Readit NewsI stopped by a friends house and we then went on a walk. Some stores were open and cash was accepted. We hung out later that night and had a few beers. The sky was amazing as there was next to no light pollution. Next day was totally in the dark as well and again, no panic. More beers were enjoyed.
The choice to move to electronic everything without having to give a shit about reliability is a failure of modern government. Move fast and break society for a dollar.
It's interesting to think about and realize how much things have changed now though, and how reliant people are on everything, and especially their tiktoks etc. working all the time.
Some of the panic is likely related to the war in Europe too, and especially the general talk about war
- L1 visa: Get an internal transfer from a company that has offices both in the EU and the US
- H1B visa: Get hired by a US company and enter into a queue/lottery type of thing
- Green card lottery: Enter the annual lottery to get a Green Card to enter the US
- OPT visa + extensions: Graduate from an accredited college/university in the US
- O1 / EB-1 visas etc: Convince the immigration office that you have some extraordinary ability that would greatly benefit the US
- E2 visa and similar: Start a business in the US and invest a substantial amount of money into it
- New "Gold Card": Buy your way into the US with 5 million
Some of these also have different variations with slightly different requirements
You didn’t ask for counter arguments but I’m sure we will see a wide range below this comment.
A broader picture here is to say neoliberal globalization is bad in that it removes local autonomy by creating a need for peaceful trading partners. Who is it bad for, and what sort of world would be good for those people is an exercise left to the reader.
EDIT: I like the vigorous comments and zero net score on this comment. don't blame the messenger guys, this is a fair statement of the steelman. It does not represent my own views.
It's interesting to see how the U.S. could make it happen though, given that there is already a shortage of labor and materials. It will be a long, long road.
I find it hard to believe that they really went around for months buying maybe 100 balls each from random dispensers until they had 250,000 - especially considering the design of the balls is mostly consistent in the end. Maybe a bit of fanciful storytelling?
Such as Bluesky
> Why did you change your name from Buy European Made to Go European?
> We changed our name to better reflect our evolving mission and values. "Go European" encompasses a broader range of initiatives and activities that support European culture, tourism, and services, beyond just promoting European-made products.
Started seeing a chessboard overlayed everywhere, and thinking what the next move for me and other "game objects" would be.
This was after just getting into chess and playing it many times a day, almost every day.
It was a very weird feeling. Luckily, it passed after a while. I stopped playing chess after a while too, and kinda been avoiding it since.