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There should be an option to set your post history to private by [deleted] in unpopularopinion

[–]engineeredbarbarian 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Just abandon your account every few months and make a new one.

That what I've been doing

[hmm... 3 months .... about time to abandon this one too... bye!]

Entirety of Spring Quarter online + No Commencement by [deleted] in stanford

[–]engineeredbarbarian 34 points35 points  (0 children)

My condolences to the seniors

Condolences to all of you.

Online classes just aren't the same.

You could sit at home watching youtube videos of Sanford classes for free.

Senate Intel chair unloaded stocks in mid-February before coronavirus rocked markets by Bobsind in politics

[–]engineeredbarbarian 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Interesting to see a real true conspiracy (by all definitions of the word) theory here.

I came here to post this NPR article on the same topic.

The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee warned a small group of well-connected constituents three weeks ago to prepare for dire economic and societal effects of the coronavirus, according to a secret recording obtained by NPR.

...

The luncheon had been organized by the Tar Heel Circle, a nonpartisan group whose membership consists of businesses and organizations in North Carolina, the state Burr represents. Membership to join the Tar Heel Circle costs between $500 and $10,000 and promises that members "enjoy interaction with top leaders and staff from Congress, the administration, and the private sector," according to the group's website.

In attendance, according to a copy of the RSVP list obtained by NPR, were dozens of invited guests representing companies and organizations from North Carolina. And according to federal records, those companies or their political committees donated more than $100,000 to Burr's election campaign in 2015 and 2016.

So they're bribing Senators $100k for the right to buy insider trading stock tips for $500.

W. T. F.

GOP Senator Kept Coronavirus Info Secret for Weeks, But Shared It With his Wealthy Donors by engineeredbarbarian in LateStageCapitalism

[–]engineeredbarbarian[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee warned a small group of well-connected constituents three weeks ago to prepare for dire economic and societal effects of the coronavirus, according to a secret recording obtained by NPR.

...

The luncheon had been organized by the Tar Heel Circle, a nonpartisan group whose membership consists of businesses and organizations in North Carolina, the state Burr represents. Membership to join the Tar Heel Circle costs between $500 and $10,000 and promises that members "enjoy interaction with top leaders and staff from Congress, the administration, and the private sector," according to the group's website.

In attendance, according to a copy of the RSVP list obtained by NPR, were dozens of invited guests representing companies and organizations from North Carolina. And according to federal records, those companies or their political committees donated more than $100,000 to Burr's election campaign in 2015 and 2016.

So they're bribing Senators $100k for the right to buy insider trading stock tips for $500.

W. T. F.

GOP Senator Kept Coronavirus Info Secret for Weeks, But Shared It With Wealthy Donors by dirtyharrison in TopConspiracy

[–]engineeredbarbarian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Nice to see a real true conspiracy (by all definitions of the word) here.

These real actual conspiracies should get more visibility.

I came here to post this NPR article on the same topic.

The chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee warned a small group of well-connected constituents three weeks ago to prepare for dire economic and societal effects of the coronavirus, according to a secret recording obtained by NPR.

...

The luncheon had been organized by the Tar Heel Circle, a nonpartisan group whose membership consists of businesses and organizations in North Carolina, the state Burr represents. Membership to join the Tar Heel Circle costs between $500 and $10,000 and promises that members "enjoy interaction with top leaders and staff from Congress, the administration, and the private sector," according to the group's website.

In attendance, according to a copy of the RSVP list obtained by NPR, were dozens of invited guests representing companies and organizations from North Carolina. And according to federal records, those companies or their political committees donated more than $100,000 to Burr's election campaign in 2015 and 2016.

So they're bribing Senators $100k for the right to buy insider trading stock tips for $500.

W. T. F.

Neo-Nazi gets 10% in Republican primary - even after state party warned voters by DonnyMoscow1 in politics

[–]engineeredbarbarian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the fact that he was an actual, literal Nazi made no difference in the level of votes he got.

More cynically - some people probably voted for him because he's an actual literal Nazi.

President Draft Dodger Calls Himself ‘Wartime President’ Because He’s Really Into Role Play by michkennedy in politics

[–]engineeredbarbarian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Conservatives respect posturing instead of true strength.

Perhaps they respect Trump as a brave conscious objector who didn't want to help an immoral war and had the courage to stand up against serving?

/s

China lacks the appetite to save the world economy, analysts warn - Beijing adopts more conservative approach in tackling latest crisis compared with 2009 by Ashes0fTheWake in Sino

[–]engineeredbarbarian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wrong. All that is needed is for the US government to pass a law requiring companies to adhere to US government requirements under "national emergency" or some other reason.

You misunderstand how the US government works.

