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by Zak 1y ago
Texas appears to have strict liability for that specific offense, which differs from how its porn age verification law is structured, and also differs from equivalent offenses in some other states.
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by Zak 1y ago
This is a misunderstanding of US law. Most criminal laws are state laws, so you'll find at least[0] 50 different versions of any given crime. In some states, there is strict liability for an adult having sex with a minor (usually cal
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by Zak 1y ago
Some app developers might want attestation for those reasons, but Android is big enough that almost none of them would leave if it was unavailable.
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by Zak 1y ago
That's not equivalent because German household breakers are typically 13A, which is less than the 16A that extension cord is rated for. A 2.5A rated Europlug cord[0] is the closest equivalent, but safety standards help there too. Highe
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by Zak 1y ago
Cars are getting a bit more discoverable in this regard with many new cars displaying a prominent notice when it's time for an oil change. Some understanding is still a significant advantage though; it's fine to wait a week for th
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by Zak 1y ago
> I assume that anything I buy in a store for general use is suitable for general use unless specified otherwise. That's not a safe thing to assume, or at least, the way it's specified otherwise is with a current rating. I
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by Zak 1y ago
That's not an entirely unreasonable take, though sideloading apps is still fully available on Google-approved Android and it is not on iOS. I only have one or two apps I actually want to use that required a SafetyNet bypass. I don&#x27
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by Zak 1y ago
I think the way I'd put it is for things that are an important element of someone's daily life, their understanding should be one level deeper than they usually need. The average person who drives a car, for example does not need
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by Zak 1y ago
That might be true, but Windows, Mac OS, and even Linux desktops required far less technical skill to operate successfully in 2009 than in 1999. If you tried to play games online in 1999 using Windows 98, it would break, and you would lea
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by Zak 1y ago
I do think the average person should know too many amps starts a fire and wrong voltage means devices don't work (sometimes with damage). They should probably know how many amps a typical household breaker is rated for where they live,
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by Zak 1y ago
> Yes - that's what is meant by technical. As soon as you mention file, you've lost a lot of people. I believe you, and I'm sad about this. I had hoped as the Internet grew in importance, the proportion of people with ba
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by Zak 1y ago
I think the main answer is smartphones displaced them. It's the same thing that happened to cheap digital cameras. > As I understand it, Google requires Android devices to have colour screens and, so I've read, won't cert
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by Zak 1y ago
I imagine the sandboxing and existence of terrible code wouldn't have been especially different from JS. I think the ubiquity would have helped to make people more aware of the advantages of Lisp. We might have substantially more Lisp-
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by Zak 1y ago
I wonder what things would look like today if Netscape had stuck with its first idea of embedding Scheme instead of creating Javascript.
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by Zak 1y ago
I'm not sure putting that notice on the web page has any legal effect. The license itself[0] excludes a list of governments, which is probably a bit more more enforceable. [0] https://www.sql-workbench.eu/manual/li
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by Zak 1y ago
Evil tracking is half of it, but the nominal "loyalty" benefit is there too. If I have a bunch of points with one company, I'm likely to accept a slightly worse deal from them relative to a competitor where I have none in the
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by Zak 1y ago
I read through the whole series, and there's definitely some thoughtful analysis in there. I'm pretty skeptical of the proposal at the end though. What's proposed is a centralized platform with some sort of identity verificat
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by Zak 1y ago
I was recently thinking about how early Facebook was a harmless or good thing for the world that was easy to have a healthy relationship with. I could check it once a day, know that I had seen every post from my friends and family, like the
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by Zak 1y ago
Here's a parametric search for other knives that are made in the USA out of the same materials. They're all expensive. Fortunately, there are very good pocket knives for under a third the price from brands like Civivi, Vosteed, an
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by Zak 1y ago
> He told me that for efficiency, they [had to make a broken product] That's called premature optimization.
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by Zak 1y ago
Sure, and skipping too many car payments gets your car repossessed, skipping too many mortgage payments leads to foreclosure, etc.... Those are serious consequences, but they're localized to the specific thing or service at issue. You
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by Zak 1y ago
I'd expect a charge to my credit card, or a bill. If I didn't pay the bill, I'd expect another bill and a late fee. Eventually, I'd expect the debt to be transferred to a collection agency which would harass me about it
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by Zak 1y ago
It has always seemed unwise to me to go all-in on ecosystems where multiple services that aren't inherently related are provided by the same company. If there's a problem ranging from a missed payment to a fraud-detection false po
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by Zak 1y ago
Larrin's ratings handle this by not having a fixed scale; REX 121 gets a 12 for edge retention. The rating seems to be roughly CATRA cards cut divided by 100.
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by Zak 1y ago
A problem with choosing that specific knife for a spot check is that it has been made in many different steels in various special editions, sprint runs, and dealer exclusives. Here's one in S35VN: https://www.spyderco.com&#x
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by Zak 1y ago
Knives should be sharpened when they no longer cut as effectively as the user would like. Several weeks of daily use with no maintenance is probably longer than I would go, but I do not know your knife. It's not necessary to use a whet
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by Zak 1y ago
There are some mismatches, such as OP rating M2's edge retention at 6 while Thomas rates it at 4.
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> Wasn’t the sharpest knife Sharpness is a product of sharpening, which should be done regularly for good results. Benchmade's pricing is based on irrational customers being willing to pay premium prices for knives that really are
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by Zak 1y ago
Magnacut is given the same rating as D2, 3V, VG10, and "440" (presumabbly 440C). Elmax, M2, and Cruwear are rated higher. CATRA testing by Magnacut's creator[0] suggests D2, 3V, VG10, and 440C should have a lower rating than
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by Zak 1y ago
"Edge retention" is mostly achieved through high abrasion resistance. Sharpening is removing material by abrasion until the edge has a small radius, so ease of sharpening is mostly achieved through low abrasion resistance. Being s

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