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Kind of the equivalent in popularity and dying young in Taiwan was a female singer called Teng Li Chun, or Teresa Teng. One of the most super popular singers ever. Link to video

I use that site a few times each week. It's updated really quickly, too.

@Mik said in The future of the car market...not good...: Can they meet American safety standards? Will Americans be willing to drive econoboxes? This. RIght now, the answer is no. Seems like US people really like big vehicles.

Is that Trump’s tiny hand on the column? [image: 1736867310862-img_2384.png]

@LuFins-Dad said in Some good news on the chip front: @Axtremus said in Some good news on the chip front: Highly skilled labor that benefit the USA bigly. Keep 'em here and go get more! Half credit. Keep them here and let more American labor learn a better work ethic from them. As long as we subsidize laziness, I'm afraid much of the public cannot be taught.

@jon-nyc said in Less Nicotine: Once I figured out (the hard way, mind you) that you don’t inhale cigars I couldn’t for the life of me understand why people smoke them. Just for the bad breath and smelly clothes? There are few smells better than a nearby cigar on the golf course. But 99 times out of 100 I'd rather just smell it than smoke it.

@jon-nyc said in The Dodo might not be so dead.: Sam Harris had this guy on his podcast a month or two ago. Title hs something to do with bringing back the wooly mammoth. Worth listening to. I hope they do bring back the wooly mammoth, so that I'm not a liar. Considering my son asked me if they are still alive and I said yes...

The wildfires in Los Angeles are a harbinger of our doom — FFS, somebody bitch slap this guy, please?

@George-K said in What's the one thing you feel your education lacked?: @jon-nyc said in What's the one thing you feel your education lacked?: real estate "What's the one thing they're not making any more of...?" Since 1900, good farmland has outperformed the stock market.

@jon-nyc But I don’t know about the military. Probably stronger. Definitely bigger in terms of manpower. Untested in combat since the late 1970s against Vietnam. A distant memory to a couple of retired senior officers otherwise, a case study for officer cadets on how not to wage war in mountainous jungle terrain against a battle hardened military force on the defensive.

I’ve heard of 5 out of 7.

Was ACME giving out samples?

@89th said in Your Monday Morning Feelgood video: the left coast, Here on the right coast, we have a huge military presence, within a few miles of here. Each branch has several installations. The infrastructure goes for miles. That’s good and bad. This area is very strong but is an obvious target.