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  • i think i have it downloaded so i could probably do a much cleaner analysis later but this pretty much looks about right to me. The entire show having a singular sinewave would drive people insane lol. Sound design is crazy.

    also hot take, 60hz grid frequency is the objectively correct frequency, since it matches with the seconds/minutes paradigm nicely.



  • IMO as long as states like Iran aren’t getting access to nuclear bombs, it’s all kinda fair game at the end of the day. It puts everyone on the same level playing field.

    It’d be like going to war against a nation with guns, using swords. You’re not going to win, simple as that.

    The problem naturally, is that unstable nation states are a unique threat to the global population. As long as they don’t have access to nuclear bombs, generally, things should only get more geopolitically stable because the cost of humanity suffering would otherwise outweigh every possible benefit (primarily economic collapse and hardship)

    quick edit: most people would argue against this because nukes are big and scary. Most things are, i’m an objective realist and a political nihilist so things like “nukes are big and scary” isn’t really a significant consideration for me at the end of the day. And besides, the government could just black van me if they really wanted to. It’s not like i’m a significant target.

    also, there are arguments to be made surrounding this for fission based nuclear energy, which is kind of nice.

















  • Why? He did literally nothing to address it.

    What the fuck are you supposed to do? Unprint money???

    ???

    the fed is an independent agency, just look at trumps previous term. He couldn’t get them to do what he wanted, even with appointing a guy he liked.

    The president may not have the legal authority to dismiss a chairman before the end of a term, although this assumption has never been tested in court.

    also this.

    Price controls? Ronald Reagan?

    price controls may have worked. It’s hard to say unless you look at the revenue streams and accounting directly. But then you wouldn’t need price controls either so…

    Ronald Reagan had some pretty stupid economic policy. Notably removing legislation that would’ve prevented the 2008 financial crisis. But that doesn’t count apparently.