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by refurb 8mo ago
> You're straw-manning here. > The US government currently doesn't give a shit about the law or human rights in ways that are both completely unprecedented and very violent. I'm not sure you know what "strawmanning
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I care about the absolute level of development, not the change. The fact that China wasted decades on a failed economic ideology explains why they were so undeveloped up until the 1980's. If anything, China is simply catching up (in so
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My comment was in reference to the comment I replied to. I thought that was obvious?
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I don't really see the distinction? There are many countries now that don't require a passport to enter - you can simply get a facial scan. And even beyond that, the countries that do take a photo and compare with your passport an
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I find this stance funny because at least in my experience facial recognition adoption is lagging in the US and privacy implications are discussed. The other countries I’ve traveled to just adopted with broadly without any discussion of pri
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Yes, plans have pretty wide latitude on what they cover. ACA limited quite a lot by not only in plan design, but also what therapeutics must be covered. And you are correct, obesity is not one of them. Medicare Part D (outpatient drugs)
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China tries to steal IP, but otherwise has a functioning IP system including for drugs Chinese companies make. And China’s growth is about 5% in 2025, which isn’t close in the least to the fastest (Vietnam at 17%). And China has medications
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ANDA is for drugs that have gotten off patent. Semaglutide has not gone off patent in the US. It won’t until 2032 at the earliest. And ANDA absolutely does require supply chain inspections, first at approval then random inspections there
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Because not all overweight individuals have the same risk profile thus don’t get the same benefit. Insurance companies are allowed to limit access to more expensive therapies unless cheaper therapies have been tried and have failed.
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You’re putting more things I. The FDA’s regulatory basket than the law intends. Whether or not “people who could benefit have access” is not relevant to the FDA’s mandate. The intent of the FDA is to regulate the safety and efficacy of m
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> Of course it is — unproductive land use creates negative externalities that affect the entire surrounding community. By definition “commons” means public land. So if they buy the land, it’s no longer commons. And the claim that unprod
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by refurb 8mo ago
This article seems oddly hung up on the legality of providing ID. That’s all well and fine, but airlines have the discretion to refuse to board passengers, including for potential security risks. So yeah, there are no laws saying you have
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But the question is - does the functionality just open the door for everyone else? If it could be adequately controlled so that it couldn’t, I would agree
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What about the other 329,999,999 Americans who aren’t trying to kill themselves at that time? It’s a cost vs benefit analysis and the cost is pretty damn high.
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I will say that I was on a jury for a murder trial back in 2018 that presented cellphone evidence as to the defendants location. It was purely based on triangulation based on which tower the cellphone was connected to, so not precise at all
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The US was a local power, but by no means a global hegemon during that period. Spanish American war was mostly isolated to the Western hemisphere (although the US gained colonial possessions after). It took forever to join WW1 due to the sm
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Quality of life has a lot to do with how you choose to spend your time. I know lots of people that have no idea what Reddit is. They’ve never had a Facebook account. Those aren’t happenstances - they are the result of the choice on what th
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Statement: if AI crashes where will the capital go? Claim: people will just choose to not invest capital at all Response: that’s the opposite of what we know about supply/demand. When a supply of something (desirable investments), goe
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Unsurprising. Plenty of examples of people losing/not getting Global Entry for: - having a misdemeanor from 50 years ago - having mail seized by the post office - having the same name as a someone with a disqualifying record - living i
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> Why does the capital have to go anywhere? People just bid less and less for the same assets and prices go down. So the law of supply and demand just magically reverses itself?
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Depends on your definition of crash? Real estate prices dropped 30% blowing up most people’s savings. The debt overhang is slowly bankrupting various companies. Growth is an anemic 5% (should be double for a country with China’s per capit
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The US became the wealthiest country on a per capita income basis in the 1880’s, over taking the UK. The US was quite isolationist up until the end of WW2, so I’d argue global hegemony isn’t that important when it comes to economic performa
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You may not think it’s your duty but the courts do and will happy lock you for it.
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There are 20+ countries in the Northwest hemisphere.
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Depends what polls you look at I guess? Ipsos just ran a poll saying 66% of Americans support deporting immigrations in the country illegally. That's 7 out of every 10. https://www.ipsos.com/en-us/majority-america
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> I have doubt you have the balls t Reported for personal attack.
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"Just policy"? If you boss asks you to do something that is a legitimate request, and you refuse for personal reasons, that's on you. It is in no way "corruption".
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Blocking law enforcement's vehicles and their person (I saw several protestors put hands on officers), when they are conducting arrests, certainly seems to fit the bill.
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How is it corrupt? The DA chose to resign , they weren't forced out.
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That seems like a weak argument. I mean, carrying a weapon is a 2nd amendment right, but if I bring it to a protest and then start intimidating people with it, the police going after me is not "Government intimidation of the practice o

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