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We've lost a lot of familiar celebrities this year but Patrick Stewart was a towering giant among nerds. TNG's stories will be timeless and Jean-Luc quotes feel homely and comforting.

I feel like a few years ago, there would have been no question about adding a black banner. Lately, Hacker News hasn't felt very "hacker-y". Corporate and legal concerns frequently outweigh freedom, talent, and curiosity in discussions.

Claude at least loves its punchy bullet points.

Also, I want to expunge the word "shape" from my vocabulary at this point. I think I'm developing a nerve twitch just reading it.

The Hortman's, who were actual elected politicians, were assasinated before Kirk so no?

And what does any of that have to do with a Government-run, nation-wide spying operation?

Wouldn't they retain a lot of ability to do that from abroad? A wealth tax targets wealth in your country. We've seen plenty of loopholes for foreign political influence lately and I don't think there are any laws against non-residents holding majority shares in US companies, right?

You don't need to go anywhere to see that Musk is far right. If you're going to claim otherwise, you're gonna need to bring some solid evidence.

The "left" spans such a huge range right now that to be "not left" is basically far right. A Republican opposing Trump is _extremely_ rare (and usually excommunicates them from the party) while on the left, you have AOC, Omar, etc actively sharing a party with Fetterman and Manchin. Right/far-right was a thing in the 2010's but not any more.

Easy workaround: If you were not actually convicted of a crime, you can not be pardoned for it.

It's not how we've treated pardons in the past but the US has abandoned that as a deciding factor everywhere else. Tell me why that's not a valid interpretation of the Constitution.

Activities and homework would have ended it in a couple of years anyway and that's really why it hasn't come back - lack of time.

Not really. I took both kids shopping with me. One preschool age, one first grade. They got little quests to find things through the store.

Sadly COVID kinda of ended the tradition.

I do not support restrictions on the freedom of speech.

However, arguing that a political party isn't evil because it was elected is absurd. The idea is neither supported by history nor current events.

"Both sides" has become a pretty transparent tactic to deflect the magnitude of the difference.

> If the AfD were really as bad as people here pretend they are then they won’t get elected.

Using this logic, please explain MAGA in the US. Arguably worse than AfD and currently holding power in all 3 branches of government.

Yeah but if you sell that box/stuff to another person, they own it now and shouldn't be bound by your rules. If that's not true, I didn't actually buy anything. I just paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to have my name put on someone else's contract without being able to negotiate any terms.

It's like "buying" digital movies. The button says Purchase but you/Amazon still get to dictate terms long after the sale.

It's counter productive because what roads are you going to block? Cities are Blue, even in Texas.

There were larger protests at ICE concentration camps but ICE made it clear that they'd use deadly force to disperse them. From the Left, the worry was that Trump would invoke the Insurrection Act to suspend elections, deploy the military, etc.

Trump doesn't want to look unpopular and he will give anything to avoid that, including letting innocent people die. It's as simple and as disgusting as that.

He started a war with Iran to look big and tough for his cult. That failed spectacularly and now he'll sacrifice anything and anyone to avoid the consequences of his actions.

The Youtuber is in Canada which may have a different legal underpinning for Flock than the US.

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