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by function_seven 3y ago
We played Golden Eye a lot before Perfect Dark came out, and it was awesome to see that the Facility... er, I mean the Felicity was kept in the game. Never actually played the single player part of either game. It was nonstop 4-player battl
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by function_seven 3y ago
You can leave the infrared sensors in place, and use the relay to simulate a button press. It wouldn't be any more dangerous than clicking your remote when you can't see the door.
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by function_seven 3y ago
+1 for OpenSprinkler! I have their sprinkler controller. Works with Home Assistant, it's awesome. I don't have a garage door, but if I did, I wouldn't hesitate getting this one.
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by function_seven 3y ago
The whole part about her meeting the hitman at a Waffle House, and giving him a $100 down payment seals the deal. That's not LARPing. That's an overt act. Guess I'm backward as well.
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by function_seven 3y ago
Oh you just gave me an idea for another hypothetical. If the House was unable to elect a Speaker during the time the debt ceiling was breached, would they even be capable of bringing any action before the Court? One stalemate averted by ano
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by function_seven 3y ago
Haha. Well obviously that what I meant by my shorthand phrasing! But like, for other people who aren't so smart, thanks for detailing the mechanisms I would use :)
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by function_seven 3y ago
I think you could say that about our own genes as well. They don't physically pull the levers and whatnot to make their own copies. They rely on external cell machinery to pull the strands apart and start transcription and so on. A gen
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by function_seven 3y ago
This is a piece I was missing in my hypothesizing. It didn't even occur to me that Treasury needs the Fed in order to transact in this way. I kept thinking about the Fed doing maneuvers as "one possible path", and the Treasur
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by function_seven 3y ago
Then mint it instead? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trillion-dollar_coin
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by function_seven 3y ago
I think you're right. If I'm sitting on the court, I might accept whatever flimsy loophole the Executive Branch provides, and say, "Congress is free to clarify their intentions at any time to resolve this impasse". Now t
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by function_seven 3y ago
Yeah, I'm asking a hypothetical to see where it goes. Lots of things that would "never happen" seem to be happening, so I wouldn't be too sure of it. So, Treasury decides to punch through the debt ceiling. What happens n
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by function_seven 3y ago
For those more knowledgeable than me: How would it play out if the Treasury decided to ignore the debt-ceiling outright, and continue to service the national debt? Imagine a policy that says, "In accordance with the Fourteenth Amendmen
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by function_seven 3y ago
Shit. Yeah, I guess it is. Let me try again, rephrasing the grandparent comment: > Not every picture with text is a meme. To become a meme it requires a certain level of distribution. becomes "Not every sequence of amino acids is
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by function_seven 3y ago
By definition, a meme is memetic. It "self-replicates" from one person's mind to another's in an anologous way to how genes propagate. A meme that fails to attain some sort of popularity doesn't meet the criteria. L
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by function_seven 3y ago
Yeah. In criminal trials the jury instructions will include something to that effect. "The Defendant has chosen not to testify. This is normal, and you cannot consider that lack of testimony as evidence of guilt." We know that jur
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by function_seven 3y ago
The Personal Savings Rate on this graph includes money saved via investments. It's not just a Savings Account tracker. They take what people make, then subtract out money spent on goods, services, and taxes, and interest payments. The
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by function_seven 3y ago
How am I supposed to interpret this? That we're currently at the same point we were just before the 2008 GFC? Because that's how I read it, and I hope it isn't a rhyme.
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by function_seven 3y ago
Indeed, whenever I see a snappy headline here, and the domain name is "bloomberg.com", I just go to my inbox and 9 out of 10 times, it's his column sitting there waiting for me.
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by function_seven 3y ago
Thanks. I never knew about this. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charter_city#California https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General-law_municipality#Calif...
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by function_seven 3y ago
I’m too dumb to know if you’re making a math joke or if this is a real 3D modeling thing. Or both?
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by function_seven 3y ago
No disagreement here about the failings of elected judges, but if partisanship is something to be avoided, then having appointed judges can often be just as bad. The politician doing the appointments will surely pick judges that align with
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by function_seven 3y ago
I delivered pizzas back when Phil was on KFI. There were so many late deliveries because I just couldn’t get out of my car until a commercial break. RC Collins, Bud from Ojai, Margaret Gray, Bobbie Dooley, etc. All hilarious.
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by function_seven 3y ago
I just priced out a base Model 3. No options whatsoever. The price—including Federal, State, and utility subsidies—is $34,185. I included sales tax. Without that it's still $30,630, but I don't think it's fair to include gove
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by function_seven 3y ago
My 2012 Ford Escape has drums in the rear. I’m dreading that brake job.
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by function_seven 3y ago
Who does the pruning, and what is considered repressive? For purposes of this discussion, let's talk about the origins of Covid-19 and how surgical masks had little effect on the lab-borne virus. Or we can talk about how anti-maskers&#
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by function_seven 3y ago
How do McWhorter, Pinker, or Haidt give free speech a bad name?
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by function_seven 3y ago
The quote is from a year ago.
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by function_seven 3y ago
Something that occurred to me the other day regarding my own "memories" of times before I was born: From 1965–Present, the world is in color. The tone shifts a bit, but it's all in color. 1900–1964: Black and white. The world
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by function_seven 3y ago
If I'm on my regular nightly haunting mission, and I decide to speak to the new owner of the house that I'm haunting, how do I convey to them that I am really, actually, truly dead? I could say, "I'm literally dead"
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by function_seven 3y ago
> irregardless is not a word. Lots of dictionaries disagree. But not me! I'll join you on this hill, regardless of what those dumb dictionaries say. The misuse of "literally" and the common use of "irregardless&quot

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