goodluckchuck

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by goodluckchuck 18d ago
I’m just trying to evaluate whether born-within-the-borders citizenship makes sense by imagining myself in that situation. I don’t really see citizenship in another country as a positive, because I only hold loyalty to one nation. Even if I
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by goodluckchuck 21d ago
Birthright citizenship is so weird, because when I think of my son’s birthright, I imagine things he’s entitled to because he’s my son. He’ll inherit from my estate, he’ll enjoy my love and encouragement and support, etc. The location of th
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by goodluckchuck 21d ago
I think the whole point of making someone leave is the possibility that they may not be allowed back in. If staying was a foregone conclusion then there’d be no point in leaving.
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by goodluckchuck 23d ago
Families should always eat at the restaurants that produce the most excellent cuisine. /s
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by goodluckchuck 26d ago
Regardless of our different readings of the SCOTUS’s recent opinion, statutes are a poor process for imposing tariffs. The legislative process is intentionally slow and difficult. It’s suited to permanent laws, not diplomacy and negotiation
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by goodluckchuck 1mo ago
When I buy a laptop from Apple, they used my money to build the next generation of laptops… which inevitably come out within a year. I wouldn’t necessarily believe Iran was deceived without more.
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by goodluckchuck 1mo ago
I think it makes sense. You wouldn’t want to hire an employee who’s intellectually incapable of helping customers commit a crime. You’d want to give them instructions, and have them follow their instructions.
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by goodluckchuck 2mo ago
Since they are working for the Federal government here, doesn’t the supremacy clause trump state law and allow them to deny / retain that data?
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by goodluckchuck 3mo ago
The difference is that Netflix isn’t facing a situation where they have run out of product to sell. If Apple wants to sell 10k laptops, they need to have 10k laptops. If 10k customers sign up for Netflix, Netflix gets that revenue and they
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by goodluckchuck 3mo ago
Yeah, if you know the business is a fraud, it doesn't matter that your work isn't fraudulent in and of itself. It's like being hired by bank robbers to be their chauffeur. There's nothing illegal about driving, but if yo
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by goodluckchuck 3mo ago
I think it’s like shoes. Shoes are generally better than callouses at protecting your feet, providing traction, etc. Almost everyone accepts the trade-off and wears shoes as opposed to going barefoot. To be sure, your feet lose some of thei
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by goodluckchuck 3mo ago
Different leadership. If some in your experience erred on the side of leniency, then it stands to reason that others might err just as egregiously in the opposite direction. In fact, your anecdote suggests erring is the norm. We should thu
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by goodluckchuck 3mo ago
> In 2 years time, I would be surprised if the strongest LLMs are available for general use at all. I would be surprised if the public ever had anything close to the strongest LLM. It’s not like nuclear bombs were created by the private
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by goodluckchuck 4mo ago
I think that’s a bit dramatic saying the US hates them, but yes to your other point. The US is taking the position that it has more to gain from having strong and prosperous trading partners than it does from exploiting those nations and dr
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by goodluckchuck 4mo ago
That’s relevant and should have been included in the warrant, but I still blame the Judge here. When it comes to whether a meme is a threat, the image largely speaks for itself and there’s no way you can reasonably read that meme to be a th
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by goodluckchuck 5mo ago
This phrasing disregards the value of those traits. For example there are very clean and nice public restrooms at my local park, they may be objectively better products and I use them sometimes, but I usually use the one in my house.
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by goodluckchuck 5mo ago
The CCPA clearly violates the 1st Amendment. If you're out in public, then people are allowed to see you, to remember it, to communicate that it happened, etc.
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by goodluckchuck 5mo ago
I think there’s difference between A) whether ships are traversing the straight, and B) whether the straight is open / closed / could be traversed. It’s very well possible that the straight is safe, but the vessels are unnecessari
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by goodluckchuck 6mo ago
I keep seeing the phrase “the harm” as if we’re all supposed to know exactly what that means. What is it?
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by goodluckchuck 7mo ago
California can do a lot to private companies, but the supremacy clause allows the federal government to do what it wants. If a business wants to engage in these illegal-in-California practices, they could partner with the federal government
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by goodluckchuck 7mo ago
This reminds me of how some famous artists would paint via their studios wherein assistants put most of the pant on the canvas, under the direction / modeled off an example, and with the signature / embellishments of the named art
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by goodluckchuck 8mo ago
If 14% of the PhDs employed by the U.S. Government was 10,109, then there were about 72,207 total. That's about 3.2% of the civilian government, compared to 2.1% in the public workforce (and 1.3% of population). So, the government tend
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by goodluckchuck 8mo ago
You're 100% right, but I think the friendship should be more important. I've had friends keep things that I lent them, but that didn't ruin the friendship. I've had friends say mean things, but that didn't ruin the
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by goodluckchuck 8mo ago
Okay, tell that to the US Border Patrol.
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by goodluckchuck 8mo ago
It's more like helping a friend move house, but he complains about you the whole time you're trying to help, and there's no pizza or beer, and when you ask to have the dusty old bread machine from the attic, they get super po
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by goodluckchuck 8mo ago
The "if invaded" qualifier is fair, but what I heard from Danish authorities was that they would not wait to be fired upon. They said, if US forces came, then Denmark would "shoot first" regardless of whether the US had
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by goodluckchuck 8mo ago
I think you're being a bit dramatic. My voice is an outlier, and heavily downvoted. Being exposed to different ideas is a good thing. If you're not going to question your own views, at be grateful that others will.
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by goodluckchuck 8mo ago
If Europe wants North America to intervene in Europe's territorial disputes, then Europe should allow North America to have dominion over North America. It's hypocritical for Europe to claim North American territory, and then clai
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by goodluckchuck 8mo ago
The logic remains sound, but the facts are different. There was real territorial gain / loss in the Pacific theater. Japan's imperial motives make sense, because they actually did conquer a lot of Asia / Pacific Islands. The
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by goodluckchuck 8mo ago
Anything is true if you define the terms contrary to their meaning.

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