This all assumes that businesses and consumers can absorb the bump in prices due to the lack of a better deal. There are going to be plenty of construction contracts that Just Won't Happen because they won't be able to get the building materials they need to actually build something for a price that someone is willing to pay. That's the kind of thing that can wreck a bottom line.
I'm not so certain. I think they're perhaps opportunistic nihilists and have seen too deep into the abyss one too many times to know how to deal with the sheer amount of nothing they saw there.
Our mall arcade had no windows, thankfully. The original location was about the width of a British-style pub, with about 12-15 video games down one wall: Pac-Man, Tempest, and even Boot Hill (yes I am not kidding, that old thing) and about 12-15 pinball machines down the other wall (Xenon, Haunted House, they even had one from the '60's that spent more time out of order than in service). The arcade did so well they moved to a larger space, still with no windows. It had dim lighting, a black light or 2, and patterned carpeting. There was a juke box with 45rpm singles. Kids played Erotic City by Prince until one of the straightedge kids narced and their parents had the managers pull the record from the machine. I played Time Pilot for ages. I played Time Pilot '84 for about as long. Joust, and Crystal Castles, and Gauntlet. The arcade did so well that they expanded into an adjacent space which used to be a tiny hair salon. I remember when Super Pac Man showed up, and Reactor (with the awesome music in the attract screen), and when we first got Karate Champ and Kung-Fu Master, and Star Wars, and that BIG sit-in Star Trek cabinet. Above all, I was obsessed with Dragon's Lair, and I finally beat it in that very arcade, with only one person watching, well over a year later. I think that arcade lasted into the 1990's, pretty sure there was a Neo-Geo machine in there the last time I checked it out. I sure remember standing outside the doors after it went out of business.
Thanks. Remember, it's nothing against you, or even against people who were lied to in order to get their vote.
At some point, some random billionaire will become slightly less billionaire-y and freak out about tariffs wrecking their bottom line. Until then, we've all got to grab on to our sanity and hodl like never before.
Using public money for hit squads to hunt down ransomware gangs sounds great and all, but be sure to throw in some documentary crews as well, so we can get some good TV out of it.
I used Duolingo for a while (for French and Spanish) but it didn't allow for progress at the rate that I wanted to go. Then I realized that it was holding me back by design, to keep me using the app regularly. I know people who have done well with it, but it wasn't a good fit for me.
if you want to spend time re-reading those books, might I suggest spending that time finding new authors that are more deserving of your time and attention? Yes the books were pretty great; yes this situation is awful.
yeah today's been a day