Sure, but also worth noting that some prisons are federally run, a state wouldn't have the jurisdiction to ban something that the fed controls. That is why reform needs to come from the top, not just at the state level.
I think the text is pretty direct about permitting it. If it is listed as an exception to that which shall not exist, then it is explicitly allowed to exist.
It's not a de-facto exception by omission, it is named as permissable within the text of the amendment.
So what other kind of battery would a pager be using that might explode if not lithium? Hydrogen cell?
Sadly the post-civil war amendments include a provision that allows prisoners to be used for unpaid labor.
From the text of the 13th amendment:
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction.
Only argument is if the party has been "duly" convicted, which is a recurring issue we see with the US justice system.
Exactly. I remember early days of smartphones before a lot of the safety precautions we have today were implemented, where we saw tons of videos of batteries spontaneously combusting. They expand, there's a pop, and then a small burst of flame that will ignite anything it touches, like your pants, tables they're sitting on while charging, etc. You can get pretty badly burned if this happens while it's in your pocket.
It's just that the videos that have come out of these pagers shows an actual explosion, as if they had been packed with C4. Enough to instantly kill some people with them on their person and harm adjacent passerbys.
Seems more like globalism is to blame. They were from a Taiwanese company but manufactured in Hungary.
Guessing the source of the pagers didn't matter at all and Israel probably intercepted a shipment to plant bombs in them themselves. Lithium batteries can ignite, but they don't just explode like that. There were bombs put in those pagers, be it by Israel or whoever else, coordinated as a targeted operation.
You're spot on that it wasn't perfect, and it especially falls apart when you look at the politicization of science and objective facts. E.g. climate change should not be a debate, so there should be no obligation to humor a talking head with an R next to their name who is there to "refute" climate change every time a story is run about it.
So on principle, I can't say I love the idea that the Fairness Doctrine required a good bit of oversimplistic "both sides" nonsense. But in practice, it wasn't the media personalities spreading politicized pseudoscience who ended up deplatformed with the law's removal—the opposite ended up happening. Having realized that sensationalism sells, the "alternative facts" crowd are now the only voice in the room for a lot of clueless people. And I think that's the outcome Republicans wanted when they did away with it.
In the absence of a better system today, I can't say I wouldn't like to see it make a return. I'd prefer it if there was still a legal obligation for all of these media outlets to platform at least one sane person.
Also right that it wasn't just the removal of the Fairness Doctrine that led to where we are now, appreciate the other examples (and for a bit of a twist, it was under the Clinton administration that the Telecommunications Act was signed).
Thank the deregulation of the 80's and 90's, coupled with the internet making it easier than ever to access anything and everything.
It used to be that spreading falsehoods or political bias on network TV or the airwaves via radio could get your station's license revoked by the FCC. But Reagan killed the Fairness Doctrine, and with that out of the way, there were no barriers for Rush Limbaugh and similar ilk to make more money by saying whatever kept the hyper-conservative, over-religious pearl clutches tuning in.
It's a valid concern, though. The tablet experience has always sucked on Android, so the foldable experience is trying to hybridize with something the OS has never been able to get right.
But the inverse is also true. There's no telling if a future software update will take a good experience and make it terrible.
Only difference I can see is that it looks like they sharpened the edges and removed the screen bevel in the process.
But that could have already happened on prior devices without me noticing, since my current device is years old and I haven't seen a need to upgrade yet.
And don't forget the poor landlords who own the office spaces that they're having trouble leasing out.
I think there are sometimes delays. Sometimes I'll post a comment that gets a few replies, which then appear in my inbox, and I'll check each one to mark as read. Then I'll see another new message a few minutes later, but posted before any of the other ones. It'll get listed earlier in my inbox as well so it shows up as an unread message after the couple of read ones I already checked.
Ahhh, so they "mischaracterized" it. That makes it okay, then.
Banning an entire class of ads online and in media during peak hours? Sounds like a win to me, even if it doesn't have the effect they hope for.
Ads suck, especially ads that are selling garbage no one needs. The fewer, the better.
I think I must've been banned as well, I saw a post in my All feed that I tried to upvote but received an error when doing so, just for that one community.
When Samsung last updated One UI several months ago, myself and many other Samsung users (and Pixel users on Android 14 as well, judging by the replies) encountered a bug where swiping posts closed showed only a black background until fully closed, after which the content one would expect to see would appear.
Last night, One UI updated to 6.1 on my device, and when I used Sync this morning, I noticed that the black background bug is no longer happening.
