doctorschlotkin

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[–] doctorschlotkin@lemm.ee 17 points 1 month ago (9 children)

Please elaborate on this knuckle ball story. I am confusion.

[–] doctorschlotkin@lemm.ee 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Actually they’re very well defined economic terms. Standard of living measures how well your basic needs as a member of a given society are filled by that sociey. Quality of life measures how nice your shit is.

Pretty simple.

So yes, taxes effect both, but standard of living more directly.

[–] doctorschlotkin@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago (2 children)

I think they’re actually right about this one, taxes tend to cover things that give you high standard of living more than quality of life.

[–] doctorschlotkin@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Everything you said is great except for the rock metaphor. It’s more akin to a gun in that it’s a tool made by man that has the capacity to do incredible damage and already has on a social level.

Guns ain’t just laying around on the ground, nor are LLMs. Rocks however, are, like, it’s practically their job.

[–] doctorschlotkin@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why do you need another session, just allow the veto to be overridden during the next regularly scheduled session, and if they have to schedule sessions specific to bills, that seems like a terrible way to get stuff done.

[–] doctorschlotkin@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago

Google the book title + “.epub”

[–] doctorschlotkin@lemm.ee 1 points 2 months ago (3 children)

I fail to see how removing the time limit on being able to veto/override said veto would have anything to do with congressional pay. They’d still be there working the same amount, it’s just removing blockage from the legislative process….

[–] doctorschlotkin@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago (6 children)

Better better idea, remove the stupid arbitrary limit that is a ‘session’ entirely. Bill passes, gov vetoes, Congress can pass again or not at any point after veto within, say, 90 session days of said veto, so if gov vetoes right before a break, Congress still have 90 days to pass again starting when they come back from break.

I swear this shit could be so simple if Americans hadn’t been brainwashed into thinking “life isn’t fair” is an excuse for acting in bad faith.

[–] doctorschlotkin@lemm.ee 31 points 2 months ago (6 children)

And this is why standard practice now should be to have all devices turned completely off with all FaceID/ fingerprint unlocking features turned off before you enter any US customs hall. They cannot compel you to tell them your password, but they can use faceID to open your phone.

Also, after being detained, you only know one word and that word is “lawyer.”

[–] doctorschlotkin@lemm.ee 4 points 4 months ago

He’s quite literally a political scientist… social sciences are science too.

[–] doctorschlotkin@lemm.ee 24 points 4 months ago (3 children)

All these unprincipled fucks naming their companies after things from LOTR belies their complete lack of understanding of Tolkien and his morality. He’d fucking hate them all.

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