What checks and balances might be eroded today compared to 2017?

You have to admit, he really destroyed that strawman version of you though.

Thanks for the tip, I’m trying to be google-free, so I’m testing it out. A little too late for election season, oh well

Sometimes, the point of research is to experimentally prove things we suspect are true.

Nobody appreciates a Kindergarten Cop joke around here I guess

It’s Mewroo!

I’m guessing from his “don’t fuck with me” expression, that’s a cigar

Muscles are broken down during use and repaired / built during rest.

(same stove, pot and everything)

Yes, OP agrees.

I loved seeing the chain method of architectural engineering!

Especially since it specifically highlights porn in a different color, it labeled my VPN IP as “Likes Porn”.

You characterize George Carlin as a simple contrarian?

Where’s your encrypted USB recovery key stored?! Is it encrypted USBs all the way down?

Odd coming from someone who is fucking retired.

I’d suspect he sacrificed work-life balance his whole career (yes, CEOs are known for golfing and vacations, but I bet they still think of work 24/7). So just like people complaining about student loan forgiveness, some people get so angry if they perceive someone might have an easier experience than they did.

A corollary to “everything is a dildo, if you’re brave enough” would be “every day at the zoo is an acid/schroom day, if you’re brave enough”

It’s a very searchable name

I’m psyched for you! I just researched hardware benchmarks and ordered a new AMD laptop and planned to run Linux. But I didn’t research well, because the Wifi card doesn’t have official drivers yet and I couldn’t be bothered to learn to edit, make from source, and load alternate drivers, so I retreated to Win10 for a little. I’ll try again later.

Of course, algorithms! The answer was right there all along!

I think you’re getting downvotes because you’re projecting a narrative onto @Reyali and using quotes around non-quotes. They didn’t say they were “probably not right.”

I agree, everyone should be skeptical of information someone else is sharing, because we can’t assume intention. But what would motivate someone to say “I’m probably not right” anyway?

What’s interesting to me is that for you, your guard went up for someone admitting a potential of having missed something, which may make you more susceptible to people who are confidently wrong.

Most others’ reaction is the opposite, taking their statement as an attempt to be genuine and open to feedback. If someone invites feedback, is willing to admit they might be wrong, that’s a much better starting point for conversation.

Yep, that’s what the linked articles’ conclusion was. But 80dB vs 120dB is a huge difference, jackhammer compared to a dishwasher. Anyway, I’m out of my depth, I shot a bow last 30 years ago. And never as a stealthy assassin nor archery-based superhero.