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Comment · 3 days ago
UPS could do this, yes, but ICE isn’t allowed to. All of what you described is, by itself, perfectly legal for US citizens, and ICE has even more restrictions about targeting US citizens than the government as a whole. So why is it okay for ICE to do this?
Comment · 3 days ago
I have no idea, but why would that change anything?
Comment · 8 days ago
The irony is that Alaska has ranked choice voting - if in doubt, Dan fans can vote for both, and it will sort itself out.
Comment · 10 days ago
Malum prohibitum vs malum in se - that which is wrong because it is forbidden, as opposed to that which is wrong in and of itself.
Comment · 25 days ago
I had a professor who talked about working there. In his words, “Thank God for whiskey!”

While there is some romantic imagery (penguins!) down there, and the disconnect from the rest of the world might be appealing, for large parts of the year you’re just stuck inside.

Comment · 1 month ago
California’s wine grapes (vitis vinifera) aren’t suitable for eating. Some varieties (vitis labrusca) can be used for table grapes or wine grapes, but those aren’t really grown in California.
Comment · 1 month ago
The qualifier here is that the public demonstrations must further the propaganda of a foreign power? If so, that doesn’t seem to be much of an obstacle if the people making the arrest are the ones who decide whether or not a protest is furthering foreign propaganda.
Comment · 1 month ago
Comment · 1 month ago
Because China’s no different, and geopolitics don’t map well onto personal relationships, except that trust matters. Even in your example, it would be that the drug dealer attacked and stole from my great-great-great-grandfather, and now the drug dealer’s great-great-great-granddaughter is returning the property. It’s a bit foolish to treat her with the same level of distrust, and it would be even more foolish to be the one to break the agreement if I know that I will have to keep doing business with her in the future.
Comment · 1 month ago
Why should one party to an agreement hold the other party accountable to the terms of the agreement?
Comment · 1 month ago
Let’s see the factory layouts though. Release the blueprints!
Comment · 2 months ago
Did AI add the typos as well?
Comment · 2 months ago
The primary detector is the wide-field instrument, which, believe it or not, takes pictures with a wide field of view. The secondary detector is the coronagraph instrument, which uses a bunch of funky filters to block out the light from the star to see the halo around it.

Edit: These are the detectors, which are the cameras. There is only one mirror assembly (with two mirrors) that focuses light into these instruments.

Comment · 2 months ago
Why? The hacker ethos is all about understanding systems as they actually are; not as the people at the top want them to be. With the benefit of hindsight, it’s pretty clear that the Luddites were right; the industrialization of weaving did destroy their profession, and, contrary to the opinions of the political leaders, this had a direct, negative impact on society for many decades. The curious-minded hacker should not ignore that reality, even if they think the circumstances are different this time.
Comment · 2 months ago
I’m not convinced on ships yet. The strategic failure in Iran has overshadowed the tactical successes, including the fact that US ships have handled everything Iran has thrown at them. That could change, but right now, drones have yet to prove their effectiveness against warships which are prepared against them.

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