Are there any foundations that distribute donations to various FOSS projects?

I'd argue that the Vietnam draft did have a huge impact on the public reaction to the war. I think one of the reasons it didn't have immediate political results is because affluent people (the kids of politicians) had many ways to avoid service, ie college or well known health excuses. I think if those loopholes were not in place the wide public backlash we saw would have been followed quickly by real political results.

Obviously this is speculation, but there's logic in there.

I'm in favor of mandatory military service with almost no exceptions. My rationale is it would make conflict wildly unpopular if everyone had friends and family who would be directly affected.

I mean, even with a union, if a company crumbles the laborers are out of a job.

Surprisingly less true!

Always warms my heart to see the amount of respect these athletes have for their competitors. Sometimes people are awesome!

You think one imaginary number is crazy? Just wait till you learn about quaternions. One real number and 3 imaginary numbers forming a four dimensional coordinate system. It's the basis for quantum mechanics and most video game engines. Who thinks of this shit?

I honestly needed to hear this today, so thank you. I'm at work trying to work out someone else's uncommented code and have just been staring at it mumbling to myself. I'm new to the position so I'm anxious my new coworkers will think I'm just dicking around... This is the validation I needed. Thanks everyone!

It is a politically savvy and ethically correct move. Really nice when those line up.

But we can't get a database for firearms?

Wow, sharks @439mya, Polaris @70mya. They're more than 6 times older! This is NUTS!

Then you plead the 5th. Pretty sure that's exactly what it's intended for.