An AI is like delegating it to the junior programmer you don't have. You spend 5 minutes writing the spec rather than an hour coding.

It's usually something you could do yourself, and just can't get motivated to type out the code in the moment.

A big factor has been diversity quotas to make organisations DSG numbers meet the requirements of institutional investors, political pressure and activists.

Problem is: pushing diversity into traditional male roles didn't result in boys diversifying into non-traditional roles such as nursing and teaching, and now you have those other roles being filled with immigrants to make up for the shortfall. And those immigrants don't care for diversity.

- Tech or engineering company hires foreign resident engineer.

- That engineer works their way up in the company to a position where they are in control of hiring.

- They hire more people like them.

We used to accuse start-ups for hiring for cultural fit (people like them) which looked like sexism and ageism. Same thing, different group.

Why?

They're individuals who above all look to secure the steady job that will provide the standard of living they aspire to. Unless someone can self-fund and run as an independent, they are beholden to those who provide the funds required to run for office and also have to pander to whichever party put then on the ticket.

What is the alternative when the Democrats appear just as much beholden to corporate finance, and position themselves as the party for city dwellers?

I also disagree on the wealth redistribution. Government agencies are managers of risk. *

Is there a risk to the country's food security if farmers go bust on mass? Then the Government needs to mitigate that risk. Fairly simple.

* This was the explanation from the director general of non-US primary industries department as to the whole reason they exist. Managing biosecurity risks are particularly important, but also managing fishing stocks and helping farmers mitigate their risk.

I don't think the "Down to the Countryside Movement" was what the Red Guard were expecting as their reward for supporting the revolution.

The current agitators in the West need to remember that the latitude they currently have to dissent and protest isn't likely to exist after the actual revolution.

Grok often suggested shares that jumped significantly within the next few weeks. Wondering if it's access to Twitter gave it an advantage in predicting major upswings based on general sentiment.

Switched to potassium-enriched salt for cooking so no-one else in the household has to suffer bland food.

Beetroot juice (+ apple & carrot to counter the acidity) is also something you could try. Actually good for your blood flow with potential flow on effect for your BP.

Personally taking Omega-3 and magnesium supplements.

It's a fairly safe bet that the harder the cheese, the higher the sodium content.

Wouldn't recommend Googling it. You either know or just take a guess.

Also unlike a phone I won't get fined for looking at my wallet while stopped at the lights.

For example, pulling in to buy petrol because they're displayed price is good. You don't know how much you have available in the transaction account, but you have cash.

Rare Earth exports was a known lever that the CCP uses in a trade war, and Trump was very likely to restart his previous one.

However, the Pentagon putting money into MP Materials was quite unexpected, and people are still throwing money at them.

Ball park for a processing plant is 1.5b and 2-3 years from digging foundations to operations if the funds are there and it's fully approved. A lot of the metallurgical testing can be done in parallel with the build, but getting off-take partners requires being able to prove you can supply, and the off-take partners usually supply a lot of the funding.

Case in point, Lynas' Seadrift project in Texas is stalled and may not proceed due to an waste-water permitting issue and the USG not wanting to provide the additional funding required, or fully commit and guarantee off-take.

There are many better deposits in Australia with more HRE or Brazil (huge ionic clay deposits). Lynas's Mt Weld is weathered carbonatite so also lot more economical for mining.

Halleck Creek is the one to watch in the US as it looks to have a lot more HRE.

Yeah, this one with the added bonus of having the whole family in the car - and for some reason I'm not steering at all for a lot of the time.

Weird dream.

She mainly likes squeaky plush toys, doesn't like rope toys at all. She also likes tennis balls which is a completely different game to the ones she plays with the plushies.

The smell factor might explain why she initially turns completely off a favourite toy after it goes through the wash.