DrunkEngineer @ DrunkEngineer @lemmy.world

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A very large chunk of that budget pays for college education. In terms of academic outcomes, the US university system is second to none in the world.

I believe 4 of the 5 Cybertruck fatalities were from a single crash. While the truck may indeed be dangerous, there is hardly enough data yet to draw conclusions.

That's a good question, but it seems Canada tariffs will not be broad-based like US is doing. Instead limited to items that are either not critical consumer items, or can be sourced elsewhere at similar cost.

Not sure what practical difference there is between a sponsorship and an ad. Anytime I try to listen to my local public radio, each and every segment starts off with "this report brought to you by .....blah blah blah...."

"I am concerned that NPR and PBS broadcasts could be violating federal law by airing commercials," Carr wrote. "I have asked the FCC's Enforcement Bureau, with assistance from the FCC's Media Bureau, to initiate an investigation into the underwriting announcements and related policies of NPR, PBS, and their broadcast member stations."

Such an investigation is long overdue. My local NPR station broadcasts nothing but commercials.

I'm guessing most Federal workers aren't stupid enough to believe Trump would actually pay the buyout amount. Especially after Presidential "advisor" Elon failed to pay Twitter severance.

I don't know about Obama inauguration, but for the Biden inauguration both Google and Amazon donated a lot. Jeff Bezos also gave $100 million to the Obama Presidential Library.

Indeed, here are some of the donors for the Obama inauguration: https://www.opensecrets.org/obama/inaug.php

Paying a minor for sex alone is a violation of the Federal sex trafficking statute, no transportation across state lines required.

Indictment does not require unanimous vote.

Biggest blunder so far.

If you don't know, then just stop commenting. You are way out of your depth here.

They will get plenty of Federal welfare in the form of Trump's expanded Ethanol subsidies.

The design of the car heavily influences driver behavior, so you can't hand-wave away with "Tesla drivers are idiots". A major issue is that the FSD, sensors, cameras, etc. all give a false sense of security, leading to drivers engaging in more risky behavior. The term for this is Risk Compensation.

Very late:

https://www.axios.com/2021/02/13/us-tariffs-wine-cheese-imports-france-germany

Why should taxpayers subsidize someone's dumb decision to buy a Florida beach house?

I live in one of the blue-ist cities in California and my city council refuses to build any housing near transit or build any bike or dedicated bus lanes. There was also an attempt to use school funds to pay for a new downtown parking garage. At this point, a Trump administration is the least of my climate worries....

California: "First time?"

https://theintercept.com/2021/05/07/california-fires-chico-housing-real-estate/

https://www.politico.com/news/2020/10/20/justice-department-antitrust-case-google-430281

Republicans have a 2024 platform. You can Google it.