Pete Hegseth gets asked that all the time... :-)

I don't mind a little triage at the beginning of a call to get some basic information that will be passed along, but (a) I much prefer to press buttons than "speak or say" and (b) there's a point at which all the prompting becomes annoying. What's often lacking is a clear way to end/bypass this and just get to a person. While the secret word is usually "operator", "representative", or pressing zero, etc... they often don't tell you and you have to guess or deal with "I'm sorry, I didn't understand that. Please enter your..." over and over again until some built-in limit is reached and you're passed along - or you or they hang-up.

Military bases overseas are not considered U.S. soil for citizenship purposes. Been that way for quite a while...

Which apparently changed in 2020.

How are people being "exploited" if they're being paid and have a place to stay? Since Americans are too lazy to do these jobs, someone has to.

Essentially, yes. Visualizing where to go works better for me than being told to turn right in 300 feet. Since I've already looked over the route and figured out where I need to go, it stays with me.

Similar to what this article is saying that doing your research makes the subject stick better than having it spit out to you.

Tabs in Notepad is not something people wanted. Nor any AI. Nor anything else. Notepad is on the verge of becoming WordPad with all the doodads Microsoft keeps adding to it.

As a rule, I use Google maps to scout where I'm going. From there, it's all from memory, unless it's a long trip in which case I write down the squirrely parts.

Visualization seems to be the key.

Bet they donâ(TM)t shot the scenes of everyone staying within the velvet ropes.

You're right. All those peaceful protestors standing behind the velvet ropes.

The problem is you not making it past the HR filters because you lack a degree.

The problem is not getting past the HR filters because either HR doesn't put in the correct qualifications in the job listing which results in candidates being filtered out, or candidates being interviewed by AI which filters them out because they didn't express the proper body language or facial expression.

Sounds like a site where people can ogle documents and spreadsheets -- those blank ones leave a LOT to the imagination ... :-)

Actually it astounds me that the average age of passenger cars on the road is now 14 years. It's difficult to believe.

My car will be 15 years old in a few months and I plan to keep driving it as long as I can. Stick shifts are much harder to find nowadays.

From TFA. Not RFK, but ...

Okay, the architect of the mass-deportation effort Steven Miller owns stock in Palantir, a company with a $30M contract with ICE to track and manage deportations, so... what "wearable" companies does RFK, Jr. own stock in, or get donations from? Noting Medical device makers’ shares surge on RFK Jr.’s wearable push. Can't even start to imagine the privacy concerns w/everyone wearing theses. The bizarre thing RFK Jr. wants Americans wearing by 2029.

Stephen Miller owns stock in ICE contractor Palantir — a company powering deportations

/cynical

Once they have your files it will be easier to coerce you into getting a new Windows 11, so you can keep having access to your files when the extension period expires, or they put up some other roadblock.

As have who actually pays tariffs. Yet here we are with a leader who somehow got a degree from Wharton and thinks, or at least says, it's the exporter (actually, exporting country - China!) and people who believe him - and, apparently, can't use Google or Wikipedia.