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Do ESG funds yield much? It feels good to read about doing the right thing, but it doesn't feel good to have investments not pay off that require you to make cuts later. As a personal investor I could never really justify the expense ratios and historical performance for my retirement or investment. And I don't believe my silver of capital in the global economy makes any difference.

I don't see how these small state specific regulations can work. California is the only state big enough, and the EU as a whole does GDPR type regulations uniformly. Regardless of what they regulations are, I feel like it needs to be US federal level regulation to make compliance practical

Not a bad time to join if you can negotiate a good amount of pre IPO equity.

What does the state constitution say about this?

I don't believe it's the products, but the plants. CBD plants must contain less than a certain percent THC. But the finished consumer product derived from the plants can have more potent levels of THC creating a weird legal grey area as I understand it.

Yeah, it's totally fucked. And there's a weird part of me that is thinking this is "better". Israel not bombing indiscriminately and instead using special forces for more precise measure to hit military targets is what people want in some weird way. I can't tell if this is supposed to be viewed as still terrible or in some way an improvement in the way the war is being waged.

But in this scenario does China want America to eat the shit platter and broken glass?

Yeah. But I think part of the article's thesis is that although there was a cop in the school in Parkland who didn't do anything helpful, it was unclear if he violated training procedure. On one hand the public wanted to crucify this officer for doing nothing to actively stop the shooter, but on the other hand many in the public behind defund the police type movements don't believe there should be cops in schools (let alone armored and heavily armed one) which would have not done anything either to have an armed and armored officer in this school situation.

Not sure what the answer is, but I think it's a complex one that requires folks to temper the ideal situation for real practical near term change.

But how does that help school shootings which are specifically discussed in this article? Do we need designated SWAT officers at every school?

I agree an active shooter is a a unique situation. But there's questions of what police get trained on and how many hours of drills or practice for certain scenarios they have. There are questions of SHALL vs MAY language in active shooter response trainings. And this article also talks about individual psychology and warrior mentality that can't be tested until it is really tested in a real scenario. Sure a person maybe should be fired for not standing up to the real life or death test, but is that criminal?

Also I think the interview of the civilian that did stop a active shooter situation is important. He did not think the officer was guilty of any crime. He believes he handled it well because he does more firearm training and drills than the average cop. He joked he loved competing against cops and gun comps because they were so bad and had weird drills where they had to change diapers on baby dolls and shoot with the ff hand for this competition.

Thanks for archive. Difficult for me to do from my mobile app.

Yes, but this is a think piece that has interviews, questions, and political discussion around the aftermath and learning from this event and others.

It really depends on redundancy. Does Amazon have people that can do what iRobot staff does. For operational or sales teams maybe. If Amazon becomes the only store where you can buy a roomba, you probably lay off folks responsible for wholesale. That probably also means you lay off some marketing. But the core people that make the stuff probably have less redundancy. These layoffs are probably impacting the people that actually make and design the stuff, since they no longer or going to make all the stuff they planned. The hypothetical layoffs for acquisition would probably be smaller and impact different people at the company. And because it's an acquisition, there may have been negotiated more favorable severance terms,

I'm not mad. But the context around South Africa is interesting. The questions around the court really only being able to bring charges against recognized nations and not Palestine or Hamas is interesting. It's important to put this ruling in the larger context of world events and politics. Also the context of Israel actually showing up unlike Russia is important. I don't think the tone of the article is about being sour about the result, but the need for consistency.

Given the dreadful toll of civilian deaths in Gaza, reportedly now topping 25,000, Israel should answer questions about its conduct. Every member of the United Nations’ 1948 Genocide Convention has an obligation to raise concerns if they have evidence that a group of people is at risk of genocide. Given previous catastrophic failures to prevent genocide—in Bosnia, Rwanda, Darfur—more referrals to the court could be good news for the protection of civilians at risk. And unlike Russia, against which Ukraine made a complaint to the court in February 2022, Israel has indicated that it takes the charges seriously, attending the court to dispute the accusation.

iRobot said it would focus on margin improvements, reduce spending on research and development, and pause all work on “non-floorcare” products, including its air purifiers and robotic lawn mowers.

I doubt it. If you are stopping r&d and killing whole product lines, it makes sense to lay off the teams directly tied to those product lines. I'm guessing they needed Amazon to help them break into the market for areas outside of floor vacuums?

Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., on Sunday suggested that some protesters calling for a cease-fire in Gaza could be linked to Russia and urged the FBI to investigate.

I don't think this is a bad take. Russia will use social media for everything and anything that can magnify discord in American society. I don't think they care about the morale position of any side as long as pushing the messaging causes internal conflict in the American political conversation.

That's not what the article says. The article is saying that was true last year that the hiring spree was over optimistic and needed correction. Now that is not the case, but there's a weird knock on effect where the market has rewarded this behavior companies keep tightening to continue being rewarded. And there's a heard mentality where if company A gets rewarded by the market for layoffs, company B faces scrutiny from major shareholders not to do the same.

I think the initial correction of layoffs kind of made sense a year ago, but this article makes me think there is something not cool happening as it keeps continuing.

Possible to get a more reputable neutral less sensationalized source for this news?

So you can use and enrich corporations for smart phones, buying groceries, paying for transportation, your electronic payments, insurance, etc. But draw a line in the sand for loans to better your life whether it's education, home ownership, or car ownership?

Will there ever be a day where I can just buy a smart watch strap to attach to my mechanic watch to get biometrics and what not?