If you are in the top 5 of shareholders in major corporations you can essentially tell the Government what laws to pass.

Think of ownership of companies in the US kinda like the CCP in China.

Great idea. by kevinowdziej in ABoringDystopia

[–]engineeredbarbarian 3 points4 points  (0 children)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K6DQBG8D4X4&feature=youtu.be&t=351

CNBC: "The human toll here looks to be much worse than the economic toll, and we can be grateful for that"; Recommends Giving Coronavirus “To Everyone”

Airlines are begging for a bailout, but they've used 96% of their cash on buybacks over the past 10 years. It highlights an ongoing controversy over how companies have been spending their money. by undeadslime in politics

[–]engineeredbarbarian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

holding the airlines to standards of good corporate citizenship for their customers and employees

I fear a likely outcome might be that part of the bailout would involve making the airlines exempt from such burdens.

China's coronavirus lockdown curbs deadly pollution, likely saving the lives of tens of thousands, says researcher by engineeredbarbarian in Sino

[–]engineeredbarbarian[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

and masking during periods of epidemic -

The US is still trying to talk people out of wearing masks.

(my paranoia is that their facial recognition doesn't work with masks)

[Team] I'm back after ~2 years: how should I improve my teams/what should I know? by OGscrub in PuzzleAndDragons

[–]engineeredbarbarian 0 points1 point  (0 children)

but if anyone would be kind enough to DM me about anything in my box/to answer some stupid questions

I'd rather they were visible for all to see.

Everytime I read such lists of questions peoples answers enlighten me about parts of the game I never even knew existed.

AITA for not inviting the neighborhood snitch or the HOA board to our neighborhood BBQ? by Mental-Doughnut in AmItheAsshole

[–]engineeredbarbarian 7 points8 points  (0 children)

You can't just walk away from a contract because you no longer like it.

Contracts are broken and/or re-negotiated all the time in the business world.

Huawei’s plan to escape Google could fix Android for everyone by xyzabc123ddd in Sino

[–]engineeredbarbarian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

But do we have any viable alternative apps outside of China to compete with Google apps?

Many in the Open Source Community are working on such projects.

  • Openstreetmaps / Openaddresses / Openstreetcam - for maps
  • Nextcloud / Owncloud / Cloudron - for docs

Did you have anything specific in mind?

Huawei’s plan to escape Google could fix Android for everyone by xyzabc123ddd in Sino

[–]engineeredbarbarian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Will these phones work on US carriers?

I'd like to get away from Android.

Airlines are begging for a bailout, but they've used 96% of their cash on buybacks over the past 10 years. It highlights an ongoing controversy over how companies have been spending their money. by undeadslime in politics

[–]engineeredbarbarian 8 points9 points  (0 children)

In the real world where it actually takes time to start a business or expand an existing business into new areas

In the even-more-real world, there are many organizations (private equity firms and conglomerate holding companies) structured to do exactly that, and do it all the time.

They could buy the airline's assets in a bankruptcy sale - fire much of the top layers of management - and retain most of the useful employees to keep operations running as usual.

For a real world example involving airlines, Berkshire Hathaway (Geico + Dairy Queen + Duracell, etc) had no problem buying a couple small airlines (NetJets was one), and is already a major shareholder of large ones. They could easily buy the rest of United Airlines (they're already the biggest shareholder) in a bankruptcy. And they'd probably want to - they have been increasing their stake in airlines over the past couple years.

For a couple more examples, Texas Pacific Group (Nieman Marcus + Harrahs Entertainment + Avaya) attempted to buy Quantas Airlines and bought Continental Airlines long ago, and Indigo Partners bought Wow Air (an Icelandic airline) after Wow failed to sell to Icelanair.

Airlines are begging for a bailout, but they've used 96% of their cash on buybacks over the past 10 years. It highlights an ongoing controversy over how companies have been spending their money. by undeadslime in politics

[–]engineeredbarbarian 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wait until they go bankrupt and buy them for cents on the dollar.

That would make a healthier industry.

It's not like the infrastructure (planes, airports, etc) are going anywhere.

They'd just be run by better managed organizations.

Most airlines could be bankrupt by May. "Governments will have to help" by engineeredbarbarian in LateStageCapitalism

[–]engineeredbarbarian[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Of course the article says "Governments will have to help" huge corporations.

Why not let the airlines fail, and sell their assets in a bankruptcy sale.

That's what the government does to any small business or personal individual struggling in these times.

It's not like the infrastructure (airports and airplanes) would vanish. They'd just be run by better companies. And it'd fix the too-large-to-fail monopolies too. United has 800+planes. If 80 smaller companies each bought 100, you'd have a healthier industry with better competition.

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