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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: So you expand to another neighbourhood - buy up another lemonade stand there, hire workers, etc. That's what the US is trying. By force. And even if they take the planet, it is limited, innit?
Daniel Pfeffer wrote: Not necessarily. Lack of growth does not equal economic collapse Usually it doesn't; but paying existing debts requires the growth.
It is not some economic theory.
Daniel Pfeffer wrote: so population pressure is no longer a reason for growing the economy. Which population pressure? The complete West would fold over without refugees to enter our workforce! The only pressure here is called interest.
Daniel Pfeffer wrote: print money, which causes inflation IT DIDN'T!!
It is just numbers on a computer sitting there; if it were real cash, then yes, you'd have a shitload of inflation after we "rescued" the banks. It didn't, even though trillions more slosh through the system.
There's no inflation! You pay more for yer shite, yes, but that's not inflation, that's just price going up.
Lessening debt?
You do realize that money is never coming back ehr? By now that is obvious for anyone who can count.
Daniel Pfeffer wrote: lessening the governmental debt
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Eddy Vluggen wrote: That's what the US is trying. By force. Not only the USA... almost every country with some strength tries it. Even Holand (you had colonies too, hadn't you?)
BTW, today I would say China is way more aggressive with the economical expansion than USA.
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Nelek wrote: Even Holand (you had colonies too, hadn't you?) If you wrote it correct, then the name would still be wrong. And we do have colonies that we keep funding, not vassals.
Nelek wrote: BTW, today I would say China is way more aggressive with the economical expansion than USA. China? Aggressive?
There's a US military base not far from here; to protect "the Netherlands" from the evil commies and Germans. Just like you protect American oil wells in the mid-east.
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I said "economical expansion" not militar.
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To some, that's the same thing. It's a rather large part of that economy, innit? To invade and conquer? Largest budget to warfare?
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#Worldle #238 3/6 (100%)
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https://worldle.teuteuf.fr
Had to look at map. Knew which country but could not recall the name.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
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#Worldle #239 3/6 (100%)
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https://worldle.teuteuf.fr
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We were off by one.
My mathematics/CS professor used to say if your program has an error, it's just off by one somewhere.
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
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I am in a time zone half-a-day ahead of you.
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"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
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I meant that my Worldle answer is for 239, whereas yours is for Worldle 238. So, I get it earlier than you.
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#Worldle #239 1/6 (100%)
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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Doh!
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
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Off by 2
"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
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Wordle 455 6/6
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Wordle 455 4/6
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Software rusts. Simon Stephenson, ca 1994. So does this signature. me, 2012
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Wordle 455 4/6*
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"A little time, a little trouble, your better day"
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Wordle 455 4/6
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Wordle 455 3/6
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Wordle 455 4/6
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"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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Wordle 455 4/6
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Wordle 455 4/6
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Life should not be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a pretty and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside in a cloud of smoke, thoroughly used up, totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming “Wow! What a Ride!" - Hunter S Thompson - RIP
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Wordle 455 4/6
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Get me coffee and no one gets hurt!
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I have lots of external, multi-TB drives I've purchased over the years, sitting in USB enclosures. Semi-retired, and for the most part, collecting dust.
Over the years, for many reasons I won't get into, I've lost faith in the whole concept of RAID. I'd rather have these drives each operate on its own rather than trying to build a big pool of drives with hardware/software that's supposed to have the smarts to rebuild itself when one drive dies and you just put in another drive to take its place. Sounds great in theory but...like I said, I won't get into this.
The problem with my collection of external drives is that they each require a power outlet and USB cable. If one drive isn't going to be used for a few days or even weeks, it's pointless to have it spinning 24/7, and external drives typically don't have a power switch or button; you have to physically unplug its wall wart. Products from Drobo, Synology, QNAP and others and not contenders IMO, and are complete overkill to me, not to mention seriously overpriced (but then, that's because they have features I don't want/need).
I found this thing on Amazon, which is essentially a 10-drive USB enclosure where each drive can be made to work independently and has its own power button. Sounds perfect to me. I really don't want anything more complicated. And being able to power on/off any drive independently sets it apart from everything else that tries to be too sophisticated for its own good.
Unfortunately it's listed an currently unavailable. Their smaller versions (4 or 5 bays) seem reasonable, but unfortunately, reading posted comments, there's no middle ground - people either rave about them, or warn about them being junk (drives disappearing on their own randomly for a few moments, Windows reporting hardware errors, etc).
Does anyone have hands-on experience with these types of docks and report their honest opinion - again, not looking for a RAID, and I would really, really prefer something where each drive can be powered on/off on its own.
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