oatmeal1

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by oatmeal1 3y ago
Russia annexed Crimea in February 2014. A full scale invasion in 2022 was totally unforeseeable.
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
You are compelled to accept business from protected classes. The government cannot compel you to speak words against your values. In this case the government could compel the evangelical website designer to accept business from a gay coup
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Supreme Court Opinion on Compelled Speech and Protected Class [pdf](supremecourt.gov)
39 points by oatmeal1 3y ago|107 comments
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
> It is really not so repulsive to see the poor asking for money as to see the rich asking for more money. Does this guy really not understand the difference between someone asking for money in exchange for nothing as opposed to asking f
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Supreme Court Opinion on Student Loan Forgiveness [pdf](supremecourt.gov)
57 points by oatmeal1 3y ago|161 comments
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
https://archive.ph/IMP7R
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
> The box knows I slammed on the brakes. Does it know the schmuck in the next lane dove in front of me? It doesn't really matter. You are still incentivized financially by the insurance company to slam on the brakes to avoid accide
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
> These devices disincentivise hard braking when a pedestrian steps into the road in front of your car. The monetary incentive is still wildly in favor of hard braking as opposed to hitting a pedestrian. I don't understand this cri
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
The data collected here is just as likely to be misused as data that's collected that doesn't lead to any societal benefits.
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
This is one of the least bad invasions of privacy I've seen. It shifts the burden of insurance premiums more towards those likely to cause accidents, and incentivizes people to minimize dangerous behavior behind the wheel. There ar
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
I'm guessing 300% in 30 years. There's always going to be another crisis that 'demands' short term spending boosts.
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
So the point your making is that the government shouldn't concern itself with increasing the number of citizens that are net contributors to the system?
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
French politicians: "Write that down! Write that down!"
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
Standard operating procedure: https://www.cnbc.com/2023/03/09/how-medicare-and-medicaid-fr...
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
I'd like to add to the discussion the specifics of the case that was brought to the Supreme Court: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gBETD_SlpVU This case has been 10 years in the making. In this case the EPA threatened
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
Is it truly 45 years of precedent, or has the executive slowly taken a less strict interpretation over the years, expanding what it thinks the Act gives it jurisdiction over?
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
> Your driver is about to try to pass the driver ahead if him. How hard should he try? Pushing hard uses up your tires and energy. If you know the guy ahead has tires that are getting a bit worn, you know he won't fight very hard. T
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
> His policies likely resulted in several million more deaths than might have otherwise happened. Perhaps more than several million when estimates are between 15 and 55 million dead.
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
The title is confusing. The workers are alleging Starbucks restricted their ability to put up Pride décor. It's honestly an odd thing to strike over. Why would employees expect to be able to put up political messaging without the go-
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
Confirmation bias is one hell of a drug. If people want to believe something, and AI provides somewhat believable fake evidence, they will believe it.
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
I'm guessing the next iteration of the protest if mods aren't allowed to make their subs NSFW that the mods will simply allow a few NSFW/advertiser unfriendly posts to go unremoved. "Gee it should would be easier to mod
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
"Oldest" shows on Windows using Chrome for me.
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https://archive.ph/uujeU
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
What do the 'dummies' have to do exactly? Just not touch containers marked as "nuclear waste?" And can you imagine the good outcomes that can be produced with 1 billion Euros today? Why spend money on something that wi
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
People project their opinions of regulation in general onto this issue. If you like regulation, it got more expensive because we made them safer. If you don't like regulation, the regulations have become excessive. Personally I'm
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
> A big bank will issue the debt, then peddle the debt as AAA rated into all of America's 401k's via their friends at the brokerages. Do you have any links about this? I'd like to learn more about how this scheme works.
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
https://archive.ph/vYbB7
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
You've missed my point. My point is they may very well use social programs they are ineligible for.
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
> Given that the Texas state government is funded largely off of sales tax and property tax--and undocumented immigrants are ineligible for most social services--undocumented immigrants are a net positive to Texas' revenue.They are
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by oatmeal1 3y ago
> Immigrants, both legal and illegal, are good for the economy in the LONG term. Are illegal immigrants more likely to commit (other) crimes?

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