Most modern military planning considers it a foregone conclusion. Whether that's accurate or not is arguable, but approaching discussions of military spending from a perspective grounded in current planning is certainly reasonable.

CPI ignores the reality people feel (and swaps in cheaper items that aren't necessarily on par with the original to keep the number lower), gold isn't really a 1:1 with purchasing power...there must be some sort of useful composite metric that merges multiple data points over time like rental/house prices, CPI market basket, dollar vs hard assets like gold to come up with a more accurate number.

They're not any more interested in addressing it than the existing administration - it's just a talking point like everything else. Ammunition to get elected and then put away in a dark closet.

https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/19720005243/downloads/19...

You're low by several orders of magnitude. "The 2025 development cycle saw 2,134 developers contribute to [Linux] kernel 6.18" [1]

[1] https://commandlinux.com/statistics/linux-kernel-contributor...

It's not that hard to just avoid it. I send emails to a lot of people I haven't spoken to and don't know their gender, so I write gender-neutral emails.

Is your argument that the H1-B folks are better? That hasn't been my experience.

From there you can explore automation like pick n place machines, engraving, CNC plasma/routers, CNC subtractive machines (lathes/mills/etc). Or you can come back towards programming with PCB design and custom firmware.

If none of that sounds interesting, you can pick up an old project car from an MG to a Jeep XJ and everything in between.

The world is huge and getting your hands dirty is a really nice balance to time on the keyboard. The only downside is there's no ctrl+z or ^[u but sometimes that's where you learn the most.

How much of that actually came from soft power rather than "hard power", like USA actions in WW2?

If you were paying any attention at all, you'd see pretty much every 2A community, advocate and lobbying group was outraged by that statement and made statements against it.

Having said that, it is actually illegal to carry a firearm to go commit crimes like destroying government property, assaulting federal officers and obstructing them in carrying out their constitutional duties.

> your users don't deserve hostility from you either!

No one has the right to demand my time to review their PR to my code and explain or justify a rejection. If I don't want to accept PRs, that's a valid choice on my part.

What modern power grids typically have backups for individual residences and businesses? I haven't noticed that in Europe, Japan or South America; and it's certainly not normal in the US.

Yes. Most companies won't even spring for business/first class, which is 10-20% the cost of a charter. Unless your time is both limited and worth 4 digits per hour, it's not worth it.