sagarm

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by sagarm 10d ago
The current court has made it clear "civic lore" is fundamental to interpreting the Constitution, though curiously this seems to only apply to certain causes.
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by sagarm 11d ago
The US version: kill the national flood insurance program so we stop subsidizing property owners in disaster prone areas.
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by sagarm 11d ago
Government is the means by which the electorate acts collectively. Pushing for policy changes is not giving up.
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by sagarm 11d ago
People need cars because we designed our environments to require them. It was a choice, not an inevitability.
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by sagarm 11d ago
The two party system is the game theoretic result of first past the post. No amount of wishing will change that.
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by sagarm 11d ago
Can you seriously look around at the wild policy swings we observe and say that Reps want the status quo? If yes, you might want to look at your information environment.
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by sagarm 11d ago
Because their information environment was convincing them Biden was corrupt because... Hunter's laptop?
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by sagarm 11d ago
How can you prove the negative?
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by sagarm 19d ago
Why fact check it? Facts are kinda of irrelevant in this brand new world anyway.
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by sagarm 19d ago
Where are you getting this 15 year old average? That seems highly unlikely to be accurate.
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by sagarm 19d ago
In other words, complete sentences are the province of the elite.
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by sagarm 21d ago
This is a lazy take. It doesn't absolve you of being a poorly informed citizen.
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by sagarm 22d ago
"For my enemies, the law. For my friends, everything."
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by sagarm 25d ago
Trump is the avatar of a segment of Americans that believe that all transactions are zero sum at best. They simultaneously believe they're "pro-capitalism." How are those two things squared? Capitalism to these people isn&#x2
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by sagarm 25d ago
That seems like a gross simplification. Some percentage of manufacturing costs are energy; I've never before heard the claim that it's the primary reason Chinese manufacturing is cheaper.
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by sagarm 25d ago
I haven't previously heard the claim that China can make vehicles cheaply primarily because of energy costs. What percentage of European automotive manufacturing costs come from energy?
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by sagarm 1mo ago
Google faced a decade of litigation for making books searchable. It's all downside and little upside for a business.
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by sagarm 1mo ago
Similarly, I oppose spending any money on or allocating any space to car infrastructure until every driver obeys speed limits exactly. Pedestrianise it all :)
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by sagarm 1mo ago
I just charge my watch while I'm in the shower. It's more than enough.
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by sagarm 1mo ago
Tesla had to sell cars that can't self drive. They couldn't afford to add tens of thousands to the cost for slightly improved ADAS.
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by sagarm 2mo ago
The dishwasher is out of the way because you made space for it out of the way. We'll probably adapt our spaces for robots too eventually. For example, you could store far more things out of easy human reach.
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by sagarm 2mo ago
This is an insane position. Nobody is intentionally using their TV as a tor exit node.
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by sagarm 2mo ago
Was requiring telephony providers to clamp down on spam or get blocked "mutilating the phone network?"
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by sagarm 2mo ago
And yet well known grift like corn-derived ethanol continue. Looking forward to cutting some welfare queens loose next go around! And repossessing the fruits of successful Obama era industrial policy (Tesla & SpaceX) for the American pe
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by sagarm 3mo ago
In your post above, you quite clearly are making the case that information and statistics about casualties at national parks isn't useful. Actually, they are, because they help you make judgements on e.g. whether to climb Half Dome. Th
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by sagarm 3mo ago
Jumping in to reflexively defend the admin again, I see. Is there any policy from this admin you don't support?
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by sagarm 3mo ago
How many people die climbing half dome? Do the deaths tend to happen I only inclement weather? Do you realize how divorced from reality you people sound?
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by sagarm 3mo ago
Post-NAR settlement you would have to sign a separate agreement with your buyer's agent specifying their compensation before making an offer.
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by sagarm 3mo ago
Foreign doctors have to go through residency in the US.
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by sagarm 4mo ago
I've always used USB-C to USB-A dongle + USB-A to micro B.

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