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The first distinctive feature of this bank – and stablecoin operations like it – is that there is almost no risk that it can lose money.

Nice try, AI. There have been a ton of stablecoins that have lost their peg: https://www.chainsec.io/failed-stablecoins

This man has bankrupted casinos, not because the casinos themselves were unprofitable, but because he loaded them up with debt and then was able to evade responsibility for paying it off via bankruptcy. He is the last person I would trust to run a bank. (Or a country, but that ship has already sailed…)

“I have paused the 50% Tariffs against Canada, that were scheduled to kick in tomorrow morning for a three day period, based on the fact that Canada and the USA, subject to the finalization of documents, have a DEAL!” Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform.

Did he really announce this first on Truth Social? The platform where he sells advance access to his posts? How much money did he just make by giving his paying customers advanced notice of US Government trade policy?

Republicans run for office by complaining about how corrupt Government is, then get elected and prove it.

It “was not funded, commissioned, or directed by any candidate, campaign, political party, PAC, media organisation, or other outside entity”, it added.

I bet it was Elon

Public Schools in the US are generally funded and organized at the State level. US schools in different states (or even schools between US cities and rural areas in the same state) are a totally different experience.

A large district like NYC (the largest in the country by enrollment) is big enough to offer several of these magnet High Schools, which you need to take a test to get into, and are highly competitive. Small rural and suburban districts don’t have the same resources, but often have advanced science and math tracks that can get those kids ready for STEM majors in college. Many US districts also have partnerships with the local Community College, where high school kids who take college-level classes while in high school can get College credit for them. A smart kid who takes advantage of these can knock a semester’s worth of credits out while in High School.

That clause did have some genuine problems. There was no objective metric.

Do you remember when Abbott started calling the situation at the border an “invasion” of “military-age” brown men? Texas was getting ready to toss Biden off the ballot for “aiding an invasion” if Trump was forced off the ballot for insurrection.

Of course, that’s why it’s Donnie’s picture up there, and not Eric’s. They will try to convince all of his fans that a vote for Eric is really a stealth vote for his dad. And Eric will lean into it, because he has never done anything in his life that didn’t rely on his family connections.

(I keep going back to Eric because I think it’s clear that he’s the dumb one, and Junior is smart enough to know he would rather be VP and get to hang out with Senators doing nothing)

I admit, I was not expecting that headline tonight. The picture puts it all into proper context, though

It’s a golden time for embedded stuff right now, because the hobby space is so rich. Arduinos and STM32’s alone have so much material out there, and they are super cheap. I think a kid who is in college for CS, but who can take what they are learning and apply it to some of these little projects will be a hot commodity when they graduate.

If you are interested in the internals of computers just as much as programming them, take a good hard look at Computer Engineering as a major instead. You still get to code, but you also get to understand the hardware underneath it all. Since it is rooted in the physical parts of computing, I think it is less likely for AI to eat those jobs. (Plus, everything from your car to your TV to your coffee maker has an embedded microprocessor in it now. I think embedded software is a safe bet.)

But, no matter what major you pick, it is no longer the case that simply graduating with a degree (and a good GPA) is a guarantee of a good job. You need to go beyond your classes, and find additional things to work on. Internships are great if you can get them, but even if you can’t, try to find an open source project (or even a hobby project) that you can spend time on. You want to have something more than your coursework on your resume for those first jobs. I would even value a resume with some good internships or side projects and a 3.6 GPA over someone with a 4.0 GPA who did nothing else (and left me with nothing else to talk about during the interview).

Finally, whatever you do, don’t extend yourself to go into debt. Maybe there are a small handful of CS schools that are worth going into debt to attend – but let’s face it, if they want you and you’re good enough, they will find a way to get you to afford it there, and you will get hired somewhere if you can make it to graduation. But, I know folks who went into 100+k worth of debt to go to a CS program at a small liberal arts college because they liked the campus. Don’t be that person. Unless you are MIT or Caltech material, your local State University is probably good enough. If you do get through 4 years of school and can’t find a job in your field and need to pivot, that will be so much easier to do if you have as little debt as possible.

“Not legal” does not always mean criminal.

He is constitutionally ineligible to run for a third term. He can post all the slop he wants, it doesn’t change that fact.

Should he actually file to run again, the States (who actually run the elections) are within their rights to deny the application. Should some states let him run anyway, that will be challenged by voters (and perhaps by candidates). His campaign would fight those denials, and courts should just dismiss the candidacy out of hand, but some courts have made batshit crazy rulings before.

Even if all the courts rule against him, though, I am not aware of any statute that says it’s illegal to say you will run in an election you might be Ineligible for. If anything, courts will uphold that as free speech.

You all are missing the most obvious flex: one of his sons is going to run, on the sole platform of “My dad will really be running things, I won’t even make him move out”. Maybe both sons run, on a Trump/Trump ticket, only all the signs say “Trump/Trump/Trump”.

Donald Trump will have his dream job: all of the power and influence (and money!) Of the Presidency, none of the actual responsibility. Why be President when you can own the Presidency?

Didn’t Putin do something similar? He was term limited out of the Presidency, but got his buddy elected President, and then he got himself elected to their Parliament and became Prime Minister. He then got himself re-elected as President, then got some Constitutional things passed to ensure that he never has to give it up again.

But Donald Trump doesn’t care about actually governing, so he doesn’t need to run for Congress. All he has to do is install someone as the next President who is loyal to him, and him alone. What better candidate than Eric, whose only success in life is having the right parents?

In fairness, this is part of a lawsuit against her. I doubt she wanted to talk about all this stuff.

The BBC should just declare Mar-a-Lago its own territory

No, it’s US voters that put the big asshole in the building (again!).

He’s just doing what he does best - wrecking shit.

Ted Cruz is nothing but bunk

Tell that to my BCH that I held onto after the fork

If Roger is so successful now how come BCH is still a big fat loser?