Okay then, they can't use it on their government devices. That's already within the power of those agencies to set rules for. They don't need a new law to do that.

There's a lot of money you can get that doesn't even have to be spent on actual military or classified stuff, too. The US military funds a ton of basic, public research. Personally I think if you're able to get the military to give you money for that sort of stuff, more power to you.

Became, not because.

A lot of countries regulate their food imports for protectionist, quality, and health reasons, so if prices are high sneaking them into the country to avoid tariffs and other restrictions becomes a viable trade route.

> It's not easy and you get a serious side-eye for it, plus feel out of touch with the rest of the student body still in their high school party phase.

I've tutored freshmen and juniors and had joint grad/undergrad classes, if you're there to learn and not being a party animal nobody's going to care. Hell I've had old people in classes before, nobody cared.

I agree in principle, but not all non-community colleges have the resources to accept all applicants either. I know some that actually had to defer some incoming students because of not physically having enough space to house them.

> It sucks because if someone fucked up in high school, they're basically ruined for life.

You don't have to go to college right away after high school either, and it's not like you can't reapply/apply to others once you've improved your skills from high school. And then there are vocational schools, trade schools, etc.

That's not what this was about. This was about bypassing admissions, the parents had plenty of money to pay for their kids to go.

I'd just like them to kick out Musk so they can have some actually competent leadership rather than a CEO who is now spending all of his time driving Twitter into the dirt.

That would likely require sanctions, the US is still too dependent on Chinese imports to start significantly severing ties like that.

And yet US citizens are still required to pay federal taxes even if they live outside the US, don't see why whistleblower protections couldn't still apply when the company in question is headquartered in the US.

Hence the existence of things like Tornado Cash, which recently got in trouble for facilitating money laundering (though the actions taken against people related to the tool may have overstepped constitutional bounds).

> James Cagney

He was the right age for the role.

Going by r/EnoughMuskSpam/comments/w19d6j/twitters_filing_in_delaware_court_shows_musk_was/ you do due diligence before signing any contracts to begin with.

It's not a definite thing, but it matches his previous pattern of activity, especially when you factor in how he offered so much more than the actual estimated value of Twitter. He even tried to back out by claiming there were more bots than he was told but wasn't successful because the contract he signed didn't allow that as an option, I believe.

You'd think that, but the whole "only Twitter Blues" can vote thing indicates losing that poll was somehow still a hit to his ego.

Most rich people are at least cognizant enough to not act like dumbasses in public. Or if they do to not do it in a way that's easily documented, or to have PR people to smooth things over, or to do all sorts of other things that Musk is not doing.

He didn't even originally intend to buy Twitter, he was just trying to manipulate the stock but was so stupid he got locked into it.

Sounds like he should have been spending less money on alligators and more money on rent.

I know, but given the current political situation and sanctions I'm not sure even an academic collaboration is on the table for most Western-aligned nations right now.

I don't think collaborating with Russia is high priority at the moment.

His full name is Knuckles the Echidna. (Weirdly Tails is the only main Sonic character besides Eggman with an actual surname, his full name is Miles Prower.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aboriginal_Australians

It's a joke about echidnas being native to Australia.

Actually Knuckles is Aboriginal.

Reaction wheels are kind of like the inverse of flywheels, they're spun at constant speeds and then have their speed adjusted to modify attitude. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reaction_wheel

That's all irrelevant anyway. As far as I am aware, no Western country took anywhere near the extreme actions China did, nor did any that weren't isolated islands actually try to achieve "zero COVID" to any significant degree. Even back in 2020 the rhetoric was "flatten the curve", not "eliminate the curve". Pretending that the protests over Chinese restrictions are anything similar to the people protesting at times when most Western restrictions had been lifted anyway is misleading at best.