/ˈbɑːltəkʊteɪ/. Knows some chemistry and piping stuff. TeXmacs user.
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Side note: subterranean microbes play a large role in the plot of Stephen Baxterʼs science fiction novels Proxima (2013) and Ultima (2014). Iʼve yet to encounter such a story in which microbes are not only intelligent but are engaged in terraforming and communicating with an interstellar community of other similar planetary biomasses (albeït on geological time scales).
I look forward to some prank calls.
Laws on the books made invalid by precedent do create ambiguity. Ambiguity is problematic because it introduces an element of unpredictability to a system. The US legal system, with its Common Law tradition, deals with that ambiguity with the doctrine of stare decisis. (Latin: Stare decisis et non quieta movere: “to stand by decisions and not disturb the undisturbed”) which says similar court cases should be treated similarly unless a higher court determines that the precedent was wrongly decided or societal changes warrant a different interpretation. The Comstock Laws (i.e. Comstock Act of 1873) generally prohibit sending any material or literature useful for or promoting contraceptives, abortion, or pornography. Over time, various Supreme Court cases have affected the applicability of these prohibitions, but have not eliminated them completely:
The Comstock Act of 1873, despite being mostly narrowed over time by the above cases, has been recently applied. For example, in Texas, punishment from USC 1462 (“Importation or transportation of obscene matters”) was applied in a 2022 child pornography case in the context of sending obscene materials over the Internet. If enough Supreme Court justices decide to overturn the above cases, then the Comstock Laws could be mostly reinstated. However, the process would likely be extremely contentious and stall after enough people vote out the political faction pushing to make their lewds, contraceptives, and abortions illegal.
Basically, old laws are like legacy code; old libraries that are dependencies for many newer laws which require the version history of the entire stack to be interpreted properly. Yes, it is a baroque tangle, but until people lose faith in the judicial system and replace it in a revolution, society runs on it.
Iʼd flee too if church leaders were matchmaking me in order to enforce racial divides. Mormon church example, emphasis mine:
“We recommend that people marry those who are of the same racial background generally, and of somewhat the same economic and social and educational background (some of those are not an absolute necessity, but preferred), and above all, the same religious background, without question” (“Marriage and Divorce,” in 1976 Devotional Speeches of the Year [Provo: Brigham Young University Press, 1977], p. 144).
Source: Aaronic Priesthood Manual 3. (1995). churchofjesuschrist.org. Chapter 31 “Choosing an Eternal Companion”. Accessed 2024-06-13.
Context: This manual is what is currently taught to young men beginning at age 12.
This cocoa was not harvested to cater only for the super-rich. Everyone in the world has the right to enjoy chocolate.
Sony is the one doing the stomping, though.
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Amazing. Monopolies aren’t going to like that.
So, Fuwamoco are Italian or Bangladeshi?
Banks will use progressively less energy per capita as bulk data processing becomes more energy efficient, assuming they donʼt transition to using proof-of-work.
If you have room for the state of New Jersey, you have room for a Nalgene.
Ultimately, mining should be banned from the surface of Earth. Let miners build orbital solar panel infrastructure close to the Sun where power is plentiful. See Bitcoin developer Peter Todd’s 2017-09-10 presentation on the subject (transcript).
Edit: Fixed URL. Edit2; Add transcript link.
See List of mergers and acquisitions by Alphabet for the graveyard list. Sorting by Price helps. Some other notable companies that Google acquired rather than compete with:
The artists could have chosen not to sign their long-term rights away for short-term discounts on recording studio costs.
Correct me if I’m wrong, but tomorrow 12:00 Finnish time is:
UTC 2024-06-26T09:00:00+00 (2024-W26-3, 2024-178) (1719392400 seconds since 1970-01-01T00:00+00) LOS ANGELE 2024-06-26T02:00:00-07 (2024-W26-3, 2024-178) (PDT; Wednesday; Wed 26 Jun 2024 02:00:00 AM PDT) NEW YORK 2024-06-26T05:00:00-04 (2024-W26-3, 2024-178) (EDT; Wednesday; Wed 26 Jun 2024 05:00:00 AM EDT) LONDON 2024-06-26T10:00:00+01 (2024-W26-3, 2024-178) (BST; Wednesday; Wed 26 Jun 2024 10:00:00 BST) HELSINKI 2024-06-26T12:00:00+03 (2024-W26-3, 2024-178) (EEST; keskiviikko; ke 26. kesäkuuta 2024 12.00.00) SYDNEY 2024-06-26T19:00:00+10 (2024-W26-3, 2024-178) (AEST; Wednesday; Wed 26 Jun 2024 19:00:00)