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I believe it’s very important that these executions are observed. If the state gets to operate with impunity and no witnesses, many of these states have shown they don’t have what it takes to act ethically with regards to the death penalty.

That's a really good point. I came into the comments with the same opinion as OP that allowing people (especially victims) to witness executions is kind of fucked up, but you're 100% correct.

I never thought till now about whether/how much effort went into crafting a backdrop that is recognizable even when completely out of focus.

Aquaman

I agree with you in general, but I don't think you can pin this one on the dudes... or at least not the ones below 3 on the Kinsey scale 😆

The dumbest thought I ever had while high was that I convinced myself I had two brains, and that one brain could predict the thoughts of the other brain before it thought them.

That's hilarious! Honestly, I rather enjoy that sensation of temporarily being.... not stupid... but willing to uncritically entertain stupid ideas.

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Thanks, that would explain it. Not sure how I missed that!

For me personally, I've gone mostly with Ryobi for "use around the house" cordless tools because I'm strictly a weekend warrior, and having a wide range of affordable tools on the same battery is more important than having the best/strongest.

I do have a couple of Dewalt cordless tools (impact wrench, recip saw) where it's important to have a bit more reliable grunt.

(I assume that's what you mean by color anyway)

Well shit, that's a core memory reactivated.

It's crazy how vividly you can remember something like that, while moments earlier having absolutely no consciousness of it.

It's been years since I've gone to church, but there used to be a lot of kneeling every sunday.

I wonder if anyone has let them know how disrespectful it is to protest and bring politics into church. 🤔

Edit: whoops, meant to reply to the guy above me...

True, but can't you cork a Klein bottle just as easily?

Problem is, by the time they've failed the test, the opportunity for them to learn the content is largely passed.

The purpose of school is to educate and teach thinking skills. Tests are just a way to assess how effectively you and your students are achieving that goal. If something (in this case easy access to AI tools in the classroom) is disrupting that teaching/learning process, sure it's useful to detect that through testing, but I'd doesn't do anything really to solve the problem. Some fraction of kids are disciplined enough to recognize that skating by on classwork will lead to poor test results and possibly retaking classes, but generally those aren't the kids you need to worry about anyway.