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A succinct way of stating sunk cost fallacy.

Many don't realize that the development of USB in 1996 would not have been possible without the 1989 Belgian techno anthem "Pump Up The Jam".

You sure it's a USAF F-35 and not a USMC F-35B?

We've known they've been doing this since at least Snowden, what's the story?

They've been doing this since the 1950s, younger generations just didn't realize the scope until Snowden.

It was always part of Issue 1. The 3 big changes for issue 1 were:

1. Change the number of counties requiring signatures for ballot measures from 44 (half the counties in Ohio) to 88 (all of the counties in Ohio). If I remember correctly, that's 5000 signatures from each county.

2. Remove petition curing period so that if some counties fell short of the required number of signatures or if some signatures were rejected or disputed for whatever reason, there would be no time to get more. I think the current curing period is a week.

3. Require a super-majority (60%) for a ballot measure to pass, rather than a simple majority (>50%).

To me, the least troubling of these was the super-majority part that's been so hyped up, because the first 2 changes would have made it near impossible for voter-led initiatives to even get on the ballot to begin with. The only ballot measures we'd ever have a chance to vote on would be whatever the state house deemed worthy. All to prevent a ballot measure this November that would allow abortions for non-viable fetuses.

I didn't restrict my kids Internet access, but I did tell them that even though I'm not tracking everything they're doing online, the ISP, the school, upstream providers, search engines, social medias, advertisers, and pretty much everyone else will be.