Re: Godless heathens
In astronomy Pi would be 1, like c and G
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>"I have done a scientific study and despite using several different types of cakes in several different office locations, at no point did the cake move towards me"
Well obviously not while you're watching at them.
They only disapear when not being observed - like leftover pizza in the fridge
Yes I worked in Texas, we were trying to open an office there. But we made metrology equipment with LASERS and the office was in a business park near the airport - so we were blocked for several years because LASER + airport + foreigners = terrorist
And although this was post 9/11 it was pre MAGA so state politics hadn't gone full Taliban
It might make some areas of the financial industry rather less efficient:
Rings bell
Hear ye, Hear Ye
News has just been received that the potentate of the far colonies over the ocean hath (6 months ago) declared that ye interest rate on US treasury bonds shall be increased
A few years ago a tech company making lay offs signalled imminent bankruptcy and so a declining share price.
Now it's a fashion leading to lower costs and so higher stock price.
They will hire more new employees at lower rates and then pay through the nose for a few key people they accidentally let go. But in the short term it offsets any bad earnings numbers for last quarter
Same here we have an "agricultural land reserve" (definitely not a green belt to restrict housing) because what would happen if we couldn't import food?
Of course we don't have any tractor factories or fertilizer plants in the reserve and most of the farms are greenhouses for flowers so it's not clear how strategic it is.