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Ask MeFi post - 3 months ago

>> on the idea that founders were really big on every citizen getting a vote for President. >"Of the 16 states that took part in the 1800 election, six (Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, Rhode Island, Tennessee, and Virginia) used… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

Article ii, section 1, clause 2 gives the choice of presidental electors to the state entirely. Amendment 14, section 2. [emphasis mine] Representatives shall be apportioned among the several States according to their respective… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

From your description this doesn’t sound particularly like stalking or even someone trying to force their company on you. It sounds like he’s reaching out, possibly to try to make amends or because he’s simply forgotten how shitty it all was. I… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 3 months ago

It was a long shot to begin with and the decision is well reasoned and supported. I disagree with it, but I'm not surprised that the federal government came up with a way to keep control in their domain. The only thing they really went off the… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

This my life and I deal with it by really liking who I am. Every step has led me to be the person I am today and to change any of it would be to abandon myself. [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 3 months ago

[Spoilers] Given that the Fremen follow their victory on Arrakis with a jihad that slaughters half the known universe, maybe editing out their Arabic connections is a good thing? [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

He's just not that into you. Getting married is not some prize you get at the top end of being into someone. It is off in a different direction all together. I was married and I can confidently say that it is something I'll never do… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 3 months ago

Cool. I’m glad he’s able to cover costs. (On the other hand, one of my evil plans is to open a tire repair shop and to sprinkle caltrops randomly across nearby roads. Now I’ll need to make them of something non-ferrous) [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

Yeah, yeah, everything is terrible, the world is ending, we're all gonna die. Why is no one talking about how horrible the presentation of that article is? A map I can slowly scroll up and down on while factoids pop up and slide at vastly… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

There was cheap mockery Dune; it was called Doon and suffering from tryhard syndrome was sadly not even up to the not particularly high level of Bored of the Rings. It tried too hard, but it had a few brilliant moments. [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

>> the Fremen follow their victory on Arrakis with a jihad that slaughters half the known universe >> > بول، هل نحن الأشرار؟ Yeah, with that vibe going on I suspect that people will soon be claiming that the Fremen are *too*… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

I wonder if the estimates of how much a language changes over time are still relevant. Mass literacy and more importantly the internet means that millions of people can speak the same dialect, something that was never possible until now. I don't… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

I wish we could trust movies to lean in hard into the nuances that are made explicit in the book And of course to trust viewers to recognize those nuances. But in this case I’m not sure it matters. Frank Herbert was merely echoing the… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

What is the Right Way to provide a customized Google Calendar view?
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Ask MeFi post - 3 months ago

I’ve had good experiences with Italki. Many of the instructors offer separate packages for teaching or conversation. [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 3 months ago

whether you are catastrophising. Unless you’ll be living less than a year or now have a felony record, thinking that something will follow you the rest of your life is catastrophising. If you have not appeared on the front page of the… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 3 months ago

And since I've ruined my reputation, this is going to keep coming up my entire life now. That’s some serious catastrophizing you’re doing there. And if someone is really demanding to talk to a manager at a company you’ve left you… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 3 months ago

TI’m surprised at the number of people that seem to be arguing that consistency is or even should be a major concern for theologically driven people. Maybe Jesuits, but for most of the laity it’s just not how they think about things. I wrote… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

I am filled with too much despair to look deeper into this bullshit but I am curious: at any point in this process was a single woman ever involved? Of the nine justices the two women concurred with the majority opinion. The only person… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

Given the ease with which AI images are generated it seems likely that the friend not only created the prompt but also sifted through multiple images to find the one they thought would be most appropriate. All and all slightly more thoughtful than… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

Given that a lot of people really dislike LLM generated art, giving it as a gift is a pretty risky move, Not really. Righteously hating AI art has reached the level of veganism and crossfit in terms of people letting you know they're Into… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

I doubt there’s any way to be sure in a specific case, but in my own experience I would lean towards getting people out into nature. A single Fortune 500 company board member who connects with the land can accomplish far more than 100,000 signatures… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 3 months ago

And ChatGPT has completely lost its calm. Coincidence? [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

In college I worked for an economics professor developing a stock market platform that could handle 20 users in a simulated market. The market allowed all sorts of different models as well as some quirks like different starting balances, different… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 3 months ago

Ever since the whole abortion thing started, I’ve wondered about how the anti-abortion people with their metaphysical arguments would deal with miscarriages and ectopic pregnancies Who are we to question God’s will? [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

