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by taylodl 2y ago
Pardons have been an integral part of English Common Law for over 1,000 years. The Framers of the Constitution didn't invent the concept out of thin air; they drew on a long-standing tradition of clemency to ensure justice and mercy wi
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> Krapivin was not held back by the conventional wisdom for the simple reason that he was unaware of it. “I did this without knowing about Yao’s conjecture,” he said. This idea resonates with me, especially in the context of modern phy
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Unfortunately, with Trump's attack on higher education and defunding research in the US, grad school may look entirely different than it does now. The sad thing is with Trump at the helm, the crystal ball gets hazy 4 weeks into the fut
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Assuming you're an American, here's something I told my kids when they were your age (and they're not much older than you): Think about broadening your horizons. The truth is, the United States has been going through some pre
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> Well, I dunno. I think the smell was there before you wrote the comments. The comments are febreze. Awesome! I will never look at comments the same again!
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Taken out of context. Here's the quote: "“There is no convincing data that has the scientific community absolutely sure that these other dyes are problematic too,” says Frederic Bertley, CEO and President of the Center of Science
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Tariffs only work to protect already existing industries. The asinine way Trump has implemented tariffs, in the hopes of spurring American manufacturing, will never work as intended. To wit, the new manufacturers know all they have to d
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The downturn, and it will be dramatic, will affect Americans now. Restoring manufacturing will take years , and when manufacturing comes back to America, if it comes back, it will be replete with a lot of automation and providing very
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Isn't a danger to whom?
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I don't disagree with that sentiment; however, one should pay attention to the things Trump and Musk says given the power they wield. What do I consider noise in US politics? Anything JD Vance says since he has no effective power. Ditt
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Elon Musk claims - without evidence. Trump claimed the 2020 election was stolen from him, without evidence. At this point in time, if you believe a word this serial liar says then that's on you.
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He's in the Oval Office, has the ear of the POTUS, and is having a major impact on both domestic and foreign policy. Only a fool would stop paying attention to him.
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So...Elon is admitting he had nothing to do with the successes of Tesla and SpaceX since it's the workers who did all the work? By this logic, we shouldn't be paying CEOs since they don't do any of the actual work.
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Look at the wonders the free market has done for our healthcare. Oh, wait...
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This youngster hasn't yet learned an important lesson - what they're experiencing is not an anomaly and there's no magical place where everybody was doing everything absolutely "right" - or if they were, they'r
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Popular science writers hate the idea of Occam's Razor - doesn't make for fantastic headlines.
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They did, however they can issue a mea culpa and say they were supporting the president's fresh approach to governance but not intending to support gross incompetence. They can get him out and still save face.
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Congress needs to impeach this idiot NOW!!!
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Don't overgeneralize. For years, myself and others have been saying that Tesla is overvalued, that there was no way they were worth more than all the other auto manufacturers on planet earth put together. All along we've been to
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> and threatening anti-Tesla protesters with "hell." Crony capitalism at its finest. Trump turns the White House into a Tesla showroom and threatens protestors, all while the GOP, who claim to champion free markets, stand by
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The terms "nearly" and "may" render this statement practically worthless
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Meanwhile Congress, the party ultimately responsible for this mess since they have the Constitutional power to stop it, does nothing
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"Move fast and break things" isn't the best strategy when dealing with a large, complex entity having a major impact on the lives of American citizens and even non-American citizens. When Al Gore headed up DOGE (NPR - Nationa
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Gender neutral. I know it's a machine. I do have fun though asking it philosophical questions about itself and its future and what it perceives consciousness to be.
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I'm old enough to know we already have and nobody gave it a second thought: - When is the last time anybody took dictation? - Switchboard operators were automated out of existence - Remember the days if you needed a memo typed you woul
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Really, the article is about why you should adopt open source software over "corporate source" software. Viewed in that light, it makes sense that large corporations tend to prefer "corporate source" software, whereas sm
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Another - adjacent time zones in the US only ever differ by one hour. When we transition to standard time they're both the same for 1 hour, and when we transition to daylight saving time they differ by 2 hours for 1 hour. Those are als
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It's news because a highly anticipated automotive launch has turned into one of the largest flops in automotive history.
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I asked Copilot this exact question and it says Python and JavaScript are the most popular for vibe programming. Take that with a grain of salt. Taking the conversation further, basically languages in the TIOBE top 10 are your best bet. Cop
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Quora has a great math and physics community, along with other long tail topics you rarely see discussed anywhere else on the internet. Oh sure, they have political topics as well, but you already know that's going to be a cesspool. Ha

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