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Good thing we came to terms with that in 1789.

Large chunks of the world economy run on specifically Excel.

Very little on the "how", a lot of complaining that someone is able to publicize what occurs in publicly funded schools, and a huge amount of insinuation that anyone who wants to c…

This thread wildly misunderstands "chevron deference". "Ending chevron deference" does not somehow throw us into a Mad Max anarchic hellscape where agencies cannot actually do anyt…

Gerrymandering is required by federal law to make sure that blacks are able to elect black representatives; this has obvious second order effects in how the rest of the map is draw…

We learned during the COVID school shutdowns that schools would really prefer parents not be aware of what actually goes on during a typical schoolday.

Did you know that within living memory there was an entire network of anonymous telephones you could pay for with untraceable cash in five cent increments?

It's a little bit academic as most platforms (eg zoom) notify participants of in-band recording, and employee handbooks will often mention the possibility of recording and retentio…

They will admit testimony by some cop to explain that "based on my training and experience, I believe 'going to the pool' to be code for 'soliciting a murder'"

EU governance structure is set up so that a EU parliament resolution has basically the status of a People's Choice Award.

That looks like a copy-paste of their general TOS, "...but for AI".

That's worldwide, not US. No one seems to know what these "subsidies" are in the US context other than vague complaints about tax treatment of profits. The numbers are never netted…

Those aren't American numbers. Many countries for instance subsidize fuel, the US taxes it.

Give an example of an American fossil fuel subsidy.

SPLK option expiration dates are weekly out to 6 weeks.

Court historians telling the stories the ruling class wants in an effort to buttress their legitimacy is absolutely not new.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/anarcho-tyranny

It's called anarcho-tyranny.

The United States absolutely does have multiple quota systems in different domains. https://selectgcr.com/blog/minority-owned-businesses-how-to-...

Identical phenomenon exists in US where groups with well above average incomes are considered officially "disadvantaged groups" for purposes of eg SBA loans.

Essentially every country in the world aside from the United States (particularly Europe and UK/AU/NZ/CA as I mentioned) actually bans particular books for real, well beyond "you c…

Somehow I suspect the kvetching does not die down when the AG is tasked with drawing up a yearly index librorum prohibitorum.

When a book is actually "banned", you get thrown in jail for downloading an illegal copy from libgen or conspiring to distribute photocopied samizdat. Consult the United Kingdom fo…

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Similar maintenance schedule to large steel naval vessels. Rust never sleeps.