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If you had actually read the Wikipedia article:

In 1973, a federal district court in Arizona decided that the act was unconstitutional, and Arizona could not keep the party off the ballot in the 1972 general election (Blawis v. Bolin). In 1961, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled that the act did not bar the party from participating in New York's unemployment insurance system (Communist Party v. Catherwood).

So yes, the law passed during the the McCarthy era ... and was afterwards declared unconstitutional.

The Communist Party USA is still around and even have a website.

And it's available on Archive.org

Blocking it would require a screwdriver, and a razor blade to cut some traces on the cellular modem.

the only good reason to own a printer is photo/art prints

... how do you read your emails without a printer?

Unfortunately in huge swaths of America a driver's license is practically a necessity -- there are no realistic alternatives. A 30 minute to an hour drive to go to work or get groceries isn't uncommon.

Some people have zero spatial awareness and/or an inability to judge speed and distance -- their brains just aren't wired for it. They can be perfectly normal in every other way, and some don't even realize (or are willing to admit) it's a problem.

They are used for planes. The problem is the usable ones are stupidly expensive and/or classified millitary hardware.

I can only speak to the USA, but in my area the number one crop in this area is dent corn and soya. Of the corn grown here 40% goes into ethanol production, and 36% is used for animal feed.

Commercial poultry production heavily relies on grain -- typically corn. It's the primary ingredient in the processed feed overwhelmingly used for commercial poultry, as seen in this typical mix.

We absolutely grow crops specifically to feed livestock. And this is ignoring the 52 million acres used for alfalfa and hay-grass.

I own a leather motorcycle jacket I've abused for 20+ years that is none of those things, and it wasn't particularly expensive. I've repaired some loose stitches and rub some leather balm into it twice a year.

Yes: garbage quality leather is crap, and most of the "fast fashion" items on the market use trash leather. But decent quality leather will last for decades if you put a minimal amount of care into it. It's relatively easy to maintain and repair too.

Dolly Parton

You can't just mention D&D and Satanic Panic without sharing the Chick Tract.

You know you're old when young people confidently explain to you things you witnessed first hand. Like Dee Snyder testifying in a Senate hearing.

Fax, no printer.

Every generation uses old slang they mistakenly believe they invented.

Having read the paper, there seems to be a glaring problem: Even though the user can't tell an attacker the password, nothing is stopping them from demonstrating the password. It doesn't matter if it's an interactive sequence -- the user is going to remember enough detail to describe the "prompts".

A rubber hose and a little time will get enough information to make a "close enough" mock-up of the password entry interface the trusted user can use to reveal the password.

You're right: nobody is entitled to your vote.

That being said, everyone else has the right to judge and comment on your choice and justification of it.

I'm fairly certain these people are trolling.

I mean ... they're still cats with cat brains -- you're not going to be having deep conversations with them.

The vast majority of their language is body language and you can figure out what they're "saying" by just looking at them. Also, they're cats: even if they know what you're trying to say if it's something they don't like they won't care.

Which is dumb, because there's nothing stopping anyone from replacing the seals/glue when they put it back together. And at least in the USA manufactures have been covered for damages/harm resulting from a flawed consumer-based repair since since 1975.

The great irony is it's frequently the "ductwork" that's the problem: plugged or badly installed exhaust pipes, which the manufacture has no control over. The rest are the appliance itself wearing out or failing with no warning.

I've repaired furnaces myself several times including replacing burners and exhaust fans -- it isn't rocket science. It's no different than working on any other "dangerous" thing like a car. If someone somehow manages to fuck up so badly it hurts or kills someone that's on them.