turmacar

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turmacar ,

People don't take issue with Bruen because they want to repeal the 2nd Amendment. They take issue with Bruen because it's an insane precedent.

Bruen argues that there hasn't been meaningful discussion or growth of laws and rights for 200 years. It's a really dumb test. The constitution and amendments are really short. Not because they were written by divine geniuses, but because it is the founding document, it was never meant to be the entire body of law. That's why it sets up 3 bodies of government to continue to govern and not just a judiciary to impose the constitution like divine mandate.

turmacar ,

Code Monkey?

What is a quote that captures something you've learnt through living your life?

Edit: while I'm at it, does anyone know what I should do when I'm waiting for a coincidence/adventure to happen, but it never comes? I can't really go outside and arrange for it to happen because I don't know what I'm looking for.

turmacar ,

Slow is smooth, smooth is fast.

Practice the basics, get it right. Don't try to go faster for the sake of going faster, you'll hit your limit and get sloppy and pickup bad habits. Test your limits to learn them, but don't hit them every time. Get comfortable within them and the goal posts will move.

turmacar ,

Is your home connection down that much? I'd think that even syncing once every day or so would populate everything fine, and if you're at home it should update over wifi.

I might just be spoiled because I'm the only one using mine and only for a handful of devices.

turmacar ,

They have, but it's never really been as bad as "the wind blew the pollen."

The guy intentionally bought what he knew were Monsanto seeds from a grain elevator to plant in order to get them cheaper. That's not a problem of "evil corporation sues unwitting farmer". That's "farmer tries to circumvent contract he signed."

turmacar ,

Passive vs active engagement.

These plates are a passive, very visual reminder. A tracker app requires you actively use the app, and not consciously/subconsciously underestimate portions.

Neither is a holistic solution, both require buy-in, each is going to have different effectiveness for different people.

turmacar ,

....people didn't just... stop researching fluoride after the 40s/50s. Newer studies have found less of a dramatic benefit, likely because brushing with fluoridated toothpaste is more common, but there is still a significant benefit. The countries that reduced water fluoridation and saw little to no change have universal free dental care for children.

A lot of the pushback relies on pointing out that there are diminishing returns. Multiple sources of fluoride don't seem to have compounding benefits. But that completely ignores that the goal is to raise the baseline.

Not all kids are good at brushing their teeth, not all parents care or know to put it as a priority if they're struggling. It's not going to impact virtually anyone above the poverty line, but for the people who need it most it absolutely helps.

Fluoridating water is ridiculously cheap way to add a layer of safety. A ~15-25% reduction in cavities is absolutely worth pursuing.

turmacar ,

Is it cannibalism? It feels more like a (talking) bear eating a human.

I do feel like the Stormtooper point got lost on Lucas too by RotJ honestly. In Empire they do pretty good except when they're, again, explicitly trying to lure the hero into a trap. RotJ has the most weirdness of the originals and probably the most EU 'redemptions'/revisions. With stuff like "here's what was really up with the Ewoks", Boba not dying, etc.

turmacar ,

The camera is many sensors.

You can overload anything by tasking it to do too much.

turmacar ,

Also a gas! Astronomical spectroscopy is fascinating.

"The star radiates at [these] wavelengths meaning it has [this] composition, after the light bounces off/through the planet we see <these> wavelengths, meaning it has <this> composition."

turmacar ,

Miley Cyrus also did a great cover.

I think it's only 'country-adjacent' in that 'mainstream country' has moved away from this type of song to the now stereotypical "guns/trucks/girls/flag-waving".

Most older country is the same honestly.

turmacar ,

I should revisit the Black Company books. I'm vaguely aware that there are several additional books in the series from when I read them a decade+ ago.

turmacar ,

CS major. Do not code. Somehow project management. Send help.

Trying to work back to something more technical but the salary cut seems bleak for my realistic rusty skill level. Will probably have to go for a masters of some kind.

turmacar ,

If people aren't voting is that a protest or apathy? How would you tell?

turmacar ,

Also the guy Hbomberguy was going after had dismissed criticism (and been supported by their fanbase) because the person doing the criticizing wasn't LGBTQ+.

The whole video is very conscious of "if you try to shoot the king, you better not miss", and holy shit he didn't just break out the atomics he showed all the math.

turmacar , (edited )

Partial and group ownership is incredibly common now because everything is so expensive. I'm making ~$60k and 'own' 1/20th of a plane (Cessna 177) that none of us could reasonably afford alone. Admittedly that's not struggling, but it's not a ton of money in my part of the country either. It's just prioritizing spending on getting to fly instead of other hobbies.

Most flight instructors / people going for the airlines are in similar partnerships or at a flight school using those small planes to eventually get enough hours to go to the airlines. They're usually making less than I am.

turmacar ,

At it's height there were twitter accounts for something like 1/4 - 1/3 of the population in most developed countries. That is huge, but it was never the universal adoption that heavy users seemed to think it was.

It generated/generates news because it's easy to see and short enough to digest quickly, not because it's a representative sample.

A State Supreme Court Just Issued Another Devastating Rebuke of the U.S. Supreme Court ( slate.com )

The Hawaii Supreme Court handed down a unanimous opinion on Wednesday declaring that its state constitution grants individuals absolutely no right to keep and bear arms outside the context of military service. Its decision rejected the U.S. Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Second Amendment, refusing to interpolate...

turmacar ,

Except Mason didn't help draft the Bill of Rights. Madison looked at the Virginia Bill of Rights along with a mountain of other documents to draft the Federal version. Madison's proposal was then stripped down and reworded and argued over before being partially adopted.

Saying Mason drafted the 2nd amendment is like saying Lucas drafted the current Star Wars shows.

turmacar ,

Note how it's the same church.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fePpwYCs_JM

turmacar ,

I like that the article lays out the development of federalism pre-civil war. I think the most concise description of their argument I've heard is that it's just the "Air Bud argument".

"There's no rule section of the constitution that says a dog state can't play basketball secede."

Stick shift drivers - would you get an electric vehicle?

I'm stuck on this personally. I love my manual, I have a tiny little Mazda 2 and I have driven that thing absolutely everywhere because I can control it better than any automatic I've ever driven. But I've been casually looking for a new car and I'd love to have an electric, but I don't want to lose that level of control and...

turmacar ,

My sole current hangup on getting an EV (other than my '80s 300zx is still running) is that they are trucks, SUVs, sedans, or micro city cars. I feel like the last time I looked there was one or two little hatchbacks on the horizon, but not really anything in production.

Also not a fan of the current prices of course, but there seems to be a "missing middle" of a small car with good handling. Maybe the e500 or something will be that, but not enthusiastic about that coming to the US, and would like to have some options.

FWIW I have driven several and really like one pedal driving, but they all feel so big.

turmacar ,

The Bolt or something similar is probably what I'd go for if my car died tomorrow. I just don't need the 2nd row of seating/doors at all. No one's really making a new 2+2. (which I think is because it was (is?) partially a tax dodge so it wasn't a "2 seater sports car" or somesuch)

I know I'm being weird and picky but I like having just a big flat cargo space behind the front seats, partly because the dog likes going back there to lay down. It'd probably be fine but I think the way most modern 2nd rows only fold down to "angled" instead of flat is annoying.

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