The dependency was massively reduced just in 2022 post invasion, but you can’t just go cold turkey.

Don’t need a degree, but computer programming is fundamentally logic and algorithms. You need to have internalise reasoning logically. In some ways critical thinking is closer to programming than trig is.

So how will you know if he changes anything?

The US isn’t in anything right now. It’s deployed (it always is), but not in active hostilities.

(Unless I’m missing something in Central or South America)

Honestly. No country should have the military spending that the US does. It’s too much power in one place. I understand the cold war made it necessary though.

Not ban. Regulate, like food. Have standards and enforce them.

Secondhand nicotine does you no harm. The reason cigarettes are so bad for you is that you’re smoking tar. That’s what makes the walls of a smokers home yellow, and what gives them cancer.

Nicotine is addictive, but largely harmless at the levels in cigarettes and vapes for the primary smoker. A secondhand smoker will be getting almost nothing. The problem with vapes is, I suspect, the flavourings. I’m aware of mounting evidence that they’re not harmless, but I think that’s only to primary vapers, not secondary.

I think that last point is an important one.

Banning things often does more harm than good. In your case “Nicotine Bad!” as a policy removes your options.

So regulate them and enforce it.

Oh boo hoo!

People being mildly annoying means they should be banned? Cigarettes were killing smokers and those around them. That’s the line for me. If your actions harm others, then it gets restricted.

Vapes are nowhere near that line. They just smell weird.

You know this, but nicotine isn’t the problem. It’s all the other crap in them.

…and let me guess. Critizing Israel’s actions is tacit support of Hezbollah?

That sounds like policy written by somebody who has no idea what the reality of software development is.

1 year to rewrite critical software in a new language?

It was a death sentence leaving NK. They were never going to be allowed back in to tell others of the outside world. The only question was how long they’d last.

You mean the ones building massive LLMs with all the data they’ve scraped?

Lampposts will remain in place in many locations where they are necessary, such as in cities where CCTV cameras rely on good lighting.

Booooo! CCTV is deployed far too broadly.

What’s important to know is that the LDP has been in government since the 1950s in Japan. At this time Japan went through a huge economic transformation post-WW2, growing the economy massively. This success cemented the LDP as the party of economic success, even though Japan’s GDP has shrunk since the 90s. This shrinking has happened during a time of population decline also, so GDP per capita has only stagnated until recently, making it easier to handle.

Through this time, desire for political change has been growing, but a 70 year incumbent is hard to shift. Sounds like they been given a black eye in this election, but still remain the largest party. The question now is whether they of the opposition are able to organise a ruling coalition.

Sorry… you don’t think the wars in Ukraine and Syria aren’t killing a bunch of women and children?

Not what I said. However I expect the ratio in Gaza is higher as people can’t be evacuated, hence “civilians on the front line”.

You’re right that all those other conflicts need as much exposure. I’m not going to argue there.

No, but I think it’s the main one with civilians on the front line. I’m assuming “women” is a proxy for civilians, and the article isn’t talking about women in fighting forces.

Exactly. The same party has been in power since the 50s I think. There’s a lot of desire for change, but not much belief that it can come through their current system.