Strang

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by Strang 1y ago
This completely locked up my laptop. I had to hard power down.
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by Strang 2y ago
Grammatical possession does not imply property. "My grandmother," "my hometown," "my skeleton," etc.
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by Strang 2y ago
Thanks!
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by Strang 2y ago
FYI, Twitter links aren't really reliable any more. When I click that link, I see just one message promising a thread but no thread.
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by Strang 2y ago
That's exactly his point. You don't hear the apostrophe but you do hear the "s," meaning that Thomas and Thomas' cannot be distinguished. And so Thomas's must be used instead.
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by Strang 2y ago
Uh that was supposed to be https://ahdictionary.com
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by Strang 2y ago
American Heritage is much better. They respond to usage, but much more conservatively. And their entries will actually have brief explanations from their "usage panel" about ambiguous or changing meanings. https://dic
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by Strang 2y ago
Important distinction. "Widdling" is urination.
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by Strang 3y ago
Corporate personhood includes the ability for corporations to own property, enter contracts, and serve as plaintiff or defendant. And corporations have civil rights only as a tool of shareholders' civil rights. For example, Citizens U
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by Strang 3y ago
The right to assembly is a restriction on the government, not private enterprise.
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by Strang 3y ago
I am very thankful for tipping in the US. It provides an incentive for better service, allows me to express my gratitude to waitstaff directly, and gives me influence over the pricing that I do not have in any other kind of transaction. I
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by Strang 5y ago
> as you’ve probably already entered payment information into the Microsoft ecosystem either for buying apps or movies on the Microsoft Store app or for making similar purchases via your Xbox. Is this really that common? I've never
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by Strang 5y ago
Derangement loci
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by Strang 6y ago
"racists from David Duke to Charles Murray" I disagree that the absence of a word to link these two ideologically is a fault of the English language.
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by Strang 6y ago
Well-informed, good-faith disagreement is possible on a range of topics, including this one.
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by Strang 6y ago
You are right. I would amend my comment to limit it to a non-peaceable assembly.
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by Strang 6y ago
I don't doubt that police escalate unnecessarily either. I'm not even making reference to any current situation. I'm just assuming that there exists a scenario in which it would be reasonable and necessary for the police to
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by Strang 6y ago
I don't doubt anything you are saying here, and I agree with the idea that "nonlethal" weapons are often used irresponsibly. But what is the alternative? What are police supposed to use for crowd control? (This is not a rhe
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by Strang 6y ago
"X has been silent on Y," is generally not a fair criticism. Not speaking about a topic is the norm, since time is finite and there are uncountable numbers of issues to discuss, even within a specific topic.
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by Strang 7y ago
I think "more is less" is more accurate. These days, my list of antifeatures is more of a consideration than desired features when shopping for an appliance. My TV has a terrible display but doesn't know how to connect to th
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by Strang 7y ago
> I struggle to buy this line of thinking that, somehow, the epidemic [...] is the consequence of discriminatory systems or conspiracy or racism. I agree, but I do think it's largely the unintended consequences of well-intentioned p
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by Strang 7y ago
What did you find disappointing about the comment? Why not reply to it?
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by Strang 7y ago
Fair enough. I assumed from his comment that he meant mainstream political Conservatism. Big-C Conservatism does of course include a lot of small-c conservatism.
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by Strang 7y ago
> seemingly illogical conservatism I'd suggest you engage more with your fellow citizens and their ideas. Conservatives believe in their ideas just as earnestly as others and it is possible for people of good faith to disagree on f
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by Strang 7y ago
Opposition to "social justice" typically signals that one does not believe that "social justice" equates to fairness and equality.
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by Strang 8y ago
Great idea for a puzzle. It really needs a grid and an undo buffer.
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by Strang 8y ago
Completely off-topic, but this headline is an excellent example of why we shouldn't let companies stylize their own names and brands. It's unreadable in its current state. "via" should of course be capitalized, no matt
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by Strang 8y ago
That's a very unconventional view. I'd argue that as presented it is based on an over-simplification of copyright. Specifically, "something that didn't exist before the person who created it" and "everyone ca
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by Strang 9y ago
I was mostly referring to state and local government as an alternative to the Federal Government.
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by Strang 9y ago
Do I understand you correctly, that you believe that most voters in the US have been duped into their beliefs by bad-faith argument concealing the "true" agenda?

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