Colombian here. Maduro wasn't the leader of a country; he lost the elections and became a cruel dictator. He led a regime that murdered, tortured, and disappeared thousands of people, turning Venezuela into a narco-state run by the ELN and other paramilitary groups. It may not have worked in other areas, but the US intervention in Panama, which resulted in the capture of another dictator, Noriega, transformed Panama into the fastest-growing economy in Latin America (6% average annual growth). Poverty fell by 60%, and today it's a very prosperous country. I can assure that there will be massive celebrations today by all our Venezuelan brothers and sisters living in Latin America.
Edit: I just discovered that Noriega was also captured on January 3rd.
Maduro was the leader of the country. Leadership is a practical matter, it doesn't depend on elections or democracy. Stalin wasn't elected either, and nobody says "he wasn't the leader of the USSR".
Likewise, there are leaders of countries who weren't elected that are currently aligned with the US, and nobody claims those leaders aren't the leaders.
A dictator or a king aren't elected, but sometimes they are leaders nonetheless. They are leaders if they de facto lead their countries/kingdoms. If insurgents wrestle control, they cease being leaders.
Well it didn't take long for Trump to announce he now runs Venezuela to plant US companies to export oil to the US. Once you understand American foreign policy it is just predictable.
It's a bit difficult to nail down direct citations for what is basic knowledge of how tariffs work in reality. It's covered in AP/college macroecon and U.S. history classes.
Wikipedia's articles on Smoot–Hawley and the Tariff of Abominations both have sections on their effects.
In short, we'll see a brief rise in the domestic economy, then a sharp recession. One of the reasons SE Asia, BRICS, and the EU have been so active to disconnect themselves from the U.S. is they don't want to get caught up in the U.S. economic failure like they did in the 1930s.
Thanks for the suggestion, Initially I had the texts of the quotes below the designs but removed them in favor of a clean layout. But thinking about readability is better to add them again.
It's a bit sad to make such a decision when you're almost 80. Realizing the importance of time with your family so late gives you so little time.
A few years ago, I read about the regrets of dying people, and many of them related to spending more time with their families... That was one of the reasons I decided to close my company last year (after 20 years; I'm 45 now) and start over, working with just a few customers, making less money but having more time. Now, I only work part-time to have the chance to spend more time with my loved ones.
You have to be in a position of extreme privilege to even make a decision like that. I'm barely getting by and yet work more than I should. I don't have the option of just working less.
People over a certain retirement age get a thing called a "pension". I don't know if I'd consider it extreme privilege, but it's supposed to enable them to live without working.
I’d debate that Martin likely went to work every day of his life enjoying what he did… for -decades- he got to invent, market and see an entire global ham radio market use his products… he’s one of the good guys, taking a corner of Mississippi and bringing in electronics manufacturing jobs from a niche hobby.
Are they the most reliable? Eh no.. but that’s also half the fun of ham radio… fix it yourself. Now, if I had just purchased a DOA 2kw amplifier maybe not but ;)
- If you have sleep apnea that might explain why you wake up in the middle of the night, and there are treatments you could try.
- Wearing ear plugs (the ones that look like a screw) has helped me a lot, but I have to cut them to be able to sleep with them, since they do protrude from the ear and are uncomfortable.
- There's a simple trick to fall sleep again in the middle of the night:
Set a specific time in the morning to write down the thoughts that worried you the most, with possible solutions.
When you wake up in the night, think that you will attend your thoughts only the morning at the time you have specified, with some time you will see how you can fall sleep easier.
(This is part of the solutions to attend the rumination thoughts)
- I highly recommend you watching this podcast with Matthew Walker, which is one of the most important scientist in this matter:
https://youtu.be/gbQFSMayJxk
You do realize that a twitter thread is about as useful to many people as posting an internal Facebook link these days? To my surprise I can see the post and not a login window as most days, but there are no replies.
Twitter or FB are not the best channel, but it's not easy to gain traction in any medium without a well stablished community, haven't tried other social networks yet, which one do you think could be better ?
I understand the appeal and get myself pulled into it from time to time, but most people probably don't need social media. I'm typing this in the hope that I'll remember it myself too. The social media sites show people with millions of followers which appears appealing because they usually don't do much work for those followers. Basically free sales right? They just type a bit from their toilet. However, it's a power law. Getting to the number 1 inside some niche is extremely hard and requires hard work and some luck.
Can't help you, in this age of current flux I'm just pointing out that what had worked easily for 10+ years is now not so great, and if you are still an active logged-in Twitter user you might not notice. (Sorry for the aside, but I clicked and would have read it, but actually can't anymore after closing my account.)
Why is everyone talking about the size as the innovation here, when the most impressive feature of this phone is its internal hardware-based gymbal?
If the quality is like the advertised in the video, this might be a game changer!
Edit: I just discovered that Noriega was also captured on January 3rd.
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