softcactus

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by softcactus 4y ago
Can the state compel you to get an ultrasound to prove you are pregnant? No, that would be an invasion of privacy. That was the underlying logic of the Roe V. Wade ruling. Also, I could show you an ultrasound of a mouse or a dolphin at 6 we
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> It’s almost as if the liberals didn’t even read this part the current court’s opinion. See the section in my comment about "states rights". I read the decision in its entirety and it was full of flaws from my perspective (I a
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by softcactus 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Lacks Also even if there weren't tons of holes to poke in the philosophical argument of "what is a human life? / what makes human life valuable?", life isn&#x
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I also don't really agree with this definition either. This train of logic leads to the justification of euthanizing less intelligent humans. It also doesn't adequately address why a human with microcephaly or no frontal lobe has
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by softcactus 4y ago
His argument was negating a true claim by playing a game of definitions. Regardless of how you cut it, pro-life is a minority view. Attempting to use shades of pro-choice to diminish that is not arguing in good faith. It's the argument
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korematsu_v._United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_of_Castle_Rock_v._Gonzale... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buck_v._Bell https:&#x
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by softcactus 4y ago
I'm about to bring you a chicken, do you consider HeLa cells to be a human life? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henrietta_Lacks > It's hardliners on both sides who are doing the most fighting because they
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by softcactus 4y ago
The HN crowd never fails to surprise me. For all of the great discussions about software on here, threads like this one reek of ignorance of civics and history. The de facto outcome of this ruling is abortion banned in red states. It's
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by softcactus 4y ago
What you are describing is science. The scientists can determine when life begins, but when life begins is ultimately irrelevant. The state already has no issue killing violent criminals, so even if scientists agree and say "a fetus is
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by softcactus 4y ago
Pro-choice is the clear majority. There's no argument of "it depends on how you cut it". It's natural for people to disagree within a movement but 69% of Americans oppose Roe V. Wade being overturned.
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You are objectively wrong. https://www.pewresearch.org/religion/2022/05/06/americas-abo...
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There is a filibuster at the Federal level that prevents a majority of elected officials from passing laws. The electoral college can prevent the candidate with the most votes from being elected. These are both tools that allow a minority t
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by softcactus 4y ago
There is no answer of "when life begins". It's a game of semantics. Like Diogenes bringing a chicken to Plato, any set of traits you can give me to define life, I can find an exception that destroys your definition. Therefore
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by softcactus 4y ago
Then why try to convince me to join if I'm paying into insurance and strike funds that I will never see any benefit from? I understand collective bargaining but it seems like they just wanted to trick high school kids into giving away
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by softcactus 4y ago
Holy crap those are some insane dues! I had a similar experience working for a grocery store at that age. I am pro-union since I have seen the good it does for trades, but it seemed scummy trying to convince me to join the union as a kid wh
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by softcactus 4y ago
Yep! Exactly like this!
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With this many floppies capable of creating discrete tones, I bet you could synthesize human speech. Running a Fourier Transform for some speech clip and then having each floppy play a different frequency.
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He's not. People are still buying into 40 year-old propaganda against him.
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Ah my mistake. I mistook them to be decrying most of the responses offhand.
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Why do you think that being physically fit/active and being a techie is mutually exclusive? Wouldn't the high incomes from being in tech mean more money and time to spend on health and wellness? I have always found the stereotype
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The report says that the ships were not equipped with C-UAS systems.
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When I was in school I had epiphanies or "click" moments on several occasions either while I slept or while I was at the gym staring off into space and lifting weights with no other thoughts in my head. So from my personal experie
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by softcactus 4y ago
Maybe I have a holistic view but I think the adderall-popping hypothetical person is only good at churning out lines of code. The Kayaker is building experiences and growing as a person, and probably allowing their subconscious to solve the
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by softcactus 4y ago
If you can find a pre-war (WWII) neighborhood there is actually still a decent amount of walkability. The issue is that these neighborhoods are typically the first to be gentrified and are likely very expensive. Small to mid sized southern
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by softcactus 4y ago
Slave owners who died before they got to read Adam Smith and who had no concept of a "Free Market" are not expert economists. Think about how much insanity the world has seen since their days. We have developed institutions to mit
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Price gouging is definitely a thing when you have a captive consumer base or inelastic demand. How much are you willing to pay for a bottle of water in the desert?
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For some reason this comment from someone else was deleted: "My first reaction to this was, "It probably has to do with tokenization. If there's a 'language' buried in here, its native alphabet is GPT-3 tokens, and
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by softcactus 4y ago
I am not sure. I think that while there are concepts like Kaizen that stress improving efficiency, Japanese businesses don't necessarily optimize for profit as ruthlessly as US companies. They can probably do this due to less disruptiv
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Burglaries are not self-defense cases. According to that website about 12% of burglars are armed, and in states without "stand your ground laws" you're only going to be able to justify your self-defense case if they presented
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I'm not sure I understand your question. The point I was trying to make is that moving away from a growth-based economy is inevitable on a planet with finite resources. It doesn't mean we all need to live in mud puddles and eat sl

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