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[–] [email protected] 10 points 11 hours ago

You can create memory by arranging logic gates in bistable or latch circuits.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

Ex-dictator

Calling Ferdinand Marcos “ex-president” is like referring to United Fruit a “former fruit company”. It isn’t technically wrong but it buries the lede a bit.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago

Out of curiosity, what do think were the three main things the FTC worked on last year?

[–] [email protected] 22 points 2 days ago (2 children)

The fact that you were unaware of what they do has no bearing on the massive amount of work they actually accomplish.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 week ago

Couldn’t agree more. And they want that control because of greed.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 week ago

No, the top tax rate is 37%.

With lottery prizes, the full amount is usually only available as annuity payments over 20-30 years. If you pick a lump sum, it’s typically only 40% of the full amount.

This winner chose the lump sum payment, so his lottery prize was about $600,000,000.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 week ago

I’ve already addressed that point.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

With such a high majority it would have just been overturned immediately, so no, he couldn’t have vetoed the bill. An attempt to do so wouldn’t have helped at all and might have undermined future cooperation.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 week ago

No, he doesn’t. This is Trump just hurling executive orders at things he doesn’t like.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 week ago

I clarified further. In the rail strike case, it was a senate bill, not an executive action. And the bill passed 80-15. Biden signed the bill, but that isn’t the same thing at all.

[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

That’s incorrect, and these situations aren’t close to comparable.

When Biden was in power, eight out of twelve unions had already ratified the contract, and the senate passed a bill to force the final four to accept it. It passed 80-15, so Biden couldn’t have vetoed it if he wanted to.

Trump is attempting to ban unions altogether, by executive order.

[–] [email protected] 49 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I agree with what you’re saying and also it feels worth pointing out how pervasive the rhetoric of profitability has become.

We don’t talk about the military running at a loss, or the department of transport, or any other part of the government. We talk about their cost, because that’s really what it is. Services don’t “lose” money, they cost money.

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