GreyEyedGhost

Trudeau put the coffee table there, and he would get rid of it if the people would just elect him.

One more user for the list. I might even post some pictures.

Them implying Google or Shopify wouldn't give or sell information to the government, or try to get government subsidies, is also implausible. But if they state their intention, none of us have to guess.

Yes, but they're being very non-specific? Which companies? Spotify, Google and Apple, or the ones condemning the removal of DEI? It can be easily read either way.

I'm not sure what you're saying here. Are you saying the companies that support DEI are taking government subsidies, or that the company(or companies) that abandon DEI of their own will shortly after the American president targeted it are taking government subsidies? And which government are you referring to, America or Canada?

So the question becomes, like so many others, are the benefits worth the risks? Being able to collect information on your citizens without saying you do by helping closely aligned countries do the same appears to have been worth the risk to the leaders of those (and other) countries. Doing that while also providing info about your allies to someone who isn't considered an ally or who they may be wary of is a different proposition.

I'd be happier if a lot of things could happen, including spying on your neighbors, or engaging in quid pro quo to provide a fig leaf on the idea of spying on your own citizens, but I imagine that isn't going to happen for a good long while.

Also to stop game resales, which seems to have completely died off.

It's surprising how well the Steam Deck plays new games and how much support has been added to older games for something with a form factor similar to the Switch and a price point that is lower than most computers or consoles with similar capabilities. It's a big change to the cost/benefit calculation.

Correct. His had the most floors, but there was another that was still taller.

Which he actually didn't after the towers fell.

Hey, I just stumbled across this community and your post, and it seems like, based on this link Pranav Antal is your best bet. +30% exobiology.

I'm a fan of Li Yong-Rui, but that's because most of my income is trading or exploring. I definitely need to get outside my ship(s) more, though.

I disagree with calling individualized pronouns pronouns, mostly because the whole idea of pronouns, like you said, is to replace a noun with a generic reference. As you also said, words shape our thoughts, but they also have meaning. All that said, I can't think of a better way to reject the idea of pronouns without implicitly rejecting the person doing so, which I also don't believe is acceptable. I'd be happier if a better way was found, but making me happy isn't the goal of communication in general.

I've been watching this drama for a while and keeping my opinions to myself since I'm largely unaffected by this discussion, but your comments helped crystallize my opinions on this and come to a reasonable state. I still don't like the idea of individualized pronouns, but I can't see an option that both ignores them and still respects their users right to how they identify themselves (and I can't see a way to write that sentence without at least ignoring the whole subject). So thank you for that insight.