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by singleshot_ 6mo ago
In the most impoverished part of my town (just kidding, in every part of my town) people live in the culverts that fill up with water when it rains. I am not sure what they do when it rains.
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by singleshot_ 6mo ago
Pierson v. Post 3 Cai. R. 175 (1805) is instructive. Your post is a great starting point for exploration of basic property law. TLDR ownership consists of a varied bundle of many different kinds of rights which can arise in many different a
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by singleshot_ 6mo ago
Won’t you be surprised to finally learn about the precursor band to Canadian legends The Guess Who: Barackman Turner Overdrive
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by singleshot_ 6mo ago
> if you want to connect, you have to make the magic work behind the screen. What if you don't want to connect? What if you just want to go somewhere? Why would a car be tasked with connecting?
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by singleshot_ 6mo ago
I’m not worried even a lick about what cars cost electronics or otherwise. My primary factor in selecting a vehicle is my physical safety; after that it’s electronic surveillance.
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by singleshot_ 6mo ago
I can take the last ine: If a stranger told you your baby was ugly, you would think the stranger was an asshole even if everyone in your family agreed that the baby is hideous. Enjoy living in your country.
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by singleshot_ 6mo ago
It’s a way of signaling to new hires that your culture is all messed up, similar to having a cutesy name for employees.
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by singleshot_ 6mo ago
The number of weed billboards in my town obliterates your opening assertion.
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by singleshot_ 6mo ago
> You may have a cool product in the field of sports betting, casinos, or lotteries. But almost all social networks and search engines won’t let you advertise without a license from the required jurisdiction. Finding investment for such
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by singleshot_ 6mo ago
It also can’t be written, or the defamation would be libel, not slander.
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by singleshot_ 6mo ago
Only two levels of street driving: predictable and idiot.
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by singleshot_ 6mo ago
Severe pedantry alert: METAR is a text format. I believe you are referring to ASOS/AWOS, which is the physical system at the airport.
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by singleshot_ 6mo ago
All of my multiple decade old made to measure Brooks stuff is starting to wear out. Obviously I’m not even considering replacing it with anything off the rack from BB now because it’s all garbage. What replaced off the rack suits for men in
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by singleshot_ 6mo ago
> forcing me to hammer the accelerator Can’t think of any reason that might be a problematic hair-trigger response for a driver.
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by singleshot_ 6mo ago
“That’s one small step for man, one… oh, fuck.”
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by singleshot_ 6mo ago
Not true; I'm a huge fan of USAID
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by singleshot_ 6mo ago
I’ve been in the lobby of hundreds of different technology companies and my understanding is that all companies are going to give you a customer list, you just have to look in the right place.
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by singleshot_ 7mo ago
Apple XXVgs and Amiga 15,000, I’m digging this alternative.
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by singleshot_ 7mo ago
Write “rejected” on all the mail you don’t want and leave it unopened in your box. Cuts it down nearly to zero after a few months.
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by singleshot_ 7mo ago
March is a spring month at sea level.
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by singleshot_ 7mo ago
You might read the rest of the thread (in particular, my posts above) if you seek these details.
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by singleshot_ 7mo ago
Ok so just checking: no cooking oil is made of petroleum then?
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by singleshot_ 7mo ago
That’s a pretty amazing definition of upstream. I imagine you probably understand that plastics, pharmaceuticals, and fertilizers are made out of petroleum derivatives, right? Since you seem pretty smart: are there petroleum based cooking o
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by singleshot_ 7mo ago
> Petro is pretty much upstream of everything: plastics, fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, cooking oils, Really! What petroleum-based oil do you cook with?
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by singleshot_ 7mo ago
Okay, now I understand why you’re asking questions like this.
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by singleshot_ 7mo ago
> Why wound anyone open a bet on "rando's house will be set on fire"? Why would they bet on "yes"? Bettor is an impoverished arsonist with no morals and confidence in his anonymity. Better question: why would a p
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by singleshot_ 7mo ago
Gambling -> bad gamblers lose -> bankruptcy -> creditors eat losses Technically, a lot of gamblers are gambling someone else’s money, they just havens lost enough yet for it to matter. If you want to bring back debtors prison I gue
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by singleshot_ 7mo ago
Maybe he means 70-79 CE
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by singleshot_ 7mo ago
Allegedly*
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by singleshot_ 7mo ago
In the experiment you mention, before they put the frog in the cool water, they removed its brain. Then they boiled the water. The frog did not jump out of the water because it had no brain. The experiment proved the opposite of what you ar

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