I dunno, this list shows multiple organizations that fall under the Catholic church with wealth in the 10s to 100s of billions.

If you’re talking monetary/liquid wealth then it is probably the Mormons, but the catholic church is much larger and older. They have been amassing wealth for a very long time. Though, functionally it is irrelevant. They both have the ability to wield massive political influence.

I’d guess the catholic church has significantly more wealth than either of those.

If my car ever has a device like that, I’m removing it pretty much immediately. I don’t even excessively speed, but I hate stupid distracting noises that I know will happen even under fairly normal use.

They don’t have to buy everyone, but if you look at US elections it is obvious they they spend a lot getting friendly politicians into power. There are others that are likely compromised in other ways. Plus there are religious nut jobs that are working to bring about the prophesied end of the world so they can be fucking raptures. All of that plays into giving Israel outsized influence.

There is also the racial piece though. Israel is framed as the ‘good guys’ that are the West’s defenders against the ‘evil Muslims’. A frustratingly large portion of the world population either doesn’t care, or actively condones wholesale slaughter of brown people.

They have been involved in bribery of world leaders for decades, they have a PAC that is deeply embedded in US politics, and they have invested heavily in intelligence collection (HUMINT and SIGINT), including gathering and creating compromising information about key individuals.

Oh I am well aware. That is why it is stupid to include it in the title. Having it in the body of the article makes sense, because that was their inspiration for the device. And it is true that a polygraph is capable of measuring stress when compared to an individuals baseline. Putting it in the title makes it seem like the device is going to be targeted at law enforcement/intelligence services when the device is actually meant for clinicians and other medical professionals to track stress in patients who may not otherwise be able to communicate pain and discomfort.

The lightweight, bandage-like device gently adheres to the chest, where it simultaneously measures heart activity, breathing patterns, sweat response, blood flow and temperature. Together, these signals capture a real-time, whole-body view of stress.

If you read the article, it’s not just heartbeat. Though the title comparing to a polygraph is stupid and gives the wrong impression about what the device is meant for. Polygraphs are inherently just stress detectors as well, and their use as a lie detector is pseudoscience garbage that isn’t backed up by evidence.

Tracking body signals that show stress could be useful for lots of medical reasons though, so I don’t think developing this device was a waste at all.

Could be gog, jog, goj, or joj.

If you do upgrade, I can happily recommend Prusa Printers. I have an MK3S+ that has been bulletproof for years. I went the route of building a kit as its a bit cheaper, but it took very little effort once it was all together to get it printing nearly flawlessly. And from what I have heard, if you buy the assembled printers they are pretty much ready out of the box.

There are other printers on the market that may be bigger, faster, or better in other ways. Prusa seems to be supportive of the open source community, and if there is any reason to dislike them I’m unaware of it. I think the biggest hit against them is the cost, but I feel like its been worth it to have a versatile and frustration free printer.

The only reason to do this is because they know Trump did illegal things. Otherwise, they wouldn’t mention them at all. So this is basically Trump admitting to illegal tax evasion.

So I guess this can get added to the massive pile of evidence against Trump that will never lead to consequences because the US is a joke and the ‘justice’ system is rigged. Yay for ‘freedom’…fucking clown country.

CGP Grey has a great video about it.

It is a proprietary closed protocol with built in DRM. The HDMI Forum is not consumer friendly, charges royalties to manufacturers for the productiom of HDMI capable devices, and HDMI has no performance advantage over Display Port.

I’m hoping they already had the discussion with Motorola about it. I’m assuming Motorola wouldn’t be on the hook legally since Graphene is the OS provider. I could be wrong though.

They have reached a deal with Motorola, so hopefully there will be more options soon. You can get we used pixels pretty cheap though, and the installation process is very easy.

This is why firefighters typically work to protect surrounding structures, but let the meth lab burn. That is, if it is already known to be a meth lab. Between the toxic chemicals and the difficulty of dealing with various chemical fires it is safer to just let it burn itself out if possible.

They didn’t attack him because he is a republican. They even showed reasons to back up why he shouldn’t be given praise. So it seems like maybe your instincts are the issue here.

Well I do use Arch

Wait…does this apply to all Arch based distros? If so I haven’t been talking about it nearly enough.

Thank you! Definitely need to read more Vonnegut.

What book is this?