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Troy McClure - Simpsons https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAxjqAfwfyI

It wasn't necessarily the people asking for it, black rock was pushing hard; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTDdDgr-xYo

I assumed it was because she was speaker at the time at least when this popped off recently.

They don't have to - but a large portion of them are ~%80.

https://www.dictionary.com/e/borrowed-words/

You will never find a cheese steak listed under the hoagie section in Philadelphia, even the cheese steak hoagie goes in the steak section.

> it goes from collectible to paperweight

That's what OP is confused about - why anyone would buy an experimental car without knowing it has potential to be worthless. The lack of parts on a novelty ice car has the same issue when the company folds.

Street performer

%15 of the US population uses a private well

Drawing machine, its a popular small project to print a pen adapter and use them to draw

Plotter is a drawing machine connected to a computer

I don't think its got anything to do with you're age, huffing glue/paint/gas has been thing for decades. Maybe just a little out of touch.

It was, its been an issue since the 70's, it used to be called corporate raiding.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Private_equity_in_the_1980s

Its a post covid thing here, but has been common in the UK for a long time. I imagine it sounded better during covid in the US than our traditional terms.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/feb/04/why-do-we-call...

Don't know why you are being down voted, its common UK English for a shot.

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/feb/04/why-do-we-call...

Maybe you are familiar. But the point of calculating per item was to show its easy to take thousands of dollars out of the back of a truck in an instant. Most are targeted, as in this case as it was the second time, and not a crime of opportunity like you experienced.

> Even if each of the victims reported them to the police, the value of the items from each theft wouldn't add up to much in the grand scheme of things.

I don't think you know how expensive commercial power tools and accessories are.. They cited 15k items with a range of 3-5 million. At 3 million that's $200 an item. Hardly peanuts.

The article also says the tools likely came from a variety of sources

They are saying foreigners consuming for private use/cleaning money and taking them off the market entirely is a separate and greater issue. Not for rental.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/21/upshot/when-the-empty-apa...

The artist gets the delivery fee to print your own ticket?

I thought of the monopoly suit is between live nation and ticketmaster and their control of venues.

Awesome - really appreciate the full response

I have been fascinated with generated art drawings recently. Care to share any tips that's led to your current situation?

Yeah that's what I was kinda getting at, "lets put this somewhere people are going to interact with it and learn but the stakes are very low"

Maybe in an ideal world but in my area the city can barely keep up with things like basic infrastructure maintenance and trash. Don't think there is a lot of room for things like foresight.

Also have a little issue with things like speeding laws and the police not even following them. I was almost hit by a cop blowing a stop sign literally yesterday.

It means you are comparing apples to oranges. You wouldn't comparing a chevy spark to a mid range lexus they are optimized for different markets.

MS originally included Solitaire in MS 3 to improve peoples computer skills with drag and drop.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Solitaire#History

I don't think its clear they are relying on people not knowing how autopilot works on planes because I don't think most people know autopilot on planes exist for the most part. 10-15% of the US population has never been on a plane.

TBF you didn't say it - It appeared that way if you followed the logic at the time regarding the gp you responded to two posts up about keeping poors away.

The US Federal government at best technically, not literally, prints its own money.

The Fed is an independent organization with US Federal oversight. It is responsible for the call to issue more money but a government body prints it.

https://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/041515/why-f...

I guess it comes down to how one answers the question - do taxes exist to support the country and its means, or enforce economic distribution with the benefit to social welfare?

Its usually people thinking they've got some kinda alt/edgy take "well actually...", or trying to remind the internet other countries exist.

It is an there are, Avocado's aren't as high on that list here because they can grow naturally in SW USA. There is a greater concern with almonds and alfalfa in the area.