"Is that a Gladius or are you just happy to see me?"
In modern parlance, this has been my working understanding too:
But yeah since computing came along disk has also been used more for magnetic media (hard disk) while disc has been used more for optical media (compact disc).
Optical:
Magnetic:
...and just to point out there is some disagreement
Magneto-Optical , such as Sony MiniDisc, is sometimes referred to Disc for its optical properties and sometimes as a MO Disk for its magnetic properties.
It is kind of a shitty question with no good answer.
Here's my shot at an answer. No way Vance would ever say this though:
"Honestly? They might not want to. My life is public service and politics, and politics is not the most attractive occupation. Its dealing with policy and compromise. You set high hopes for what you believe you can accomplish for America, but the reality is that you might come away with a fraction of that, at best. However, I'd certainly want to have a beer with them. Washington is far removed from Main street. Those of us in government that get too disconnected forget that our whole job is to make life better for the American people. That doesn't mean talking at voters. That means listening to them. Understanding the challenges that occur in someone just trying to get through the day and make sure their family is taken care of. Those candid conversations can and do happen over a beer. That conversation with a voter over a beer is the most important event of my day because it guides me in my job to make their lives better."
"You can tell by the way that it is" - Vance probably
Gold is very near its all-time high. It just set a new all-time high about a week ago
But for russia to sell to someone else that requires trade with a heavily sanctioned country. That's a quick way to get on the "naughty list" and have sanctions applied to yourself too.
No… it’s pretty easy
Look into some history of India, as a sovereign nation, and how they were treated by the West for most of the 20th century. The Soviet Union was a much needed friend to India when the rest of the West turned their back after the British were kicked out. I don't blame India for some of the continued engagement with russia. However, Ukraine was also part of the nation (Soviet Union) that helped India, and I'm not seeing weigh positively for Ukraine. I say this as an American. The West (including the USA) has done some pretty messed up stuff to other nations in the 20th century.
UA drone say "No loitering"
Only 4% of marketers overall think X ads provide “brand safety” — certainty that their ads won’t appear alongside extreme content —
The 4% may represent lumpy pillow manufacturers, sellers of freeze dried survival food, random cryptocurrency products, and Trump 2024 flag/tshirt providers.
The spokesperson added that X’s “brand safety rate is on average 99%, as validated by DoubleVerify and Integral Ad Science,” companies that analyze the value of digital advertising placements.
"But that 1% remaining will have your products featured next to ads denying the holocaust, hate speech against LGBTQ+ communities, and ads discrediting proven science in favor of, oh I don't know, phrenology or something" -the spokesperson probably
It also encourages any other researchers and scientists to strongly commit to new projects for the state. /s
Overnight the most popular search on Yandex is "How to 'quiet quit' when you are a scientist"
"Victims of"? No.
"Beneficiaries of"? Yes.
Finally a way to experience the "center fold" in the original authentic format.
I can't say I watch a lot of trump speaking (because I heard enough of that guy long ago). However, the few clips I've seen on trumps rambling feel like he's trying to gain resonance with his audience (and failing). You can see pieces of this that worked for him during the the 2016 run. He'd mention some side topic, pause and watch for audience reaction, and if they responded favorable, he'd double down with a followup remark on that same topic. It many times came off looked semi-planned that that was where he was going to take the speech anyway back then even if that wasn't the case.
These days it looks like he's fishing for an audience response, gets none, sometimes switches back to the original topic, doesn't get a response, fishing again, no response, fishing again, no response, repeat. Its like he blew threw his good material, and is grabbing desperately for something his audience will cheer for. Chasing a dopamine hit of people cheering for what he is saying...and not getting it. I think this is also why he'll occasionally bring up Obama or Hillary because those (in campaigns now long past) hit his crowd very well. Where now those old reference just confuse his audience because they're not relevant to any political discussions today, but trump isn't saying any of this for political effect, but just to hear a crowd cheer for him so that doesn't figure into his immediate thought process.