>!Unfortunately I now need to re-learn my navigation gestures because Samsung apparently thinks it's fine to force people to completely re-learn how they navigate their phone overnight...!<
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Seen on a comment today, this user with an Arabic username, written right to left, is rendered in between the points value and label text in Sync, rather than to the left of the value as expected.
https://lemmy.world/comment/9058593
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Edit: Attached screenshot with upvote coloration to highlight the two fields.
The Pokémon Company, partially owned by Nintendo, announced it will investigate Palworld for potentially using its IP and assets.
Noticed a minor bug this morning when swiping a post closed where there is only a black screen in the background in place of the feed.
The feed loads immediately as expected when the post is fully closed, making this only a minor issue.
Notably, my phone updated to Android 14 just last night, so I was not sure if there was something weird with the OS update impacting the app, but it persists through a force close and clearing cache.
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In just under 6 hours after the submission of this post, the servers will be going down for maintenance. This maintenance is scheduled for a full 24 hours.
Good luck to anyone getting in your last-minute Moogle Tome or PvP Series grinding, and see you all in 6.5 on Tuesday!
Minor spoilers for the quest "Breaking the Bank" below!
So after going into the archives to look for a certain missing GalBank ship for the Crimson Fleet, there were logs for other missing ships other than the one I was looking for.
Out of all of the options available to check, there was only one ship that had recorded a last known location: the "Supremacy", last known to be near Saturn.
I thought, "Hey now, they must have put a location for this one other ship for a reason, and I bet it would be pretty lucrative if I was the one to find it." Now, with that said, Saturn is a somewhat big area to search, with many moons to boot, and I can't seem to find any other leads.
Just so that I am not spending hours on a wild goose chase, I was curious if this is something that anyone else knows anything about, or if there might be other hints I simply missed?
Greetings, all you collectible-thirsty WoLs out there! It's another Moogle Tomestone season again, and you know what that means! Time to run Syrcus Tower 50 more times!
While everyone has their preferred method of Moogle Tome acquisition, this is a reminder that now is the best time to get some Rival Wings in as well, and queues are popping every day.
You may be wondering, why Rival Wings when I can just semi-AFK my way through some level 50/60 raids? Well, Rival Wings allows you to kill several birds with one (tome)stone.
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Rival Wings gets you a full 10 Tomestones for winning and 6 for losing, whereas all of the "easy" raids net you a flat 6.
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As a PvP game mode, you will earn progress on Series Malmstones, win or lose.
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You can make progress towards Rival Wings victory achievements for the unique mount rewards.
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You can work on the GARO rewards as well!
Other reasons to choose Rival Wings over alternatives:
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Unlike Frontlines where there are 3 teams, Rival Wings only has two, bringing your odds of winning much closer to 50% and making it more efficient for farming.
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Rival Wings matches are relatively short (usually 10-15 mins, sometimes even less), making them very time efficient versus some of the later raids that can take >30 minutes even on a good run.
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Not being part of a roulette, joining Rival Wings matches is much rarer when there is no Moogle Tomestone event ongoing.
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It's FUN!
For more information, I highly recommend checking out the PvP Revival Discord, where you can see which data center for your region is popping that day.
Happy hunting!
Event Schedule / From Sunday, August 27, 2023 at 12:00 a.m. (PDT) until the launch of Patch 6.5
Awesome looking rewards this year!
Streamed during the 2023 Las Vegas Fanfest, the 78th Letter from the Producer Live covers changes that will be coming in patch 6.5.
As with other X.5 patches, this one will be released in two parts. Patch 6.5 will release in October, prior to the London Fanfest. PvP rebalances, along with the next PvP season, will be coming in patch 6.51, after London Fanfest, to make sure the Crystalline Conflict Regional Championship for Europe is not impacted. Patch 6.55 will be coming in January after the Japan Fanfest.
Lots of juicy new details about new things to come in the upcoming expansion Dawntrail! Many consistent expectations along with some surprises. What parts are you most excited about?
The Las Vegas Fanfest, our first of three, will be taking place this Friday! Kicking off with a 1.5 hour long keynote at 10AM PDT, we can expect buckets of new announcements related to patch 6.5 and beyond.
So I'm curious to hear what things people are most looking forward to. What will the next expansion be? Will there be new jobs? Will we finally see female Hrothgar? Will Yoshi-P finally convince the producer of FF16 to let us have a crossover event? Will [insert your job here] ever be balanced in PvP?
Lay your theories, hot takes, and baseless speculations on me!
Announcing the Hairstyle Design Contest 2023!
Presenting the Fan Festival 2023 in Las Vegas Stage & Stream Schedule
Patch 6.4─The Dark Throne Special Site Update
