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Cheney is a fascinating example of how you can support every conservative policy and still be considered a RINO for suggesting that Trump shouldn't be in charge. She's proof that you can't be a Republican today without kissing the ring.

A lot of people are doing work that can be automated in part by AI, and there's a good chance that they'll lose their jobs in the next few years if they can't figure out how to incorporate it into their workflow. Some people are indeed out of the workforce or in industries that are safe from AI, but that doesn't invalidate the hype for the rest of us.

This is like saying that automobiles are overhyped because they can't drive themselves. When I code up a new algorithm at work, I'm spending an hour or two whiteboarding my ideas, then the rest of the day coding it up. AI can't design the algorithm for me, but if I can describe it in English, it can do the tedious work of writing the code. If you're just using AI as a Google replacement, you're missing the bigger picture.

This sounded outrageous so I checked their website: https://www.haciendacdc.org/news-updates/statement-from-hacienda-community-development-corp-ceo-1

Supposedly you need 2/5 criteria to be eligible, and only one of those includes citizenship, so American citizens do qualify if they meet 2/4.

My understanding is that there was no hard evidence and the witness did not wish to testify, so this was a plea deal to make him confess and give the victim closure. Still feels wrong given that he did confess, but if the alternative was no probation I guess this is better than nothing.

I feel like we're saying the same thing. Your argument (and mine) is that it's hard for people to understand ADHD unless they have it. For this reason, people like me should keep their mouth shut about it, and if this weren't an "unpopular opinion" thread I normally would. But for the same reason, I feel that people who haven't had a proper diagnosis should be cautious about assuming that they do have ADHD, because maybe they don't understand it either. If I didn't follow my own advice, I might join the self-diagnosed crowd and start sharing personal coping strategies, and if it turns out I don't have ADHD, those comments could be ignorant, offensive, or even harmful.

I suppose I'm arguing that ADHD is an extreme of something that most people experience to a lesser degree all the time. Many will relate to these memes and assume that they have ADHD, not recognizing that these can also be normal behaviors. Kind of like how you can be sad without being clinically depressed. I think I'm an asshole for suggesting that there are people who will blame ADHD for behaviors that they are more in control of than they realize - for suggesting that ADHD is a medical condition and not merely a club that one can invite themselves into because they relate to a meme. Any sort of gatekeeping is assholish I suppose, but respectfully, that's how it looks to me.

The way I see it a day might come when I have to explain to my kids what I did to try to make a better future for them. I could tell them I worked hard to put a roof over their head. I could tell them I changed my lifestyle to try to reduce my carbon footprint. If Trump wins I expect they'll want to know what I did about that. I don't have time to volunteer, but if $100 can help pay for an ad in a swing state and win Harris half a vote, that's better than nothing. Then I can tell my kids I tried to protect their access to abortion, tried to slow down climate change, tried to depoliticize the Supreme Court, tried to strengthen our alliance with Europe, and tried to keep hate and bigotry from having a voice in our government.

Didn't the war in Iraq have overwhelming bipartisan support in Congress? Bush was guilty of acting on bad intelligence, but the country as a whole was guilty of succumbing to bloodlust and misdirected vengeance. The Patriot act also had strong bipartisan support. Gay marriage was so unpopular at the time that even Obama had to feign opposition to it when he first ran in 2008. Bush was a bad president IMO, but it's hard not to be a little sympathetic when you consider the context of these decisions. The one good thing I'll say about Bush is that he never seemed self-serving, so for that reason alone I don't doubt his sincerity over the regret he seems to show for some of these things.

Yes.

Withholding support to Israel would embolden the opposition here at home and have huge geopolitical implications abroad. I won't argue over whether or not it's the right thing to do, but I definitely wouldn't characterize it as a "win" for any US administration.