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by lurquer 4y ago
I do print. Just the self-published POD stuff via Amazon’s KDP. Cryptograms, wordsearch, fill-a-pix, nonograms, and the like. Sone types (like cryptograms) are simple generate using a program. Others, though, are pretty damn tricky… it’s a
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by lurquer 4y ago
I earn a bit north of $5@@ monthly writing and selling puzzle books on Amazon. (I suppose it’s relevant as, at its core, the books are made via one-off programs I write for each kind of puzzle. In addition to the LaTeX crap that turns the o
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by lurquer 4y ago
Indeed. Moreover, there is no reason to think the differences between a young and ‘elderly’ fruitfly have any similarity to humans, as our lifespans are absurdly different…
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by lurquer 4y ago
Meaningless. Senate wouldn’t back it and President wouldn’t sign it. Telling how ignorant audiences are of civics that this stunt would merit an article. (Indeed, a good number of these same reps literally voted to fund the IRS at unprecede
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by lurquer 4y ago
US laws are not the fence. Well-functioning societies have steered clear of intoxication. A A Clear-headed, rational, and objective view of reality is the goal. There’s nothing new about messing with your perception of reality. Wise men ste
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by lurquer 4y ago
Don’t remove fences unless you are damn sure why they were put up in the first place. The Gods of the Copybook Headings will return as they always do.
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by lurquer 4y ago
The concept deals with evolving an eye, not growing one.
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by lurquer 4y ago
You’re assuming there’s just one type of ‘widget.’ If you’ve cornered the market in ‘luxury’ widgets, someone else will make a ‘bargain’ widget and sell to those with less money. Hotels are a good example. The luxury brands are competing fo
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by lurquer 4y ago
You bastard. Now I’ll never be able to listen to it without thinking “everybody’s doing a brand new dance now…” It’s spot on. Never noticed that before.
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by lurquer 4y ago
The US Federal Government has only the limited powers granted it by the federal constitution. The States, on the other hand, have general authority… their powers are not limited (except by the specific restrictions set forth in the US Const
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by lurquer 4y ago
You have it backwards. The Federal Statutes grant specific authority to the FBI. The burden is in the FBI to point to a specific grant of statutory authority to justify any particular action. What federal statute gives the FBI (or any agenc
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by lurquer 4y ago
28 USC 531, et seq. sets out the limited authority and mission of the FBI. Ensuring social media platforms adhere to their own policies is outside the scope. Government officials — at the federal level - have extremely well-defined scopes o
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by lurquer 4y ago
The US is a limited govt. No govt agency can do anything for which it isn’t explicitly authorized. The FBI is not authorized to be ensuring private companies adhere to their policies. If a agent is being paid — with taxpayer dollars - to ch
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by lurquer 4y ago
The global risk of death from childbirth is X. It isn’t p-hacking for a dude to inquire what the chances are for the male subgroup.
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by lurquer 4y ago
Im light of the woke restrictions on these AI programs, soon the only way to know if a human wrote something is if it contains the n-word or denies the holocaust. Ditto for stablediffusuon: proof of the humanity of the artist will consist i
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by lurquer 4y ago
Not always. Some flocks are for wool.
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by lurquer 4y ago
One way to consider copyright: when the concept gained traction 16th and 17th centuries, the doctrine existed to protect the author’s ability to get someone to finance the printing of his work. That is reproduction was costly and required a
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by lurquer 4y ago
The delusion, perhaps, is the average person worrying about whether they are or are not, or should or should not be, a pacifist. It doesn’t matter. Wars are waged by powerful interests over which the average person has no control. I suppose
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by lurquer 4y ago
Perhaps the ‘natural’ gecko is malformed, and the AI mind is showing us what they ought to look like.
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So their reputation was worth a billion? Wow. That’s quite a reputation.
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by lurquer 4y ago
How can economists say, for instance, Argentina is in a recession? Or Ireland? Or Australia? Does the NBER make such determinations for all countries? Ha. Are you being pedantic por are you being gullible? The term recession has been well-d
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by lurquer 4y ago
I don’t think increasing your sodium intake by such a small amount would make a difference.
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Until recently, a recession has meant two quarters of negative growth. The term is used to describe economic conditions in various countries. The NBER is not part of the designation. Indeed, it would be impossible for an economist to observ
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by lurquer 4y ago
Warhol could have simply asked to use the photograph. If the photographer declined, he could find another photographer and another photograph and seek permission. However, if there was something so special about that particular photograph t
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by lurquer 4y ago
Perhaps both types of images ought be prohibited. Perhaps neither. But, it’s worth realizing the two categories are different, and they are regulated differently (either legally or socially) for good reasons. Sexual images have a propensity
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by lurquer 4y ago
> The brilliance of the situtation is that Russia is so broken NATO can neutralize it using only conventional weaponry. Is that a quote from Napoleon? Or Hitler? I can’t remember, but I know I’ve heard it before.
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by lurquer 4y ago
Amusing watching the mental contortions posters make to avoid admitting the obvious… It’s like Cirque de Soleil.
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> It's a mindbender, but he's also a former KGB officer Your speculations are interesting. But the above adds nothing. There’s nothing magical about having been in the KGB and one can’t determine one’s aptitude for ‘sneakiness’
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> Firstly, if an employee of a company fucks up at work, the company is responsible, not the employee. That’s utterly wrong. The employee is always a potential defendant. Legal doctrines such as respondeat superior and principal/age
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How has it been debunked? The only substantive thing your politifact link points out is that the US is not the #1 for murders. The poster never asserted this. As far as the effect of eliminating the top ten cities? Your link doesn’t address

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