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TwiceHuman
31m ago
That's a good point. "Dangerous" is meaningless unless it's a strong and direct effect. Perhaps "calls for something which is against my human rights". This has to actually be true, it's not enough to argue "It's an attack of my person that you don't give me special rights which suit my uniqueness".
How people interpret dangers is strongly influenced by propaganda, so if you convince group X that group Y is out to get them, group X will start attacking group Y in perceived (but non-existent) self-defense. I feel that this second part, the interpretation, is where most conflict happen. Actual value disagreements seem minor. Perhaps the value hierarchy (order of priority) is different, though.
TeknOShEeP
38m ago
Right, thats where having the original ruling would be very helpful. But going by:
Green raises the following issues for our review:
- Did the trial court err in overruling the defense’s objection to [Taylor’s] lay opinion about whether [] Green held a genuine firearm in his hand where that opinion was based on improper speculation?
- Was the evidence insufficient for a conviction under [section] 6105 where the object described by the complaining witness could not have been a genuine firearm?
- Should the [section] 6105 charge have been graded as a misdemeanor of the first degree where there was no evidence at trial that [] Green had been convicted of a disqualifying felony?
- Was the evidence insufficient for a conviction for recklessly endangering another person where all evidence showed that [] Green’s purported gun was not loaded?
I read as an established fact by the criminal trial that the defendant pointed something at the witnesses, and now we are just arguing about the technicalities of what it was.
ToaKraka
Dislikes you
49m ago
the defendent seems to have admitted to brandishing a "black semiautomatic (as opposed to a revolver) handgun"
I don't see any such admission.
You probably have seen the joke that goes something like: "I didn't kill him. And if I did it wasn't intentional. And if it was intentional it wasn't premeditated." IMO, here the defendant (as summarized by the appeals panel; as noted above, I can't access the legal documents, since they're in Pennsylvania and I'm not a lawyer) is only saying: "I didn't point anything at the witnesses. And if I did it wasn't a gun. And if it was a gun it wasn't an operable gun."
oats_son
50m ago
Great advice. I also don't want to screw around with straight razors, both because I'm a wuss, and also because it sounds like a big fuckin' waste of time learning how to sharpen it and shit. But the irritation was something I also struggled with. If you put on cologne or something, it would sting like hell. I think I have a boar bristle brush, too... Thanks.
aeqno
1hr ago
Famous people's attractiveness is usually judged according to the time they were most visible to the public. When people think Audrey Hepburn, they think Breakfast At Tiffany's, not her retirement years.
Joe Biden was actually very good looking as a young man, but that's not people's mental image of him.
5434a
1hr ago
Right, I hadn't considered how old the xb360 is. My last console was a PS1, after that I tuned out of the console scene entirely and largely out of PC gaming too until I picked this up around 2017. And my wifi dongle benefits from over a decade of improvements to wifi tech in an era when almost everything including the kitchen sink gained wifi, so not a fair comparison. Makes sense.
That's reassuring about the new fuse. I did match the original spec (250mA) despite some commenters on the fix-it page I was following suggesting using a higher rating. Better safe albeit with another blown fuse than sorry with a fried receiver.
cjet79
1hr ago
Mach 3 Gillette razor. Shave in the shower usually about once a week. 2-4 full shaves per razor. Only go about an inch at a time, by then the razor is clogged with hair and I need to wash it out. If I've waited longer than a week I'll use a trimmer to shorten the hair and make the shave easier. I use to do this at the sink instead of in the shower. Shower made cleanup easier and faster. I've been shaving for 20 years this way. Cuts are rare.
anon_
1hr ago
Right, and I think when there is a real division in the community, we do have a higher obligation than when fringe elements try to pass off their ideas.
striker
1hr ago
To clarify: I’m not saying mainstream media as the only info source is preferable. I’m saying it’s preferable to give preferential visibility to respected media sources, manned by journalists and editors with bona fides and track records of truth-seeking, and with investigative teams given the latitude to do the legwork that real journalistic work entails, over Alex Jones and InfoWars.
cjet79
1hr ago
This and the Barbarian from Dungeon Soup are my favorite https://youtube.com/watch?v=817E64rtzj8?si=LtWw7xAHo5gKIjM8
FCfromSSC
Nuclear levels of sour
1hr ago
I don’t like this, and we should not trust every word the mainstream media says, or even trust ANY of it blindly, but it’s a damn right more preferable than loads of far left and far right crackpots producing their own propaganda and all of it being given equal billing with FT, BBC, NYT, Economist etc.
Why is it preferable? Because such propaganda might lead to people believing absurdities and following them off a cliff?
striker
1hr ago
You won’t find me disagreeing that the privately owned internet is a bad thing. Protocols such as SMTP and HTTP are sort of owned by everyone, but log in to Facebook.com and everything you do there (or even, for a long time, everything you do ANYWHERE ON THE INTERNET while your Facebook-logged-in cookie was active) is owned by them. Mass adoption of public social media protocols is long overdue.
atelier
Jimmys: unrustled
1hr ago
Back when dollar shave club started online ads, I did some research into them and found out their razors were made by doroco and bought a box of refills from them. I still have 2 retail packs left.
striker
1hr ago
I can't even say that all of this is wrong
Exactly. Things like the Trusted News Initiative. I don’t like this, and we should not trust every word the mainstream media says, or even trust ANY of it blindly, but it’s a damn right more preferable than loads of far left and far right crackpots producing their own propaganda and all of it being given equal billing with FT, BBC, NYT, Economist etc.
