fearmerchant

China's corporate espionage might have surpassed France at the winners podium.

Nuclear advocate here. I'd also note that while natural gas is a reliable power source; the price can be very volatile.

I trade options and natgas is called the widow maker.

South American

My parents in their 70's.

As an aside, I'm not really sure whether equity in the schools is simply being used as a buzzword folks think they need to include in their statements about various topics, or whether people really adhere to what it means and entails. Probably a little from column A and a little from column B.

I work in education and you're probably right that it's not THE thing, but it does enter the conversation. Teachers are supposed to provide what's called differential instruction but the quality and fidelity really depends on the teacher.

My apologies, I haven't finished my coffee yet this morning and overlooked that issue. Give this a try:

https://archive.ph/okmpC

Great if it holds up. Unfortunately, they have had some rather large revisions to the initial estimates lately.

One of many sources you can find on this issue: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/08/21/business/economy/us-jobs-...

Using a lens with a shallow depth of field to create a bokeh effect.

A large part of what makes elite schools elite is the people you meet. That legacy kid whose dad is well connected or is a VC, is just as important as the smart kid that invents the next great thing. These institutions brought together the brains and the money. It'll be interesting to see how this plays out.

Forty-nine states recklessly allow florists to sell flowers without a license. Only the good people of Louisiana are safe from dangers of unregulated flower purchases.

Not the OP.

The tl;dr is that Polars is faster and has cleaner syntax than Pandas. That said, there's more information (books, videos, discussion boards) and example code for Pandas. If you've got a small project then Pandas does fine. I use Pandas but it's not my day job. If it was, I'd probably switch to Polars.

My guess, before seeing your post, was that it's an age correlation.

I see no signs of being braced.

This is common at state festivals (and local city festivals), and has been going on for years using “coupons” or other fake festival cash. They do it to skim their rake from the vendors.