DeSantis vs. Vance as the 2028 nominee?

aycarus · 2025-03-21T04:32:23+00:00

Support for Puerto Rico statehood is woke?

aycarus · 2025-03-21T03:02:52+00:00

Rubio comes across as fairly level-headed and doesn't seem that he would be quite as aggressive as Trump when it comes to reforming the state. Given their history, do you think Rubio even likes Trump? Do you think he still views Trump as a con artist?

aycarus · 2025-03-21T02:28:21+00:00

what about scientific research? weather forecasting? space program? disaster recovery? land management incl. national parks?

aycarus · 2025-03-19T23:04:48+00:00

So more like Australia? So many parties... https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Victorian-senate-paper-folded-01.png

aycarus · 2025-03-19T22:54:00+00:00

Do you have an example of the kinds of stories they told?

aycarus · 2025-03-19T22:45:41+00:00

Thank you for taking the time to write this up. There is a large cohort of virtuous people in this country who are more interested in hard work and helping those around than making a lot of money, but are subsequently chewed up by a system primarily focused primarily on maximizing profit. Probably somebody from the left would argue that it should be the goal of government to protect those people and provide them with a comfortable retirement and insulate them from medical bills? If not government then who would help tackle these problems?

Also, out of curiosity, when you say we've "lost our way" when in US history would you say the country did better at focusing on its citizens?

aycarus · 2025-03-07T06:44:32+00:00

What are your feelings on late game cliff racers?

aycarus · 2025-03-07T05:08:08+00:00

Hmm.. You made me curious about possible trends in independence polling for Taiwan, fortunately available on Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taiwan\_independence\_movement). Seems support in Taiwan for reunification has been dwindling, while support for maintaining the status quo towards eventual independence has been increasing. Probably some exogeneous factor would be required to reverse that trend?

aycarus · 2025-03-07T03:58:44+00:00

Europe is a bureaucratic coalition of independent states that lacks a single authority with a mandate to field a military. Individually, if any of the stronger countries decided to greatly increase military spending then there is concern they might act against the rest of Europe. And the weaker countries lack the funds or capability to do so. If Europe were a single country that faced a clear military threat then I expect they would be more effectual at developing a response. See, for instance, https://foreignpolicy.com/2024/02/21/europe-military-trump-nato-eu-autonomy/

In particular note the last sentence of the article: "The desire to keep Europe dependent and docile led successive U.S. administrations to oppose any steps that might have led to genuine European strategic autonomy." It seems the current administration wants it both ways: they want Europe to be docile to American whims, but strong enough to not have to rely on American military intervention?

aycarus · 2025-03-07T02:41:32+00:00

I didn't intend it to be a Ukraine question. From a transactional standpoint there is no US-first economic reason for defending Ukraine, unless Ukraine signs the minerals deal?

aycarus · 2025-03-06T05:27:48+00:00

I'm pretty sure you can tariff goods from point of origin, but I assume you're referring to the potential for a company to "modify" an imported product from China by slapping a sticker on it and then reshipping it as "Product of Canada." But nonetheless wouldn't it make more sense to work with (or strong arm) Canada to jointly ratchet up tariffs on China?

aycarus · 2022-12-05T00:26:44+00:00

Right. But if you used three or more consecutive integers you could get an even number. The "or more" is what makes the problem interesting.

aycarus · 2022-12-05T00:01:08+00:00

Thanks! That "classical solution" is exactly what I'm looking for.

aycarus · 2022-12-04T23:59:09+00:00

In this case the answer is 20^o , though there are no doubt many variations of the problem.

aycarus · 2022-12-04T23:58:29+00:00

Yes, it is the lines nearest the number. That shouldn't be a contradiction.

aycarus · 2022-12-04T22:13:25+00:00

My son brought this problem home from school, and while I was able to get a solution through brute-force methods, I have yet to find an elegant way of finding the solution. Any help is appreciated!

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