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when people talked about science and engineering it was all about what they produced. An engineer was great because they figured out how to make the more efficient, more reliable widget that would make our lives easier and more productive. It was all about the use value.

not disagreeing with your overall point but the focus on use, and not stated but I think to some extent implicit, on making stuff is kinda the distinction between being an engineer vs a scientist. You can have the same education/skills but if you aren't planning on bringing something to production/market you would most likely describe yourself as being in research.

surge pricing strikes again

you'd think helping with this sort of photo op would be deeply humiliating

Yes

just undiluted democrat energy

yes that's fair. I was basing this off my experience in US around 2019. I think this may also be an artificial thing because the process requires going to an embassy with your passport and the closest embassy for me was in CA so I had to send a third party service my passport and have them visit. The fee for a 2 week turnaround was paid to the company and was ≈$1500. I have no idea if any of that is actually part of the visa process or merely so they can gouge you if you don't have 12 weeks to wait, which might also be an artificial time so that they can charge you.

you have to get a visa and it takes several months unless you pay for it to be expedited, which is very expensive. Start looking into applying now.

I don't know what this means

again

I believe you mean "still"

he is 100% going to get the dem nomination, no primaries

"I will never understand the people who say both sides are the same"