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by Digory 9y ago
For some context, Babylon Bee is a satire site, best described as the Onion for Evangelicals. The publisher of the Bee has tweeted a warning from Facebook, threatening to throttle traffic to the site, because Snopes.com says obvious satire
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by Digory 9y ago
Police don't have to take a bullet for anyone, but the EMT that refuses to help LGBT people on the scene of an accident will be sued into oblivion. RFRAs don't change any aspect of either situation, and we've had 20 years of
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by Digory 9y ago
RFRAs don't allow first responders to refuse to do their jobs -- the life of another is a compelling state interest, and there's no narrower way to accommodate that interest than to require first responders to respond. Merely clai
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by Digory 9y ago
“Our current strategy isn’t working; our new one doesn’t need full time employees.” “Well, give ‘em one more Christmas.” As you say, it’s unthinkable they didn’t see Christmas coming. And it’s equally unthinkable layoffs of this size weren
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by Digory 9y ago
No, kiosk-based service, not kiosk-sized stores. You want a big selection, but software or other merchandising helping customers locate things and up-sell. Target has more merchandise than B&N, but there's no career employee on th
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by Digory 9y ago
If there is such space, it will have to be run by kiosk and a few minimum wage employees. B&N's 'competitive advantage' today is not experienced staff. I can't ever recall an employee up-selling significant amount
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by Digory 9y ago
TMZ and other paparazzi would not exist if this were the rule. I think some states recognize a limited right to control aspects of your likeness, but not nearly as broad as this.
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by Digory 9y ago
>Nothing is wrong with consensual sex, period. Is that entirely true? If I say "nothing is wrong with eating Big Macs, period" that's right in one sense. But you and I can see with our own eyes what an unrestrained diet o
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by Digory 9y ago
Ah, but people do occasionally do seemingly-altruistic things, and by long experience, some of those are worth encouraging. "Love" in English wears too many hats. C.S. Lewis' Four Loves does a good job explaining how the hig
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by Digory 9y ago
Boston/New England folk cuisine was (and is) still very bland. Pot roast, baked beans, mashed potatoes, brown bread, apples, etc. Very similar to the "English cooking" that used to be derided all over. Even today, I have a
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by Digory 9y ago
Interesting to think about whether half-way solutions might be better. A robot that puts my kids' clothes in a bag for pickup by a laundry service might be a winner. Or one that sorts out intimates and drycleaning from towels and shirt
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by Digory 9y ago
>I'm having some difficulty understanding your statement. Heh. I rest my case. But, to respond directly: of course, I'm speaking colloquially to suggest many Americans. I specifically mention Americans because this discussion i
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by Digory 9y ago
Americans, even those who attend good schools, do not understand statistical claims. This leaves them susceptible to all kinds of flim flam, especially when they are invested in an idea.
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by Digory 9y ago
It looks to arouse the same response you might get from Google Glass. When approached by a young man with a camera lens sticking out of his jacket, younger subjects seem to be amused; some of the older subjects are not.
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by Digory 9y ago
Not really. Many people have older phones, with batteries that fade, so they don't enable auto-listening. Neither iPhone nor Google tap into Prime music via voice, which is a service most pay for, over Apple music or Play. To play m
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by Digory 9y ago
There's a little hyperbole there. Religious folk like the decalogue near courthouses (but generally lose lawsuits about those); they don't think Moses received the rules of the road in stone. And I can't imagine anti-sharia
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by Digory 9y ago
It depends a bit on where you are. In states with cheap LLCs, it is ‘worth it’ almost immediately. LLCs protect your personal assets against business liabilities caused by other people. If you have substantial personal assets, and the LL
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by Digory 9y ago
No. You should not ask for immunity, which will be used to show you were concerned about needing immunity. You should ask for a lawyer.
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by Digory 9y ago
The feds adopted a Trade Secrets Act in 2016. [0] But many states have had versions of the Uniform Trade Secrets Act, starting in 1979.[1] [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Defend_Trade_Secrets_Act [1] https:/&#
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by Digory 9y ago
She was right to avoid it, even if she knew of it; Last Thursdayism doesn't answer the question, it just makes a (teensy-bit smug) point about epistemology. I think she does a good job of explaining why it's not scientifically po
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by Digory 9y ago
True. Nevada appears to be a contributory negligence state, so the truck driver might be out of luck if that makes him mostly responsible. I guess we don't know if the Shuttle was, or could be, ticketed for something. In most 'n
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by Digory 9y ago
I'd say the shuttle's insurer should be partly responsible here. The Engadget article seems to show the shuttle stopping in the truck's blindspot.[0] A reasonable truck driver would assume the driver of the other car would b
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by Digory 9y ago
That struck me as bogus. In other words, they're saying the businesses aren't profitable enough to service debt loads that were thought to be sustainable debt loads a few years ago. That still points to lower than expected retail
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by Digory 9y ago
I can see core search becoming regulated like a public utility. You could have other search providers (RedSearch/BlueSearch) that low-rank based on viewpoint, but there needs to be some option to get info without viewpoint weighting
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by Digory 9y ago
Given the NLRB issue, I suspect this was already heavily lawyered and gamed out. Not that he's not angry, but he'd already decided the vote would make it a total loss or close enough. The change in union status may have made it di
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by Digory 9y ago
Gamepass is $75 right now. Back of the envelope, every viewer of MNF would need to pay $200 just to keep MNF and one wildcard game. More to get Sunday, Thursday, the playoffs and the Superbowl. Easily $300 - $400 per viewer a year. That&#
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by Digory 9y ago
CNN is in the business of orchestrating local news, though the local station is arguably 'subscribing' to those stories/policies. One of Conan's recurring bits is anchors reading prepackaged scripts.[0]. They're al
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by Digory 9y ago
There's an interesting game theory problem here. If you stick the bidder with the cost of overruns, they will bid high -- and be overpaid if the risks don't eventuate. So, the consensus seems to be Governments would rather get low
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The standard contracts handle this pretty well; it's not a surprise that surprises happen. In commercial projects, this often triggers an arbitration about the overrun. You get experts to challenge the fairness of the price, hopefully
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by Digory 9y ago
Oh, don't think I'm suggesting they're impartial stewards. But they should have some incentive not to be the co-defendant in every police assault case where the video goes missing. It is probably easy for a records clerk to

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