We should just track all the boats! Easy!

No prob, added!

If you link the note I can add it

I think it’s part of human nature to try to improve things. If we just said “be happy with what you have” we wouldn’t have the very nice things we enjoy today.

But at the same time people are wary of change, and if something works well it is a risk to try to improve things. Older people have been around a long time, so nostalgia and routine is more engrained so they’ll be more critical of change even if it works out in the long run.

But no matter how good it gets people can ALWAYS find something to bitch about and some are just insufferable

Deep state is (generally agreed to be) non-elected officials who have the ability to sway govt functions. They can stick around for decades which is a good thing until it’s not. Their “power” is more about making things not happen.

The “resist” movement from the first admin could be seen as an example of deep state. If an elected person wants to do something that they have the power to do but the lower levels of govt disagree (ie it isn’t in someone else’s best interest) suddenly there will be things to stop it from happening or make it so slow, painful and costly that the elected would rather do something else instead.

Errors in paperwork, extra “random” inspections, key people in the process calling sick, insisting on following all procedure step by step no matter what etc.

BBC’s “Yes Minister” really nails the concept

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I can hear the sax now

Yup goes for controls too! I remember PS1/PS2 games having WILDLY different control schemes even between games in a series. COD pretty much standardized shooter controls to the point that playing any shooter that broke that mold was a real struggle at first

Bare minimim add some punctuation if you are really going to stick with one word replies

“Good!” comes off happy or excited “Good?” is confused and unsure “Good.” is more serious than no punctuation

Look I’m not fantastic at conversations but adding just a little something is key to keep the ball rolling. It gives them something to go off of.

“No I didn’t do much, you?”

“I went to the mall”

“See anything cool?”

“That new movie is finally out we should see it later!”

Iron Sky Intensifies

tldw Everyone assumes the US made a secret illegal armed space ship (they did) so almost every other country did too. The US was offended that anyone but them broke the rules but they all had to fight the moon nazis together so no big deal

The inflation reduction act was in 2022, everything but amazon was built and operational prior but I get what you mean. I should have phrased it better.

Yes the federal govt likely had some role in getting favorable conditons for factories to be built. For people living there the following years (and years) of company cash flow caused a lot of the actual second and third order effects, not federal programs aimed at the region specifically. That is what I mean by “the fed govt had little to do with it (from the residents’ pov)”

I guess it’s storytime! The rural area I grew up in was full of unionized industry jobs that shut down in the 80s, and then the auto industry followed in the 2000s. Many moved and for those that stayed life had sucked for a long while.

But the local mall stayed relevant (there’s not a whole lot else to do) and is now being filled with all kinds of new restauraunts and stores where old dead ones were. This was to meet demand since electric vehicle factories were built as well as amazon warehouses and other stuff. Then the taxes led to libraries and schools being built and upgraded.

Now it’s not all sunshine and rainbows of course but for the people there the world seemed cold and uncaring for decades. Now in their eyes it’s starting to come back and the federal government had little to do with it. I guess what I’m saying is that it’s all pretty subjective

It gets said over and over but the country is huge and your experience can vary greatly. If you are a govt employee work is likely more chaotic, some more than others. Telework people coming back to the office, looming layoffs, people resigning/staying, big organizational shifts etc.

If you know a person deported of who may be deported you are probably very concerned for them and the world feels turned upside down.

But for most people the gas prices are about the same, groceries are about the same and their life is about the same. If it wasn’t for the news/internet most people probably couldn’t tell the difference between administrations so far. It takes a big event you can’t easily ignore (Covid 19, Hurricane Helene, LA fires) for even ONE REGION of the country to focus on a problem for a while.

And even then if you are outside of that area people probably won’t change their routine beyond posting about it.

Not complete darkness. I got a nice warm led night light just bright enough that I can see what I’m doing. But yeah going spa mode after a long cold day is very nice

You think him not being mentioned is a coincidence? I think it’s mainstream media doing damage control to reel in their prior reporting. Since he was at large for a while his face and later his name was EVERYWHERE. In cases of mass shootings the shooter is almost never mentioned or named anymore. There’s a reason for that

Media plays a big part in encouraging copycats looking for their weeks of infamy. In the past it used to be serial killers, then years ago it was mass shootings, and thanks to the instant stardom they gave Luigi the near future could very well be more assassinations.

Right or wrong his success was demonstrating that being rich doesn’t mean someone is untouchable.

Idk anything about roombas, but aside from those basic algorithms I assume there’s a ton of telemetry going back to corporate

My dad was a dispatcher and if your center is anything like his you guys are overworked and overlooked way too often. Thanks for all you do!

Tell them it was a mistake, not an accident lol

I had a friend of mine bump the emergency assistance button in a rental car, and when he told them it was an accident they were like “how bad is anybody hurt?” and all that

Pedialite is great for rehydrating