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I imagine there were some other candidates in 1993 that didn't share Buffet's genetics.

They can just add those people to the board. It’s not a set number and they don’t regularly add or remove people unless they think they can bring something to the table. Sometimes that is simply “holds a bajillion shares” but if they wanted a High Frequency Trading CEO on the board for insight into that, they could add both his kid and that CEO.

It's also entirely possible he's essentially competent at the job of being a board member which is a pretty do-little job if the CEO is doing a good job.

Bill Gates could have been named but boys will be boys…

Nothing in the UN report claims that this was an intentional strike on civilians. They make NO claim to that effect.

The claim is that "the U.S. failed in its obligation to do everything feasible to verify that it was a military objective. Updating targeting information and acting upon such information falls within the category of feasible precautions an attacking party is required to take under IHL . . . the strikes are a violation of the obligation to distinguish between civilian objects.

And:

" the Mission concluded that when targeting the school building, the U.S acted wilfully, that is with the requisite mental element of recklessness ( dolus eventualis)."

And (finally):

". . . the Mission found that these strikes constituted an indiscriminate attack in violation of the principle of distinction."

The UN report's claim is that the US negligently used outdated information which led them to think this compound hit was still a military target.

It's evident you didn't read the report and submitted a shitpost.


The comment you're replying to doesn't say anything about the UN report, it's just about the double-tap strike.

> It's evident you didn't read the report and submitted a shitpost.

Chill.


This post is not of sufficient quality for this board and I hope it's not emblematic of a trend.

Thehealthy.com is not a real news outlet and this isn't real news. 25klbs of chicken is an infinitesimal amount of total consumed in the US.


When it comes to food contamination, even an infinitesimal quantity is noteworthy. Tbh many posts on this board are relatively low quality (and/or AI generated) but still spark interesting discussion.


> infinitesimal quantity

I have some expired salsa in my fridge. Where is CNN when I have such noteworthy news?

Seriously though this like a single weekend sale at one Walmart. This is barely even noteworthy local news in a small town.


It's not fraud if it's the point. Oakland's government isn't poorly run from the perspective of the criminals, in and out of government, profiting off of the dysfunction.


If he worked those hours, it seems fair. If he wasn't working, it's fraud. Comparable to CEO pay at most companies, excluding the huge ones?


This is a nice thing.


Press releases aren't really post worthy here right? This is just an ad.


You also can't do inter-city train trips in most of the US either. Inter-city autonomous car trips will almost certainly happen before the trains arrive.


You think we will have Waymo between Bakersfield and Merced before 2033? That is a bit optimistic I would say.


One could say the same about the train.


You're avoiding the point and wrong in assuming the analogy is incorrect. The US has around 1/5th the heat related deaths that Europe does despite being hotter, more often and mostly of European background. https://maartenboudry.substack.com/p/how-europe-became-the-w...


Nice graphs, but these numbers are not reflecting the reality. As both count heat deaths differently. Europe does calculate it based on excess mortality studies and US only counts them if it is listed as contributing cause on the death certificate. With similar statistics, US numbers are several times higher. And as Europe has an older population, rates are likely higher, but the real difference is much smaller.


> With similar statistics, US numbers are several times higher. And as Europe has an older population, rates are likely higher, but the real difference is much smaller.

Cool, so if you have the numbers or graphs, paste a link

I of course believe you're lying. Probably out of the standard xenophobia.

It wouldn't make sense considering average US household infrastructure vs average EU household infrastructure so I sincerely doubt you're able to prove it, or whoever you're going to cite as proof.



What do you think this link is proving actually? Its absolutely irrelevant to heat deaths, so nothing from either you or stratom lying.


Gp said that the way heat deaths were reported in Europe (statistical analysis: additional mortality during heatwaves) and in the US (individual analysis: autopsy) makes the two incomparable.

I'm just making a note about life expectancy in the US and in Europe (which are both calculated the same way). I admit I was in teaching mode, and should have been explicit instead. If heat deaths had an oversized effect on Europeans, you should be able to see it in the graphs in summer 2023 and 2025, and not in the US (to a certain degree: US have to catch up like 5 years, so it's not an apple to apple comparison, but close enough)


You're just supporting my point.


This thread is evidence of the decline in comment quality on this board.


Any kind of constructive discussion becomes very hard.

Fake ”criticism” and cheapshots make actual criticism nearly impossible.


This would be a better comment if your first post on this website wasn't literally a sarcastic NIMBY driveby: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48261228

The way you hurl stones from a glass house it kinda just sounds like you disagree and are upset.


Cognitive debt is an idiotic phrase.


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