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by bigbubba 6y ago
Well, maybe Canada is pretty unlikely I concede. But it seems possible that it might be some other first world nation that has friendly relations with America. I mean, America spied on Germany, right? Maybe Germany spies on America. I r
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by bigbubba 6y ago
If the pedestrian seems oblivious that's one thing, but if the pedestrian is staring you in the eyes and is broadcasting 'what the fuck are you doing?!?' body language and gestures, I don't see much excuse.
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by bigbubba 6y ago
> Pakistan, where the military is not the government per se, A distinction without a difference? I don't know a whole lot about Pakistan, but that's the way it seems to me.
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by bigbubba 6y ago
I got that recommendation several times when putting in a variety of scifi or fantasy. It really likes Scrooge McDuck.
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by bigbubba 6y ago
By that logic, should the fines car drivers face scale with the weight of their vehicle? Is blowing through a redlight in a small sports car a lesser crime than doing the same with a large pickup truck? I'm receptive to this, but I do
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by bigbubba 6y ago
> "go! no, you go! no you go!" Seattle streets in a nutshell. As a frequent pedestrian I've lost count of the number of times a car has stopped in the middle of an intersection and frantically tried to wave me across a
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by bigbubba 6y ago
'Foreign government.'
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by bigbubba 6y ago
I think it's a mistake to limit the scope of consideration to countries that are antagonist to America. I doubt it was them, but at least in theory, might not Canada have an interest in having advanced knowledge of things the US Treas
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by bigbubba 6y ago
Here is the way I think of it, if a cylinder passed through two perpendicular planes, flatlanders living on those two planes, with different perspectives on life, might call each other to discuss their observations. One flatlander might re
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by bigbubba 6y ago
> I don't think the author was born thinking those complex thoughts, so clearly they were persuaded by something that didn't rely on previous belief. What could that be? Very often the answer is mundane; 'It's what
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by bigbubba 6y ago
I see the same; Neuromancer,Anathem gives me a Far Side comic anthology. If I add The Name of the Rose then I get Scrooge McDuck and Game of Thrones. For The Name of the Rose and Cat's Cradle, 9 of the first 12 suggestions seem to be
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by bigbubba 6y ago
In principle yes; if there is no effective remedy against an abusive government other than violence, then violence against that government is morally justifiable. An uncontroversial example of this might be Polish guerillas assassinating
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by bigbubba 6y ago
I don't think I'm alone in not understanding what the fuck urbit even is supposed to be. I suspect Yarvin is lost so far up his own ass he's lost the ability to clearly communicate. Whatever urbit is meant to be, it's
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by bigbubba 6y ago
When people have no faith in the system, they take matters into their own hands. People are morally entitled to justice so if the only justice available is extrajudicial, people have a moral right to pursue that.
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by bigbubba 6y ago
If violence only includes harm to humans, I think you could probably reasonably say that destroying an empty hospital is still violence since the direct effect of destroying the hospital would be to harm the people who would otherwise be tr
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by bigbubba 6y ago
The working conditions the Luddites faced were a huge downgrade too. Not many textile workers were getting their limbs torn off before being made to work in factories designed, owned and operated by people who had little to no regard for w
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by bigbubba 6y ago
At about 0:12 https://mobile.twitter.com/TOIBengaluru/status/1337615298761...
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by bigbubba 6y ago
The flipped cars all lined up next to each other on their sides is impressive work!
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by bigbubba 6y ago
Speaking of dinosaurs that aren't dinosaurs, and fish that aren't fish, there are the Ichthyosaurs. Marine reptiles that lived alongside the non-avian dinosaurs, but were not dinosaurs. Being a reptile, it wasn't a fish eith
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by bigbubba 6y ago
> The word "fish" has a well established meaning But that is precisely the matter of contention. Even in the domain of biology, you have two systems of nomenclature, traditional and cladistic, in which animals may be classif
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by bigbubba 6y ago
I wonder if more is known about whales by the US Navy, but kept classified because the data comes from military sonar networks.
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by bigbubba 6y ago
Indeed, I think there are vestiges of this in our language today. A starfish is not a fish, at least not in the 'proper' sense, but since they're star shaped animals that live in the water they are logically called 'sta
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by bigbubba 6y ago
Chapter 32 (Cetology) is excellent. In it, the narrator explains the contemporary scientific understanding of whales and describes all their varieties then known. My favorite bit is the part where he explains the numerous differences betw
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by bigbubba 6y ago
The article, as is typical in my experience, loads fine with javascript disabled. Browsing with javascript off by default is the only way to stay sane on the modern web I think. Most sites work better with javascript disabled.
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by bigbubba 6y ago
The best shape, of course, is the classic christmas tree shape.
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by bigbubba 6y ago
I've heard it claimed that bank tellers won't risk giving a bank robber dye packs if the robber specifically demands no dye packs. But I'm pretty skeptical of this..
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by bigbubba 6y ago
Stupid people believe stupid things. Their wishful thinking doesn't alter the reality of their loss.
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by bigbubba 6y ago
America has a pretty good history of peaceful transitions of power, and I expect that to continue. Republicans selected an asshole to represent them, and he's now lost the election. He can throw a fit with his lawyers, which will dou
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by bigbubba 6y ago
They're free to make fools of themselves, it's not going to accomplish anything.
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by bigbubba 6y ago
Well the good news is that doesn't matter. They're sore losers but it won't amount to anything more than hot air, so take a deep breath and relax. Hit a blunt or something.

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