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Related, many small(-ish) bars have a stage for live music on Friday/Saturday. There may not be enough seating for those nights, and there's little/no standing room, so people randomly share tables. From there, you strike up conversation with other fans.

Find the small places where they advertise the bands by name, and make sure they aren't just cover bands. Irish pubs have been lucky for me, but there's another place near me that regularly has jam bands.

It says "No kings". We're allowed to have one.

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That's part of the strategy. First, go after the small project that can't defend itself. Use that to set a precedent that is harder for the bigger targets to overturn.

I would expect the bigger players to get themselves involved in the defense for exactly that reason.

Of note, Kirsten Gillibrand was on the ballot for a different seat. My guess is that it means something was calling the wrong database table (Senate candidates instead of presidential candidates). This could've been while casting votes, counting votes, or reporting results.

It doesn't make it any less concerning for our democracy, but it's a lot easier to explain how it happened.

You should take the hint.

Serious question: why would more visibility keep it safer? Israel continues to commit far worse crimes against humanity, very openly, on a daily basis. Why would this be any different?

You've already asked yourself what's the worst that can happen. Now ask her what she thinks is the worst that can happen, and what she thinks would actually happen. Do not correct her or interrupt, and only ask probing questions so that you can better understand.

I promise you that her answers are not the same as yours.

Not OP, but mildly controversial was his movie Red State. It was a not-so-subtle take on the Westboro Baptist Church and their stance on gays.

Or maybe they're still upset about Jersey Girl, which was way too common and wholesome for the guy behind Jay and Silent Bob.

(Hot take: if Jersey Girl didn't have Smith or Carlin, it would've been mildly praised at the time and then mostly forgotten)

I'm sure the history is that, for most daily purposes, it was useful to know both. Knowing the larger element (the month) first sets the context for the smaller detail. For instance, saying I met someone for dinner on December 12 gives you the broader context (e.g. the season, possible relevant events) before the smaller detail of the day.

This is full of weasel words. Here are just the ones that stood out to me:

• "Censorship", which is just "free speech" with makeup.
• "Regular people", implying that anyone disagreeing with you isn't regular
• "Hysteria"
• "How bad things (are)"
• And of course, "trans agenda"

Everyone believes you are asking in bad faith, because it's clear that you are.

(And as always, XKCD 1357 applies)

The only thing I want to add is that AA is not the only option, nor even the most effective one. But it is the one with the lowest barrier to entry - you just look up where a meeting is, and you show up. No charge or anything.

However, if AA doesn't help (and there are plenty of people where it doesn't), there are a bunch of other options. Some are very casual group support events (but with a licensed counselor), all the way to in-patient clinics, and everything in between.

That would need to be affirmed by the courts to matter.

If the rule of law still matters, here is the process:

1. Judiciary does a thing
2. Someone harmed by it (i.e. someone with standing, possibly the trump admin) files a suit
3. Court agrees with the plaintiff
4. Appeals court declines to hear or agrees with plaintiff
5. SCOTUS does the same

Now, the plaintiff can also appeal, and they get an injunction by showing immediate and irreparable harm. But generally, the actions can continue while the appeal is pending.

This is understandably vague. Other people have mentioned the US FBI, but there's also the NCMEC and IWF. If this is a professional-looking work, you may want to engage the studio's compliance office. There are a number of very young-looking performers that were confirmed legal adults, so it might be a false alarm.

If you found something on PornHub or similar (possibly including Facebook), they usually have a 'Report' link. If you claim it contains minors, they will likely handle reports to the authorities automatically.

If you are looking to discuss whether a work contains a minor, outside of an abstract like the Traci Lords videos, I would recommend against it. Get the compliance records from the studio, or report it to authorities.

The explanation I heard back then was that Pluto wouldn't qualify as a planet, EXCEPT that it has a moon. I'm not sure why that exception would apply, but it seems it's no longer good enough.

He'd probably brag about them, even (or especially) if he had nothing to do with them.

If you always come back to life, and you remember your previous lives, is it really death? How is it really different from going to sleep?

I remember seeing someone make an argument for leashes, and it stuck with me. Forgive me that I don't remember the source, so this is paraphrasing at best.

First, you must throw out all of your thoughts and mental associations with the leash. You must consider this scenario on its own. It has nothing to do with pets, or anything like that. This is about parenting, and only parenting.

You might see a leash as degrading. And to an adult, or an older child, that would certainly be the case. But these are typically only used on small children who have not yet developed that concept. IOW, the child does not mind the leash, aside from wanting to go where the leash won't allow.

You might think that the child's curiosity is being limited. Kids need to run and be free! But if there were no leash, that wouldn't be the case. Instead of a leash, a hyper-vigilant parent would be enforcing similar boundaries. In fact, most parents would be enforcing stricter boundaries- if you need to make sure Junior doesn't run away, you might not let them walk anywhere. The simplest form is requiring them to hold your hand, which is like an even shorter leash.

Since they can't just run away, you can even use a long leash. That allows them to run and explore and jump around, and have significantly greater freedoms, all because the string keeps them near enough. They might still fall and get hurt, but that's part of growing up. And yes, at a certain point, they will need to learn impulse control to stay nearby without a leash. This doesn't mean a leash is bad, only that it's not for every circumstance and needs to be retired at some point.

Now, after all of the above, can you articulate why a leash is always bad? Keeping in mind the child doesn't mind.

The top 5 websites in the world are mostly reposts from the other 4.

Also, you asked 3 completely different and unrelated questions:

1. Why do drivers need admin permissions?
2. Why do devices only come with Windows drivers?
3. Why are corporate IT policies the way they are?

#3 could be broken down even further, covering how/when admin is granted, as well as how devices are procured.

At my (large) employer, we absolutely would've told you to pound sand for getting that device outside of official channels and bypassing a security review. Especially since you described it as a data logger.

Is there something technically forcing the privilege elevation to install a driver ?

Yes. With few exceptions, drivers need admin permissions to be installed. In part that's because they need admin permissions to run, and malicious drivers have absolutely been exploited in the past.

Some hardware (e.g. mice, keyboards, storage) don't need additional drivers to be installed, but that's because the OS uses generic drivers, or has a whitelisted source (e.g. Windows Update)