That $25 estimate included a 30% profit margin already.

The headline is misleading here (big surprise, I know). He didn’t change his mind about Trump. He just calmed himself down so he could advocate more clearly.

Yeah, those are mostly showing off. They’re not really what I’m getting at, either. I more want to challenge people to make useful things simply.

And yes, there are ways that JavaScript can be used to give users a faster and more streamlined experience. The web as it stands is so far past that justification. I swear there’s lots of “full stack” devs that haven’t a clue how to make a site without React.

Ukraine had nukes and gave them up. They were invaded.

Iraq gave up their WMD program after the first Gulf War. They were invaded again.

Iran definitely had a nuclear program, but doesn’t appear to be pursuing it anymore. They’re getting attacked and quite possibly will get invaded.

South Africa had a nuclear program and gave it up. Left alone.

The Great Powers, particularly the United States but also Russia, have shown that your country should just keep going once you start. Chances are, you’ll get invaded, anyway.

This is not the way towards anti-proliferation.

They’re destroying humanity both physically and mentally, so I certainly hope so.

I’m unimpressed by the people who use it.

They’re identifying themselves as ICE. Who they actually are is up for debate. They seemed to have rushed this so bad that they don’t have proper identification at all and do not care to.

Should remind them of that.

Aerosmith isn’t classic . . . goddammit.

Nothing in particular, but I’m happy to answer questions. Getting to know other community makerspaces in the region is a good idea. Everyone was winging it, but figured it out.

Momma has a squeezebox daddy don’t sleep at night

I’d like full stack developers to try something. Next time you have an itch for a personal project, see if you can make it with no frontend JavaScript. Just some CSS and HTML forms. All templating handled on the backend. Just try it and see how far you get. Don’t worry if it looks like a GeoCities page.

Then try finding places where JavaScript would make it more responsive or better UX in some way. Does the back button still work? Is it actually faster? Does it provide any benefit at all?

Maybe it does, but just try.

“They did it for COVID, therefore we get to do a for everything else” - MAGA, probably

Interesting. I wonder if the canister could fit in a modern microsat. Might be possible to recreate it for (relatively) cheap.

Interesting to work through the counterfactual on that. A lot of people seem to forget how the early Tea Party started. An awful lot of them pretended that they weren’t the same people supporting GWB all along.

So what happens if Obama does decide to prosecute members of the former admin? Does the Tea Party keep the ruse, or do they go to bat for them? How does that affect the outcome in the 2010 midterms?

Perhaps it would have made the Tea Party’s astroturfing more apparent to everyone.

There’s something ironic about the Trump Mobile site having a GDPR cookie notice.

Oh, yeah, once you break down everything happening in Factorio or Satisfactory, it’s pretty quickly apparent that you’re the bad guy in this story. I often hum “Paved Paradise, put up a parking lot” while playing them.

Sure, but the important point is that they know how to do better than they did. They’re refusing on purpose.

At the end of this term, George W Bush had around 30% approval. By that point, his administration had so obviously failed in multiple avenues that even Republicans were disowning him. By mid 2009, the Tea Party was pretending they weren’t the same exact people who supported his every major action in the first place.

That 30% number can be taken as close to an absolute floor of support for any sitting President.

Most of them likely voted. The 2024 general election had about 65% turnout. The protesters only make up a few percent of the population.