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You don't have to be a fun guy to be a shitty leader. But it helps.

If we're ranking world leaders on how much fun they'd be to have over for a beer, I agree GWB is right up there. And, we'd have to invite Boris and Donald as well. Funny how highly negatively that...

Not a very comfortable place to be I'd imagine.

Though, one might also imagine the Russians wouldn't be very comfortable tripping over the 100k+ Russian graves from '39-40.

They've not had many timid leaders in their history that's for sure.

Could be Rootin' Tootin' Putin won't live long enough to invade Saunaland and Meatballland. Let's fucking hope so.
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Do you feel any safer from Vlad the Insaner now?

Ok, wokey.

In fact, I don't think shouting Donald Trump is inherently a racist thing to do.

You're the one who always says people are responsible for their own reactions to others' words. Now here, you're...

How so? Does he know your guests personally?

My point is there's a clever way to stick up for yourself without risking anything. It almost never involves trying to out-asshole someone. You're making it personal and that's the wrong tack imo.
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Your idea assumes you understand how his twisted mind works well enough to manipulate him into being a good neighbor, all the while hoping he doesn't go into Rambo mode. Who knows what mental health...

...I'd call my local councillor, the mayor's office, the captain of the police, my congressman, governor, and everyone else I could think of too. Just embarrass the fuck out of the cops until they...

Yeah, it's intolerable for sure. The moment he threw something at my dog I probably would have been the one ending up getting shot in the face.

But if I was thinking cooly, I'd get together with...

Dunno, seems high risk. If he stops, great, but he doesn't sound like the type to back down. Seems a better chance he escalates, and you end up with a gun in your face.

When I was doing a postdoc in PA, I lived in a student apartment building. A young Chinese couple above me had a piano in their apartment. One of them spent a lot of time practising and they were...

No matter how bad your neighbour is, this guy ...

https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/up8w7m/backyard_neighbor_yells_donald_trump_and_shoots/

https://twitter.com/DarthPutinKGB/status/1525518355221856256

Finland announces decision to apply to join NATO.

Putin calculating if he still has time to lose the war in Ukraine, pull out and invade Coccoland.

Finland signs security agreement with UK. Good luck with that Finland. ;)

Here, fixed it.


https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FSUpOO1X0AIpwwP?format=jpg&name=900x900

^ Wut.

If you're doing something where you're having to solve a problem numerically rather than analytically, run some simulations to collect a lot of data, tweak the formula, rinse and repeat if...

What, you're taking a game coder thingy course? Is this your latest career exploring thingy?

Oh. Adding Gaussian functions might take a bit longer then.

Better get started.

A bird came and sat on my side mirror today while I was sitting in the car eating my lunch. Cocky little bugger.


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I think it'd be more fun if there was some thinking you had to do. Like, vary the trajectory of the ball from straight to curved, have multiple balls, have the ball(s) change speed/direction in some...