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Yeah. There was also the title, literally "dictator", that was bestowed on individuals in times of crisis (or perceived crisis), and in some cases the power of the dictator was returned to the republic when the crisis was addressed (see Cincinnatus). Rome had an established process for giving power to the dictator.

I did not assert that the court gave full immunity for all things, but will now suggest that not every crime is a violation of the constitution, or could not be committed while carrying out a function of the constitution.

Why would immunity be necessary if the act is not otherwise a crime?

Cats 🔆

Is a low IQ correlated to a person's propensity to commit violent acts? As a person with low IQ, I don't feel like prison is either less of a deterent from committing crimes, or less likely to be a reforming experience, but I've never been to prison and recognize that my impressions would only be an anecdote and not something to draw conclusion from.

Do you have a hook up on some free dog shit?!

Like... one of his?

Is the job to be interacting with a computer for the entire duration of your shift? Fuck this incentive structure that requires people to fake touching their computer parts to show that work is being done.

Jesus Elon is my co-pilot

Why would I even need to electrocute the shark when they're going to naturally be repelled by all this bleach I have flowing through my veins?

As a pedestrian that has been hit twice, I will confirm that getting hit by a GMC Yukon was a worse experience than getting hit by a Toyota Tercel.

It's kind of like the scene "there ain't no rule a dog can't play basketball" from Air Bud. The constitution has set minimum qualifications to be president, but didn't bother with the disqualifications because it would be insane to try to conceive of every possible scenario that would disqualify an individual from seeking the presidency.

I'm not Trans, and abso-fucking-lutely don't want anyone asking what I've got between my legs anytime I need to take a shit.

Maybe the best fruit

With proliferation of AI generated content, people aren't able to identify other human generated content, or be certain that their online interactions are with a bot or human. This scenario has apparently been called the dark forest internet because people will try to preserve their communities by more restrictive curating, effectively hiding both from other humans and bots.

I like some of Kyle's videos, and I'm not doing a great job of summarizing all of the points made in this one. I found it worth the 15ish minutes, but probably should have watched it at higher speed.

I meant "maybe" in the context of it seeming like a significant gamble to attempt the rescue. It certainly doesn't always work out for the potential rescuers. https://slate.com/technology/2013/05/rescuers-turning-into-victims-lessons-from-first-responders-on-saving-people.html

So my hedging with the word "maybe" is because I certainly don't have the expertise to know the risks with attempting the rescue, but then again "maybe" any potential rescuers shouldn't have asked for permission.

I worked on pipelines for part of my career in maintenance planning, not in construction. I've been trying to guess at how a rescue operation could have been attempted in this case. I'm not aware of any mechanism for cutting into the pipe at the depth the divers were stuck that wouldn't immediately result in flooding the pipe, or risk cutting through the divers. The only rescue option that I could guess at is divers going in from the end of the pipe, swimming down through the length of it, and somehow pulling the trapped divers out.

Maybe the owner/state should have let rescuers give it a try, but that rescue option sounds terrifying as hell.

Like a cautionary tale?

I may be a little more comfortable with the weather than I might otherwise be if it weren't for Greta Thunberg making it a bit harder for corporations to fuck everything up. Does that count?

Otherwise, Carl Sagan.

Pro-life, unless they mouth off or something.