"“engineering details” is usually code for “very expensive”.

It’s a USA thing. Other places often have rules that say the price advertised (on menu, website, in store) is the price the customer pays, all fees and taxes included.

He didn’t plan on spending 44B. The plan was to manipulatie stock price with pretending to buy, but Twitter management saw that one coming and let him sign a document for 44B that the rich idiot didn’t read.

So when the “I changed my mind” phase of his master plan started, Twitter pulled out the document and forced him to cough up the 44B. So yeah, now he pretends it was the plan all along.

Except with cloning the other twin would be a different age as with current tech the clone is back to being a baby. You’d need rapid growth tech and mind transfer tech to at least make the clone have the same age, memories and personality, although that would most likely introduce other differences.

“but the climate is always changing”

Too bad we built a civilization on the assumption it wouldn’t

More likely there will simply be no peace and they’ll technically stay at war, with a huge minefield in between the two countries, until one of them runs out of money.

A landlord was being shitty to someone and it was clear he wouldn’t get his deposit back no matter what, so when the renter moved, he took everything. Meaning he unscrewed the plugs from the wall and took those with him, took the toilet seat and so on. Play stupid games, win stupid prices I guess.

This is the same in more places and more jobs: Schools, hospitals, nursing homes, …

Workers: we need more budget to attract new people. We’re already stretched too thin as it is

Boss: I’m cutting the budget to save on costs. If you don’t like it then quit.

Workers: That was the straw that broke the camel’s back. Here’s my notice. I quit.

Boss: You can’t do that! Now I’m in trouble!

Celebrities apparently.

It’s a classic cycle. Because some have gay leanings they see everything homosexual as a sinful temptation and assume it’s the same for everyone else. The people must be protected against that perceived temptation so it must be forbidden. Meanwhile they fight against their own nature and succumb sometimes, which makes them repeat the cycle.

Like if you’re writing an essay on paper. You have your desk covered with a reference book or two, your draft version, working version, assignment, additional clarifications and notes, … It would be such a hassle to put it all in one neat stack and search for whatever you need every time.

So programmers like to have the programming manual, design, notes, remarks from the customer, … spread out over the screen(s) instead of switching back and forth every time.

Yeah, they’re just sad it didn’t work as expected and it makes them look bad.

And in a few years they’ll headline “Lazy students refuse to study medicine, hospitals closing due to doctor shortage!”

Then they’ll tell you how the rich go to the EU for treatment and blame it all in Brussels