charonn0

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[–] charonn0@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago

This article is frustratingly vague on what the judge actually did. Probably because it's not nearly as clickbaity. The judge has blocked enforcement of the new law until the lawsuit has been resolved. Given the 1st amendment implications that's the right call for the judge to make even if the law is ultimately upheld.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 4 points 2 years ago

In the USA private homes are not usually required to have them. Rentals, yes, but that's a responsibility of the landlord.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 0 points 2 years ago

In personal relations then, if what she heard didn’t line up with what they were saying, and she persisted based on what she heard from their minds, should it be considered harassment?

Probably not on Betazed. But personally I identify more with the Devore Imperium on this subject.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

At least it's not a turnip.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 133 points 2 years ago (14 children)

It's similar enough to a real bill for the distributors to be charged under 18 U.S. Code § 475 (Imitating US notes for advertising).

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 6 points 2 years ago

Rollercoaster of a headline.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 11 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

They prefer to be called the primal forces of nature.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 28 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

I am an apartment building manager. Once, years ago, I was brought in to clean up after another manager who had quit/been fired for... let's just call it incompetence.

Anyway, there was a unit in the building that was occupied by a guy I never met or even saw, and the rent was months overdue. So I followed the required legal procedure to declare the unit abandoned. I spoke to neighbors. I posted notices, etc. Eventually, the unit was legally declared abandoned and I started the task of clearing out any property left behind.

The unit was very neat and tidy and full of nice stuff. Not the usual state of a rental that someone abandoned, and this should have tipped me off. But it didn't, and so I had everything hauled away. Furniture, electronics, clothes, the lot.

Then after 6 months I moved on to a different building. Later, I learned that the person who lived there was on active duty in the military, and that's why no one had seen them for months. Apparently, a neighbor had been entrusted to pay the rent but they had just kept the money for themselves, and lied to me when I inquired about the neighbor's whereabouts.

So, this poor guy comes back from overseas military service to discover that not only has he lost his apartment but also everything in it. And since I had followed the legal procedure, no law was broken (by me.)

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago

Several autonomous car companies operate in my city. They're impressive technology, but they're not nearly as good as an attentive human driver. In particular, they have problems coping with anything unexpected, such as road closures or emergency vehicles, and they do not understand gestures.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 1 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago)

If your mouse's scroll wheel is also a button, you can middle click a link.

[–] charonn0@startrek.website 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I've never understood the DMV hate. I just make an appointment online.

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