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  • Pretty sure it depends on local jurisdiction. In some places the shop owner would be required to call the police to trespass someone. In others, the owner of the property has nearly the physical authority of a home owner in removing people.

  • How long would it take to create a Pyramid today?
  • It would be impossible to build today by any means. Not because of any technological problem. Physically it could be done rather quickly, as others have posited. The problem is that you could never combine the political and economic will to complete it.

    It's the same reason it would be easier to colonize Mars than to fix climate change. There's a half dozen robots on Mars that will do whatever you tell them. On Earth, there's 7 billion assholes who think they have a better idea of what to do.

  • The United States will need 7 million migrants to cover old age support programs for baby boomers
  • https://www.pgpf.org/blog/2022/11/social-security-reform-options-to-raise-revenues

    There's a ton of right wing sites that would tell you eliminating the cap is a complete waste of time horrible for the economy, bringer of the end of days, etc.

    Bezos, like many ultra wealthy, most likely paid himself some token amount in wages. Many CEO's used to pay themselves $1, just to say they had an income. They have accountants that decide how much he should claim as wages, just to maximize the returns from Social Security, without paying into it any more than needed.

  • The United States will need 7 million migrants to cover old age support programs for baby boomers
  • Removing the cap would go a long way, but it's not enough by itself. We'll still need more people, or a time machine with a fertility clinic in it. From what I can tell, boomers seem to be thinking we're going to find that time machine somehow.

  • This shit is getting ridiculous
  • Long before wages create affordability, they have to out pace inflation. It's going to take a long period of wages slightly beating inflation for the public to be happy.

    Or we could have another recession to make prices drop, but wages would lose ground to inflation when it returns.

  • We shouldn't have to work 40 hours a week to afford a basic life. We do because our currency is constantly losing value. This is by design.
  • You're not working against inflation, you're working against the 7 billion other people who want your food, shelter and luxuries.

    The problem isn't the value of your currency, it's your lack of bargaining power in the face of competition and entrenched interests.

  • ‘Racial resentment’ a factor in violence of 6 January 2021, study says
  • Kinda sad really, but traveling up the east coast this year and we can see it in the towns we visit. The social gatherings are more segregated than usual, and they weren't integrated to begin with. Folks all looking at each other with a side eye, especially along the black/white divide.

    There's too many shit stirrers in this stew.

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    What would the Left’s thought(s) be, in this day & age, if a current US Politician were found guilty of literal treason?
  • For the most part, the left would absolutely have someone executed for treason. The left is loyal to ideals, not people. It wouldn't matter if it were Biden or Trump.

    The authoririan left, who might have a problem if it were 'their guy' don't have any loyalty to Biden, because he's not a communist or populist leader.

  • Is it theoretically possible for Windows 11 to delete pirated content on your PC?
  • I doubt they'll use screen shots to implement anything like piracy controls. It's too messy and inaccurate, and there are easy and accurate ways to check for file signatures. Every virus scanner already does it.

    If they're going to institute license controls that's how it would work. Any signature of unlicensed software would get locked out by file heuristics.

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