It was designed so that wealthy landowners could attend sessions more easily. Just like the u.s. senate does not represent the population, but the land area. The writers of the national and state constitutions were almost all wealthy landowners.
In my opinion, given the size of the population and the complexity of the economy, full time politicians who are paid very well combined with draconian anti-graft laws are needed.
I think that security robots are a bad choice as a deterent.
Say someone takes an axe to a security robot and chops it up. That's just property damage and vandalism. Not that too severe of a crime.
Do the same with a security guard and it's murder and an extreme amount of prison time.
So the AI firms are getting a much better deterent for having a bored (possibly inebriated) breathing human walking around.
Most elected positions don't pay enough in the U.S. today. This is expecially true in state legislature where most politicians start before attempting a national run. The only people who can afford to run for underpaid positions are either independently wealthy or corrupt. For example let's look at some of the most corrupt states in the U.S.
Texas - state senators & representatives $7,200 salary and $221/per diem when in session.
Louisiana- senator and representatives $16,800 + $178/per diem and $6000 slush fund.
Utah - state senators and representatives $0 salary and $301/per diem.
Nevada - State senators and representatives $0 salary and $130/per diem.
This lack of pay for positions is deliberate to keep "working class" out of government. It lead to open corruption and conflict of interest being normalized.
Your coworkers called it out but you did not. So the aggressors thought "you are fine with it."
Social nuances are difficult to manage. When social ribbing goes to far you have to learn to set limits.
The key is to show that you are displeased with their behavior and address it immediately.
"What the hell, not cool."
"That's an asshole thing to say."
"That's not necessary."
"That's inappropriate"
Non-verbally you can just give them a stare, then frown, and slowly shake your head. Treat them like a naughty child getting in trouble with the teacher.
Once you communicate your limits, it sets boundaries for them to be comfortable with.
If they don't stop. You can get much more aggressive.
"Just a moment, my lawyer wants me to write down what you say as soon as I can for the harassment lawsuit." Said with a big innocent smile, this scares the shit out of most people.
You guys have never been on a dairy.
That's 2563 obviously. They cropped out the ear tag.
South America looks at both and snorts... "You call those mountains!!" These babies are started with the breakup of Pangea and are still growing.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andes
First time I was flying into Santiago, I was amazed when we hit 3,000m and looked way up at the mountains out the window.
I just died.
Government bonds rates are usually linked to inflation. Over the past 5 years, inflation on the ruble has averaged 17% per year. That's the problem. The buyers want the 10 year bonds to be at 17-18%. There's all sorts of issues with this for the government.
I would suspect that a few oligarchs are going to mysteriously run afoul with Putin in the next few months. Confiscating their assets will fill the hole in the budget for a little while.
My apologies, I missed a warning on your other post:
The entire seed industry is notoriously and historically full of fraudsters. Most countries have enacted laws to protect the farmers/gardeners from this fraud. There is also a bunch of international treaties on the subject.
The most egregious larger fraudsters are usually caught. However small packet mail fraud with online retailers is rampant.
Paraquat has mostly been used on alfalfa hay recently in California. However it's sprayed on all sorts of stuff from cotton to peanuts. It has an extensive label and is still used quite extensively in the U.S.
It's always money...
Suppliers have contracted for shipments already or hold inventory of the chemical in their warehouses.
Farmers have purchased the chemistry and have some in their supplies.
When they ban a chemistry they normally do a phase out to allow them to use existing inventory and not lose money.
If they didn't give them time to use the inventory, the suppliers and farmers could sue the government for losses incurred due to regulation changes. The government would likely lose the lawsuits and have to pay millions.
My wife's fluffy white dog I drive around with for work. He likes to eat higher moisture corn and cow shit.
For silage corn the entire plant is harvested, chopped up, and packed tightly in a pile and covered with plastic or very large plastic bag. This creates an anaerobic conditions and yeasts/bacteria convert the sugars to alcohol, then acids. This acid preserves the feed for cattle for up to 2 years.
Silage corn is the most common base feed for all dairies and feedlots.
This isn't even the tallest variety out there. There are others that are 3' (1m) taller.
The machine with the spout is a chopper. They are a million dollar gigantic woodchipper. These things are fucking terrifying and you should absolutely stay out the field when they are running. Every so often a deer jumps into them.....shudder.... nightmare fuel.
Early in the season before a corn plant is waist high it takes a guess on how many kernals it can fill. Sometimes it guesses wrong and so it aborts the top kernals to fill the rest.
The entire top of the damn plant turns bright red.
As sugars build up in the top of the plant with no place to be transported to, the upper leaves start to turn bright red and die back.
You may get a bar bell ear or there may be no ear on the plant. In of field of millions of plants a bright red top narrows the search down.
Start getting your pinky in shape with this weird environmental triggered trait. It's easy to find in any corn field (to be continued...).
This right here is 350bu/acre of corn. 113 day variety on an almost pure sand field. Every damn ear looked the same. Look at that beauty, every kernal is huge and dense.
This here is trichoderma ear rot in an organic field. This 100 day variety was chewed on by an earworm. The damaged kernals allowed trichderma to enter and infect the ear. This ear rot produces many toxins and is a big no for consumption.
The twist - Trichoderma is usually a beneficial organism in the soil. It feeds on other pathogenic fungus/bacteria and is applied extensively for biological control.
Although normally a secondary pathogen, it has mutated to become a primary pathogen in both Italy and Germany in recent years.
This here is a genetically susceptible 113 day variety to fusarium kernal rot. This is a nasty little fungus that produces all sorts of mycotoxins that can give any mammal that consumes it a belly ache or even death. It's easily identifiable by the white streaks in causes in the kernals.
This 98 day little minx has a flirty pink cob. It doesn't look like much but it packs quite the wallop. The ears posted yielded 302bu. Medium high ear placement and a fast drydown makes this an excellent choice for grain.
This is pretty little 102 day number with a bright white cob that threshes very easily. It does extremely well for dry grain, high moisture grain or earlage.
The field in this picture averaged 305bu.
Probably the easiest plant to care for once you figure it out.
I water it every month or two. Fertilize it every 2 or 3 years. Redirect the arial roots into the pot when I water.
It gets 3 hours of direct sunlight in the morning.
Every 5 or 6 years I haul it outside in the summer. Then leach the pot with the garden hose to remove the salt buildup. I also hack the plant back to a more manageable size.
Dude, everyone I show this too loves this feature. It's such a simple solution to an ongoing issue.