Make it simple. Stare at a clock with a big second hand. Take one breath every 15 seconds. Then, after a minute or so, push it out to 20 seconds, then one every 30 seconds.

For the 30, my pattern tends to stabilize on inhale for 5-7, hold for 5-7, and then a slow exhale. I find that after the first exhale, if I give a little push I can get more air out of my lungs.

Do this once a day, 7-10 minutes session, for a week, and see if things aren't a little different.

if you add random rolls, you get a gaussian, thanks central limit theorem.

if you sum them, you get a lognormal distribution, which approximates a power law up to a cutoff

except that the conversation in question, and similar such conversations, are required by federal law to be archived.

So explicitly choosing a communication channel that violates federal law for conducting federal business is, umm, sketchy?

Ideally, "hacker news" is for people who have a hacker/engineer mindset. Look at the actual facts of the situation, not the flashy sales brochure.

Odds are that your second hypothesis is the correct one. You may wish to start by comparing what you think the current administration is doing with what it is actually doing.

You cannot count on Fox News to be accurate, they have never claimed to present "accurate" news.

You may be interested in the results of this study, where Fox viewers were paid to watch CNN for a month.

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/fox-news-study-compari...

I think you underestimate what a capitalist system can accomplish, and how quickly.

emergency systems need to _just work_.

Your "take a bike" solution is far superior. Thanks for your post.

I see no advantage to drones in areas with a road network. Vanity, yes, and cool sci-fi memes, but physics isn't just a good idea, it is the law.

https://www.sas.upenn.edu/~cavitch/pdf-library/Nagel_Bat.pdf

My impression is we attribute great value to organisms that can effectively push back against us.

respect based on force.

Not saying I want things to be that way.

No, it is not tasked with audits. It is not performing any audit before its actions, nor is it producing anything resembling an audit.

No, audits do not require root access. And in fact root access (the ability to change data) contradicts audit best practices.

That's because they believe in maximum transparency.

I supposed guns could be used to do that, but they really seem an inferior tool.

The incompetence at DOGE is staggering. Absolutely no security on their .gov webiste: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43045835

can't even get mail merges to work, see some of their emails terminating people. Telling people to sign the doc and then not attaching the doc.

The search for 'probationary' employees failing 3 times because they didn't check the definition of the term.

No, technical competence really isn't DOGE's strong point.