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by smeej 2y ago
I don't doubt that those are the official rules, but these days anybody with a flagpole apparently flies it at half mast whenever they're sad (or sometimes angry) about something. That's why it's gotten confusing.
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by smeej 2y ago
The first time I remember flags at half-mast was after the shootings at Columbine in 1998 (I was living in that area of CO back then). The second time I remember was three years later in 2001. I thought back then that this only happened for
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by smeej 2y ago
I would love to see the actual stats on what people are doing instead. Like, are they getting more takeaway from other places, because the prices are closer now? Or are they biting the bullet and cooking at home? There might be a few people
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by smeej 2y ago
I have a personal rule that if I can remember the last time I ate fast food, it's too soon to eat it again. That seems to space it out to no more than a handful of times a year, and I agree that seems to be about the oftenest I would l
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by smeej 2y ago
Curtains add a flexibility to the use of space that walls do not. If I only have overnight guests very occasionally, I don't want to wall in part of my living room to accommodate them, but I'd love to be able to hang a curtain fro
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by smeej 2y ago
Just because there are bigger problems, it doesn't mean there isn't demand to solve smaller ones. For example, most of the churches where I live have a big meeting room underneath their main worship space. This room has curtains t
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by smeej 2y ago
Why did you decide to become an idiot at age 8? Sounds like there has to be a story there!
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by smeej 2y ago
There's a product out, Freespira, that does breath work training monitored by a nasal cannula, to help people who experience panic attacks. The theory is that such people are chronic hyperventilators, so their blood CO2 is too low for
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by smeej 2y ago
I guess that opens a whole different can of worms in the discussion, because I actually think that supports my point, that it sounds like a good idea but doesn't actually accomplish anything positive. All it ends up doing is hamstringi
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by smeej 2y ago
I think an "it" can have rights. I'll go back to the horse. It has a basic natural right not to be beaten because it's a creature that can experience pain, not because it's an "I." The legal system (at lea
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by smeej 2y ago
The things Mt Gox and FTX did were already criminal. If they didn't follow those regulations, what makes you think they'd follow any others?
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by smeej 2y ago
Perhaps at the level of exchanges, sure, but for each individual token, it can't be both a commodity and a security at the same time, and the CFTC and SEC keep stepping on each other's toes.
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by smeej 2y ago
The brain has been severed from the body, and a new type of connection spliced in to replace it. Even if this happens one connection at a time, by the time none of the originals are remaining, all that remains is a simulation of life.
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by smeej 2y ago
No, I don't think nonpersons have an "I," because that requires a level of self-reflective awareness that's incompatible with their nature. Being or not being a "thou" is a characteristic of persons, which is w
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by smeej 2y ago
The CFTC seems to think it would be perfectly competent to handle the situation too. I don't think the only options are federal legislation or the (allegedly) overreaching SEC.
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by smeej 2y ago
I don't know how many, but that doesn't keep me from knowing it's more than zero. "Convincing a person that their 'I' has died" is a category error, like a married bachelor. Corpses can't know they&#x
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by smeej 2y ago
That's a nice ad hominem attack you've made there, but it isn't actually unreasonable to argue that Bitcoin and certain other currencies like it are not securities. Heck, even the SEC has said as much. It's even more rea
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by smeej 2y ago
As the ongoing court case with Coinbase shows, though, part of the problem is that the SEC might not be using reasonable standards. It's letting the pitcher call the balls and strikes.
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by smeej 2y ago
If you have the ability to withdraw to your own custody, I'd recommend it if you're reasonably technically literate (which I'm assuming because you're here). If you don't have the ability to withdraw it, you have cr
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by smeej 2y ago
I don't find it compelling because I don't buy the premise, that a person whose brain has been separated from his body is anywhere at all. A simulation of life isn't life, and that's all this is. You have, on the one h
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by smeej 2y ago
There's also this weird mentality of, "If I was oppressed because of quality X, everyone else who has quality X was also oppressed because of it." When did it become OK to assume everyone would have the same experience just b
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by smeej 2y ago
Yeah, but I will say we tend to pay more attention now. We warn radiography folks that all may not be as expected, so they join us in playing, "What's weird about this skeleton?"
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by smeej 2y ago
My brother is in a similar situation, though younger, and it's especially weird in our family because my dad grew a full extra tooth near the front for no apparent reason, and his brother regrew all four wisdom teeth after having the
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by smeej 2y ago
I'm noticing a version of this as I pilot switching to a handwritten bullet journal for task management. I'll still sit down at the computer to brainstorm and organize the tasks of my projects, because being able to move list item
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by smeej 2y ago
I was surprised that the article ended up being about race, but the actual image was about age ("Where are all the grandparents?"). I had thought they were going to make the point on more levels than they ended up doing.
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by smeej 2y ago
I wonder if there's something up with some of the calibration? I shied away from picking "beginner" and opted for "novice" instead because beginner listed being able to do 1-3 pushups as a guideline, and I can'
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by smeej 2y ago
I like it already! I would love to be able to set how much time I have available for workouts too though. Like, if I want a whole body workout but only have 10 minutes, I know I'm going to get less done, but maybe fewer reps/hig
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by smeej 2y ago
No, according to the dictionary, something is a reason if it explains or justifies your previous statement. If its answer has no bearing whatsoever on the previous statement, it's not a reason. It's just a statement. If you can
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by smeej 2y ago
Which part of me is reacting in a way that's currently maladaptive? Where did it learn that strategy? When has it been effective in my life? What is this part trying to protect me (or another part of me) from? Can I update it about how
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by smeej 3y ago
No, that is a reasonable way to ask for help. What would be "selfish communication" would be to walk up to a group of people working at desks and just say, "Hello," and stand there awkwardly waiting for them to ackno

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