Not even close to all software. There was a broad mix of stuff that used 2-digit years that would have had problems with it, stuff that used 2-digit years where it wouldn’t really impact anything, and stuff that used 4-digit years and so wasn’t a problem.

However, if it drove any sort of critical infrastructure, it had to be audited just in case it fit in the first category.

If you think that’ll stop them, I have a bridge to sell you. In case you hadn’t noticed, the law doesn’t mean anything any more to the people in power.

That depends on if they’re reporting LESS money than they actually made, or are reporting MORE money than the shop itself actually took in.

If everything is in cash, you can inflate it pretty easily without raising eyebrows.

I dropped Reddit when it was announced that you could be banned for upvoting something.

Luigi is also, in all probability, innocent.

Which means the Claims Adjuster is still at large.

Turns out giving him free reign with something that actually has a bigger impact than his own companies had consequences he doesn’t like.

Honestly, it’s old tech. There were guide-by-wire missiles for a long time before this.

75 years later, lesbians still dress this way…

Well, as it turns out, America’s status as an economic juggernaut has always been dependent on keeping our occupied territory as shitholes that are terrible for the people who live there, so we can exploit their labor and resources. We learned well from the British Empire. The shitholeness is just being turned against a larger swath of our population now.

Well you see, there’s a simple explanation for this. When we do it, it’s good, and when you do it, it’s bad.

Everyone except for the people who get sent to El Salvador…

It’s possible to have a poor opinion of the Chinese government without having a bigoted opinion about the Chinese people.

Yup! Totally plausible - just more expensive and less repeatable. And harder to use against moving targets.

Although you are correct, this destroys the engine.

A good, efficient fusion engine just needs to point the exhaust end towards the enemy and the hyper-accelerated particles will punch a hole through the target for you. And then you point at the next target, etc. etc.

Also, it’s a butchered quote from Larry Niven’s Known Space books, referred to as the “Kzinti Lesson” - because the Kzinti thought humanity was unarmed and helpless until they discovered that humans are really good at improvising weapons.

Sigh. Yet another article assuming Mangione’s guilt. Ben Burgis didn’t even bother to say ‘allegedly’ anywhere.

The usefulness of a fusion engine as a weapon is directly correlated to its efficiency.

Agreed. I’m not likely to say it to their face… but here, I’m preaching to the choir and I can be a bit salty about it.

A lot of people actively avoid learning new things in general, which includes learning about current events and politics.

it is not the voters fault.

Sooooooo intentional ignorance isn’t their fault? Whose is it then? edit: Sorry, that was snarky. I know people are encouraged to maintain their ignorance in this day and age. In my opinion, it amounts to shirking responsibility, but I’m aware that other opinions are also valid.

Well, then the problem would be solved anyways!

Oh, it’s completely the fault of the voters. It’s also the fault of the DNC’s messaging. The crappy economy (job markets and inflation/unchecked price gouging) meant that the uninformed were just voting for “Not the Party that’s Currently In Power” because the cost of groceries and rent was outstripping their paychecks, and the messaging coming from the DNC was completely tangential to that.

Regular everyday Joes don’t follow politics. Just because we do doesn’t make us representative of the general population. That sort of thinking is what made Trump’s victory a surprise - both times.