Consumers will choose to buy products from companies who don't spill molten sulfur so the invisible hand of the market will fix this situation any moment now.

We spend 3.5% of our GDP on defense and that's actually far more than most countries. We have the 6th highest GPD to military spending ratio in the world. The countries who spend more of their GDP are relativity tiny. They amount to 11% of the total global spending on defense vs the USA's 39%.

The second largest GDP is China- they spend 1.6% of their GDP on defense. Third is Japan @ 1.1%... You get the idea.

Regarding the 2% NATO obligation- most members don't make it so it doesn't seem to be a real obligation.

Isn't most bottled water just tap water packaged in landfill fodder?

That's wild. I've never felt that way at all. Are you sure its because you're male? What prompts your constant vilification?

Why though? I see intermittent availability, battery drain and security being issues and I don't see any up-sides.

Do with that info as you wish

You mean put it into proper context, look at the stats, and acknowledge you're full of shit? Sure thing! But you won't let facts get in the way of your feelings amirite?

Have you considered hosting your own instance? Its not difficult and you can control exactly who you federate with.

Wait no more! https://www.cnbc.com/2023/05/14/biden-administration-has-canceled-66-billion-in-student-debt.html

I'm frankly shocked conservatives are doing everything they can to prevent it!

Its amazing how much "fraud" they claim when they speak publicly yet they have nothing to say when they are under oath in a court room.

My roommate, at the time, was working as an analyst at a large bank. He claimed it was the "fat-finger theory" caused by a trader at his bank. Said some head trader meant to sell (as an example, I can't remember the specifics he used) $100 million of a security, which is not a small trade and requires a few verification steps to proceed (entering your password multiple times). The trader hit the wrong button and the trade was made to sell $100 billion instead, which requires the same kind of multi-step verification but with these guys moving 1000 mph the million to billion swap was overlooked.

I had been off Linux for a few years but recently returned to arch. I didnt feel like mucking around with everything from scratch so I tried the included install script. Next thing I knew I was in a full xfce environment with everything working out of the box.

If arch can drop you in a full DE of your choosing, from an install script, what is the point of these other options? Genuinely wondering what's going on with them and if I should check them out.

Is there something stopping you from making a new sub for people who live in Chicago?