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The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.
April 9, 2025 at 7:15 PM
The problem with most machine-based random number generators is that they’re not TRULY random, so if you need genuine randomness it is sometimes necessary to link your code to an external random process like a physical noise source or the current rate of US tariffs on a given country.
*insert "worst guy you know makes a great point" meme here*
Rand Paul: "The whole [tariffs] debate is so fundamentally backwards & upside down. It's based on a fallacy & the fallacy is this: that somehow in a trade, someone must lose. That somehow when you trade with someone, someone is taking advantage of you... I have a trade deficit with my grocery store"
April 8, 2025 at 4:19 PM
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A really great explainer, especially if you're not good at math.
WATCH: If you REALLY want to understand just how lazy, moronic & dishonest Trump’s “math” is, that he claims is the basis for his “reciprocal tariffs” on nations all over the world (spoiler: they aren’t reciprocal), please watch this excellent CBC explanation by Andrew Chang.
Then please share it.
Then please share it.
The bizarre way Trump’s team calculated reciprocal tariffs | About That
YouTube video by CBC News
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April 6, 2025 at 4:52 AM
A really great explainer, especially if you're not good at math.
Sitting on an #amtrak train 50 mins late leaving Penn Station. With only one tube open between NY and NJ, there's a train stuck and all traffic is stopped until they can move it. Really missing that Gateway project from 10 years ago.
February 3, 2025 at 1:43 AM
Sitting on an #amtrak train 50 mins late leaving Penn Station. With only one tube open between NY and NJ, there's a train stuck and all traffic is stopped until they can move it. Really missing that Gateway project from 10 years ago.
The last of the fallen leaves on Riverside Drive.
December 2, 2024 at 3:02 AM
The last of the fallen leaves on Riverside Drive.