HN constantly derides the "number goes up" mentality

so, Trump is in agreement

he is saying he will prioritize jobs over "number goes up"

be careful turning off the power to NYC...your brokerage accounts in Canada might stop working!

the cartels are not just a problem for Mexico and the US, they are a global scourge

once free from the cartels, Mexico will become a major global economic power

HSR is now the greatest infrastructure boondoggle in US history, and its "record" will get worse the longer it goes on.

HSR has already failed. No matter what happens with it from this time forward, the project is the worst infrastructure failure in US history.

I dare Newsom to put it to a new Proposition; you wouldn't even get 10% of Californians wanting to keep it alive.

Just kill it already! You can blame Trump!

the EU has settled for using US tech but just taxing the success with fines

these folks are basically at a light sprint

In the same way it is desirable for your car to be deemed a write off after an accident

in almost every case, these folks seems to be remote workers who can't/won't comply with RTO so they are taking a payout

stoics don't write multi-paragraph goodbye letters

if the EU wants to bankroll and arm Ukraine, and Ukraine wants to go on fighting, then by all means proceed

the outcome will be the same, just with more death and destruction

look at maps - Ukraine is not winning

Russia is not winning either but they also aren't losing

if they are allowed to retain some sort of pro-rated portion of their retirement benefits, I can see a lot of people going for it

is this where we are? you literally cannot have even demand trivial operational competency without being called a nazi?

but its actually fine software

Cleverness makes for macho code golfing and aha moments in small codebases

Cleverness makes you quit your job when the codebases pass 10k lines

if my current employer offered a similar buyout, I would jump on it instantly

buyouts are an honorable way of reducing headcount - both sides consent

contrast this with current trends in tech - PIP...

the real pro-level insight is understanding that the people left behind are often in a worse position - inertia keeps them locked into a dying company

he did succeed in getting "them" to "vote for us for the next two hundred years" which is exactly a part of the quote attributed to him...the real quote is actually quite a bit more offensive and is revelatory (Google tries to bury the quote now but you can find it)

what LBJ delivered is the plight of most inner cities now...ask yourself if this is "progress"

btw feel free to read Caro's "Master Of The Senate" for the full download of LBJ's crazy racism...even by the standards of the time and the standards of the South, the man was more than willing to say things out loud that made people blush...a lot of it is just deranged and near-psychotic

Case in point, his own driver...he asks the guy one day what his first name is, when his driver replied, LBJ goes on some whacko screaming tirade that he "has no name and is nothing but a n-----" and continues to rant in a like fashion...who says things like this?

This isn't your money

Canada has hollowed out its economy and reduced itself to real estate Ponzi schemes or exporting raw resources. Otherwise there is nothing. Canada put itself in this situation and instead of torching Trump, Canadians should be torching their own government for pursuing identity politics and virtue signalling over real national development.

Bullies seize on weakness. Canada is an easy target.