Wrong kind of access point…

And the industry has extended the generation cycle over time because the increased specifications aren’t generally worth it.

Some people want to talk about the rich, but it is also important to talk about the rest of the people voting for it.

There is a deep cultural mindset in a lot of conservative parts of the country where you’re only really supposed to take care of your own people. In countries with established ethnic groups, it is easy for the state to assume that the default person is within the dominant ethnic group’s kith, or very extended family. That assumption isn’t the case in the USA.

So, there may be an expectation that you support your kith or extended family, but it doesn’t map to a state because there are several ethnic groups, especially when you take into account that the acceptance of white as one group only came about recently. Therefore, the competing kiths don’t want an equalizimg economic playing field that a welfare state can provide. So, those systems don’t get built.

Also, somewhat tied into it, there is a lot of shame if a person has to go out of their kith for aid, like welfare or Medicaid. So, people will act as if they are not on those programs because of the shame. Worse, government agencies will make sure that using government welfare is known. For instance, a lot of school districts will have different ways of processing students on subsidized lunch programs over those that pay full price and parents won’t sign up for the subsidized system because of the shame.

An iPad is a tablet.

The problem is that most people use tablets as a media consumption device, so the need to update is far less than a phone. Even then, the smartphone market has cratered as justification for flagship phones have dropped. As tablets have a lower demand than phones, that market has completely dried up.

It makes the existing situation worse for Trump. It could be the straw that breaks the camel’s back or another scandal to add to the pile.

How do you want to define yourself? Who do you want to be a decade from now? Do you have goals?

If you can start to define your future self, you can define your present self as trying to target your future self. You can also change your definitions over time; after all you choose them.

Social media companies created algorithms to allow people to find content without having to look for it. This drove users and content creators to their sites and off the web.

For social media companies, a user’s value comes from having an account, so they have a vested interest in locking away content. For content creators, it is a lot easier to get noticed if an algorithm provides the advertising and some sites now allow for monetization within their walled garden. For users, they get content that never ends.

The first crash is going to get the cops called, so I doubt you are going to be able to crash dozens of cars unless you’re doing it all at once.

Better to get your CDL and park a tractor-trailer and kill the air brakes.

We’ve already see baseball start to respond to some of the problems you listed, but I see it continuing to be a major issue for most leagues as the teams have got caught up in the asset appreciation seen in other kinds of assets.

We don’t really know. I expect things to degrade until we hit a constitutional crisis of some form.

Some people like spreadsheet sims.

The game series also mixed in a lot of mafia movie vibes and satire.

Then Rockstar realized you can release a lot less content by pushing online gameplay, stopping the release of single player content.

And Mamdani has stated that he is keeping on the current Police Commissioner for now.

I don’t see the coming administration targeting police reform outside the stated goals of a new agency being created to handle mental health related issues.

An effective monopoly can easily spiral to a real monopoly.

There is a large amount of state propaganda using the conflict as justification for the state’s existence. I would imagine whether people believe to be true or not to be on a spectrum line other countries.

Maybe, but the DPRK government is on its third generation hereditary leader with a senior leadership consisting of children of previous senior leadership. It is functionally an absolute monarchy.

CB Radio was big in the 70’s.

I don’t see the shows contributing to world hunger.

Except Netflix is never going to get the deals it got in the early streaming era; Netflix even made it part of their strategy.

Yes.