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Security doesn’t produce anything. So no, it’s not productive by definition.

> Density increases and ubiquitous transit result in HIGHER levels of housing shortages.

Density doesn’t cause housing shortage. A housing shortage creates motivation to increase density.

Except for the buying part, the rest is figurative, not literal

Arithmetic is used in daily life. Mathematical research is work that some people dedicate their careers to, if not their lives. At least they used to.

People will still learn math, but way less people will study it, relative to today.

I hope I’m wrong.

You used collective terms when you said “they pushed us”, that’s what I was referring to. Geez Louise

I don’t stand for Likud, and I want them gone a thousand times more than you do, and have for years. I’m not defending the Israeli government’s decisions, and I’m not sure why you assume that.

My point, which you haven’t addressed, is that the US is responsible for its actions, and can’t blame anyone else for the decisions it makes.

Israel’s decisions are not About the US, and US decisions are not About Israel. I oppose both of these perspectives that you presented.

You can’t reason about this war without discussing energy and China. Yet many people gleefully volunteer their mal informed opinions about geostrategic affairs without addressing the biggest geostrategic factors that have been driving US policy for decades if not centuries.

What you describe sounds like little more than rubber stamping a PR target than reviewing it.. I see it too, but I don’t thing we should double down on it just because it’s common

The first citation is from anonymous sources, and doesn’t even claim that those people got fired for hating Israel.

The second mentions the US as well. I ask you - should a company want to hire people that are against its home country?

I could only find one publication of someone getting fired in this context, and even that was about this person using the brand logo for their protest as if it was on the company’s behalf. As evidence, none of the other employees participating in the same protest got fired for participating.

Edit: all this is far detached from your claim that you must “love” Israel. At most, don’t recruit the company’s brand to your protest.

I’m sorry, but I can’t help but see this view as ultra US centric. The Israeli government wanted to strike at Iran and needed a strong ally. It’s not a ploy to set a trap for the US, which is bonkers.

Literally? Care to provide a source for that?

I bet if you ask a few Canadians, at least some will tell you that the US is adversarial to Canada.

States have interests, not hearts.

Sorry if I wasn’t clear, but by “you” I meant the United States.

My point is that the US is responsible for its actions, and can’t excuse itself by claiming to be pushed around by anyone.

Is that a reference? If so, I’m not familiar with it

Adversary, as in “wants the US to lose”?

Sorry, I don’t follow

No one pushed “you”, the most powerful empire in the world, into anything. Take responsibility for your own choices.

You used the term “us” so I’m playing along with that “us” vs. “them” state of mind.

Can’t you say that about every other country?

While the definition of Semitic people is straightforward, everyone has their own idea of what Zionism is.

You’re misusing the word “literally”

Are you implying that there’s always some math that AI isn’t doing? No worries, AI will do it “for you” tomorrow.

Maybe most people don’t find it depressing. That takes away nothing from the experience and feelings of those who do.

AI doing the math for us means that we are not doing the math. To people who like doing math, this is depressing.

I’m baffled every time I see people who just don’t get that.

Are you seriously making that comparison?

What on earth are you talking about?!

They sure aren’t fooling you!

Dick is just a nickname for Richard, so I guess all Richards are Dicks?

I was just going to say how nice it is to see the work of an actual person.

This work isn’t generated, as the author commented in the thread

Science and math breakthroughs are a great excuse to wield all this power

No one can seriously claim he doesn’t have a giant ego, but despite common belief, the president can’t and doesn’t act alone.

I don’t follow… if you publish your underdeveloped ideas, these companies will develop them for you, which is the problem