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Compatibility is a big issue, but don't forget that Russia still has an industrial complex to maintain. Boilers, industrial engines, assembly lines, bulldozers, ventilation equipment and much, much more rely on these chips that are now very difficult to get. It seems clear that dishwashers and refrigerators are being sacrificed for the war effort. But this too is a red herring. We should start talking about war crimes and their punishment.

Very impressive work! Lots of new data to analyze. I wouldn't think it's very likely that, if our SMBH has a "jet" like M87, that it's pointing right at us so we can't see it, but it's certainly possible. Quite a coincidence, though.

Based on the historical precedent Putin established with Klimovo last month, this sounds like Russia has once again targeted their own people and are blaming it on Ukraine. Most people around the world think that's pretty sick.

It's amazing that we can be 4 pages into a discussion where everyone is telling you the same things, that your reasoning is flawed and circular, and they quote the relevant examples, and what YOU take away from this is that "they objected but couldn't quite pinpoint why they objected". Since you don't understand reason very well, it's invisible to you, apparently.

Hopefully when the elderly die off, the young will choose better, smarter, less lethal social necessities for their future.

I'm sorry you caught this, and that most of our governments failed to take it seriously enough quickly enough. If you've read the studies presented in the thread, do you mind sharing some non-sensitive profile info and a perspective on your experience?

Actually, reading further on the subject, this provision wouldn't entail impeachment, so wouldn't go through Congress at all. "Good behavior" by officials at the time this was written included NOT abusing your office, so the matter could be taken up by DOJ and the courts. There are lots of precedents, including an act of Congress from 1790 that details what can be done to a corrupt judge: https://www.loc.gov/resource/rbpe.2130140a/?sp=4

Just enough to fill the privatized prisons and maximize those profits!

The lifetime appointment for SCOTUS hinges on good behavior (Article III, Section 1, US Constitution): Another vague wording, but I'd say several of the current judges are guilty of straying from "good behavior", such as working with insurrectionists, and could be removed from office by Congress.

"Full spectrum" is a bit of a lie, it's also called "broad spectrum". Ideally, plants get their light from the sun, and different parts of the spectrum are used at different times. What works best for growth isn't the best for flowering or fruiting, and there are helpful parts of the spectrum that aren't helpful during photosynthesis. The LED growth lights are aiming for light at wavelengths of 400-700nm, the photosynthetically active radiation range. They appear as a sort of fuchsia color rather than the white you'd see if it really was "full spectrum". I don't know if the industry has changed much, but I used to tell customers to buy LEDs that are high on the Color Rendering Index (CRI) if they want light that's more like natural sunlight. They were more expensive, since they're also used for better visual effects as well (you know exactly how colors on fabric or paint will look outdoors). Lights with a CRI of 95+ should work well with plants (sunlight is 100 on the CRI scale, and I think they have LEDs now with a 99 CRI). I think the key is the intensity of light. You need to bring a LOT of photons to the plants in order to mimic natural conditions.

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Perhaps "unknown" is used more in popular science writings than in actual research. I've noticed a heavy-handed use of "unknown", "mystery", and "baffled" when it comes to pop-sci writing. I think non-scientists are drawn by the treasure-hunter aspect, that this is something nobody has discovered and since actual scientists don't know, maybe a talented amateur could try? Or it could be simpler than that, that it's boring when everything is all figured out already.

Well, they get a few beers in them....

Seems like the plan goes even further. If they're allowed to use the wording from this draft opinion, anything that's not specifically called out in the Constitution won't be protected any more. Say goodbye to things like interracial marriage.

Got it, I thought you were talking about the difference between signing out and closing the tab/browser. If this could be a choice, that would be best. Sometimes I'm logged on but just checking for activity and reports, so I'd get signed out several times a day if the system looked at me every two hours. Definitely an admin level request. Those folks are amazing. Cook an egg in the shell just by standing next to it, they're so brilliant.

I thought that was only a problem when using public computers, where someone could come along after you and backtrack through your history and obtain logins from unterminated sessions. Are there additional risks?

There are many societies today that don't consume alcohol. And it's easy to reject statements that claim something will "always be a necessity". But you really think drinking alcohol is as much a part of our societies as eating?! I guess I'm not fit to eat with you.

https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-020-20083-6 This article is a couple of years old, but it seems like a good place to start. Their database is here: https://zenodo.org/record/4107058#.YnK1rtrMJPY

Gun violence in the US is directly tied to poor education in that area. We're not even allowed to spend taxpayer funds on studies of gun violence in the US. Our leadership refuses to turn the light on, so how can we see what's wrong? If we had a healthcare system that supported early mental and physical health standards, and educated kids about the dangers we consider inherent in our society, I think many of our problems would disappear.

I've done it all my life. Racist white people often make remarks around me, testing to see if I align with them, testing to see which minorities I blame for my problems. I've always felt comfortable telling them I don't think of any human that way, and they stop, almost as if they know what a shitty stance they've taken.

And sometimes being in the middle makes you take some contorted stances in order to stay balanced on the fence. For drugs, I gave Portugal as an example, and provided a link. The drugs aren't legalized, but if you're caught abusing them you don't go to jail (unless they made you commit a different crime). Instead they spend that money on rehabilitation and education instead of prisons and police. For alcohol, education is again the key. Alcohol destroys so many lives simply because it's use is defended by so many, which leads inevitably to abuse by some. I don't mind you not having a problem with alcohol, but perhaps you could help by voting for better education for future generations. Or are you like so many, and insist there's no harm in young folks kicking up their heels and taking after their parents, drinking as a given because it's the most socially acceptable ("status quo in my country")? How would you feel if I suggested a course in school your grandkids could take that would explain the history of alcohol in your country and its effects on the body when abused, in an effort to reduce alcohol-related problems in their future?

An amalgam of what works around the world. In the US, start with a national healthcare insurance, heavily regulate the role of private companies involved to keep the focus on care and not profits, and make sure people are educated about their mental and physical health from a young age, helping them understand the consequences being in an altered chemical state can have on them.

No whataboutisms, red herrings, or strawmen, please. I really don't like this stance, with a foot on either side of a line. Education is great for alcohol, but you want to simply ban other mood alterers instead of using what you agree would work with alcohol?! Well I didn't, but you just did. Please stop.

So it's OK because it's a necessity, pleasurable, and we've been doing it a long time? https://substanceabusepolicy.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s13011-021-00394-7 Just making them illegal hasn't worked, same as with alcohol. Focusing on treating the addictions seems to bring better results.

Certainly, but not in the context of assuming that god(s) are required to adhere to my ideals or agree with my point of view. You understood what swansont meant when he referred to hubris, right?