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An excess of billionaires is destabilising politics – just as academics predicted
  • I'd argue against the word "earn" even. One cannot earn one billion dollars at all.

    Nobody deserves $1 billion when it would take a teacher about 20,000 years to make the same amount. And it's not earned if it's not deserved.

    But that's just semantic ranting, you're right.

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    'He is in serious jeopardy': Legal expert warns Trump his back is against the wall
  • Except that he's explicitly choosing to be a political candidate for the purpose of avoiding the lawsuits. A lot of these allegations occurred before he announced he was re-running, and then the lawsuits got put on hold.

    Your scenario creates a method for anyone to delay consequences by running for office. Although we both know it wouldn't really work for anyone. Trump gets his special treatment.

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    AI-powered weapons scanners used in NYC subway found zero guns in one month test
  • With how trigger happy police are, the false positives would lead to more deaths than they prevent. And police would claim it's justified because the machine told them so.

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    Then I found her memeing with someone else
  • Having no knowledge of the situation: If a meme has a risk of being interpreted romantically, you might be in too deep already.

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    ChatGPT rewrites Umberto Eco's 14 signs of fascism as Jeff Foxworthy.
  • With #1, strong leader probably means the strong-handed over-enforcing leader who's tough on crime to solve problems. In your example I agree, but I'd also argue the leader is guiding society in that case and it takes everyone to solve problems.

    With #3, I think it's referring to a subset of actual citizens who are treated like "real" citizens over other citizens. Whether it's by race, class, religion, etc. Some minority of the population is made the boogeyman.

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    Life imitates art?
  • I think it'd only be 2 squares for the rectangle of the traffic light.

    I've been doing a lot of captchas lately and they always seem to want less outer edge than I expect as a probably human. Like if only a small corner of a bus is in a tile, I just ignore it.

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    ‘It’s mindblowing’: US meteorologists face death threats as hurricane conspiracies surge
  • Of course it's insane! To threaten these absolute gods who wield the power of nature (and also accept part time work explaining their plots on television.)

    Is their plan to shoot someone who can summon hurricanes?

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    Black residents in Cancer Alley try what may be a last legal defense to curb toxic pollution
  • Formosa’s emissions could more than triple the cancer risk in some St. James neighborhoods.

    I hadn't heard of this area. It's insane that any of this was ever allowed, and especially directly next to a residential area.

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    Pastas Assembled
  • I don't understand the basis of the 24Hz limit rumor. My monitors are 144Hz, and if I limit them to 60Hz and move my mouse around I see fewer residual mouse cursors "after-images" than I do at 144Hz. That's a simplified test that shows that the eye can perceive motion artifacts beyond 60Hz.

    The eye can perceive LEDs that are rectified at 60Hz AC, it's very annoying.

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    A Plan
  • I don't know what conclusion that would give. That they jump into marriage faster? That they're willing to leave a bad situation?

    I don't think low divorce rates necessarily correlates to happier people.

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    unutilized instruction
  • At least a fire can happen anywhere.

    I also know not to struggle in quicksand and I'd be way more confused if that appeared in my daily routine.

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  • Any websites you like or Youtube reviewers? I prefer reviewers who also check out obscure games and actually point out flaws.

    Console gaming mostly since PC has Steam reviews that help out.

    I've always used Metacritic since it aggregates reviews, but it seems to have gotten worse for searching and finding top lists lately. There's gotta be better sources nowadays.

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