IAmBroom

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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
Obviously, I would prefer OC was more specific. I said as much.
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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
You're just parroting the phrase "printing money". I'm asking if governments ever literally do (except in extremely defective examples).
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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
Slavery is at least as old as recorded human history, and had nothing to do with racism in most cases (although it often involves xenophobia). The Torah and Old Testament give specific moral guidelines on how to acquire and keep slaves. Pri
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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
I have zero problems with that. The comparison in this exact case is dreadfully theatric and inappropriate.
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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
"inappropriately" Surely political opinions of political bodies are entirely appropriate.
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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
Intellectual Property is a well-established kind of property.
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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
This interesting history lesson makes me wonder: Has there ever been a (not-thoroughly corrupt and dictatorial) government that literally printed money to solve their problems? It's a common metaphor, but it's just a simpleminded
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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
Recite for me the names of even 100 people you have known who have died. Otherwise, you are a terrible "criminal" by your own standard.
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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
That's the point GP was making.
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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
I despise vague and quasi-anonymous attacks like this. "Trust me, online person, I, a random netizen, have made a moral judgment and you should have complete faith in it." Google summarizes the controversy thus, from Wikipedia: &q
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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
What a strange comment. Are you saying no one expects the US to win a war? Or that no one hopes they will? Honestly, I can't tell what you are implying, except "war bad".
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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
You are stunningly unaware or maliciously ignoring the cultural genocide that Russia is engaging in, inside taken territories. Children are routinely taken from parents and shipped off to Russia. Parents are encarcerated, conscripted, or sl
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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
> This is among the reason I've thought nuclear waste should be disposed of in space. Send the stuff onto the moon Congrats; you have come up with a way to make nuclear waste disposal 100x more dangerous and 1000x more expensive!
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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
It is. Everyone rationalizes their emotional responses. Hangry. Rush-hour impatience in traffic. If you can avoid it, never appear before a judge just before lunch or the end of the day.
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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
It's also crap... > The way we use emoji has changed. In the early days, we were literal: You sent a nail polish emoji () because you were, in fact, getting your nails polished. The early days of emojis used unpaired parentheses, co
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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
As the GP noted, it's still only a small bump in overall cost.
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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
You aren't contradicting anything. MOST of the strength is achieved in 24 hours or less.
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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
Pure silicone caulk is mold-proof, even in the white variation. The various "improvements" in many caulks allow mold to get a foothold.
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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
He turned me into a newt.
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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
> And before anybody tries to blame the non-voters, abstaining from voting in a broken system is indeed a vote. ... Yes, I agree. Abstaining from voting is the same as voting for Trump. "If you are neutral in situations of injustice
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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
A quick look suggests it's brittle stars, not sea stars - IANA Marine Biologist. It was years ago, so I don't have a particular cite.
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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
Far more fungible than steel plant products.
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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
That's a truly weird analogy.
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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
Yes, or get computer science degrees, get hired to design those chips, and then insert a backdoor! /s Level of effort is a thing. EDIT: And Cryo32 said the same thing elsewhere, a few minutes ago!
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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
If ever true, it's for brand recognition. PETA's brand recognition has probably made more people anti-vegan than all other vegans put together.
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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
Can someone explain this sentence from the intro? > To remove stars with unusually high and precise ages, we require old stars to be metal-poor and α-enriched. Particularly, why remove stars "with unusually ... precise ages"? W
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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
Any minute now... since I was a lad... in the previous millenium... (so basically a half-second in geological time)
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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
America is already there. Our federal agencies are the primary interaction people have with the government, and are run by appointees by POTUS (likewise, state agencies by gubenatorial appointees).
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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
For the longest time, US ATMs required you to enter the dollars AND cents you wished to withdraw - even though they NEVER dispensed coins. Stupid, stupid, stupid software coders! Or possibly, a single coder somewhere long ago.
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by IAmBroom 3mo ago
I teach a class on knots "for people who can't remember knots", and specifically for tent campers (in the SCA). Basically, I teach the half-hitch (just to get the class introduced to the teaching style), the square (vs granny

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