I wouldn't exactly call that assassination unprovoked. That specific general had led the Quds Force in operations that caused the deaths of hundreds of US soldiers and the injuries of tens of thousands of other soldiers. Then there's the many, many other operations that the Quds Force have engaged in as part of Iran's proxy wars in the region. He definitely earned a spot on the shit list.
Was it a wise decision to target him? I don't know. But he had done plenty to deserve his fate.
They're still helpful in sorting out a 600 calorie meal that's going to keep someone on track to lose weight versus a 1200 calorie meal that is going to make them gain weight. Even if it's not exact, it's a useful guideline.
Wonder Bread is just gross junk food. Also, if you consult the label again, it's worse than that. The 5g added sugar is for 57g of bread, so it's nearly 10% sugar by mass.
There are good brands here. I usually get Dave's Killer Bread. It still has some added sugar, but there are varieties with fairly small amounts.
Oh, sure, I've been there. Am there. And Reddit may have gotten to that point with these features where maintenance costs overtook the costs of removing them.
I was ready to hear something like a story from someone who had signed onto a medical trial and was upset the trial was ending. Nope, instead an absurdly short support period that seemingly is fed by the same culture of replacement over repair that has infected our economy.
Code that exists still needs to be updated and maintained. It interacts with the rest of the code. Sure you can leave it lying around, but at a certain point the technical debt is going to catch up to you.
Meh. Net worth can be volatile in the upper echelons of wealth. It's often based on volatile assets. He's still giving away plenty. I'm seeing a budget of $8.6 billion in 2024 for the Gates Foundation.
Also, his wealth doesn't need to be spent within his lifetime to remain true to the pledge. The Gates Foundation can continue functioning long after his death, much like other foundations like the Carnegie Foundation.
Look at all our WONDERFUL job creators amassing their dragon hoards!
I'm not sure who is doing the calculations here, but the latest estimates I'm seeing for Gates have him down a bit for the year. He also is down after is divorce from Melinda, which included splitting off a good chunk of money for her own personal and philanthropic use.
Also, if someone has a pickup truck and it's not at least a little dinged up, I'm judging them. Those are working vehicles, not eye candy.
AIDS. So much AIDS. There's a famous photo from 2018 with the men in black representing the original members of the San Fransisco Gay Men's Choir lost to AIDS and men in white representing those who did not die to AIDS.
He's also refusing to meet with Biden. This is about politics for DeSantis, so that he can complain that Biden and Harris aren't doing their jobs.