I have some thoughts:

The fact that government shutdown prevented federal workers from being paid (a huge portion being the military) was a large portion of the Democrats’ leverage as public sentiment decreases the longer the shutdown persists. If the military is able to be paid, the shutdown will certainly continue as there is less pressure on either side to agree.

The military is able to operate on a limited basis with unobligated/emergency funds, but is not ‘funded’. If the pool of available money is used to fund personnel, it will certainly reduce readiness as pre-planned activities will not have funds to proceed or for emergencies. There is also certainly not available funds to repeat this multiple times.

In FY 2024 the DoD’s total budget was about $873.5 billion, and compensation for active‑duty, reserve and retired troops accounted for roughly $191.9 billion – ≈ 22 % of the total budget.

That means this move will cost about almost $16 billion per month assuming everyone including retirees are paid. The Pentagon has identified about $8 billion of unused research‑development, testing and evaluation money from the previous FY that can be redirected, but that doesn’t seem to be enough and again, a one time use.

Yeah, I agree I was chuckling till I saw the last article and audibly said oooooh. A real sobering moment.

Ah, I see the yellow specs. Thank you. Hardly noticeable for me until I zoomed in.

What am I looking at here, champ?

Ultimate Captcha

Could this be a true voting record? Votes would be transparent, but as you say, unalterable.

Absence makes the heart grow fonder.

I have a decent desktop with a wide screen display, but I love the portability of the Steam Deck. It just works with syncing save files and continuing my game when I am not at home or want to lie in bed.

I know what I’m getting when I’m not at my desk, and want usability over specs.

I’ve noticed this too on clips of social media posts. I would imagine the purpose is to standardize the size of pictures into a square, but I don’t know what tool is doing it.

Yeah, that’s the balance required. I think it’s important to learn how to operate in an analog world first and not until after appreciating how to navigate the world to use more modern techniques.

Calculators were not allowed in my math classes growing up and I think that allowed better understanding because I learned processes. I hated it and snuck my calculator at times regardless, but come test time I had to do maths by hand.

I see the same problem with control + f and now with generative AI. I fear a growing brain drain from not learning foundations properly. I believe the use of advanced tools should be earned.

If you mad you paying

Are not are not attention

Classic story

I think you missed the mark.

I’d love to have boss music start playing when there are enemies nearby so I know it’s time to leave.

It’s exactly what they want. He is avoiding use of clear, concise sentences to mislead the layman. The data center is generating a gigawatt of energy, for their use. The Wyoming power grid is their battery.

It’s the Sabrina the Teenage Witch show called Chilling Adventures of Sabrina adapted from the comic which was an Archie spin off.