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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
>The supreme court doesn't make a law unconstitutional. It already was or wasn't. No. If the Supreme Court is asked whether a law is constitutional or not, they form an opinion on whether it is or is not. The law exists as law
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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
>People are flawed. Sure. But it's not random flaws. Liberal people are flawed to believe rules are written as a liberal would interpret them. And conservatives just the opposite. Because the rules do not exist outside of subjective
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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
> They're saying the Citizens United ruling was of the first type, not the second. You seemed to miss that, so I was trying to clarify it. I did not miss that. I was responding to it. Perhaps you are not understanding what I am sayi
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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
OK. I was responding to parent, which stated there is a difference between a judge's interpretation of constitutionality and literal constitutionality - i.e. that a law can be unconstitutional regardless of whether a judge interprets i
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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
So there’s an external source for this objective information, or are the judges making their own individual interpretations of “how the law applies”? If the former, why do we end up with split votes that so often fall down partisan lines? S
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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
I’m not dismissing canons of interpretation as being incorrect. I’m stating that canons of interpretation are themselves nothing more than subjective opinion. And there are surely many versions. Some of which align with conservative beliefs
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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
What’s the difference between a court opining that a law is unconstitutional and a court interpreting a law as unconstitutional?
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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
Sure, they each have their own specific beliefs. But none of them are tapped into the objective “what a law is”. Because that doesn’t exist. It’s just a nice mythology we tell ourselves in an attempt to trick our brains into thinking a 3 br
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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
> rule on what the law is, not decide what the law should be That’s just, like, your opinion man. What is the law? A bunch of words. What do those words mean in combination the the surrounding words? Uh oh, we just hit subjectivity. “Ori
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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
Sure. I didn't say anything differently. The parent though was mistaken to believe supermarkets do not have similar structures to Amazon in terms of product placement/promotion. In other words, Apple pays Amazon in some form in or
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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
Supermarkets do not pay for product as you describe. Manufacturers and/or distributors pay the supermarkets slotting fees to get their products on the shelves. Additionally, slotting fees are higher for ideal shelf location, and in som
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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
I also expect AI drivers to be safer than human drivers ... in about 50 - 250 years.
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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
The cost is so low as to be non-existent. The downsides of printing money are effectively nil. If this were not true the modern global economy would have died out decades ago, when printing money became the primary method of commerce. Your
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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
It’s “all too common” because it’s how most 1st world economies work (though to be fair: your fear-based view and false belief that it is anomalous is the true “all too common” viewpoint). Case in point is the US that has been running defic
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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
That’s a shame, I guess? Ubuntu exists though, so if you want definitive control, you can have it. If you want Brand X commercial software that only runs on Mac, you can have that too. I don’t see why Apple should be required to facilitate
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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
Can’t find a reference online, but in 1993/1994 a Russian fabricated paperwork to place him in charge of a newly formed Ministry. He was about to have a building assigned in Moscow and he got caught.
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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
We’re meant to question it.
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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
I don’t know. I haven’t had a single good take out or delivery meal, beyond food types that were generally deliverable pre-COVID. Delivered sushi? It’s rubber. A crisp pan seared chicken breast? Also rubber. Don’t even waste your time with
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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
This is the comment that has a car behind it. Monty’s knowledge is irrelevant. The original problem can be modified with no change in probabilities to: Pick one of three doors. You can have whatever is behind that door, or you can change yo
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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
Is that really the argument? That high quality and low cost are only possible if students are responsible for solving problems? Sounds fine to me. Students solving problems is at least half the point of undergrad anyway.
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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
VHS tapes of the Saturday afternoon movie matinee on the local UHF channel, showing ads from the Truck Driving Institue.
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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
Money will only get you so far in your public facing political ambitions if you are politically incompetent (Bloomberg) or devoid of charisma (Steyer). But money got both of them to the stage.
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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
But really, that is a good question.
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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
That seems like an argument that could be made against literally every opinion poll. The “specifics” according to whom?
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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
“Walmart is my Soma” would make an excellent t-shirt.
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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
That’s an odd distinction. Perhaps you judge your country firstly by how it treats its citizens, because you want to be treated well. But if it’s not your country, what’s the difference? Perhaps you live in a country that provides for you
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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
I was just pointing out the foundation of your argument is categorically false. We can quibble over the rest - such as “creating greater value for others” being a completely arbitrary concept. Perhaps a better argument to make for your posi
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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
“Time is money” is a cliche, not a fact. There are plenty of people who have lots of money but didn’t spend commensurate time getting it, as there are plenty of people who spend inordinate amounts of time making little money.
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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
Could you point to these Apple docs? That’s the topic I’m most interested in. Thanks!
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by OpieCunningham 6y ago
True. I edited to reflect personal preference.

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