Glad you said something. As an American, I know we suck, but so does everyone else (to differing degrees - of course USA is still #1 🥲). We had a target on us for a long time, but Obama was in office when Brexit was happening. We were hoping for change with a black president and the UK was hating immigrants. We’re all the same, they just got to us first. I really hope other countries disdain for the US (often deserved) help lead them in different directions. There is a worldwide disinformation campaign, and it’s already taken hold in so many places. We are screwed at this point, but there’s still hope for other countries. Hearing people act like this is a US specific thing is honestly a little scary. People don’t realize how fragile everything is.

A comment above provides context for what those symbols actually stand for economically. It’s not just made up (to the extent that economics is not made up).

I’m not on this guys side at all, but it’s kinda a weird take to talk about the potential wipeout of an entire group of people as bad because they serve as an irreplaceable time capsule of information. I’m sure you care for other reasons too, but it just struck me as odd.

Love him saying he believed they are in shelters now. As if they were camping on the street when shelters were a great a perfectly viable option they were just ignoring. Even if local shelters have the capacity (they likely don’t), there are serious issues with the way a lot of them are run. People generally don’t want to be camping on the street, but I guess this guy thinks they were living the life and now are all back on the straight and narrow since out of sight is out of mind.

Thanks for your insight as an actual Canadian lol. We really are (and have been) trying to get this under control for years at this point. We appreciate you understanding that and seeing that at least it’s not all of us.

One of my Canadian friends parents have trump signs in their yard and they are Canadian and have never been American or even to America. It’s really crazy that this is happening so many places. At least we can hope that people see where it’s left us and start actually changing their minds for the better for their own country. What happened with Le Pen recently might have happened regardless, but after seeing what not punishing officials leads to, I hope other countries learn from our mistakes.

Good luck up there. I’m sorry this is where we are, but hopefully not for long.

Are you Canadian? I have some Canadian friends and their vibe is mostly pity and offering to help if needed. I hope Canadians aren’t upset at Americans as a whole, and I generally don’t get that vibe. Obviously I only know Canadians that know me, so they’re predisposed to being nice to me lol.

The whole point of ethics is that violating it makes it inherently unworthy. There were other safe and known methods for these children and my understanding is there is no guarantee that what he did would be effective.

He did it to make a name for himself. He’s not some rogue doctor illegally manufacturing and distributing insulin to diabetics who can’t afford it, he’s a self important narcissist who thought he could do what he wanted and that he was above the law.

My understanding is that there were known, safe and effective alternatives already and that there is not guarantee what he did actually did anything or that it didn’t cause some unknown harm.

Highly disagree. Are you in the states? Our guidelines are actually pretty sensible and the process is pretty inclusive. What kind of research do you do. I know some research that doesn’t “need” review still has to go through the process, but I’d rather the net be cast wide.

Yea, I didn’t bother to futz with my settings to make it load, but just based off the headline I couldn’t imagine it being a paid article, but that tracks honestly. These people have no sense of decency or propriety. What happened to tact and shame lol. It’s gross.

Oh weird. I can’t get it to load fully so I can’t tell, but I don’t doubt it. I was just curious what company would possibly want their product associated with this.

I’m very glad to hear that. I think it will long term be good for users and other companies (in that one sense, America going crazy isn’t good for anyone). Smaller non American companies will be getting more business and it will make the market more competitive. A lot of these other companies will maybe be more incentivized to prioritize privacy because it’s cheap to offer and a good selling point. I also think companies will see that supporting a fascist regime is not actually making them rich and they will be less likely to support far right candidates elsewhere.

I’m American and I’ve told all my friends that if they do not have an up to date passport they need to get one immediately and carry a photocopy with them at all times. It’s legitimately frightening. I have travel coming up that was booked before the election and I am extremely concerned about it. I’m a citizen and so were my parents. This is not the sign of a functioning country. Stay very far away. Do not buy our products or support our big businesses.

An ad for what?

If it makes you feel any better, it was mostly about hating people who were different ✨

Like so many things, it really depends on what you’re doing. I’ve worked a lot of different jobs, and some absolutely require a numpad and some I’ve never touched it. What people really need is programmable keyboards. If you need a numpad you don’t have to even move your hands if you program it right. Same with function keys. It’s better for you long term. So I’d actually suggest a smaller but programmable keyboard for everyone, even if they don’t use the numpad, plenty of great features on these keyboards.

Did you respond to the wrong person?

I don’t follow influencers, but I’m not really sure what the problem is here. You’re upset that someone has a job? That’s like saying: Plumbers engaging with plumbing / plumbers engaging with people who can pay them. Like yea, it’s their job to advertise to you. That’s why they do things. Plumbers don’t do it for the love of the game, and neither do influencers. Everyone needs to eat. If you like their content then you should be ok with ads, unless you’re paying them directly.

Honestly, even if you thought it was a Chinese bio weapon, he did a terrible job managing it. If anything it makes him bad at managing public health AND espionage.

Thanks for the link! Really surprising stats including “At case disposition, 65% of persons ages 12 to 17 charged with a felony in adult criminal courts were convicted, compared to 25% of persons charged with a misdemeanor.”

Def don’t link to your research. It’s bad opsec lol. In this case I do feel like mock trials would give a better indication as to the actual effect, seeing as in actual cases there’d be so much to account for. Really sad to hear this is the effect shown even in the research you did with mock trials.