The action is pretty neat I suppose, but it looks like it could get messy if you have to cut anything pressurized

I'm trying to reframe the point of the discussion, which is about IP. Nitpicking the example is counterproductive, because it's absurd to assume that no one would ever pay for a piece of software.

People are hoping, almost unconsciously, that hypocrisy still matters

The index looks at how every congressional district voted in the past two presidential elections combined and compares it to the national average.

Sounds like a poll to me. If you actually look at how the politics play out at the state level, it tells a different story.

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Polls don't matter in this instance. Look at the state record, which shows a modest progressive lean on statewide and municipal politics and a moderate conservative lean on federal politics.

Missouri is more purple than people realize. They often vote against their own interests nationally, but locally they vote relatively progressive

It's not a failure of anything. Billionaires are an inevitably of capitalism.

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There's an extremely common cold call scam where a VOIP calls you to notify you about your car warranty expiring, and for the low, low price of 100s of dollars they'll give you an extended car warranty.

If you truly want to help him, give him a list of post-carceral support resources, a note stating that you're only willing to help more if he truly wants to change, and a small amount of money to get started.

Make it clear in the letter that you don't want to see him in prison and that you know he's a better person than that. Do not bring up the falling out just yet in case he's willing to contact you for a real life change.

If we lost the dollar as the world currency, I think that would be the equivalent of losing a war

I hate it when bad people make good points, because the US dollar is absolutely a bludgeoning tool in economic warfare. The might of the US dollar as an economic weapon was in full display when the foreign appropriations act of 1991 severely exacerbated the collapse of Yugoslavia.

The US dollar should not be the de facto world currency, and trying to stop progress through these means will isolate the US from the entire world.