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Almost makes populist Argentine president Javier Milei's "pack 300 of your ideas into a mega-decree that effectively becomes law with immediate effect until/unless parliament gets around to repealing parts of it with a 2/3 majority" strategy look like the more sensible approach.

Man, I loved that game so much. And it was super easy to build and substitute your own levels, sprites, background music, sound effects, even the mechanics of the game itself, as much of it was script-based and the game came with editors for everything. You could practically write your own game on top of the existing engine and weaponry.

It also was the only game on my 486DX with its own minimalistic config.sys because it needed a mind-boggling 6800kB of free RAM.

I'm well aware of the difference (see my other posts). But it still means that even with the maximum fine, a revenue of 100 billion is still a revenue of 96 billion. Even with an unrealistically low profit margin of 10% it was still worth it to them.

You're making good points and I think we're on the same page. I agree that revenue does not equal profit, I just want the fines to be as high as possible.

I don't know, a percentage of revenue hurts more than the same percentage of net profit. Maybe some companies need to be forced to operate at a net loss until they clean up their act.

The EU knows fines of 'up to' 4% of revenue for privacy violations, which means the company still gets to keep 96% of whatever it's made by breaking the law. The fine should be a minimum of 50%, plus jail time for the managers responsible. Any punishment that does not make the shareholders cry with fury is too low and will do nothing to change the situation.

I also like RUD (rapid unscheduled disassembly).

Couch potatoes are important too! And from the looks of it she was a pro.

Mine should enjoy agility in theory - she's super smart, easily bored, very nimble and needs a lot of exercise. I don't know if she's being considerate by trying not to expose her clumsy human to such situations or if she just thinks such simple challenges would be degrading to such a majestic animal as herself.
\ At least our slightly overweight french bulldog (of all things) is ultra-motivated as long as there's a treat waiting behind every other obstacle.

Sounds like both a practical and fun car! Here's to many adventures with it.

As for the name, I have no idea. For some reason, Pierre comes to mind. Maybe because Nissan is french nowadays, or maybe I've just rewatched too many episodes of Danger 5 this week.

I've never dabbled in poly myself (just open relationships, which have some similar mechanics but a fundamentally different mindset), so the following is limited second-hand knowledge/opinion, but seeing as nobody else has replied...

First of all I don't think there's a definite answer to your question, as 'poly' is an umbrella term for a lot of different constellations: does everybody date everybody or are people just allowed to have several unrelated partners, is everything fair game or are there things you're only supposed to do with your main partner (if there is one), how are new partners introduced, who can have sex with whom, do the same rules even apply to everybody involved, etc. There's no right or wrong, only "everybody involved is comfortable with this" or not.

I myself haven't seen many poly constructs work out mid- to long-term, mainly for the same reason that many open relationships eventually fail: not everybody involved was equally enthusiastic about the open/poly part, and/or as mindful of their partner(s) ad the situation demands.

Those I've seen succeed all have two things in common: very, very good communication and unconditional trust.

One part of this is what some call "brutal honesty" - you talk about everything that might affect your feelings for each other - even, and especially, the things that may hurt your partner(s)'s feelings. This obviously demands a lot from everybody involved. You also need to accept the fact that your partner(s) will have feelings that may be hurtful to you but are still valid and good for them. For example you need to be genuinely happy for the person you love the most in the world when they fall in love with somebody new and/or have had better sex with them than with you. That's tough on many levels. It also means that there needs to be enough trust to accept and overcome jealousy and fear of loss.

You also see how easily such a degree of trust can be abused. That abuse accounts for, hmm, probably 90% of all the failed poly and open situations I personally know of. It never works out when one partner just goes along with it in order not to (entirely) lose the other partner, which sadly happens alot and is not always obvious from the start.

Funnily enough, a monogamous relationship would profit just as much from that kind of communication, only a monogamous break-up is generally more of an obstacle than a shift in a poly constellation (both for personal reasons and because of what society expects), and so monogamous constructs can be of a much lower quality before they're deemed unsustainable.

I've also asked a close friend with poly experience what they think is important and will add their response here once they've replied.

IMHO the full title should read, "Hertz replaces shoddily built and expensive-to-fix cars, which just happen to be EVs, with more reliable models, which happen to be ICE cars."

That, and there was something about charging infrastructure.

Sadly it didn't work for me. I liked the concept but gave up after two weeks because I didn't enjoy the experience at all and didn't seem to make any progress (Swiss learning Spanish). YMMV of course.

My driving instructor always used to say "for all its faults, a car is still highly addictive", and he's totally right. But of course how much you enjoy driving it depends on where and how much you do that. Congrats anyway! What type of car is it, and what style of name did you have in mind?

Ugh. One of our 'kids' has been using various dating apps for a couple years, and all they did was make her depressed and me immensely grateful that I've never had to resort to any of them. They're such a carnival of vanities, people killing themselves to outbid each other with unnatural selfies photoshopped to faux perfection (while simultaneously assuming that every other person is naturally beautiful without filters).
\ There should be a dating app or website with a strict ban on images that have been altered in any way.

Good for you to have scored a date though! Fingers crossed that there will be a second one.

Aww, so lovely. It's not often this actually works out, so I'm genuinely happy for the three of you. There's no such thing as too much love!

had my first agility lesson of the new year with the pups, and they rocked it.

Lucky you! Mine did every obstacle exactly once and then was like "look, now you know that I could do it if I wanted, can I go now."

Don't forget the pics!

severely injured my pinky toe

Aw man, that sucks both for its effects and for how much people underestimate the consequences. Did you stub it or cut it? Keep it snuggled up to the two toes next to it and make sure there's a steady supply of chocolate.

Congratulations, I presume?
\ Is it a poly constellation or don't you have a name for it yet?

Have a virtual hug anyways (no rubbing, promise). And remember - this too shall pass.

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