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[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 months ago

Your comment is only technically correct, so I am gonna add to that:

Alfred Nobel did invent dynamite and was also a believer in mutually assured destruction, BUT: those two facts are not directly connected.

Dynamite in itself was not intended for warfare, but for mining. It was still relatively unstable so not really suited for warfare. (TNT, which came around 1900, solved that problem.)

Nobel did invent smokeless powder for warfare and he transformed Bofors into an arms manufacturing company though.

https://www.nobelprize.org/alfred-nobel/alfred-nobels-thoughts-about-war-and-peace/

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago)

One of the two involved organisations, "Centre for the Enforcement of Human Rights International (CEHRI)", is an Austrian association based in Vienna.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 4 months ago

Coffeehouses have been around since the 15th/16th century in the Ottoman Empire.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 months ago

Sadly they have not issued them yet. The prosecutor recently requested them and the court has yet to decide.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago (1 children)

urning off GPS and LTE ruins 90% of the features in the car.

The main purpose of a car is "driving", which you can do. Unless you cannot start a Tesla without LTE, which would be very stupid.

You can also always strip a car for parts. Teslas are not magically safe from that.

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (1 children)

This game never was verified. It was playable despite being unsupported, which it is not anymore.

[–] [email protected] 122 points 6 months ago (14 children)

The story of the Tree That Owns Itself is widely known and is almost always presented as fact. Only one person—the anonymous author of "Deeded to Itself"—has ever claimed to have seen Jackson's deed to the tree. Most writers acknowledge that the deed is lost or no longer exists—if in fact it ever did exist. Such a deed would have no legal effect. Under common law, the recipient of a piece of property must have the legal capacity to receive it, and the property must be delivered to—and accepted by—the recipient.[6] Both are impossible for a tree to do, as it isn't a legal person.

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"However defective this title may be in law, the public recognized it."[11] In that spirit, it is the stated position of the Athens-Clarke County Unified Government that the tree, in spite of the law, does indeed own itself.[12] It is the policy of the city of Athens to maintain it as a public street tree.[13]

[...]

Although the story of the Tree That Owns Itself is more legend than history, the tree has become, along with the University Arch and the Double-Barreled Cannon, one of the most recognized and well-loved symbols of Athens.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tree_That_Owns_Itself

In reality, the tree is not protected by law, but by the will of the people. Kind of symbolic if you ask me.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 8 months ago (2 children)

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I will gladly support any initiative for more equality in the justice system (even though we are probably not even in the same country).

I am not aware of any initiatives, though. The conservative focus, depending on the country, seems to be on hating foreigners or banning abortions. So I am not sure why anybody would want to vote conservative if they want an equal justice system.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I wrote "in large part", not "always".

Of course there are some issues where there should be more support for men. But I am pretty sure female to male domestic violence is not at the top of the list on why these people vote conservative. The conservative "solution" would be to shut down male AND female support in that regard.

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