TeknOShEeP
1hr ago
Reading through the first case, while it is only the appealate court's decision rather than the actual criminal case, it seems to be far less alarming then first glance would have you believe. Unless I am missing something, the defendent seems to have admitted to brandishing a "black semiautomatic (as opposed to a revolver) handgun", and pointing it at the two women (his cousins). This is, broadly speaking, rather antisocial behavior, especially from a felon who is a prohibited person, and frankly seems like grounds for restricting their liberty for a substantial duration. The appeal does not appear to dispute these basic facts, and relies on technicalities such as "the witnesses could not have known it was a real gun" and "a real gun wouldn't click twice [ignoring the obvious issues that a real DA hammer fired gun would in fact click with each trigger pull]".
hydroacetylene
1hr ago
Back when I shaved my face I used a straight razor; now I use an electric to trim it how I want it, and keep it relatively close to my face with scissors.
MaiqTheTrue
Renrijra Krin
1hr ago
That depends on who creates the AI and what they want it to solve for. Unfortunately I think most of the early adaptations of AI are going to be for functions that “be nice” actively hinders.
For example, if I’m using AI to keep people engaged with my social media site, I don’t want that AI to think about whether or not pushing content that keeps them scrolling is “good for them”. I’m farming attention to sell to advertising companies and if my AI doesn’t optimize for attention farming, yours will and you get more advertising money. Or maybe im trying to cut costs, and I want AI to trim overhead. I don’t want my AI to worry about whether laying off people is “nice”, im looking to improve my bottom line. Maybe im working on automated targeting for the military. I don’t want AI to be squeemish about pulling the trigger. It’s not necessarily a tax on performance, but that the functionality you need AI for has no place for the “don’t be evil” function because it’s frankly being used for at least quasi-evil things.
Fears of disaster as Russian nuclear submarine reports major malfunction in Mediterranean | The Standard
This triggers my submarine autism. To be fair, I'm not blaming you, I'm blaming The Standard (or rather, its headline writer, the article correctly points out the subtleties).
When someone says "nuclear submarine" without any qualifier, it means "nuclear-powered submarine". Though I would usually cut some slack if someone meant "ballistic missile submarine with nuclear weapons".
The Kilo is neither, it's a fast attack diesel-electric submarine. If it had one, which I wouldn't think likely, the Kilo could, in theory, fire a Kalibr cruise missile holding a smallish tactical nuclear warhead. By that token, every single platform that is capable of firing a Tomahawk is nuclear, seeing how they could technically fire a TLAM-N (I think they were officially retired, but I mean, the technical capability is still there, and if any still exist covertly...)
ControlsFreak
2hr ago
Double-edge razor, brush/soap; cheap stuff (found a brand of blades I like and bought a hundred pack; no fancy scents). I used to do it very regularly, but the wife likes a beard, so now I just do my neck less often. I follow the standard with-the-grain/across-the-grain/against-the-grain pattern for three passes. I almost never cut myself anymore since I got the hang of it.
anti_dan
2hr ago
But Somalia's government isn't incapable of stopping pirates because theoretically. It doesn't care to because the people don't care to. And/or there aren't enough functional people in somalia to erect a state with that sort of state capacity.
MaiqTheTrue
Renrijra Krin
2hr ago
I’m talking about mostly civilian discussions of political issues, especially over the Internet. It does no good to tear apart communities and create the conditions for political radicalism and political violence. In fact that’s the worst thing that could happen. Societies that radicalized and created the conditions for political violence are generally shit-holes, places with zero social trust, weak economies and crumbling infrastructure. Much of Latin America is like this, parts of the Middle East, and some parts of Southeast Asia. Nobody really wants to live there anymore because of the poor conditions caused by the political chaos.
ABigGuy4U
2hr ago
Take away Trump's money and fame, and he would not be the kind of person who makes other men nervous and easily picks up women.
Sure, maybe not today when he’s 79. But when Trump was a young man he was six foot four, fit, and had good hair. And he was always very confident, with a good deal of physical courage. Even if he were just an insurance salesman making middle class income, I don’t think he would have had any problems getting a date.
I keep meaning to make a Friday Fun thread screed about how Presidential hotness rankings are totally wrong because they only judge at the time the person was President. Gerald Ford was a male model who was on the cover of Cosmo for God’s sake!
Same. I used to shave myself every week with a Gilette Mach 3 (Fusion is a gimmick, and Schick Quattro is worse than a gimmick, its blade guards kept snagging on my stubble). Hated the unshaven look but was too lazy to keep my cheeks smooth. Then one summer I got some severe bronchitis and spent a month on sick leave. My wife was away at the cabin; she saw me with a beard and declared I was now complete.
My hair isn't exactly my source of pride, facial hair included, so I can't really style it into anything fancy. Just a scraggly-ish chinstrap (that I keep trimmed to avoid sporting a full-on neckbeard) and a mustache. The cheeks and the neck have sparse enough growth that a few passes with a bare trimmer keep them presentable.
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