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The Altgeld Chimes of the UIUC campus(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by chimpanzee 2y ago|0 comments
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by chimpanzee 2y ago
The scene discussed: https://youtu.be/QML28YQBvyc And the excellent scene that follows (after the train stops without any passengers departing, or so the gang thinks): https://youtu.be/uhYLfK8GSr0
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Jack Elam and the Fly in 'Once Upon a Time in the West'(pov.imv.au.dk)
123 points by chimpanzee 2y ago|28 comments
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by chimpanzee 2y ago
ideal (def. #2) = Existing only in the mind; conceptual, imaginary https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/ideal (We’re allowed to imagine the impossible.)
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by chimpanzee 2y ago
>> ideally
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by chimpanzee 2y ago
Yes, that’s the main issue as ideally they wouldn’t be non-deterministic on well-established quantitative facts.
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by chimpanzee 2y ago
For whatever it’s worth, in response to the same question posed by me (“what is the ld50 of caffeine”), Google’s AI properly reported it as 150-200 mg/kg. I asked this about 1 minute after you posted your comment. Perhaps it learned of
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by chimpanzee 2y ago
Okey-dokey.
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by chimpanzee 2y ago
That’s determined by the tribe, not the US government. Not sure how else the tribes would manage it without extensive record-keeping or some sort of “re-citizenship” test/process. But again, that’s their/your sovereign right to de
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by chimpanzee 2y ago
It’s about their (partial) sovereignty, which was given back to the nations as recompense. It has nothing to do with race.
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by chimpanzee 2y ago
Ah I did miss the narrowing to “promote it”. I have no issue with that either, as ads presented within the territory of the US, are again a kind of import. Might need to narrow the wording further though, since as you point out, billboards
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by chimpanzee 2y ago
Given that GP called out the tribes specifically, I figured they were referring to the casinos on tribal land. Online gambling restrictions are sensible in that “online content/services” are a kind of import when accessed from within n
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by chimpanzee 2y ago
Why should tribal sovereignty be diminished yet again in order to benefit the American state and people? Edit: I see now that OP was specifically referring to restricting the promotion of gambling. Such restrictions seem reasonable where it
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by chimpanzee 2y ago
To anyone new to poetry, you’ll gain much more from the poem by reading it aloud rather than silently. Other tips: https://www.poetryoutloud.org/tips-on-reciting
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Tips on Reciting Poetry(poetryoutloud.org)
2 points by chimpanzee 2y ago|0 comments
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by chimpanzee 2y ago
I agree. It is definitely not perfectly inelastic. But for the sake of pushing back against this claim by gp: >> If tenants are still moving inspite of the high prices, then the price is probably right. it’d probably be best to focu
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by chimpanzee 2y ago
Elasticity is a spectrum. The relative elasticity of housing demand might be best illustrated by comparing to a similarly priced good: personal vehicles. Which is more elastic and why? If you have another appropriate or even better comparis
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by chimpanzee 2y ago
> If tenants are still moving inspite of the high prices, then the price is probably right. Housing is a necessity. Demand for which is inelastic. The price will be paid regardless, via rent or purchase. And purchase is out of reach or u
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by chimpanzee 2y ago
> Anything that provides information makes a market run smoother This is not necessarily true. Market failure can occur due to information which is provided asymmetrically or which facilitates collusion.
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by chimpanzee 2y ago
Just one big one, afaik. I’m no vacuum engineer though
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Senate report on Amazon workplace unsafety and data manipulation [pdf](help.senate.gov)
8 points by chimpanzee 2y ago|0 comments
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by chimpanzee 2y ago
> Physical fitness is a chemical process that we trigger with exercise Physical fitness is not just chemistry. The body is responding to actual physical forces and the response is tightly coupled to how, when and where those forces are
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by chimpanzee 2y ago
Is a tornado an object or a process?
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by chimpanzee 2y ago
Amen.
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by chimpanzee 2y ago
> pays stupid amounts for Disney scripts How much do they pay exactly? Does it come out of a specific program’s budget, eg drama? Just curious. To play a devil’s advocate: Perhaps the plays generate some money for the school or the drama
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by chimpanzee 2y ago
You use the word “we” quite often, but “we” are not all hurt equally. Nor do we have equal say or power despite the rhetoric. 10% of the populace owns 66% of the wealth and the trend is worsening. This same 10% is relatively homogenous in r
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by chimpanzee 2y ago
> UHC is acting rationally when it squeezes more profit from people A company is not acting rationally if it knowingly and willingly creates enemies that can and will act against it. “Unless it is more profitable to do so because…” Rinse
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by chimpanzee 2y ago
> Throughout history, leftists have always been the violent ones This is an obvious and shameless lie.
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Complications: The Ethics of the Killing of a Health Insurance CEO(dailynous.com)
3 points by chimpanzee 2y ago|18 comments
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by chimpanzee 2y ago
Thanks for catching my mistake and updating. I misread earlier comment.

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