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Several communes in the us have evisted which look very socialist - they all died out as the children didn't share the parents ideals. (most died out as marx was publishing his theories - as such all had differences from what marx proposed)

Wind resistance is a problem at speed which is why production trains rarely go faster. Airplanes at altitude see much less win resistance. (hyperloop would also be good but will never be reasonable to build even if the engineering challenges are overcome)

Farmers want to vaccinate their herds. Chickens appearantly don't vaccinate well (i have no idea why). But cows and pigs tend to take well to vaccination.

the us has killed tens of millon chickens over the many years of bird flus - trying to stop it be killing ever bird that might possible been exposed thus ensuring none can spread it. farmers have also enacted extreem bio security measures trying to ensure it doesn't get to their flocks. It is mostly working as chickens are not infected nearly as often as a few years ago. However cows and pigs are now being hit and they have different situations.

They can't: the speed of light is so slow that they don't even know we are here yet. even if they are in the tiny zone where we are detectable with arbitary technology, they can't get here in your lifetime because the distance is so large. they have to get here because to cover all sides of a round planet needs something on all sides since many useful frequencies don't go through the earth, not to mention they don't have enough energy available to pull this off from their home., there are a few more reasons this is impossible that I'm not aware of.

How long will you live there? Generally 7 years is a good rule of thumb for rent vs buy. Selling is more hasstle and expense. 7 years of no rent increases (read inflation, and your raises) and some principal paydown mean typically your have done better. However that is a guess. Sometimes even one year is better to buy, sometimes 15 years is needed (new roof and other major evpenses) just to break even.

1999 Ford F350 crew cab, long box diesel. I sometimes need to tow a heavy trailer and turns out most rental trucks don't allow towing, getting them scratched or any of the other reasons to own a truck. I have had it for about 15 years and put maybe 40k miles on it, so it isn't worth having any other car. Besides that 7.3 is the best engine Ford ever made.

my 800 gallon propane tank is more than half full. Since I switched everything but the generator to natural gas last year I can probably go several months if I can get food.

I don't have any 3d printers for fear I would be that guy. Don't ask about all my other tools. (but I did use my lathe yesterday)

Becase family is most often at fault. So the easy answer is right. But when it isn't family it is much harder to guess who might have done it.

Well you need to put a fair amount in for a long time to get that millionair. If you are 20 now you can get there by 40 by maxing out your 401h, but if you are 75 now maxing out the 401k may not have got you there. Many young people have student loans so they can't max out the 401k and have enough to live. There is also saving for a house in there. And only about 50% even have a 401k option - ira limits are such that I'm not sure you can get to a million with them. Many people also don't make much even if you get a 401k at fast food (30 years ago they gave you that after 10 years in the store I worked in - when you maxed out and didn't get raises)

last but perhaps most important there is opportnity cost. several of my classmates have died in accidents long before they could retire. death rates from non accidents start to raise around 60-65 so even if you retire you may not have long to enjoy that wealth. For all of the above people they should have saved zero and enjoyed life young. Of course odds are you will retire but don't pin all your hopes on life after, start living now. Even if God tells you that you will live to 100, your body will start to have issuse starting between 40 and 55 - there are some activites it will be too late if you don't do them young - so go climb that mountain if you want.

there are reasonable odds that one of a couple will live 30 years after retireing (oiten there is an age difference so just expected lifespan may get you 20). Retired people should still have some long term investments. Not 100% like a 30 year old but not zero.

I'm surprised the other search engines have got a antimonopoly ruling already

Maybe. I have millions of lines of c++ and making rust work with them will often be more work than just implementing the feature in c++

They would not have stopped 9\11. There are many needs for box cutters in the secure zone of airports and so the security of pre then would have caught them. As such it is likely the terrorists obtained their weapons from a 'friend' after passing security.

Those tsa lines are the ideal attack boint for a terrorist just plant your bomb is a garbage can and you can kill many without suticide tactics. If the tsa was interested in security you would not allow people to be in lines.

As a C++ developer Rust's borrow checker is very interesting - it promises to solve my issues with C++ without the issues that make other languages (ie Java, Python...) have in the real world. (remember we choose C++ for a reason, Java isn't correct for our application - if Java is correct you should use that instead)

That would be achievable in the US as well - 140k US saved and living a "simple life". Those some people who try it go back to work in a few years because it turns out they value a more complex life. YMMV.

For most of us reading this it is an obtainable retirement income. On the world stage if you can read this you are probably rich. A little bit of savings can get you 3k inflation adjusted once you reach "old age".

There are very few people who feel this way. CEOs making millions per year feel like they need to work - their mansions, airplanes and such cost so much money they don't dare not work. It never occurs to them they could live like the rest of us.

Nobody knows. Serious, there are a lot of factors people will point to in here. Some of them are real factors, but every time I dig in I discovered that they do not explain everything. Prices have gone up much faster than inflation for decades even after accounting for government subsidies.