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by hammock 19d ago
It makes sense when you consider that the CAA is legal under the interstate commerce clause. We have state regulations that could solve this if they wanted to.
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by hammock 19d ago
I don’t know much about this, but are you considering “material support or resources” the same thing as speech?
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by hammock 20d ago
Isn’t that the whole definition of “executive branch”? They are given (by we the people) the power to choose how to execute the laws. And we elect them. The alternatives I can think of are for laws to be executed at the whim of an algorithm
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by hammock 20d ago
Except cooking food and hospitality are two totally different things
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by hammock 21d ago
Yes thanks. Call your dogs off Philip
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by hammock 21d ago
Is there an essay from a tech leader than HASN’T rubbed anyone the wrong way, in some time? Eric Schmidt, Dario Amodei, Palmer Luckey, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, etc etc they all seem one or the other of out of touch or unlikable or unable to c
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by hammock 21d ago
> I really think this is overstated. So far everything is pointing towards AI accelerating climate change. Ok but if we sprint the Delorean towards the brick wall as fast as possible we might be able to hit 88mph just in time to save our
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by hammock 22d ago
That’s funny. When there recently, I had a woman put the cc machine back in my face with a pouty look after I had plugged in 10%. She was non-Swiss herself though and I read it as trying to take advantage of a tourist
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by hammock 22d ago
I also tip 10% in Europe unless I see a table/service charge added, and I will gladly stop if you say so
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by hammock 22d ago
> I meant "solely from tips", obviously. That was not obvious. Nor is that a common practice
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by hammock 22d ago
Easily attributed less to Gini coefficient and more to the difference between a Western European approach to hospitality (structured management, technical precision and formal) and a Mediterranean one (warmth, relational connection, informa
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by hammock 22d ago
I would rather have to tip, than lower my standard of living like that
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by hammock 23d ago
Typically fear or sadness (not making this up, this is how it’s taught in psychology)
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by hammock 23d ago
Selling certainty is one of the oldest and the most consistently profitable industries in the world. We call it insurance
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by hammock 24d ago
There is a book called “Reading Like A Writer” by Francine Prose that really helped me form a greater appreciation for reading and richness out of doing it.
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by hammock 29d ago
How do you typically react when right wingers make similar comments about what they see as overreaching government?
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by hammock 29d ago
It happens and I’ve seen it many times. But it’s only worthwhile at the C-suite level or equivalent. Perhaps the most common is to “promote” a CEO to vice chairman of the board.
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by hammock 29d ago
There is a lamp called Fartyg
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by hammock 29d ago
The same protection against solar storms (which does nothing against cosmic rays) WILL also protect against exposure to the Van Allen belts. Remember the van allen belt radiation is what spawned a lot of fake moon landing theories that sugg
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by hammock 1mo ago
They serve different purposes, yes. If you think you may be sick the CDC is usually not the first place to go
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by hammock 1mo ago
100%. CDC is not a replacement for a trusted doctor
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by hammock 1mo ago
CDC recommendation is more interested in preventing antibiotic resistance than in preventing Lyme disease for the patient. Obey CDC at your own risk
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by hammock 1mo ago
Explain how someone like Picasso is not making art to get laid please, or has nothing to do with his biology
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by hammock 1mo ago
“Only humans produce ecstatic art” I guess they have never heard of the bowerbird: https://www.reddit.com/r/interestingasfuck/comments/eptuty/b...
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by hammock 1mo ago
> It's "recent" carbon, not carboniferous, so... Yeah try telling that to the people who want to ban beef because the cows eat grass and burp
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by hammock 1mo ago
About 660 million in India and 1 billion in Africa burn renewables like wood or biomass for cooking, heating and daily energy needs. We could learn from them. Sources: https://news.mongabay.com/2026/07/clean-cookin
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by hammock 1mo ago
> a war, it’s unpleasant, most people would rather not do it, but would you rather be on the side that prepared for it or on the side that gets “surprised” by it?
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by hammock 1mo ago
So you are in favor of more defense spending?
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by hammock 1mo ago
India is very renewable already. Same with Africa. Hundreds of millions if not billions burn wood and biomass for heat and cooking daily
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by hammock 1mo ago
> a few pounds of … running on tens of watts equivalent. Aren’t you already describing a laptop computer? Add a local LLM and you’re fully there

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