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• Commented on What happens now?
  The US is full of people who think this is in no way shape or form ... over. This is in no way, shape or form over. Here in Massachusetts, everyone I know is carrying the knowledge that the former...
• Commented on "It'll all be over by Christmas"
  And in another display of 2020's writers showing that they are not held accountable to the same critics and audience as Our Gracious Host, we have the mayor of Manaus, the biggest city in the Amazon, making a public request...
• Commented on Tentative hypothesis
  (In fact, I'm pretty sure that anyone exhibiting the list of characteristics of commenters on this blog that I identified -- including myself -- is amazingly unsuitable for having any kind of role in front-line politics. Now, researching and coming...
• Commented on Tentative hypothesis
  "Some aspects of fascism may appeal to some ASD people for various reasons" Oh, is that ever the understatement. Take ASD-induced introversion and reclusive living. Add Youtube rabbit holes. Sprinkle a dash of Svengali-like tactics semi-automated from our friends in...
• Commented on CASE NIGHTMARE BLONDE
  Well, that depends. If you have enough hubris to set out to engage in nation building, e.g. PNAC, you may find it takes more than a platitude laden manifesto. But if it's nation-breaking that you're seeking to do, well, it's...
• Commented on CASE NIGHTMARE BLONDE
  Mr. Stross, thank you for putting in the time to explain this to those of us who are un-educated in the ways of the Tin Isles....
• Commented on Downtime coming up
  "Sounds good to me as long as I get to choose who does the suffering! How does the saying go? " I'm guilty of this as well. In my defense, I think my bloodlust will be sated if these children...
• Commented on Downtime coming up
  America's two party system is an emergent property of its variant of first-past-the-post, and the most glaring flaw in the system is that to get that desired 51% of the vote, there's a shortcut that obviates a lot of hard...
• Commented on Downtime coming up
  "While the usual spoilsports would scream bloody murder if it was actually done," Yes. They would. 25% of the country actively wants to see someone suffer. They';re willing to pay top dollar to make sure these children get abused. And...
• Commented on Downtime coming up
  The Disney corporation has enough capacity in Orlando to take all of them, and their posted public rates for the budget resorts would be about $80 per child per diem. And it would not be a bad idea all around....
• Commented on Brexit! Means! Brexit!
  NATO led military coup. Natural disasters regularly force regions of the United States to allow the National Guard to take over and make the distribution of necessaries a matter of military logistics rather than market economics. Have NATO declare martial...
• Commented on Do my Homework
  The way smartphones (and their successors) are affecting human behavior in ways that I would compare to the Beer Alley/Gin Lane prints from Mr. Hogarth. Alcohol was not a big deal until we figured out how to distill it. Then...
• Commented on That sinking feeling
  In 2002 or thereabouts, the world's supply chain for insulin depended heavily on a single building in Denmark. While there is no shortage of chemists and pharmaceutical facilities worldwide that could retool to take over, has anyone actually done it?...
• Commented on That sinking feeling
  At risk of a yellow card, I'll point out that the prospect of individual American states conducting foreign policy sub rosa is no longer a rhetorical flourish. It last happened outright in the war of 1812, but it's getting closer...
• Commented on The Pivot
  I know it's not a good time to be saying the US has a better idea on something, but it's amazing to me that the US government is less firm on shackling states and municipalities to the Dollar than Brussels...
• Commented on Happy 21st Century!
  "Some libertarians would argue that cryptocurrency could address the elimination of cash, but I'm somewhat skeptical." Blockchains can be used to help independent entities coordinate supply chain activities and make it far easier for all involved to cooperate with each...
• Commented on Test Case
  So, Mr. Stross, have you looked at the reverse direction, ever? As in, doing away with limited liability corporate charters? It's actually quite easy. Limitation of liability was necessary for operational reasons (and other reasons) for companies whose stakes were...
• Commented on Houston: what are the long-term consequences?
  Katrina and subsequent storms have established that, well, ports really don't need to be in port cities. Containerization and other automation measures have made it so the port of New Orleans needs a skeleton crew that can be supported by...
• Commented on Random excuses
  It is a pity, as the LJ staffers in Russia have been fighting the good fight for years. But I've told them enough about my private life, and it is time to move my activities stateside too. (Plus the friends...
• Commented on I can't keep up
  The story of Cambridge Analytica definitely smacks of a bad rip off of The Shockwave Rider....
• Commented on "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!" 2017 continued.
  "Gigantism is a side effect of the current philosophy of nuclear safety - exclusion zones, redundancy, containment domes and security don't get much more expensive when you make your reactor bigger, so they're less costly per kilowatt electric the bigger...
• Commented on "You're only supposed to blow the bloody doors off!" 2017 continued.
  Charlie, I think each scenario you listed here, should it not come to pass, should be written in frosting on a cake for you to eat, come 2018. What are your druthers in matters of the bakery?...
• Commented on Things Can Only Get Better! (Part 1)
  Do you think that British Intelligence/Foreign Office might plan to do something to hasten the disintegration of UE (e.g.: Italy abandoning Euro) in order to soften the Brexit aftermath? The euro is the fucking Achilles Heel of the EU....
• Commented on Things Can Only Get Better! (Part 1)
  "Some interesting things happen when there's a large population of single men, and this has been observed in several historical instances. How much Islamic terror is really sourced by guys who have more than one wife, thus depriving other hetero...
• Commented on Eleven Tweets
  AIUI the attitude in Japan is very different Nope: the Japanese education system is all about rote memorization and performance. The difference in Japan is that one is expected to restrain one's opinion on matters in which one has not...
• Commented on Eleven Tweets
  One answer: Bundling. I will happily pay for an Amazon Prime like service, such as, oh, Amazon Prime, with a monthly subscription rate, if in exchange I get bundled ad-free access to my usual sources of good information. For regular...
• Commented on Busy busy busy
  I think this is the right place to suggest that those indigestible events of 2016 be collectively name the Global Embuggerance....
• Commented on Playtime is over
  " It is not a secret that Russia tried to influence election (US did it to them too), however I would like to see evidence that there is a deliberate plan spanning 2 decades." There doesn't have to be. A...
• Commented on Playtime is over
  Well, Charlie, until today your near term prognostication threads WERE my playtime. But this is no longer an exhibition match. My adopted country just elected a Russian puppet for the presidency, and I'm researching my rights under jus sangiuinis, just...