Also possible that states with better medical care tend to have more unions, as they tend to be richer blue states. No causal link to suggest that unionizing a nursing home will reduce mortality.
I think a civil war over the murder of a few people is not yet warranted. We've still gpt the ballot and jury boxes before we get there. And it is worth noting that not all protests have been peaceful, though it only takes a few bad actors to classify one as violent. I do think that a heavily-armed populace could reduce the rates of police brutality.
Sure, but I don't particularly trust the gov't to enforce those standards. FWIW I think an idiot is much more likely to do something stupid with a handgun than with a twenty pound belt-fed.
I see nothing principally wrong with what the couple in St. Louis did (i.e. defending one's property), though the wife was an absolute dumbass to point her handgun at the crowd. Anyone competent knows not to do that without serious intent to fire.
I understand your position: moron with automatic is possibly more dangerous than moron with semi-auto. But I think there are risks and downsides to living in a free society, and that's one.
> I'm not foolish enough to believe that people with guns could win a civil war in the day of modern weapons
I know HN hates opinions like this, but I'm a very staunch 2a supporter. My position is that citizens should have so-called "weapons of war", the same automatic weapons that the military carries with tons of ammunition. Joe six-pack should be able to walk to his local gun store and buy an M60 if he so pleases. In such a case, there's a very good chance that civilians could win a civil war.
Because it's generally recognized that calling something gay is funny and a way to insult it, at least here in America. Is that not the case in other places? I've heard at least some of it in south and central america, though it tends to be taken more personally there than in
I do the same (but with jj) and it's much better than escape. I do it with a bunch of symbols as well; e.g. years back when I was doing logic I'd use vim to take notes and bound AA to ∀.
I think that depends what language you're using. IDEA is a must for Java, but vim with ccls works great for me on C/C++ projects and clion doesn't seem to do more there.
My home IP is technically not static but doesn't change, even with router reboots. I still have dynamic dns set up, however, because I don't trust that to not change. My ISP threw a warning when I forwarded port 80 (something about the TV service) but I haven't had any issues (though I serve stuff mostly off 443). It's actually really convenient, especially since I have a few ten-year-old laptops I can use to host stuff. Since I got symmetric gigabit FTTH, I can do basically anything with it, even hosting big files.
Well, there's a good argument to be made that having children is much more of a choice than having cancer. And yes, it's natural to be selfish, because employment benefits are at least something of a zero-sum game. More for one often means less for another. I could easily argue that those who demand extra benefits because of a personal decision they made (having children) are more selfish than those who resent that they receive them.
You're right, there probably aren't enough merit scholarships for everyone. But, state schools are still pretty reasonably priced. Furthermore, any student could have done the work to earn those, but didn't. So maybe you can see why my sympathy is limited. I spent my high school years working to save for college and to excel in my academics while others played video games and partied. The fact that there aren't enough merit scholarships for everyone doesn't change the fact that any one of them could have made choices that would have earned them scholarships, and didn't.
Interesting, I had heard about the cosmoline issues, but wasn't familiar with the issue with the hammer catch. I guess that is to be expected from combloc surplus. Thanks for the information.
Wow, pretty cool that y'all can get such things. I just looked and it appears y'alls laws allow purchase of automatic weapons with a special license? That's a lot better than here where it could cost $20k+ due to supply being cut off in 1986.
As a recent college student, I can personally contradict your claim that we can't pay for it without massive debt. I'm at a state school, worked during high school to save money (two jobs this past summer), and won a lot of merit scholarships that cover all of tuition and a chunk of room and board. The rest is covered by the 529 my parents set up: small, but there's very little left to spend.
This seems to be an assumption common amongst newer generations. I was expected to my own laundry, mostly feed myself, get myself places, manage my schedule, do a good chunk of the housework, etc. It made sure I didn't fall flat on my behind when I hit the real world, and plus, I don't see why a parent should have to do those things when a child is physically capable of doing so.
I never understood that: even if he doesn't know how to open a bank account, do laundry, or fix something, can't he just look up how to do so? I would expect the younger generations to be more facile with such things. Not being taught how is no travesty, one can simply teach himself.
Unpopular opinion: The TSA shouldn't exist, at all. Three thousand deaths doesn't justify curtailing the liberties of three hundred million. 9/11 was used to scare Americans into accepting massive violations of our liberties. As Rahm Immanuel said, "Never let a good crisis go to waste."