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Computers are dumb and need to be told how to take the data of an image (stored as a long series of 1s and 0s in memory) and draw it on the screen so you can see it. The people writing the software to do that needed an image to test with, just to make sure everything was working right.

Either because they were a bunch of lonely geeks in the 70s or they didn't have any other good photos to scan in, they used a headshot of a PlayBoy model. They couldn't have known that it would effectively become one of the first digital memes, meaning it's still semi-frequently used by graphics programmers (professionals and enthusiasts).

I can't claim to speak on the model's motives, but it's not hard to imagine that having their headshot used in perpetuity without consent would make someone uncomfortable.

Huh. Maybe we should have some kind of safety net to prevent that. Makes you think.

Ah well, too bad. Good luck finding a park bench without a useless arm rest in the middle to sleep on, Rudy.

Not exactly. In this context "possibly causes cancer" translates to something like 'we have no credible evidence that it does, but we can't prove that it doesn't.'

We need to remove the word 'slammed' from the public lexicon

Extremely volatile, as anyone expected. Since they started the IPO at $34 things aren't going bad at all so far.

Give it a year, and we'll see what the company's actually worth.

Many parts of the Internet has become functionally unusable without one. And given online advertising's history as a vector for malware, as blockers are just the sensible choice.

Zeno's paradox. Although in reality you'll run into problems when you need to move the ball 1/2 the Planck distance

Bruh the first 6 months of cyberpunk were an unofficial early access

Notice the needle isn't actually on the gauge: it's not showing a result and doesn't until you rate it yourself. Absolutely terrible design, though. I thought it said "unfair far left" too

Proponents of mandatory voting also tend to be supportive of other voting reforms which would make it faster and easier to vote. For example, vote by mail and removing the selective service requirement for men. With some properly implemented reforms, the time it takes to vote could easily be reduced to ten minutes or less.

Mandatory voting would also push the responsibility of ensuring that people have an opportunity to vote on the government, which is really how it should be anyway, but it behooves the powers that be to keep turnout lower. At least in theory, this would obviously need to be codified.

As for religious exemption, I think most mandatory voting advocates would only want to require that every citizen turn in a ballot, but not that it be filled out in any particular way. An objector could turn in a blank ballot or write in a fictitious candidate by that standard. They would have no real sway on the political state, so unless they have a religious objection to filing paperwork they don't have much to complain about. Even so, there could easily be a way to allow people to apply for an exemption.

Your right about punishments being a fraught subject here, though I think everyone's on the same page about them being pretty light. A "realistic" (this whole thread is pretty unrealistic) implementation would probably involve some minor penalty on your tax returns, though personally I'm not happy with that solution.

The point is to push the onus of providing voting opportunities on the government, and increase overall turnout. As I can anecdotally attest, and as you seem to have found on your own, people who don't vote often do have strong opinions. They either don't vote out of laziness or a lack of access. Mandatory voting would fix the former and would necessarily be bundled with legislation to fix the latter.

I could've sworn this was already a feature

Am I getting the Mandela effect?

The economy is literally just paper.

People's ability to buy bread is not just a paper problem. Prices have gone up across the board, out of step with earnings, housing is beyond unaffordable to the point that multiple generations are having to accept that they will never own a home. Student debt has been through the roof for years, and now credit card debt is soaring.This economy is not even close to healthy for the median American.

If I'm understanding the ruling correctly, Congress are the only ones that can. They won't, but they can.

Props to him for talking about it. A lot of people get too embarrassed to tell anyone they got scammed. The reality is that phishing works on a ton of people and we should avoid shaming the victims. Everyone's acts like they're a digital security expert until their credit card gets stolen.

It's a credit card, they don't typically have pins like debit cards do. They do have a 3 digit CVC code on the back, but 3 digits is pretty easy to get just by brute force guessing.

I would guess you could use a regular tool for breaking a normal window, then cut through the plastic with a sturdy knife. Not great to need two tools in an emergency though, and keeping a combat knife in your glove box might raise some eyebrows.

Unfortunately, being difficult to get through is the whole point

Laminated, not just tempered. There's a strong layer of plastic inside the window. Even if you shatter the glass you still can't get out.

1. rice straight out of the bag isn't 'dirty'. The stuff that comes off in water is just starch i.e. rice dust from milling off the outer husk. Washing rice only really changes the texture (unwashed is a bit sticker). There's no right way here and many European recipes ( like risotto) actually need the extra starch. Anyone who criticizes this doesn't know where they're taking about.
2. lol whatever keeps you clean, too many people never wash their ass at all.
3. I might try this

Maybe try the sugar free ones? If you're gonna be drinking a triple shot if caffeine, at least it doesn't need to send you to the brink of diabetic shock. That's where I'd probably start if I was hooked on them. Baby steps, y'know?