bitofhope

Yea I know, had to get that digression out of my system, especially since you said "in any sensible meaning of the word" and all. Sorry, I didn't mean to nuh-uh you on semantics, just point out something that tickled my pedantry sense.

Edit: I also brought it up because IMO "decisive" is a bit of an odd choice to describe election victory, unless referring to some grander context where the election marks a major historical turning point in national or international politics in favor of the winning side.

Losing every swing state and failing to even win the consolation trophy of the popular vote after even Hillary fucking Clinton managed that much is something I'd call getting your ass handed to you. The US election system is terrible, but it's the game they were playing and Trump won hands down.

Also, not that it's the point but I have to note that technically most election victories are decisive, in the sense that they resolve the winner with little to no ambiguity (which is usually the case, even when the margin is narrow). In that sense, the only way Trump's victory is not decisive is if you contest the legitimacy of the whole election.

Doesn't hurt them to strike while the silicon is hot.

I wonder what the fuck the median engineer is even doing if "1000x" engineers supposedly exist.

My expectation is that the overton window lurches rightwards in Europe again. We might pretend to be oh so above the boorish Americans and their two right-wing parties, but you will see our very online right wingers from libertarians to fashies emboldened act as if normal boring moderate social democracy is unhinged turbo communism. As the US Dems continue to bury their heads in the sand and act as if Harris lost because she didn't cozy up to the right enough, the European left will be forced more and more on the rhetorical defensive. At least we still have openly pro-immigration, pro-queer, pro public spending politicians, but just like last time Trump won, the media is already scrambling to bring in the ultraliberal (economically) think tank shills to Magasplain why Trump is actually normal and fine and that world politics is not incredibly fucked to let him even near the possibly most powerful position in the world.

crotch goblins

Can we not? Even if you're a hardcore make-schopenhauer-look-like-quiverfull depresso-antinatalist it's not the baby's fault and dehumanization is dehumanization, even if the human doesn't have object permanence yet. Kinda wild to have a slur for something everyone has been at some point.

What the hell is this even arguing for? Is one module with ten million lines somehow better than 100 modules à 100k lines?

My prediction begins with a confession, for I have sinned. Seven years ago a younger, more foolish me purchased a small sum of Bitcoin out of curiosity. I had forgotten about this until just recently, when I found an old notebook where I had recorded the keys to access the accursed asset. The news about the price peaking after the election made me decide to take at least some advantage out of the result, so I cashed out, earning a tidy profit, which I dutifully reported to the state revenue service.

My prediction for the rest of the year is that as a penance for my transgression, I will spend the ill-gotten gains from my destructive action to poison my body and mind with concoctions of ethanol.

Bullish on Le Creuset

What do you mean "crashing the economy"? GDP is doing great! Line go up! Just keep staring at the NASDAQ composite and you will surely be able to afford a house by the time it hits $20k.

Overton window, more like overton viewfinder. Point it wherever you like and the median voter will agree everything to its left is radical extremism.

I swear to god post the map with lots of diagonal arrows one more time