I am filled with too much despair to look deeper into this bullshit but I am curious: at any point in this process was a single woman ever involved? The constitutional amendment garnered 59% of the vote, so presumably yes. [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

Unfortunately for Alabama voters, the state lacks a public referendum system, meaning any reforms must pass through the state legislature's Republican supermajorities. There's nothing unfortunate about that for Alabama voters. [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

I’m all for not going, but if you do: pharmaceuticals, probably a low dose (less than or exactly 1 mg) of Ativan. I say that as someone who doesn’t drink or use recreational drugs and in general only makes use of pharmaceuticals if they are the… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 3 months ago

In theory "making the office more comfortable" was supposed to win you employees a long long time ago. And yet most offices continued to be terrible. I'm not sure what has changed that employees are going to feel they have a choice now. [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

The Law of Cosines is a lot tougher to explain than the Pythagorean Theorem, and yet it gives us the tool we need to move beyond the simple case. [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

That doesn't mean it's Definitely Wrong, but with all the evidence coming down on the other side, the hill modified gravity theory has to climb is getting steeper and steeper. There’s no question that dark matter is a better explanation,… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

The failures and losses do add up though. Trump's big selling point is that he is invincible, and he will always prevail despite the forces aligned against him. Sure, there's a nice story where he overcomes the setbacks on appeal or whatever,… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

There are people who believe that if something is legal it is perfectly okay, and people who believe the law is the least common denominator of human behavior. The latter is theistically but potently stated as: "Man’s law is not God’s law… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 3 months ago

This time for sure! I lost my faith in dark matter after the first 50 years. If the "missing mass" is ever found it will likely be running a perpetual motion machine. Time to give up and recognize that our traditional model of… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

If you'd like to make the story more charming you can say that you loved the dress but when you thanked your SIL and she said it wasn't from her you realized that it must have been for the neighbor. Then you can say that since you've already worn it… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 3 months ago

Making my own jigsaw puzzle box
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Ask MeFi post - 3 months ago

I think of everything as continuums, but to reduce them to binaries there are: (Sorry these aren’t fruit flavored) A) Moaners and Troopers (also known as whingers and troopers), which divides the would into people who spend their time… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 3 months ago

Breaking away from the question of how to handle the specific situation with your coworker.... you wrote: I'm currently undergoing therapy, although after five sessions, I sometimes feel disillusioned and hopeless about overcoming this… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 3 months ago

Oh yeah. So been there. So am there. My family moved seven times before I was seven. As a result: 1) The only permanent thing in my life is me. Homes, relationships, belongings — all of these can be stripped from me with no warning so I… [more]
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I would ask the dentist if they were aware that it was homeopathic and had not had any FDA testing. Things slip through, they may have been using it on the recommendation of another dentist without having looked too close. If they said they knew… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 3 months ago

While the old "7% of communication is words" myth has largely been put to rest, it's clear that we glean a tremendous amount of information from body language and vocal presentation. You're learning a lot more in ten minutes than you think,… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 3 months ago

A few times here in Mexico I’ve made use of the U.S. Consulate’s list of local professionals. It’s worked out well so far. Lisbon Consulate District Attorney List (PDF) [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 3 months ago

It's crazy how much generalising there is from the US to "the West" or "white culture" in this thread MetaFilter is as MetaFilter does. [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

Should I give feedback to a company I'm being laid off from? Let me stop you right there: No. There is nothing good that can come of it. [more]
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One thing the article leaves out is that until extremely recently most of the world has been illiterate. Not only did the elders carry the tribal legends along but they carried the extremely import current state -- like who was who's child and who… [more]
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MeFi comment - 3 months ago

Now assuming he does have $4 billion in assets, a $500 Million penalty + Judicial Dissolution of the Trump Org + Lifetime bans on the real-estate business in NY is actually going to HURT. It’s a nice dream, but looking at his long history… [more]
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MeFi comment - 4 months ago

What are some tricks to get me past paralysis and doing it? Pick the smallest, most trivial related task there is. Moving the presentation to a different folder is about the level you want. Then you’ve started and can do other… [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 4 months ago

It is overkill for today, and underpowered within 15 years. I’d say go for it. [more]
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Ask MeFi comment - 4 months ago

And this one. Let's see how that worked out for him. In September 2023, former-President Donald Trump suggested Milley should be executed.[157] In a post on Truth Social, Trump stated Milley's authorized call to reassure Chinese… [more]
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