ShittyBeatlesFCPres

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[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres 17 points 9 months ago (6 children)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2009_swine_flu_pandemic There’s been more than one pandemic, y’all. He was VP during Swine Flu. I know he’s old as fuck but I’d assume that’s what he was talking about.

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres 12 points 9 months ago

There already is one for Putin and at least one subordinate.

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres 50 points 9 months ago (6 children)

I also scan Slack messages and never really read them unless they’re about food in the office kitchen.

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres 18 points 9 months ago (4 children)

Did they check the dumpsters behind his condo? That’s where he takes all his meals.

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres 4 points 9 months ago

Or a 6502 if you’re talking about tinkering and playing with chips.

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres 8 points 9 months ago (2 children)

I mostly use AMD for Linux reasons. ARM for my Apple products. (I know I should use Android and I have an Android phone but I constantly break something tinkering and I’ve accepted that about myself. My daily driver phone should be locked down. Everything else, all bets are off.)

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

That a pretty impressive considering the real one had to be made of like 7000 pieces using different suppliers to get every congressional district on board.

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres 7 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (1 children)

If anyone is curious, it’s an American thing: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Negotiated_rulemaking

Most bills are vague and give regulatory agencies leeway on how to interpret them. It’s like Congress passes a law that says, “No cookies after 8pm.” and a regulatory agency has to decide what is a cookie and which time zone and how to enforce it. A lot of actual policy happens during the rule making progress (called “reg neg”).

[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres 11 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) (2 children)

I worked in politics and have a degree in international affairs so people definitely argue about that. But I got good enough at coding and Linux that it became my career and people tend to trust me on that stuff.

There’s certain fields where everyone thinks they’d be good at it and they’re wrong. Voice acting is probably one. Seems easy but it’s really fucking not. And most people who think they understand politics don’t know basics about how legislative committees work, much less negotiated rulemaking.

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