Yep, and my takeaway from it is “don’t distort your syntax in order to allow yourself to be more dependent on an IDE.”

Or keep it open to house those who designed, buit and currently run it.

So it’s not just due to the tariffs, but even more because the Trump administration has so far not provided a working system that can be used to pay those tariffs. So not just malice, but incompetence too.

“Blessed are those who praise peace, for they shall bury the peacemakers.”

There needs to be a distinction between the right to free speech and the right to a massive megaphone and 50 kwatt PA system. You can go out in the street and say whatever the hell you like. You can set up your own website and do the same.

Tate’s running a business. He doesn’t deserve free advertising. If he doesn’t meet the TOS, tough shit.

His writ might run in DC and at the federal level, but states have their own laws about bail conditions, and he has no authority to override those.

Authoritarianism is all about “because I said so.”

Yeah, there are some useful applications for ML. Less so for LLMs.

And the risk of prostate cancer from age 60 on is quite high and increases with age, even if you’re not in a high risk group (other than age).

What’s the false positive rate? You can dial up the sensitivity of any test if you don’t mind 10,000 people having unnecessary cancer surgery for every real case that’s detected.

The Independent is a UK paper. They’re complicit.

Take the statins if you can tolerate them. This shit won’t last forever. When they go down, it’ll happen fast.

I’ve left the US three times to live elsewhere, the shortest of the three stays abroad was five years.

Mailing address: agreed. But a PO box won’t work for some things, so find someone you can trust who’ll let you send mail to their address.

Bank accounts are tricky to establish quickly, but you won’t be able to do a lot of basic things like get utilities turned on or rent a flat without a local bank account. Even then, your credit rating’s going to suck for a while.

Don’t bring anything except irreplaceable items with sentimental value. Computers will generally work OK. I’d never think of bringing a car. Sell it. Sell everything you can. Give what you can’t sell away. Storage costs are a drain. Extra cash is more helpful.

Expect hassles and absurd expense getting car insurance since you won’t have a driving record in your new host country. At some point, you’ll need a host-country driver’s license and that can also be a pain in the ass. But on one occasion, I lived in a big city with good transit and didn’t need a car for the first 6 years of my stay.

Similarly, many countries are parochial about qualifications and work experience, and don’t have a clue about your education or experience in the US and whether you’re lying about it or not. You’ll have to prove yourself all over again.

Arrange accommodation at your new place before your shipment is scheduled to arrive. Shipping can take a few weeks. We did an LCL (less than container load) palletized move. We got a freight expediter to palletize it and to handle all the paperwork. It wasn’t crazy expensive, 3/4 of a ton of stuff was about $400. I knew someone who knew someone in the business, that helped. The shipment came into a major port, I hired a van to pick it up, brought a brawny son along, drove there, signed some forms, busted up the palletized load into the van and drove it back home. The whole pick-up process took most of a day.

Heath arrangements vary a lot by country so I won’t comment on them much. Getting insurance as a “bridge” is also necessary if you’re let in on a short-term visa pending their granting you permanent residency. You also have to avoid getting entangled with the justice system during that period, even minor crimes can disqualify you.

Live like the locals, not like an American. Swimming against the current is exhausting, and you’ll soon find out that the thing you thought was essential for you to to live wasn’t actually worth having. I’ve got a smaller house than I had in the US, I drive a smaller car (and drive a lot less than I did in the States), and my fridge is smaller than I am. But my greengrocer’s a 5-minute walk from my house, so I don’t need to have a month’s worth of food in the fridge.

Once you’ve bootstrapped in the new place, take a vacation, enjoy the new environment. Don’t forget who you are, but keep moving forward.

I left many years ago, before Trump was anything but a bad joke on reality TV. I have no regrets. If your vote is suppressed, vote with your feet. It’s also OK to stay and fight, but not everyone is in a position to do that.

He’ll probably miss, even if he tries it.

It wasn’t too bad when it started, but now it’s owned by Lebedev and some Saudi frontman, and it has become increasingly erratic.

Hitler had a big problem with flatulence, so you’re probably right.

Fake problem so he can deploy troops for no reason and later declare victory. Typical Trump bullshit.

Trump is a weathervane

The only things Trump has been consistent about are his narcissism and his toadying to Putin.