Ah that’s a while back. Makes me wonder when they started getting that accusation of being liberal and what kind of coverage that was. Bush era?

Maybe, although your standard “we have this congressmen to talk about the last thing Trump did” just depends. It’s usually like, whoever is on some committee, so if it’s an R they bullshit the interview, if it’s a D, the world is ending. It only feels a bit overcorrected if they don’t push back on the bullshit, but the last interview I heard did include that. Just not always.

Still a majority of the programming is like, “this random town has an annual event that’s weird but cool, but it’s under threat from climate change” which is just like… apolitical if you understand facts.

NPR is definitely making out like a bandit, they were using the loss of funding in their fundraising lately so they kinda get two wins in a sense.

Odd thing to me is it never even changed their coverage much even after the cuts, they’ve always both-sides with guests since they’re the go-to with standing politicians, a little more than half being Republicans. The left leaning thing mostly just comes from facts having a liberal bias, as they say. Lol

Good recap. To be fair, I think the brother also tried to explain it was all in jest, which is… possible, especially with the follow up jokes about Get Hard and the fact it was a 2018 email chain after Trump met with Putin privately.

But for MAGA people that’s enough evidence, plus it’s just fun imo (like Couches for Vance). Honestly the more obviously true thing of him fucking sex trafficked teenagers doesn’t seem to bother them so might continue with the thing that did strike a nerve.

I don’t think the question is what level math to end on, but rather how math is taught. I teach psych statistics at University and the average student does the math parts mostly fine (it’s just algebra) but their critical thinking and application of the math is usually what is sorely lacking regardless of their ending math course. And in the real world where we do everything with computers, the application is 99% what matters.

I’ve had people in middle age who dropped out in 6th grade in Mexico do better than fresh-from-US-high school calculus experienced students, and that’s not even taking into account this more recent COVID-survivors generation that feels like they skipped a year of education. It’s very… grim.

Headphones won’t break your ears any worse than loud speakers do, and noise cancelling headphones are actually a solution to blocking loud noise (e.g. construction), or for people who get overstimulated.

In fact, since headphones can block out sound you might even be listening at a lower volume than if you were trying to drown out sound with speakers, assuming the headphones have any noise cancellation (even just muffled cups). Even just competing with ambient noise can cause us to raise volumes more than necessary.

I read the comments because of your comment and now I second this. Don’t read the comments on that video.

Oh God I feel dumber having read this. How is this not the onion?! A 3D knitted construction? Really?

One of the worst US congress members shares a last name with me, but it’s also so common that it’s pretty diluted. It needs to be both infamous and uncommon, sharing a last name with millions of people ain’t that.

Then again, Epstein is kinda common and I can’t help giggle when I bring up a certain researcher with that last name and call her model the Epstein model.

This is such a weird timeline. Or maybe not, I guess I could also imagine Mr. Rogers doing what Ms. Rachel’s been doing.

Not as bad as finding a “No Memory Card Detected” message.

Artists don’t have to throw away digital media, just they are adapting with process videos and live streams. A real proof of life sorta deal since AI is holding their craft hostage.

I wish Nancy Pelosi only the best in private life, but let this be the final time we utter her name.

She’s full of crap with her argument about people leaving blue states, but I do have a lingering fear people will burn out before 2026 when it matters a little more. Wins better give us momentum and not complacency.

The Florida version of the Straw Hat pirates. They all have guns, Chopper is an alligator, and Nami is inexplicably pregnant for some reason.

You basically described the economic concept of consumer surplus. When a product is entirely dependent on the price a consumer is willing to pay because the supply is infinite, the natural result is… this.

Except they shouldn’t be price discriminating; it’s easier and more effective to just offer tiered pricing structures (e.g. collectors editions) and eventual sales (e.g. 50% off after a year) to hit people at different places on the supposed consumer surplus curve. As you note, the undermines your confidence in the prices but you’re likely a little lower on the curve compared to the “must have on day one” crowd.

That said, the whole theory also explains why freemium is so attractive. When there’s no price minimum, the optimal price is 0 and you work your way up with features and perks (while also raising the price people are willing to pay by getting them hooked). It’s all nasty business, lol

Guy looks like a GTA player RPing a hillbilly meth head.

Ah yes, I love faith-based AI technology. The slop is real so long as you believe! /s

Seriously are these people who think your prayers are the reason your phone stays on 1% battery for an hour longer than you thought?

Oh no, Trump’s gonna enact more tariffs in retribution isn’t he.

Yes. But for every $1 they spend on ICE, they… generate… oh no, no produce is getting picked, construction is stagnant… (Seriously if we ran similar metrics on GoP crap we could probably say we lose ADDITIONAL $s per $…)