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Comment · 3 years ago
Criminals going to criminal. Beyond that, a gun in the hands of a law abiding citizen helps reduce crime.
Comment · 3 years ago
I wonder if it's even worse.. by law they are required to have a certain statistical payout right?

What if the casino can enable "win mode" for their favorite customers staying in high priced rooms, and then turn it to basically zero for foot traffic. At the end of the month the machine paid out the correct ratio... Except you as a general player had zero chance to win because it paid out to their loyal customer earlier in the day.

Comment · 3 years ago
Automatic weapons aren't allowed and I haven't even ever seen one even while being around guns for 20 years casually but not THAT casually.

I suppose you mean semi automatic weapons.. which is basically 95% of guns in the homes of Americans.

Comment · 3 years ago
I know several women that go outside and take walks for their vitamin d, but slather on sunscreen which blocks the process. No matter how many times I tell them it's a worthy trade-off, they won't go outside without.

I'm 38, and have never worn sunscreen outside of going to the beach for a whole day. I often get compliments from women about my face, and they're shocked to hear I never wear sunscreen or moisturize. It's almost like not putting chemicals on your face is good for you.

Comment · 3 years ago
I was once 'caught' providing alcohol to a minor at a sting event at a 7-11. The 16-18 year old came up to me, with his 16-18 year old gf, while I was browsing a Redbox kiosk and asked me very politely to buy him alcohol. I said "no way, sorry". A minute later he asked a guy behind me waiting, also politely and was told no. I left. Drove 3-4 minutes away. I felt bad. I stopped at a store, got him a 6 pack, and drove back and gave it to him. The sting operation was not ready for this scenario. I drove away. 2 minutes later 3 cop cars surrounded me and ordered me out of my car. Long story short, I talked to a lawyer about potentially trying to get off on an entrapment defense. He said I MIGHT have a chance because I said no at first and left. And that something about the scenario made me come back even though my impulse was to say no. He even reached out to someone (DA?) regarding the case. When I went for the initial hearing where I planned to reschedule for a hearing with a lawyer, all charges were dropped. Is this because they realized it almost was entrapment in a way? I'll never know.
Comment · 3 years ago
I currently run a micro-saas product on a $4 a month namecheap server using the LAMP stack. It runs fast for all 34 companies, or 400+ employees, using it.

I've looked into moving it to Google cloud or AWS and it just seems daunting. Honestly, I use ftp, cpanel, and phpmyadmin.

Is there a way to get this product into the 'cloud' in case it grows, easily?

Comment · 3 years ago
Does it lower it compared to not getting the virus nor the vaccine?

Seat belts lower car accident deaths. But not lower than simply not driving. Isn't this a similar example?

Comment · 3 years ago
I never stated which one I was.
Comment · 3 years ago
IMO hes technically right. If you're wrong, people correct you. If you're right but they know they can't really argue the matter, they downvote.
Comment · 3 years ago
The anti vax screw will probably wonder if injecting the vaccine actually increases your odds of Alzheimers since you're getting a partial version of the virus when doing so.

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