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I'd note I've been in or adjacent to the software space for decades, and this is news to me! Conclusion: it's a term of art in a certain subset of the software space (or I'm ignorant ... either one!)
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Have you tried treating the problem with chicken meatballs?
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I second the advice to get assistance. I know your background makes you frugal, but look into hiring a dog walker for your recovery (or part thereof). Certainly, for the first week or so, saving even a few minutes will be a godsend !
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ooh, I don't know... an everything bagel, while delicious, conflates the bread and the toppings, which (if permitted) would allow a filet mignon on Wonderbread to be ranked somewhere far to the right of where Wonderbread is...
I'd rank a multiseeded granary loaf towards the top, myself!
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Yeah: it's important to note that that picture was taken while Donald Trump was still hanging out with his buddy Jeff Epstein...
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Thank you. I will try very hard not to hold you personally responsible for messing up the Security point on the Bridge. Walking all the way to the gate was one of my favorite little diversions.
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This isn't right!!

The "Reality" paragraph should end "who she stole from" or "from whom she stole".

(This is entirely tongue in cheek, not a criticism of the author or their valid point!)
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No, no, no... it's for people they believe committed an offense against their institutional views, which may or may not be a crime!

Perp walks are great for bolstering weak cases and to show Something Is Being Done!
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Wop it into a burrito ... it'll be fine!
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It was the Oslo Accords that the Israeli ultranationalist assassin opposed, but otherwise correct. Sadly, periodically parts the right wing of Israeli society call for the release from jail of the murderer.
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George, that's nowhere close to Article 5.

Article 5 is "an attack on one is an attack on all". It's ratified by the Senate.

Qatar's protection is "an attack on Qatar may or may not make Donald quite cross". Ratified by no one.
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Think about it: you can fly horizontally with a nose-up attitude a lot easier than you can fly level with a nose-down one!
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Now, E-4Bs are modified 747s, and apparently cost about $160k per hour to operate. COS to Dulles is about three hours each way. So that's just under $1,000,000 for a photo op.

And that's just for one of the many officers that had to travel...
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With a shutdown tonight, how much did all that cost?

I happened to see one of the aircraft carrying flag officers to that meeting departing my local airport. For understandable reasons, they used an E-4B Nightwatch "Doomsday" plane (because they run NORAD and Space Force).
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Bear in mind that's just streaming cancelations. I believe the parks and cruise ships also suffered, and those are big ticket items that recoup (the canceled Thanksgiving resort trip likely isn't coming back).
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If NYC is run by a communist, then NYC should seize control of properties in NYC and sell them to raise cash. Starting with Seven Springs Estate and 40 Wall Street, an apartment on 5th Ave, etc.
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The UN can move the location of the GA without giving up the international territory they have in New York.

You want a location with many diplomatic missions already, and infrastructure, so how about Panama (in the Canal Zone) or Mexico City?
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True, but not the issue. The issue that prompts the "dedicated circuit" is that motors are inductive loads as opposed to resistive loads. An inductive load wants the most power (watts) when the AC voltage is not at it's peak (so more Amps), so messes up the averaging we expect from AC supplies .
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The largest airline will have the largest number of anecdotal complaints.

But don't compare the experience of an arbitrary passenger with that of a top status customer.
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FWIW, hotel status, while nice, impacts less than airline status. Several times a year I get to spend time at hotels where I have no status, and it's just a small decrement from my Hilton (Gold) or Marriott (Titanium) experiences.

Not being top tier on the airlines is like... flying Frontier!
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I'm told you had something to do with Wil Wheaton's "Starter Villain" and "Kaiju Preservation Society"!

Seriously, I like to read and then listen, so I sometimes internally mispronounce names & places, but both forms of the story work well for me.
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None of this is theoretical: Joe McCarthy and HUAC provide examples, as well as the firings in this administration of people seen as too friendly to Proscribed People like FBI or DOJ staffers who worked on Trump or J6 matters.
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Other categories where being identified at a protest may be harmful include getting or having a security clearance, having or applying for a government job, having or applying for a job with a quasi government organization, etc and also having family members doing those sorts of things.