Oh I see. That actually makes a lot more sense now.

No. Not for any good reason though... I just don't need it.

Firstly, I use LibreWolf rather than Firefox. It still has Sync but it's disabled by default and I've just never felt any interest in enabling it.

I use KeepassXC for passwords, so I don't need Firefox to sync those.

I don't use bookmarks. I don't have an amazing memory or whatever I've just always found it more convenient to just search for whatever I'm trying to find, whether that's searching my history or google or whatever. Like how do you organise bookmarks? Trying to categorise pages that I may wish to refer to in the future would drive me nuts. I do use Zotero which is similar to bookmarks but only for academic research.

Even transferring things between devices. That might be nice but seriously I just search for whatever it was I was looking at on whatever other device.

All that remains is addons and themes and honestly it's kinda nice to start with a clean slate on every new desktop and add in themes and addons. Only takes a minute.

Just gonna point out the obvious here and say... that this kid has no skills or experience with which to do whatever "at-large delegates" do.

Yeah. I'm just gonna say it's not quicker, and certainly not more efficient.

This is the answer.

In many ways people are the product of their surroundings. Even if these people are "just gullible", that's because they don't know any better, which makes them victims also.

Not that kind of bear.

I'm struggling with this.

You're saying that because science was wrong about something else, it must be wrong about fluoride?

I think that if you really dig into it, you'll find that arsenic use wasn't supported by science, but rather snake oil salesmen.

You don't seem to understand the type of damage it would do to discontinue our trade relationship with China.

It's not just some company would lose a few million dollars in share value.

It would be economic collapse. Rolling blackouts, civil unrest, supply chain disruption, starvation, overwhelmed health services, no fuel, rioting, suburban gang violence, hyper inflation.

China would just be able to buy everything they don't already own and take everything else.

Sometimes it takes courage to stare down an adversary, and not blink when they fire off a few scary flares.

Bullshit. Hyperbole.

You talk about "seeking alternative trading partners" like we're seeking alternative laundry powder at woolies.

Who else will buy our iron ore who isn't already? The answer is no one.

Oh man.

After all this blue-ball edging and postponing I would so dearly love to see Biden win and then Trump all these stalled cases can get wrapped up.

This really sums up this whole stupid argument.

All the women choosing bears are talking figuratively.

All the men getting offended are talking literally.

Yes some men are assholes and it's understandable some women are defensive.

End of.

It's not greedy to avoid catastrophic economic collapse.

It's not spineless to choose an appropriate response instead of having a hissy fit.

You don't protect Australians by acting like a tough guy.

China is our largest trading partner. Last year we exported $220b of stuff to China. This year it will be closer to $250b.

Second place is Japan, at a paltry $80b this year. That's a third.

Meh. Maybe I am a bit out of touch, but honestly you might be too.

There's a whole cohort of people, I daresay most people, who wouldn't bother looking at reviews to purchase this type of item.

If today is the day I'm going to buy a washing machine, then I go to a shop that sells them, I select one based on price vs features, arrange delivery, and leave.

Ok, well... I'm glad you're not in charge of anything I guess.

Sorry this just isn't my experience. I've never encountered a microwave which doesn't start when you press start. If I had one that was faulty I would discard it and buy another one for $20.

I'm sorry but you're gravely mistaken.

A judges whole job is to interpret the law and to apply appropriate penalties given the circumstances.

In some cases crimes have prescribed penalties - "exceeding the speed limit by 5mph" probably has a prescribed penalty.

In other cases the judge must weight the circumstances and determine what penalty is appropriate.

In this case, trump is antagonising the judge because it keeps his base engaged, and keeps campaign donations flowing in. Trump wants to go to jail because it would ignite his base. Why would a judge feel that penalty is appropriate? May as well give him a blow job.

More to the point, the primary objective of any punishment in this case would be to cause Trump to desist. If putting him in jail is not going to do that, but rather give his contemptuous remarks a far greater reach, then why indeed put him in jail?

Honestly, the best course of action for the judge and the correct "punishment" for Trump is to give his various utterances the least oxygen possible while preserving the authority of the court.

This is my take also. I try not to think they're all idiots but more and more I'm just agog at the stupidity required to be conservative.

Conservatives seem to perpetually vote against their own interests.

Like my parents are pensioners, but will always vote for conservatives who will never increase their pension. They've been on this trajectory their entire lives.

I like the phrase "temporarily embarrassed millionaires". As in they think of themselves as wealthy and vote that way because it makes them feel like part of the club.

Ooh ooh I know this one! The answer is Hitler!

I can see that your microwave is important to you, but to me "I don't care" doesn't really capture how little I care about my microwave.

I think the one we have is probably the cheapest available when we bought it 8 years ago. The buying decision probably took less than 1 minute, without hyperbole. I only ever use one button, I just press start n times until the timer says something reasonable.

When buying this stuff I don't really see a risk of being locked into any bullshit because all microwaves can perform their basic function of heating food.