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Comment · 2 years ago
Didn't congress add 30bln to the IRS budget solely for this purpose, and the return is 1bln? I wonder if they even know what the outlays are for collection...will they ever collect more than the 30bln they allocated? How much does everyone need to be squeezed just to retrieve that 30bln allocation...All the smartest wealthiest people have the best accountants and moved/invested/capexd their money legally to begin with, within the letter of the law and rules anyway.
Comment · 2 years ago
Solaris 10 with zones was amazing, I miss it.
Comment · 3 years ago
How does something like that even happen...? All I can consider is the relatively small size of the UK, and how one can drive from one side of the other in the UK in just 15 or so hours...
Comment · 3 years ago
Trying to remember what it was called but there was a 60/70s era program that was declassified that claimed to capture returning satellites from orbit using massive nets/parachutes carried behind large aircraft for example a c47 that would snap them right out of the air as they are falling.
Comment · 3 years ago
Would you mind expounding upon what you have done to achieve 'leanness' in this Debian system? Thanks!
Comment · 3 years ago
I asked chatgpt to analyze the article, provide feedback, and analysis on why the premise of right or wrong might be incorrect.

I am now living in a simulation.

Comment · 4 years ago
Universities.

Politics, knowing where bodies are buried and entrenched bureaucracy can be just as much "tenure" but for staff.

It can be pretty bad, and often is.

Comment · 4 years ago
Correct

"Who can receive services? Federal, state, local, tribal and territorial governments, as well as public and private sector critical infrastructure organizations."

However, methinks US definition of critical infrastructure organizations, both public and private, will be quite broad.

Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
Honestly it troubles me that anyone believes 'journalists' from any of the major corporations have _any_ credibility, even going back to the 1990s with censorship of stories have been rife within the corporate 'journalism' industry. There are very few journalists that deserve real credibility.
Comment · 4 years ago
The answer to this question is not politically correct, and therefore will not be answered. We will all end up with quantum computers and software that runs slower than any software from the late 90/2000s
Comment · 4 years ago
Comment · 4 years ago
The movie 'Surrogates' comes to mind
Comment · 4 years ago
There _already_ is and has ben censorship of books in schools for decades upon decades....adult sex novels are not included in the average school library and for good reason, and thats exactly what this is about as well, as you point out.

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