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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@penguinwrangler said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I had looked that up just recently so knew it had a million person lead on Houston. It was only 100K larger when we first moved here. DFW is growing so quickly that it's only like a decade short from being expected to overtake Chicagoland!
Especially not surprising since people are leaving the Chicago area at a rapid rate: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-census-population-loss-met-20170322-story.html
Buffalo N.Y. is booming in home sales, and is number 1 for the nation.
That's pretty weird. Why? I mean I like Buffalo but... huh?
Chicagoan 1: I like snow.
Chicagoan 2: Ok, that was random...
Chicagoan 1: No, I mean I really like snow. I love snow!
Chicagoan 2: Why not move to Buffalo, NY?
Chicagoan 1: I hope they have lots of new houses because my whole family is moving now. -
@wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@penguinwrangler said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I had looked that up just recently so knew it had a million person lead on Houston. It was only 100K larger when we first moved here. DFW is growing so quickly that it's only like a decade short from being expected to overtake Chicagoland!
Especially not surprising since people are leaving the Chicago area at a rapid rate: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-census-population-loss-met-20170322-story.html
Buffalo N.Y. is booming in home sales, and is number 1 for the nation.
I would've thought somewhere in Colorado would've been. Interesting.
I know that Denver definitely was on that list for a while when I moved out there for a while.
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@wirestyle22 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@penguinwrangler said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
I had looked that up just recently so knew it had a million person lead on Houston. It was only 100K larger when we first moved here. DFW is growing so quickly that it's only like a decade short from being expected to overtake Chicagoland!
Especially not surprising since people are leaving the Chicago area at a rapid rate: http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-census-population-loss-met-20170322-story.html
Buffalo N.Y. is booming in home sales, and is number 1 for the nation.
I would've thought somewhere in Colorado would've been. Interesting.
All of the "old Texas" locations are doing great. Buffalo is a great city, but this is really weird.
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21st century cattle drive
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@nerdydad said in Non-IT News Thread:
21st century cattle drive
We saw that. They are doing a better job evacuating the cattle than the people!
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Of course, the people knew better, you can't blame the cattle in the same way.
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Not for nothing, but the FDA is quite difficult, and it cost billions for new drugs to come to market, including decades of studies.
Without more detail, I don't see what is so bad about it. Besides the FDA getting their panties in a bunch.
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@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
Not for nothing, but the FDA is quite difficult, and it cost billions for new drugs to come to market, including decades of studies.
Without more detail, I don't see what is so bad about it. Besides the FDA getting their panties in a bunch.
I get that, the FDA is crap and a problem. But so are the pharmas. This one feels pretty solidly like the FDA was probably doing the right thing, more or less.
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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41078187
NK has fired a missile over Japan
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@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41078187
NK has fired a missile over Japan
Maybe Japan all those countries near him, such as Japan and China and South Korea should start firing missiles over in their direction.
Seems to me this guy is really trying to start a war -- Saber-rattling or not.
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@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41078187
NK has fired a missile over Japan
Maybe Japan all those countries near him, such as Japan and China and South Korea should start firing missiles over in their direction.
Seems to me this guy is really trying to start a war -- Saber-rattling or not.
Yeah, sure seems like he wants war, which makes no sense to me because it seems like it would spell his complete and total annihilation.
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@quixoticjeremy said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41078187
NK has fired a missile over Japan
Maybe Japan all those countries near him, such as Japan and China and South Korea should start firing missiles over in their direction.
Seems to me this guy is really trying to start a war -- Saber-rattling or not.
Yeah, sure seems like he wants war, which makes no sense to me because it seems like it would spell his complete and total annihilation.
I was thinking the same thing - but then I considered China - what would they do?
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@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@quixoticjeremy said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41078187
NK has fired a missile over Japan
Maybe Japan all those countries near him, such as Japan and China and South Korea should start firing missiles over in their direction.
Seems to me this guy is really trying to start a war -- Saber-rattling or not.
Yeah, sure seems like he wants war, which makes no sense to me because it seems like it would spell his complete and total annihilation.
I was thinking the same thing - but then I considered China - what would they do?
Well didn't they recently change trade agreements that showed their desire to split away from N. Korea? I believe they stopped trading coal to them which was a large portion of N.Korea's coal. It's been a bit though so I don't know if I'm 100% accurate on that.
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@dashrender said in Non-IT News Thread:
@quixoticjeremy said in Non-IT News Thread:
@dafyre said in Non-IT News Thread:
@scottalanmiller said in Non-IT News Thread:
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-41078187
NK has fired a missile over Japan
Maybe Japan all those countries near him, such as Japan and China and South Korea should start firing missiles over in their direction.
Seems to me this guy is really trying to start a war -- Saber-rattling or not.
Yeah, sure seems like he wants war, which makes no sense to me because it seems like it would spell his complete and total annihilation.
I was thinking the same thing - but then I considered China - what would they do?
IIRC China provides 95% of NK imports. They have considerable power in this agreement. The big problem is that they may not want to do anything if it means strengthening the, already "hostile" to them, US in the Asian arena. It's a catch-22 of international proportions. They don't do anything and they risk war with the US. They do something and they have an emboldened US on their southern border which risks war with the US.
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What really amazes me is that NK has a GDP half that of Montana. Yet they are investing in one of the most expensive R&D projects of modern times.
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If this doesn't spark a war, whatever NK does next likely will.
China's biggest issue isn't a concern for war with the US, its the concern for all of the NK refugees that they would flooded with.
They simply don't want them.
The US's issue with NK is if we take out KJU there might be someone even worse who steps into take over. Who actively just launched missiles at everyone they can reach.
We can't just melt NK either, because the second we launch the NK army would launch everything at SK and any US allies. China would be pissed too, because NK is a buffer from the Democratic SK / US allies.
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@dustinb3403 said in Non-IT News Thread:
The US's issue with NK is if we take out KJU there might be someone even worse who steps into take over. Who actively just launched missiles at everyone they can reach.
This is always a big concern. Who comes next could be far worse than the one before them.
I figure if KJU is smart enough, he'd not be in the country, or in a hidden bunker somewhere before he actually orders an attack on anyone.
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Any action against NK means Seoul ceases to exist shortly thereafter.
