Agreed. f.lux is more annoying than useful. Too dim early in the evening, too bright late at night.
To keep screens from keeping you awake: negativescreen. If you want to read at night, set it for red text on a black background, then turn the brightness down as low as possible.
Best of all go for black text on a black background, you'll soon fall asleep.
Buying a butcher knife with the intent to use it on someone is attempted murder
In what jurisdiction? Doesn't seem to be US, UK, Australia,... ?
More like a component of "conspiracy to commit murder" in the UK I'd have thought. I think you actually have to physically try to kill someone for it to be attempted murder.
Had someone actually died, it would match the definition of "depraved-heart murder", which is second-degree homicide in many states. Depraved-heart murder is killing someone through actions not actually *intended* to kill them, but by reckless disregard for their safety.
One really messed up part of our judicial system is that punishment is often more interested in the results of the perpetrator's actions instead of the intent. There is no sane reason why attempted murder and murder have different punishments, since the intent was the same. Similarly, there should be no difference in the punishment for depraved-heart murder and reckless endangerment.
But then you would end up with people being put in prison for pure thought-crimes.
Doesn't mean some of us, even with crippling injuries don't get out and play hockey a couple of times a week.
I think you probably need to check out a decent dictionary for the definition of "crippling". It will include something along the lines of "definitely unable to play hockey".
The problem is that it's a magazine. While people might still be willing to pay for content, they're not willing to pay for content in that particular format anymore.
Personally, I always found magazines much more comfortable than tablets or laptops for, er, reading.
And I guarantee that Reagan's NSA director didn't resign because he was too cozy with and taking money from the Russians.
... that is Mr Ratzo...
Mr Ratzo? The proper way to address a pope is. "Your Holiness.", or if you want to be formal: "Your Holiness, Pope Ratzo I, Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province, Sovereign of the Vatican City State, Servant of the servants of God".
You may not have considered this, but it's possible he's not the actual Pope.
It's got this toasted zucchini that tastes like bacon and is goddamn delicious.
Zucchini is the American for courgette, and courgettes taste of basically nothing. To paraphrase Terry Pratchett, if you put butter and salt on them, they taste like salty butter.
Are you sure they don't just cook their zucchini in a very bacony pan or something?
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Agreed. f.lux is more annoying than useful. Too dim early in the evening, too bright late at night. To keep screens from keeping you awake: negativescreen. If you want to read at night, set it for red text on a black background, then turn the brightness down as low as possible.
Best of all go for black text on a black background, you'll soon fall asleep.
Have you ever seen/used Oracle ERP? SAP is wonderful compared to Oracle.
Sawing off your own testicles with a blunt hacksaw is wonderful compared to Oracle.
I see your Circus but where is my Bread?
Thanks for taking a break from finding a cure for cancer to let us plebs know how superior you are.
This post is proof that being a sore loser isn't as bad as being a sore winner.
Buying a butcher knife with the intent to use it on someone is attempted murder
In what jurisdiction? Doesn't seem to be US, UK, Australia, ... ?
More like a component of "conspiracy to commit murder" in the UK I'd have thought. I think you actually have to physically try to kill someone for it to be attempted murder.
Had someone actually died, it would match the definition of "depraved-heart murder", which is second-degree homicide in many states. Depraved-heart murder is killing someone through actions not actually *intended* to kill them, but by reckless disregard for their safety.
One really messed up part of our judicial system is that punishment is often more interested in the results of the perpetrator's actions instead of the intent. There is no sane reason why attempted murder and murder have different punishments, since the intent was the same. Similarly, there should be no difference in the punishment for depraved-heart murder and reckless endangerment.
But then you would end up with people being put in prison for pure thought-crimes.
The fact that some rich kids blow their fortunes and are useless at business and life generally is irrelevant to the general point.
You probably get some color that is completely unappetizing if you mix brown (chocolate) with green (mint).
Semi-liquid dog shit springs to mind.
You just _know_ the CEO of Burger King is thinking 'Fuck everything, we're doing a triple straw."
Quintuple, surely?
just sell me food that qualifies as food please
I don't think that's included in McDonald's business plan.
Agreed, I find it incredibly irritating when my kids say "you're welcome" it always comes across as though they're being sarcastic.
there is even several stores whose employees say "have a blessed day"
What's the point of you Americans having a great gun culture if you aren't allowed to shoot people who say things like that?
I can't say I was ever a fan of Playboy, but surely the nude photos were the only interest it had?
They do/did publish work by proper writers, like Ray Bradbury and Vladimir Nabokov.
Doesn't mean some of us, even with crippling injuries don't get out and play hockey a couple of times a week.
I think you probably need to check out a decent dictionary for the definition of "crippling". It will include something along the lines of "definitely unable to play hockey".
The problem is that it's a magazine. While people might still be willing to pay for content, they're not willing to pay for content in that particular format anymore.
Personally, I always found magazines much more comfortable than tablets or laptops for, er, reading.
Then it doesn't matter if the film is on porn hub the next day, he already got his 5000$ back before he even started.
Yes, but unless someone pays for the movie, he'll make no profit.
That's a hobby, not a sustainable business model.
You could probably make a good country and western song out of that post, but you forgot how your wife left you for another man on harvest day.
Has anyone here ever actually paid for porn?
Companies wouldn't still be in business if people didn't.
Sure they would, they give away the movies and make their profit from live shows and merchandising, right?
PS please post link.
And I guarantee that Reagan's NSA director didn't resign because he was too cozy with and taking money from the Russians.
... that is Mr Ratzo ...
Mr Ratzo? The proper way to address a pope is. "Your Holiness.", or if you want to be formal: "Your Holiness, Pope Ratzo I, Bishop of Rome, Vicar of Jesus Christ, Successor of the Prince of the Apostles, Supreme Pontiff of the Universal Church, Primate of Italy, Archbishop and Metropolitan of the Roman Province, Sovereign of the Vatican City State, Servant of the servants of God".
You may not have considered this, but it's possible he's not the actual Pope.
IIRC an average of 3 people/year die in Chicago from ice falling off buildings. You can have it.
Here in the UK, about 10 people a year die from accidentally falling off cliffs. So I'm not getting within a hundred miles of the sea. Oh, wait...
It's got this toasted zucchini that tastes like bacon and is goddamn delicious.
Zucchini is the American for courgette, and courgettes taste of basically nothing. To paraphrase Terry Pratchett, if you put butter and salt on them, they taste like salty butter.
Are you sure they don't just cook their zucchini in a very bacony pan or something?
Liver tastes bad and is very bad for you. Quite the opposite of quinoa which tastes good and is good for you.
Any argument which ends in "quinoa tastes good" is logically flawed.
Rice is very water intensive to grow. Quinoa is no where even close.
So, basically, if you wanted to be self sufficient in boring stodge and you lived in a desert you'd go for quinoa?
How is it more convenient than rice?
It doesn't taste like glue.
If your rice tastes like glue you are cooking it wrong. Try cooking it in stock or at least toss in a few bullion cubes.
Yeah, then it will taste like glue flavoured with stock or bullion cubes.