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  1. Comment on Offbeat Fridays – The thread where offbeat headlines become front page news in ~news

  2. Comment on Italian singer, songwriter, and musician Toto Cutugno dies at the age of 80 in ~music

  4. Comment on Beer-drunk raccoons terrorize Germany, chaos reigns in ~life.pets

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    P.S. The original source is The Telegraph, which is paywalled.

    P.S. The original source is The Telegraph, which is paywalled.

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  6. Comment on What are your favourite lightweight websites? in ~tech

  7. Comment on Nancy Pelosi embodied America's gerontocracy problem in ~society

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    My point is that the person in the question is the fourth in line for the president. This person can be a great speaker of the House but simply way too old for the president of the United States....

    My point is that the person in the question is the third fourth in line for the president. This person can be a great speaker of the Senate House but simply way too old for the president of the United States. Unfortunately, the age of 75+ means that the person in question is too susceptible to a sudden illness.

    Edit: the House, not the Senate, so the fourth in line (sorry, as I stated I am not an American). Still, my point holds.

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  8. Comment on Nancy Pelosi embodied America's gerontocracy problem in ~society

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    I am not an American, but I realize that the president of the United States is the most powerful person in the world, and I am not sure that anyone in the line should be above 75 years old. My...

    I am not an American, but I realize that the president of the United States is the most powerful person in the world, and I am not sure that anyone in the line should be above 75 years old. My opinion would disqualify both Biden and Trump, as well as Pelosi and Feinstein (also, Strom Thurmond was elected president pro tempore of the Senate at the age of 90 a few decades ago, so it is not about the party affiliation).

    At least, Nancy Pelosi recognized that her time at the top is over.

    I am less stringent than the author of the article linked, but I would still say that any person in the line for US presidency should be at most 75 years old at the moment the newly (re-)elected president takes the presidential oath. Otherwise, such a person should be skipped just like someone who was born outside the United States.

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  10. Comment on Nothing to see here in ~test

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    It is so tempting to give an Exemplary label...

    It is so tempting to give an Exemplary label...

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  11. Comment on Tumblr will now allow nudity but not explicit sex in ~tech

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    This is the usual problem of perfect moderation being economically infeasible, and this is why new 18+ content continued to appear there despite the ban. It is nearly impossible to tell a 18+...

    This is the usual problem of perfect moderation being economically infeasible, and this is why new 18+ content continued to appear there despite the ban.

    It is nearly impossible to tell a 18+ picture of a 18y0d old (legal) from a 18+ picture of a 17y364d old (illegal, and often punishable by real prison sentences and up to lifetime placement on sexual offender lists in certain jurisdictions).

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  12. Comment on Tumblr will now allow nudity but not explicit sex in ~tech

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    (the emphasis is mine.) Hopefully, they will eventually understand that nudity should be allowed unless the platform is explicitly purposed for the audience largely made of legal minors (e.g....

    if you want to know more about that, our CEO Matt recently explained why it’s not feasible for us to safely and successfully support porn communities at this time

    (the emphasis is mine.) Hopefully, they will eventually understand that nudity should be allowed unless the platform is explicitly purposed for the audience largely made of legal minors (e.g. Duolingo), and there can be rules that restrict nudity to softcore, just like the ones DeviantArt has.

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  13. Comment on Elon Musk has taken control of Twitter and fired its top executives in ~tech

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    If he could do one good thing with Twitter, this would be letting not-logged-in users to view tweets and comments unlimitedly again, as it used to be the case.

    If he could do one good thing with Twitter, this would be letting not-logged-in users to view tweets and comments unlimitedly again, as it used to be the case.

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  14. Comment on San Francisco district attorney Chesa Boudin gets removed in a recall election in ~news

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    In two words, limousine liberals. Also, while I am not surprised with my findings, I did not exactly expect them before I looked at San Francisco Board of Supervisor members' Wikipedia pages.

    In two words, limousine liberals.

    Also, while I am not surprised with my findings, I did not exactly expect them before I looked at San Francisco Board of Supervisor members' Wikipedia pages.

    2 votes

  15. Comment on San Francisco district attorney Chesa Boudin gets removed in a recall election in ~news

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    AFAIUC, Chesa Boudin's policy to fight crime was basically to ignore it, and even San Franciscans got fed up. This is simply my original research. And the connection is not between the district...

    this was a pretty boring election for statewide offices

    AFAIUC, Chesa Boudin's policy to fight crime was basically to ignore it, and even San Franciscans got fed up.

    What's the connection between the district attorney and housing policy?

    This is simply my original research. And the connection is not between the district attorney and housing policy, but with the support of a crime-tolerating district attorney and housing policy. And I am not surprised.

    5 votes

  16. Comment on San Francisco district attorney Chesa Boudin gets removed in a recall election in ~news

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    Well, when this was too much even for San Francisco… Observation 1: there were 83484 valid signatures in the recall petition, and only 74335 votes to remove, with 49591 votes to keep, in the...

    Well, when this was too much even for San Francisco…

    Observation 1: there were 83484 valid signatures in the recall petition, and only 74335 votes to remove, with 49591 votes to keep, in the actual referendum. The turnout was 25.85%.

    Observation 2: looking at the list of endorsements, one sees that two San Francisco Board of Supervisor members supported the recall whereas six opposed (out of ten). I made a small research and looked at those people's stances on housing/NIMBYism/new construction, and the outcome was unsurprising. All six Boudin's supporters are anti-housing (with some cases of talking about being pro-housing, but their vote history indicates the opposite). As for the two who endorsed the recall, one was elected last month so there is not enough information, and the other one somehow managed to avoid the topic of housing—which is still better than being pro-NIMBY.

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  18. Comment on 'Unprecedented' water restrictions ordered for millions in Southern California in ~enviro

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    Not every one of them, and not everywhere. Many golf courses solely serve the local golfers. And another reply definitely confirms this.

    Not every one of them, and not everywhere. Many golf courses solely serve the local golfers. And another reply definitely confirms this.

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  19. Comment on 'Unprecedented' water restrictions ordered for millions in Southern California in ~enviro

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    The word “golf” is never anywhere in the article linked. I cannot understand why the first measure to limit wasting water in a water-deficient area is NOT limiting the watering of golf courses.

    The word “golf” is never anywhere in the article linked.

    I cannot understand why the first measure to limit wasting water in a water-deficient area is NOT limiting the watering of golf courses.

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  20. Comment on <deleted topic> in ~news

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    IMNSHO, the entire San Francisco Bay Area is undercrowded (maybe except the CBDs of San Francisco and San Jose[Santa Clara county, California, United States]). As for a “satellite campus,” this...

    overcrowding

    IMNSHO, the entire San Francisco Bay Area is undercrowded (maybe except the CBDs of San Francisco and San Jose[Santa Clara county, California, United States]).

    As for a “satellite campus,” this would not be a bad idea to build it near another BART station on the Orange BART line, yet I am absolutely sure that NIMBY assholes would not allow that.

    4 votes