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by amalcon 1y ago
Congress, obviously. They are rather specifically granted the power of the purse. I don't always like how they use it, but that's how it's supposed to work.
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by amalcon 1y ago
There are also local anesthetics like the lidocaine family. Some of those are usable for post operative pain in the very short term, but obviously can't be administered orally. That presents a problem for most surgeries, since either
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by amalcon 1y ago
The fundamental issue is that a liberal democracy can't indefinitely survive a majority of the people prioritizing other things over continued democracy and rule of law. This is almost by definition. Democracies have failed in that w
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by amalcon 1y ago
> First, why do people throw away tennis shoes, unopened food etc? Why not take with them on to their next destination? It's very possible for the cost of transport to exceed the value of the goods, especially if one is flying to
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by amalcon 1y ago
Short version is that you can't rely on the power grid or other centralized generation. Centralized infrastructure may not even be available, but if it is then the enemy can target it.
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by amalcon 1y ago
> 1. of course it is, if you're not mathematically savvy. I don't think that says what you're claiming it does. If you actually look at the simulation linked from there (which I do take some issues with, but those are irr
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by amalcon 1y ago
> It isn't ignoring the problem, it's describing a solution to it: Enlightened self-interest. "Everybody just does the right thing" is not a solution you can implement in the real world. > You keep describing it as
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by amalcon 1y ago
> It does when you describe it to them and convince or force them to use it, e.g. by removing their ability to score the candidate on a scale. This is essentially the argument that it's good to allow other people to make tactical er
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by amalcon 1y ago
> I'm only assuming that some proportion of voters use the same strategy as you. My strategy does not change other voters' strategies. Secret ballots prevent this type of coordination. That's my point. The collective st
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by amalcon 1y ago
In your scenario, I have made a mistake in assessing which two candidates are most likely to win -- because I took vote shares as win probabilities. This is also a mistake, and it is a mistake no matter the voting system or the next step
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by amalcon 1y ago
Modern China isn't a full Soviet-style command economy, it's an attempt to blend some aspects of a command economy into a market-based system. The government effectively sets priorities, but lets the market figure out how to do t
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by amalcon 1y ago
Score voting is just approval voting with an additional permitted tactical error. In both systems, the correct tactic is to determine the two candidates most likely to win. Then, assign maximum score to whichever of those is better and to
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by amalcon 1y ago
You can make a specific exception for loans taken out against the real assets of a business to fund capital improvements of that business. Rules would be similar to when you can deduct business expenses.
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by amalcon 1y ago
> especially as many trikes have solid rear axles Do you (or anyone I guess) happen to know why? Low speed differential non-drive axles are not that complex, and would sermingly help a lot.
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by amalcon 1y ago
This is not even Trump's biggest or second biggest corruption scandal so far this term. The biggest is the crypto currency access scandal, and the second is the various meritless lawsuits that just suddenly reached settlements. Not th
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by amalcon 1y ago
"Estadounidense" is also a bit odd, since there are Los Estados Unidos Mexicanos (the formal name for Mexico). I don't think it is likely to confuse very many people, but still odd.
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by amalcon 1y ago
UL certification has been pretty successful in an adjacent space (fire safety, notably of electronics but it covers other things too). That has been regressing lately, though.
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by amalcon 1y ago
Well sure. EOs are basically memos that are also press releases, so they include a bunch of positive fluff. LLMs love fluff, so it is unsurprising that they overindex on that part.
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by amalcon 1y ago
Trump makes two kinds of statements about what he will do: that he will take an action, and that he will achieve an objective. He mostly takes the actions, but mostly does not achieve the objectives. Some exceptions of course, but mostly
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by amalcon 1y ago
A lot of people seem to think of success as the sum of a bunch of independent variables: positioning + insight + hard work + talent + luck - scruples ... Then, they argue about the relative magnitude of each term. It's obviously more
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by amalcon 1y ago
You're mostly right, but Discover specifically owns a bank. That bank does underwrite the debt on most Discover cards. Also Amex, but you didn't mention them.
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by amalcon 1y ago
> It specifically says it is addressed to senior government officials. Sure, because senior government officials sometimes do things outside of their official capacity. If a senior government official's communications with their
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by amalcon 1y ago
This is CISA telling potential target civilians (and government employees in their civilian capacity, since government employees talk to their friends too) what to do to protect themselves. The government has separate, much stricter guidel
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by amalcon 1y ago
Electric motors are - almost by definition - giant, fast moving magnets. That will generate current in any nearby wiring, and thus interference. That said, this kind of interference is much easier to filter than the kind you'd get fro
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by amalcon 1y ago
It's pretty simple actually: the lab leak theory is what allows Trump to maximally blame other people. The ability to always blame other people is the most important thing to Trump, even above his usual motivations of always being pe
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by amalcon 1y ago
This is hard to overstate. Successful coups are sort of always legal by definition. Trump v. US made failed coups by the President legal. The self preservation incentive is gone.
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by amalcon 1y ago
The thing to remember is that these grants are their research budget. The endowment is largely earmarked for educational projects. Your average university professor is there because they want to do research, not because they want to teach
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by amalcon 1y ago
There are more regulations around employees than contractors here also, which often makes it not worthwhile for short term workers. Those regulations just mostly aren't around when you may terminate employment. E.g. the entire I-9 thi
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by amalcon 2y ago
Would his being a citizen have mattered to any of the procedures prior to his rendition? The government never made any effort to prove that he was here illegally (which is important since he wasn't), and he never had an opportunity to
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by amalcon 2y ago
As with so many things here, the remedy for the executive just pulling some nonsense must be sought through the courts. That remedy is being sought, notably by affected businesses. Trump will simply argue that there is a security concern

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