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by beerandt 5y ago
The point is that if it weren't for judicial activism, there might have been a more moderate middle ground reached, and that the perception of that anything more conservative than the status quo is radical is disingenuous. More conserv
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Or if not getting pregnant is that important to you, just don't have sex. That's the only option for men who want to be sure to avoid legal obligations for the act.
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For standing to sue? Yes Why would a special interest group be able to sue to protect frogs, but another wouldn't be able to sue to protect unborn babies?
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There's a federal law giving people the right to sue fax spammers- statutory damages of ~$500 per fax, specifically to get around freedom of speech. I think it was in the 1996 telecom law. Not sure if it's been litigated.
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by beerandt 5y ago
No- that private property rights are consistent with the libertarian quote above because it's voluntary. You can argue what truly voluntarily slavery would look like in a modern world, but involuntary chattel slavery is what conflic
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by beerandt 5y ago
A non-profit sued it's way to SCOTUS a few years ago in defense of frogs. Absurd arguments both for and against standing are hardly new, and most don't have statutory authority behind them.
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Negligible compared to naturally occurring radioactive elements.
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Only one fusion bomb in 100-mile space. 6 100-mile space detonations counting 5 <2kt fission bombs. As many as 18, if you count all detonations above ~10 miles.
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The choice angle is simple- you choose the act that leads to conception. The pro-abortion side just doesn't like the answer.
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The mother's choice is made by partaking in the act that leads to conception. Courts have zero problems legally binding men to that act.
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How in the hell in the same paragraph do you claim speech and firearms aren't protected civilly (which is false), but figure privacy and/or non-explicit abortion rights aren't?
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Voluntary slavery here, means that the ultimate control of your own life includes the right to give it away, sell it, or end it. It does not mean chattel slavery, or involuntary servitude, or even involuntary government seizures.
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And the 10th leaves the determination of that in the hands of the States, barring an amendment to the US Constitution. Then there's the rabbit hole that is judicial review. And if constitutional protections need not be explicitly menti
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Even the Catholic view on birth control, which is essentially that it interferes with "putting your life in God's hands", isn't anywhere near it's stance on abortion, which is that life is sacred at the moment of co
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Before this week the most restrictive state law in the US was more permissive of abortions (24 weeks by request without cause) than the most liberal European countries (22 weeks by request without cause -or- 24 weeks with 1-2 or more medica
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They also value things, in practice, that are entirely contrary to what they claim to value.
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Private property rights, or being manifestly in control of the fruits of ones labor. Or the exact opposite of slavery.
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Anyone who doesn't have a (or acknowledge their) religion is really just oblivious to what theirs really is. religion being the loose/broad definition, and not necessarily (but sometimes) the dogmatic and organized big R Religio
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by beerandt 5y ago
The hate is because most felt like you at one point, and loved, and want to love, the products. Then one day you try to change a simple setting, and realize it'll take ssh and scripts and half a day of tinkering to make a non-persisten
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by beerandt 5y ago
There are quite a few basic, long-promised, high-demand features they need to spend time on first, before introducing an additional half-baked feature. If it's anything like the dashboard it'll be lots of pretty without the simpl
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by beerandt 5y ago
Do people not just start taking forever PTO, a week or two at a time, instead of quitting? Or take a sabbatical or maternity/paternity leave and just never come back?
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by beerandt 5y ago
They matter because if the ones you mention are divided equally among everyone, then the previously unimportant ones become the real bargaining chips.
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Sort of. The ceramic is designed to shatter using as much energy as possible. After spreading the remaining energy sad much as possible. The bullet shattering is only important if it's high powered armor piercing rounds. Otherwise it&#
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Yeah, but there's an interest in keeping those numbers around, and they have a disproportionate influence. Who does grandma or cousin Bob call to "fix" their computer? Who's controlling what browsers get installed on cor
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>Why do you think the most tech savvy segment is the target audience? Tech savvy doesn't equal hn users. You think teenagers and college kids aren't using ad blockers or selectively clearing browser history? There are tech savv
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Unlimited PTO is crazy to me. It takes the principles of spelled-out employment terms and throws them in the trash. The "flexible hours" policy was bad enough at my last job. Wildly varying interpretations between different manage
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Diamonds are actually tricky, because their practical brittleness is mostly due to breaks in the lattice caused by impurities. The lines of weakness are defined as cleavage , and diamonds will typically cleave along those lines when the
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Not modern body armor. You want lots of deformation before failure, which is almost the opposite of brittle. Like the crush zone of a car.
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I don't think a single part of your comment is true. ASCE, ASTM, and other professional orgs have non-arbitrary definitions. They are all versions of some measure of deformation at ultimate strength, but don't correlate to that
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Strength is unrelated to brittleness. Brittleness is a measure of plastic deformation at the (ultimate strength) breaking point. Eg, diamonds, cast iron, and saltine crackers are all very brittle. Resilience and ductility are related techni

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