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Late teens, maybe early 20s.
How close am I?
Late teens, maybe early 20s.
How close am I?
Various other things like leaves, rags, sponges, or leftover paper. Failing that a bare hand works: manners dictating you wash it after.
Some cultural hangups on the left hand being “unclean” stem from those cultures using that hand for hygienic reasons.
“I don’t have anything to hide because I think I’ve done something wrong: I have something to hide because I question your judgement and motives.”
They’re fine giving you their info because they trust you. The problem is when the person seeking that information is untrustworthy – and some shithead(s) making their way into a company or government isn’t just possible, it’s likely.
Tell them to give all their sensitive personal information to someone that hates them. Credit card numbers, political beliefs, nudes, sexual preferences/fetishes, etc.
“Quantum immortality” is magical thinking for people that aren’t comfortable with their own mortality. It’s functionally no different than belief in an afterlife.
I prefer “living a dream”.
Am I living someone else’s dream? Is it a nightmare? Am I disassociating? – the answer is “yes”.
I’m a 7 minute drive from downtown and my options are satellite, cellular, or fixed wireless. Everyone around me has gigabit ethernet, but due to costs involved in running fiber and the fact my little community is mostly old folks (and thus likely not going to buy in) ISPs don’t want to “invest” in us.
Before any tankies claim the word is a blanket slur against communists: “tankie” was coined by British communists that were disgusted by the attitudes of some of their so-called “fellows”.
“My pronouns might be they/them, but yours are about to be were/was.”
This message brought to you by Lockheed Martin: proudly supporting LGBTQ+ drone pilots worldwide.
Because they’re arguing in bad faith.
Oh, is it because decades of incompetence and corruption weakened their already crumbling military? Their lack of a strong economy to support the war effort? Is it because they’re relying on Soviet leftovers instead of modern equipment? The fact their enemy is a motivated, supplied with actually decent munitions by modern/rich countries, and has a competent chain of command?
What do I win?
They’re not insane: everything they’ve done are things they sincerely thought they could get away with, and up until Ukraine Putin has been correct in that regard.
Pretending to be crazy is an effective strategy: ironically Nixon popularized it during the cold war.
Attacking targets in NATO countries (even if “justified”) is going to drastically increase the odds NATO gets directly involved in Ukraine – something Putin absolutely doesn’t want.
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It’s a great question that reinforces critical thinking.
Having the tools is one thing, learning to apply them correctly to a problem is another.
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It’s like they say: when you’re making an orange juice you’ve gotta break a few eggs.
I bought a run down, 900 sqft “starter home” in 2018, with the original plan of doing repairs and selling to upgrade in several years.
Now? – fuck that. I’ve fixed it up and I’m going to live here until I die.
Predators? That sounds expensive, complicated, and could negatively affect profits.
Can’t we just spray the trees with massive quantities of something cheap and effective like DDT?
The one that pops up when you’re talking to someone: the floating translucent panel with dialog choices.
… Do you not have one of those?
“unbacked”
I’m assuming those quotes are referring to fiat currency. Faith in the solvency of the issuing government, widely agreed upon exchange rates, and regulated prices of goods are all forms of backing. Sure: you can argue that’s “not enough” but crypto “currencies” don’t even have that. Hence why their values fluctuate by the minute – which defeats the entire purpose of “money”.
unregulated
… government controlled central banks and entire bodies of law exist to do just that. Nobody is regulating crypto.
Crypto lacks the features that make money “money”. It doesn’t have a relatively stable, agreed upon value. It’s not easily exchanged for goods or services. It technically can be used as “money” but that’s true of anything – trading cards, a pile of gravel, etc.
I’ve had good beer and crappy beer in Germany: the same as the USA.
Turns out the idea that “small breweries generally make good beer, and industrial breweries make garbage” tends to be true worldwide.