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by Fezzik 7y ago
We cannot be sure, sure, but absolutely everything in the movie indicates that Vincent survives. The whole story arc for him is that he overcomes everything, even rescuing his genetically superior brother from drowning on the way, and preva
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by Fezzik 7y ago
As I was reading the article I couldn't help but hear the hauntingly beautiful song 'Shrike' by Hozier, that is thematically based around the same-named birds in the article. "Dragging along // Following your f
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by Fezzik 7y ago
It certainly seems possible. That’s not even 7% of the annual budget. We spend a lot of money. Can’t find a citation on my phone though.
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by Fezzik 7y ago
Any news source on this? UEFA seems to be saying there is no chance of cancelling the Cup... which I find believable, as the governing bodies for the various soccer leagues and competitions tend to be more money-hungry than other sports. Ed
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by Fezzik 7y ago
I totally agree. I was once in the camp that believed mental disorders/traumas could never manifest themselves in real, significant, physical ways. Currently, I work in juvenile dependency law (which I bring up often in comments... a
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by Fezzik 7y ago
Adidas has been doing this (returning energy) with their Boost tech for quite a while. Should those shoes be banned? Should track spikes be banned, since they give an insane mechanical advantage vs non-spikes? If the rule is completely subj
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by Fezzik 7y ago
I totally agree. The courts bend over backwards to not find that entrapment has occurred. The bar has been set very high for what a defendant has to prove. I think reading about the Portland bombing case provides great background on how h
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by Fezzik 7y ago
For it to be entrapment the government would have to have induced/coerced the actual behavior of operating without a license. These arrests are the same as if a cop buys drugs from dealer and then arrests the dealer: the dealer goofed
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by Fezzik 7y ago
Not at all an ad hominem. Saying a quibbling author has not conducted the most basic research to see what a problem is before complaining about said problem is always a valid criticism. Saying an author is wrong because he is a stupid dumb
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by Fezzik 7y ago
I don't think severely diminished critical thinking ability is too far off the mark. Perhaps it sounds harsh, but the reality is that many elderly people do have diminshed mental capacities. It's how life works. It does not even n
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by Fezzik 7y ago
All the trite platitudes seem to be the only real route to living a stress free life and involving oneself in society. For example: “don’t sweat the small stuff, and remember it’s all small stuff”. For me, I just remind myself everyday that
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by Fezzik 7y ago
The other side of the coin is that there are lot of (or at least some) doctors who will “misdiagnose” a patient to get them appropriate treatments that insurance would otherwise not pay for. Personally, I had a number of very large lipoma
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by Fezzik 7y ago
Which has not been done in court? I work in juvenile dependency law and we use paternity-by-DNA to establish and disestablish fathers every day. Other divisions of the DOJ use DNA to establish parents for the purposes of childcare payments.
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by Fezzik 7y ago
Not to diminish what a dunce this guy was, but the only crimes currently punishable by death in the US are ones in which the victim has died. And maybe treason, espionage, and other weird crimes against the government. Those are unclear at
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by Fezzik 7y ago
That sort of defeats the whole purpose of what au pair programs are for, which is primarily cultural exchange, not employment. For some reason the article deftly glosses over this. The general rules for being an au pair are: you’re under 30
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by Fezzik 7y ago
I dunno... I was watching an NBA game* the other day and 4/5 players had AirPods in as they entered the arena and the other singleton had over the ear headphones. This totally caught me off-guard, and was so noticeable I made a mental
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by Fezzik 7y ago
I think you’re confusing certainty with authority. None of the things you mentioned are proved (certain) by religion, they are simply stated by authority as being true (though they are not) and accepted by some as being so. Saying with gre
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by Fezzik 7y ago
It is tangential, but I’ll take this opportunity to plug one of the best* podcasts ever: The History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps. If you want thought provoking summaries of philosophical thought, spanning the history of philosophy, this
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by Fezzik 7y ago
This is the first thing I tell students that are thinking about law school: make connections in the region where you want to work and do not worry about your grades. Nobody cares about your grades (except for big-time clerkships and top tie
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by Fezzik 7y ago
I have not read all the books on this list, but I would add The Drunkard’s Walk (How Randomness Rules Our Lives) to great books related to thinking about thinking. It breaks down how probability actually works in the real world in an easily
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by Fezzik 7y ago
I would take “openness”, as typed in an Economist article, to mean something like “[a country/government that] does not snuff out opinions contrary to that of the government, sometimes by disappearing, sending to concentration camps, a
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by Fezzik 7y ago
Not products, but his philanthropy is second-to-none. Measuring his investments towards preventing malaria alone he has probably done more to save lives than any other single individual in history. Which sounds silly, but is the reality of
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by Fezzik 7y ago
Sure, but all-things-being-equal -- whatever that means in this scenario -- how long would it take an fictional Elon Musk to get to where the actual Elon Musk is today? Where would you see government propping him up in the process? The only
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by Fezzik 7y ago
You can buy a non-profit so long as you 1) are a non-profit, or 2) continue the concern as a non-profit... in every state of The Union, no? A non-profit can also sell assets, obviously. Isn’t this just an asset? Edit, to add: or 3) you conv
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by Fezzik 7y ago
I don’t know if an analogy would help, but I thought the point the article was trying to make was sort of like distinguishing between a dude selling shoes at Foot Locker and a podiatrist - most people just need someone with a basic knowledg
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by Fezzik 7y ago
Do you really think so??? Not asked sarcastically... I just tossed it in the trash because I thought it was despicable. I have a hunch that is what most people do who do not just claim the gift-card. What a heist.
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by Fezzik 7y ago
I totally agree. But where do we draw the line for fraud? I just ordered a $5.00 product, a pair of interesting-looking-at-first-glance earplugs for swimming, that are utter garbage. Included was something I had never seen - instructions f
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by Fezzik 7y ago
That makes a lot more sense. It was late and I was tired when I initially commented, so that seemed too far-fetched without fact checking myself.
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by Fezzik 7y ago
My dream for the United States is that we repopulate everyone to Texas* and let the rest of the country be wild, in varying degrees, and accessible by bullet train. That’s my stance as an avid outdoorsman. Then we could see all this natural
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by Fezzik 7y ago
Ha, I never knew! Thank you for the citation. I have taken hundreds if train rides from Portland to Seattle, and sat waiting for freight trains to pass, or for a passenger train that was late due to freight traffic, nearly as many times.

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