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I think a more apt comparison might be that it's like saying an actor who has played roles which involve them pretending to snort cocaine isn't addicted so acting in roles that inv…

see what i find puzzling is that warehouses have flat floors right? so what benefit does the upfront cost of building something with a bunch of extra actuators for all the joints i…

For UK banks on my Graphened Pixel 6a I can use the apps for HSBC, First Direct, Barclays, NatWest, RBS, Co-Operative Bank and Metro Bank with no issues, and have only had trouble …

yeah i'm hoping it was just an auth server outage and browser sessions werent invalidated because this basically described my situation, but i wont have access to the only device i…

As a hypothetical owner of both a Tesla and an autonomous mower, i would not want my Tesla to swerve (at least in any way that might endanger me or other humans) for a squirrel, wh…

I don't think it is, but you havent really given me anything to present a counter argument against... i just dont think there is any abuse for me to minimize, if it wasnt clear fro…

yet as technological innovation gets faster over time, you would've thought the optimal patent term length to balance the innovation-incentivizing and innovation-chilling effects w…

It gets worse, it seems even his great grandfather was participating in the abuse from beyond the grave. From the article: "When I was younger, I looked at my great grandad's priso…

you can be non-cooperative without meeting the bar for resisting arrest though, for instance if you refuse to incriminate yourself

technically they tossed it onto the earth's core, which is estimated to be around 5000°C. though even if it had been a (completely uncovered, unrugged, and un-folded-up-sweatered) …

I see a lot of San Franciscans online complain about homeless people leaving their feces and used needles in the streets and harassing people going about their lives, I don't see s…

The trouble with using the word "theft" while making an argument about unauthorized copying is that it never holds water - does the popular singer lose their ability to sing? If no…

approve them on your behalf? theyd still be paired to your device

What's legitimate about that? That it saves the inefficiency of leaving an empty slot? I'd have thought a system that offers both the same legitimacy and more fairness too would ha…

that's a start but you might need to impound their money too if they keep using it to buy replacements

sounds like you might be referring to this paper published by the st louis fed https://s3.amazonaws.com/real.stlouisfed.org/wp/2012/2012-03... - i'll be honest and admit i haven't …

I think this is a very appropriate argument when it comes to offensive physical weapons, like if cops with tasers are in a shootout with a gang strapped up with (illegal) AKs it's …

But isn't your example demonstrating a tradeoff between freedom and quick painless death, whereas an octopus that lives its life in captivity only to also be eaten alive has to suf…

probably much better actually, since you're not exerting yourself physically

Were they as able bodied as they were aged 20-25 though? If 80 years is the cutoff at which we get bored with staying alive, would you rather spend those 80 years in a "biologicall…

I feel like a lot of the underlying biases behind ageism come from its association with age related health issues though. The only "justifications" for ageism that'd be left once i…

I am generally on team freedom but right now shitty drivers are a bigger threat to that than the breathing police

Wouldn't this actually be an argument in favor of seed patents? I've been more or less a complete IP abolitionist for so long now that thinking in IP maxi terms is basically a fore…

Likewise I would imagine backpackers must be even more organized and neater (after all, they must all have less space to store all their belongings, which would put on pressure to …

it might have been easier to challenge the parent commenter's assertion of Amazon Slaves existing than suggest that your preference of convenience and accessibility trumps said all…