Skip Navigation

User banner
Posts
14
Comments
1,560
Joined
2 yr. ago

  • You just need to have faith.

  • Fun fact: The Windows executable format is originally based on an old Unix executable format.

  • Dax knows the deep, dark secret kept by the Trill Symbiosis Commission. They'd be wise to leave her alone.

  • “We want to go on social media and push back on the misinformation that’s out there,” Tarik Sheppard, the NYPD’s top spokesperson, said in an interview. “Because if we don’t, it could cause damage to the reputation of our cops and the work that we’re doing.”

    Having a "top spokesperson" in the first place is part of what's being criticized, Tarik.

  • The Enterprise-B launch was attended by a gaggle of reporters and camera people.

  • Both, please.

  • The whole plan all along was for Spock to seduce the Romulan commander. But what would the plan have been if it wasn't a straight woman?

    The writers missed an opportunity there, IMHO.

  • “The filter is powered by a Large Language Model (LLM) that’s trained on moderator actions and content removed by Reddit’s internal tools and enforcement teams,” reads an excerpt from the page.

    Eww, gross. I was never a moderator, but that would annoy me.

  • I might have to take up cross stitching.

  • From the tyranny of the majority. Each state is equally represented in the Senate, versus the House where states are apportioned seats by population.

  • Rather than abolish the Electoral College and merge the House and Senate, I would suggest massively increasing the size of the House. This would increase the size of the Electoral College too, reducing the distortion of the population while still protecting less populous states. This also has the advantage of being something that can be done through ordinary laws instead of Constitutional amendments.

  • Partner represents and warrants that it shall not introduce into WhatsApp’s Systems or Infrastructure, the Sublicensed Encryption Software, or otherwise make accessible to WhatsApp any viruses

    The technical definition of a "computer virus" is actually quite narrow, and true viruses are rare these days because they are passive and slow compared to more modern malware types.

    A strict, literal reading of the text says that all other kinds of malware are acceptable.

  • If he doesn't comply with the bankruptcy court, they won't let him declare bankruptcy.

  • James Clerk Maxwell. If it uses electricity then it's based on Maxwell's equations.

  • Maybe it's catastrophic and they'll never come back.

  • The 14th amendment doesn't require impeachment or criminal conviction, though. It's a completely different disqualification provision from impeachment.

    For example, members of Congress cannot be impeached, but they can be disqualified under the 14th amendment. It makes no sense to roll impeachment and the 14th amendment into the same category of disqualification.

  • The only thing Congress can do is remove Trump's disqualification under the 14th amendment. They can't decide whether he's disqualified in the first place.

  • "High crimes and misdemeanors" is a term of art that refers to acts committed by a public official which, while not necessarily a crime in themselves, are a violation of public trust.

    For example, a president that accepted a foreign title of nobility without Congressional consent would have committed a high crime, but they couldn't be hauled into a criminal court for it.