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Re:Computer Scientists Invent an Efficient New Way to Count by jedberg on Friday May 17, 2024 @05:44PM (#40394477)
Actually quick is definitely something that comes to mind. Quick in politics is of course relative, but the speed with which he has enacted major changes (for example marijuana legalization) is pretty quick in the realm of politics when congress is of the other party.
Re:Computer Scientists Invent an Efficient New Way to Count by willy_k on Saturday May 18, 2024 @02:35PM (#40400999)
He’s barely able to read a teleprompter, not too confident that Biden himself enacted those changes.
Re:Computer Scientists Invent an Efficient New Way to Count by modriano on Sunday May 19, 2024 @02:18AM (#40404642)
We've had nearly 4 years with no scandals and emerged from the pandemic with the best economic recovery of any country, and despite having no margin to spare in Congress, master legislator Joe Biden has secured massive climate change, infrastructure, and gun control bills, not to mention he's ended our two decade war in Afghanistan and overseen the fastest wage growth of the two lowest income quintiles seen in modern history.

And every time people actually watch him speak (not just a selected clip), there's weeks of coverage about how alive JB seems, not recognizing that all evidence points to that being typical.

Re:Computer Scientists Invent an Efficient New Way to Count by patrick451 on Sunday May 19, 2024 @10:57PM (#40411755)
> We've had nearly 4 years with no scandals

This isn't the flex you think it is. When the media is lapping out of your hand like a 6 week old puppy instead of doing their fifth estate job, of course there are no scandals.

> and gun control bills,

You mean stripping Americans of their constitutional rights.

> not to mention he's ended our two decade war in Afghanistan.

Which was an unmitigated disaster.

> and overseen the fastest wage growth of the two lowest income quintiles seen in modern history.

Hello inflation.

Re:Computer Scientists Invent an Efficient New Way to Count by throw10920 on Tuesday May 21, 2024 @09:50PM (#40436545)
>> and gun control bills

> You mean stripping Americans of their constitutional rights.

Not that I disagree with you, but when posters like modriano engage in political/partisan commentary on HN, I find it more productive to merely downvote and flag their comments rather than replying and getting engaged in a war.

A dead post makes quite the impression, as this sort of political commentary just generally defeats the quality of discourse on HN (which, you must admit, is much better than many other platforms, and I'd like to try to preserve it as long as possible).