I became politically aware - as in I could name more politicians than just the head of state for big countries - in my late teens. I’m now 41. Never remember such a time
Furthermore reading history doesn’t help disabuse me of that notion either.
What were you expecting? “As president I will personally set the price of every item in every grocery store in the country”
As much as I’m for holding politicians to account - we should do it on stuff they can actually do.
both these fuckers look like they don’t understand why they’re shitting themselves
you say the lions share of murders are committed by drug gangs, but that’s ignoring the majority of gun injuries are self inflicted.
And while it was written into the constitution it was amended into the constitution, and like the 21st which repealed the 18th, could be amended out again.
you also say there are 5x defensive Gun owners. This is a made up statistic - there is no formal definition of a defensive gun owner, there is no way to shoot a gun defensively.
While it may take time - a few generations - maybe even a dozen generations - to disarm the majority of households, it’s possible.
who are you disarming
the majority of gun owners own guns for fun/sport. So while, yes, it is sad to ruin fun, it’s also sad to have children killed.
Finally, you don’t have to ban all guns, you could keep say, bolt action rifles and single barrel shotguns - where sports and hunting could still continue. This wouldn’t solve all the problems but it might have saved lives multiplicatively in mass shootings.
people are banned from doing things because they did things. e.g. if you DUI you get banned from future driving not just punished for the past. Hackers get banned from the internet etc
If yelling “fire” in a movie theatre is so dangerous why not allow people to do it and don’t ban it and instead just arrest them after the stampede?
internet pictures should only be pornography. everything else should be text
Should we ban [cars]
I mean, disregarding the feasibility, political polularity and media optics of it, for the continuation of earths ecosystem… probably yeah
1987 smoking banned in London public transport following the deaths of 31 people in a fire
2005 banned in nationwide public transport
2008 banned in enclosed public spaces
2018 banned in prisons
I’m curious do you think they’re all stupid or just this one? Isn’t this one just an extension of “please don’t smoke directly in front of the hospital doors” for other public places?
What about the proposed plans to raise the smoking age year on year every year?
I bet within a decade they pivot to barely any settings at all, claiming the released experience is the only experience you’ll ever need.
I imagine experts probably advise against it because there are far reaching implications that could cause significant diplomatic or intelligence issues, domestically and internationally and that Donald “Here’s Where Our Spy Satellites Are” Trump doesn’t give a fuck.
last Saturday I was walking through the park and saw a boomer wearing a giant “I’m voting for RFK ask me why” t-shirt.
kinda wish I had now.
considering that no one who isn’t involved in the creation of them is talking about quantum computing in regards to quarterly profits or posting about it on LinkedIn trying to score a lead, it may be as far left on the chart as possible.
different guy here. It seemed to be fairly useful for software engineers to solve quick issues where the answer isn’t immediately obvious - but it’s terrible at most other jobs.
And part of why it’s bad is because you have to type into a text box what you want and read it back (unless you build you own custom API integration- which goes without saying is also a terrible way to access a product for 99% of people)
Another part of why it’s bad is because you’re sharing proprietary information with a stranger that is definitely cataloging and profiling it
Very few people interact with language in a way that is bidirectionally friendly with AI, and AI just isnt very good at writing. It’s very good at creating strings of words that make sense and fit a theme, but most of what makes “very good” writing isn’t just basic competency of the language.
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Hmm, yeah, sure.
on windows I use peazip because I can right click context menu > extract to smart new folder - does 7zip do that? if so I’d switch back
your first sentence sounds like it’s saying the opposite btw