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by Fezzik 8y ago
This is not really accurate - defendants have a right to a jury trial, a right that they can waive for the opportunity to have a bench trial (trying their case before a “professional judge”). The prosecution has zero say in whether or not a
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by Fezzik 8y ago
I love learning from my mistakes! I misread the preamble (for lack of a better word) to the Animal Welfare Act’s Federal website. It says it is the only Federal Law addressing animals... or the research of: https://www.nal.usda
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by Fezzik 8y ago
Exactly. The only Federal Law re animals is the Animal Welfare act, which only has to do with research animals. All 50 states have animal cruelty laws.
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by Fezzik 8y ago
One great example of utility: my grandmother had a cookbook from the early 1900s that was truly farm (or forest) to table: it included instructions for catching and cooking squirrels, as well as the complete process for taking a chicken fro
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by Fezzik 8y ago
I was about to write that this was not true, because I could not believe it, but boy was I wrong: “in the 2004-05 school year, 74% of college campuses had sworn officers with the power to arrest, and 90% of these departments were armed”. [0
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by Fezzik 8y ago
I wonder how often these occur. When I was in my early 20s a buddy and I were about 18 hours in to a drive to Buena Vista, CO from Portland, OR, when a transformer exploded somewhere near us in a huge canyon. We thought it was noiseless nuc
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by Fezzik 8y ago
It is a good practice to be aware of though - often constructive conversations can be derailed by well-intentioned but unintentional “but-what-about-X” arguments being introduced when no such arguments existed to begin with. It is a hard ha
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by Fezzik 8y ago
Often a severence will also include X months of health insurance, so that could be a good-sized chunk of it.
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by Fezzik 8y ago
My favorite antitheistic quote that I wrote out once, long ago, expresses the joy and benefit of losing religion: "When I became convinced that the universe is natural, that all the ghosts and gods are myths, there entered into my brai
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by Fezzik 8y ago
This is absolutely not legal advice, but this author misunderatands what a confession of judgment is. A confession would be void if signed prior to debt being due, because you can only confess to debt that is defaulted on. See: https:&#x2F
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by Fezzik 8y ago
Levandowski's sentament seems extraordinarily ignorant. I immediately thought of the "you should skate where the puck is going" quote which, I think, implies the importance of having information about the history of the puck
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by Fezzik 8y ago
That bums me out, but I get it. My first non hand-me-down car was a beat-up Audi A4 (manual) off craigslist that I loved for years and years as a ski bum. I am definitely one of the many "manual transmissions are more fun" people.
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by Fezzik 8y ago
The pay starts pretty low, but they apparently have many job openings: https://careers.state.gov/work/foreign-service/specialist/ca...
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by Fezzik 8y ago
I like sharing my salary just to be open about what I make and give people something to (possibly) work for. The reasons in the NYT article don’t really apply to my gig directly as it is a government job with a rigid tiered payscale based o
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by Fezzik 8y ago
This sparked a memory of sprinter Tyson Gay’s last name being automatically edited[0] to be “less offensive”(?) by a religious org’s news website. Simply searching for and replacing certain words is bound to fail. [0] http://lang
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by Fezzik 8y ago
(As an Atheist) It bothers me to no end the amount of negativity that gets heaped on Mormons. From their immense early persecution[0] to being regularly ridiculed today, as a people they remain some of the kindest, most open-hearted, hard w
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by Fezzik 8y ago
I think we are all thinking of 'What We Do in the Shadows'... FWIW. Great movie.
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by Fezzik 8y ago
This seems like a great move! I am confused about the criteria though - there is no way that there have only been 542 misdemeanor possession convictions in the last 30 years in Seattle... it's the 18th most populous city in the Unite
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by Fezzik 9y ago
Some do still read his books. I have (re)read all his books in the last year or two purely for pleasure. He is actually a minimalist writer - seldom more than 1-4 key characters, succinct prose, linear stories without departures to discuss
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by Fezzik 9y ago
That was one great thing about gchat when I was in grad school - everyone had gmail, so chatting was easy. I had a number of groups that I would chat with almost daily, even after graduating. That petered out over the years and, of course,
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by Fezzik 9y ago
I’ve lurked here (HN) a long time waiting for a MUD related post! I remember making great friendships and developing my communication skills and personality through MUDs (pHANTASM and then Rifts) in the mid-nineties. Neither game ever devel
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by Fezzik 9y ago
For email I highly recommend FastMail. It is $30 a year and their spam filters are better than Gmail's. They also have a sleek web interface. The annual fee also includes good looking calendar and document storage features, but I have
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by Fezzik 9y ago
Food Stamps are based on your actual income, so if parents are writing checks directly to the university there is no real way for the State to check this.
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by Fezzik 9y ago
Somewhat related - when I was in college (2000-2004) a number of my peers applied for and received Food Stamps. We were attending a school that ran about $40,000/yr for room/board/all the necessaries. Very few of them came fr
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by Fezzik 9y ago
If Apple gets its hands on the phone they have an impressive system for recycling: http://www.businessinsider.com/apple-liam-iphone-recycling-r... I could not find a reliable source for what portion of each phone is recycle
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by Fezzik 9y ago
One circumstance: a lot of men* are in prison for domestic violence. The victims are often close to completely emotionally and mentally broken. The offenders often have equally manipulative friends who are not incarecerated. Allowing such p
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by Fezzik 9y ago
It may be too late for a lot of people. My mom called me today, she's a retired teacher in her early 70s, and the guy installing her new gutters in Mount Vernon, WA (USA)* just put a few grand towards Bitcoin and now my mom is thinking
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by Fezzik 9y ago
It may be close... my only point of reference is I recently shipped an older 50 lb Mac Pro from Oregon to the Midwest (I forget where, exactly) and that was $42.00, with insurance, through USPS Priority Mail. I paid online which gives you a
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by Fezzik 9y ago
Tinnitus really is a horrible. I suffer from it and find the ringing detracts significantly from my cognitive abilities; my train of thought is often derailed because my brain is being goofy and fighting with the noise. I also had headphone
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by Fezzik 9y ago
I had the same reaction. I was looking at investing in franchises and they range from initial cash investments if $400k to $600k for one restaurant. And, like you hint at, these are behemoths that have networks of fine-tuned resources. Also

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