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The potential source of error is the assumption that the president has the authority to stop a prosecution (short of the pardon power). I say "potential" because a "unitary executi…

it's two different languages

Thanks for posting this. Decision with the dissent is here: https://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/rod/docs/pdf/0/2024/2024-O... I don't ever recall reading such an angry dissent, even …

It's a deliciously insulting amount because it's not quite enough for a meal on Uber Eats.

having `git bisect run` do the thinking for you is incredible when it works

yes, it seems clear to me that there is much less dialect variation in the US, outside very rural areas, than there was 30 years ago. Even then, the adults had much more variation …

A search for durham nc air quality forecast yields a "featured snippet" from accuweather, saying (in its entirety): "The air quality is ideal for most individuals; enjoy your norma…

I appreciate the polemical framing -- not many people are comfortable taking the "wrong" side of this issue publicly and it's easy to preach purity when you have a nine-to-five. I …

Factoid: "snuck" and "drug" have in common that the irregular conjugation is the non-standard one, but are different in that "snuck" is a neologism of the 19th century whereas "dru…

Conferences are good because travel can be fun in any job, and because it means you are talking to other specialists in your subfield instead of your normal colleagues. Sabbaticals…

I dev on a System76 Pangolin running Pop! OS. My only complaint is that there's no Ubuntu terminal that I like as much as iTerm.

> If you agree with an idea X that Bob said, say “I agree with the idea X”, don’t say “I agree with Bob”. The former states your advocacy; the latter is dividing the group into tea…

This is a well-known bit of bridge strategic folklore: if your opponents never make doubled contracts, you don't double enough.

I don't love how Black doesn't let you put some clarificatory parentheses -- for instance, they get wiped from `eq_balanced = (left_hand_side == right_hand_side)` But the benefits …

Initially voted Google based on a hunch: Google Search is the most likely flagship product of a FAANG to get displaced by a competitor. Unlike, say, Amazon as a hub for products or…

I use it for computing integrals / solving ODEs when I don't have access to one of the CAS's I know how to use. It's nice to get a quick answer and not have to remember syntax, sin…

I did the tax forms myself when living abroad, precisely because I didn't earn enough income to afford the $1000 cost (in fact, it was perhaps twice this, in Switzerland, based on …

It's not his most artful turn of phrase, but if you read the context of the remarks, I think Safai is saying "we can't continue to let them close" as in "we can't continue to allow…

it is standard french pronunciation and he is providing a useful english guide