France, where technical talent means little (except for very rare and niche skills), engineers usually transition early to managing positions if they can.

Can you clarify? They both offer chatrooms and depending on your definition of webapp framework they both are as well (external app integration, bots...).