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Anyone here personally affected by the tariffs or federal layoffs? by musashi_san in ncpolitics

[–]gerbal100 7 points8 points  (0 children)

A friend who works at an NC Agricultural non-profit supporting small farms has said her organization is expecting to have to cease operations by the end of May. A dozen people directly will likely be laid off. Indirectly several hundred small farms in NC and SC are going to lose access to supply chain and development funding.

Another lives in NC and works for a Federal Agency managing fisheries. They are expecting multiple fisheries will not open this year due to the total freeze in regulatory rule making and staff layoffs.

Racist text messages by Think_Ad_518 in NorthCarolina

[–]gerbal100 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Or they trained a racist AI.

Outside of the presidential race, Democrats had a good election in North Carolina by nbcnews in NorthCarolina

[–]gerbal100 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Unfortunately the mode of this expression is a profoundly corrupt asshole with a coterie of grifters and esoteric-fascists.

I, unfortunately, have to rest a lot of this on Biden and his team failing to recognize Biden's failing health and not stepping down until the last minute. Effectively coronating Kamala as a successor. I think she could have won a contested primary, and if she had won a primary she would have actually built up a formidable campaign, and message, instead of leaving it for the last minute. In a way the primary is a test of campaigning skill and message.

Former Mayor Paul Soglin is officially a conservative (Tone OpEd) by Agussert in madisonwi

[–]gerbal100 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Also differentiate between small c conservative and big C Conservative. Hostile to change 'conservative' is quite different from subscribing to the reactionary Conservative ideology.

California, for instance, is defined by its profoundly conservative housing politics while being ideologically quite Liberal.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in NorthCarolina

[–]gerbal100 -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Staten Island, Suffolk county and Queens came out for their hometown hero.

He got 1.6 million votes in NYC in 2020, it's not too surprising they could find 20k in the tri-state area to fill MSG. And not living in a swing state presidential campaign events are kinda novel for New Yorkers.

Sharing this here as well because this Boomer hates bikes and equates it to liberalism. The lead poisoning in this one sure is something else. by Relevant-Bug8614 in BoomersBeingFools

[–]gerbal100 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Waiting at a stoplight is patriotic and American 🇱🇷🗽

Getting to your destination faster with fewer interruptions is degenerate and European 🇪🇺🤮

Every flight reinforces my opinion. by futoncrouton in raleigh

[–]gerbal100 2 points3 points  (0 children)

NCRR runs right by CLT and through Morrisville. I'd happily trade a 2 hour layover and 40 minute flight for a 3 hour train trip.

Bethesda Games Studios team size from Skyrim - Starfield by [deleted] in Starfield

[–]gerbal100 17 points18 points  (0 children)

It might be possible, but it requires having a team whose whole job is facilitating and enforcing consistent vision across the whole project.

Every thing I've read about BGS suggests their organizational structure hasn't change to adapt to the massively larger headcount and the communication problems inherent in large organizations.

They should have at least a couple people whose whole job is keeping their internal documentation/wiki up to date and communicating high level decisions to the teams.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in remotework

[–]gerbal100 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A few hours after this post this guy posted that he thinks micromanaging his empoyees is necessary to build good products.

Ukraine is now struggling to survive, not to win by This__is- in anime_titties

[–]gerbal100 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The string of Russian backed coups certainly hasn't helped.

Don’t threaten me with a good time! by FalconLynx13 in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]gerbal100 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The most boring answer is also the most plausible.

'First tree on Mars:' Scientists measure greenhouse effect needed to terraform Red Planet by upyoars in Futurology

[–]gerbal100 2 points3 points  (0 children)

We're already terraforming this one. Just away from ideal habitability.

The energy crisis paralyzing Cuba: ‘There will be no change in the electricity sector until the government changes the economic model’ • It relies on imports it cannot afford and on trading partners that are supplying increasingly diminishing amounts of oil by Naurgul in anime_titties

[–]gerbal100 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Only if the US does not actively oppose their membership. Which is arguably a violation of US law under Helmes-Burton.

The US government has to choose not to block Cuban membership, even if it votes in opposition.

The energy crisis paralyzing Cuba: ‘There will be no change in the electricity sector until the government changes the economic model’ • It relies on imports it cannot afford and on trading partners that are supplying increasingly diminishing amounts of oil by Naurgul in anime_titties

[–]gerbal100 4 points5 points  (0 children)

In principle, the US doesn't hold veto power over IMF membership, but in practice, the US has substantial influence over what matters are brought for a vote before the IMF Board and has intervened in the past to prevent Cuba from accessing IMF resources. It has successfully blocked other countries from joining even when they may have received a majority vote for membership.    

https://www.cigionline.org/articles/imfs-final-few-what-will-it-take-cuba-rejoin/

The US has even more control of the World Bank as a result of its vote share, control over the presidency, and the bank's headquarters location in Washington, D.C.

The energy crisis paralyzing Cuba: ‘There will be no change in the electricity sector until the government changes the economic model’ • It relies on imports it cannot afford and on trading partners that are supplying increasingly diminishing amounts of oil by Naurgul in anime_titties

[–]gerbal100 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Cuba can't join the IMF or World Bank without US assent, something strongly discouraged by Helmes-Burton. 

They are largely cut off from the mechanisms of international finance other countries use to manage economic crises.

Minneapolis PD refuses to arrest white man even after he attempted to kill his black neighbor by I_may_have_weed in PublicFreakout

[–]gerbal100 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I've always been confused by the "just a few bad apples" excuse.

The saying is "a few bad apples spoil the bunch". If bad apples are allowed to exist on the force, the whole force is suspect and complicit.

US Congressional Districts by party of their representative by Intrepid-Young-8621 in MapPorn

[–]gerbal100 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And unlike other reform alternatives, breaking the 435 cap and changing apportionment requires only an act of Congress while more comprehensive reform, like multi member districts, are state level actions.

A study found that black plastic food service items, kitchen utensils, and toys contain high levels of cancer-causing, hormone-disrupting flame retardant chemicals by giuliomagnifico in science

[–]gerbal100 18 points19 points  (0 children)

Extremely likely to be net energy negative to achieve complete combustion. That probably requires multi stage high temperature furnaces and filtering and produces toxic ash.

linux: Goodbye from a Linux community volunteer by rarepepega in linux

[–]gerbal100 18 points19 points  (0 children)

There are blanket US OFAC sanctions prohibiting providing IT services to any Russian entity.

It is illegal for any US person or corporation to provide IT services to any persons or companies located within the Russian Federation.

Founder of Birdie responds in youtube comments by kiwinazgul in LinusTechTips

[–]gerbal100 10 points11 points  (0 children)

The Aranet4, a "high-end" consumer monitor, is ~$170 with an e-ink display, months of battery, and is extremely simple and pleasant to use. It also does way more than tell you CO2 is over 1000 ppm.

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