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Murder, torture, blanket domestic spying etc., are not (or have not recently been) considered crimes when the federal government is the actor. The line isn't so clear.

This is the dream of the internet making culture available to the masses. I've loved Google Art Project for a while, and news of more art coming online is fantastic. My wife is an …

I would definitely support someone outing and then fleeing Russia. In fact we do it all the time - it's called political asylum.

At least 160 children through 2011. It's been a lot more time since then. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civilian_casualties_from_US_dr...

Your respect and admiration absolve him of his responsibilities. This is something I'm seeing more and more - "Snowden is a hero, but should stand trial and face his responsibiliti…

It will. My theory is that it comes from solar energy. As soon as electricity generation comes to a near-zero cost, and a huge part of manufacturing cost is energy, (and the other …

I've always found those restrictions interesting. No satellite dishes, no antennas, etc. If these antennas get a pass, does the satellite TV industry immediately lobby for similar …

It really does feel like at least half. I went to buy an iPhone 7 case and they all had 50+ 4.5 star reviews... before the iPhone 7 had shipped. I filtered one case with 40+ review…

So what's stopping a setup like this becoming standard? It's obviously generally superior, at least for new construction that's well-insulated. Right?

Yeah I feel like science and some test strips would do the job. But eating blowfish to begin with is ridiculous, and based solely on tradition. Testing for toxins could be seen as …

Two posts down from a missing apostrophe as I write this. Am I being trolled?

Grammar nerd, apologies, but "Google's" with an apostrophe (unless I'm totally missing something). There should maybe be a better way to report this kind of stuff without clutterin…

A designated "wolf-free zone" is crazy, but the wolves should have read the signs.

Would you like to give some examples of the leadership in behavioral change you'd like to see? I personally doubt anything save huge taxes on gasoline are going to do anything to c…

Scary, using laws to prohibit people doing math. It's the equivalent of putting your fingers in your ears and humming loudly.

I don't understand how my comment above got down-voted. In a pure economic sense, holding property creates scarcity, and prices rise. It's wildly unbalanced value, but its value no…

How are government sponsored protectionist laws like this even legal? It's very frustrating. Edit: For further context, both towns wanted the service, which makes it even more frus…

Since they're not technically a "plant" - just storage - is there any advantage to be had to build in many smaller (say per-neighborhood) battery plants? Seems like they could act …

As an also-over-35, I don't think it's just the alcohol. (Feel free to slap me down with science.) A beer hangover is now more severe than an equivalent-amount-of-alcohol hangover …

Well, if you can afford that extra mortgage-sized payment while making minimum wage. We're not talking about studying online or at a community college or self-teaching, we're talki…

Watching you - even bored, bearded, naked you - through your camera is the literal incarnation of 1984.

Holding onto vacant property creates huge monetary value.

It's the way my brain works for sure, but dense material is always harder for me to get through when it looks dense and is laid out densely. My brain instantly puts up a hurdle and…

Has Google made this information public? Or are they just indexing it?

"Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time.” Amen.