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Disappointed that it doesn't have a pink marble facade, with two spherical entry ways, and some nicely trimmed bushes around the base.

I didn't make any argument and thought I was clear that I wasn't going to make an argument, one way or another. I also stated that it should probably be illigal though I'm torn on it.

I'm also not a free speech absolutist. There are things that need curtailed. I'm just hesitant to add more to that list as it can easily go too far, depending on who is in power. We see that world wide right now with Free Palestine.

Free speech isn't just about something spoken, it's about expression as well. Taking and owning pictures is part of free speech. Limiting porn to 18+ is a great limitation and should not be changed.

It should probably be illegal, but the rational here isn't great. Something shouldn't be made illegal just because it makes a detective's job more difficult.

This is interesting and I'm torn on where I stand. It should probably be illegal, but just because I don't like something doesn't mean it should be illegal. Any curtailing of speech cuts the impact of the first amendment. It's something that shouldn't be done lightly.

I don't like the trajectory it puts us on when the government tries to tell people what is and isn't allowed to be said or done. Free speech and expression should not be curtailed unless absolutely necessary; this goes for joining the Klan to making porn to having died hair. The limits in place for yelling fire in a theater, making credible threats, and producing real csam are there to prevent immediate harm. And yes, I know there are more and exceptions; I'm generalizing. I'm also aware of the paradox of tollerance.

With AI generated csam, assuming the training model didn't use real csam to begin with, no person is harmed in its creation. Consumption of it could lead to harm, if it normalizes the behavior, making it seem alright for someone to harm a real child. On the otherhand, maybe having it could help keep someone's desires under control by giving them an outlet.

Has expert research been done on this? Though it might be hard to research. Given the subject matter, I'd imagine it'd be difficult to find a sample group large enough to test. Maybe based on arrest records. Peer reviewed research would help guide the direction.

If AI generated csam causes people to - who wouldn't have otherwise - harm children, then it should be added to the list of banned speech. If not, then even though many of us will find it disgusting, it shouldn't be made illegal. It will be interesting to see how this shakes out.

Again, I'm torn on this one. What thoughts do you folks have?

Edit: missed sentence.

I'd like to know how having a guillotine is illegal. Until it is used, or attempted to be used, wouldn't it just be an invocotive art piece and protected as free expression? What if it was non-functional, would that make a legal difference? Would it be considered the same as a plugged cannon or other non-functional piece of military equipment? If he had a vinyl sticker of a guillotine on the truck instead, similar to that of an AR-15 some folks have, would that be different?

I can see him being questioned as to intent, though being charged with something seems dubious at best.

"Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety."

If Kalshi doesn't offer gambling, then PornHub doesn't offer Porn. Looks like they'll be able to ignore the states that forced them to geo-block too.

I always schedule them the same day if I can. Waiting between them does noone any good. I do a 45 minute with them for a one-on-one interview. I have a few the people they'd be working with ready to do more of a technical interview for an hour or so. If things don't go well after either, I let them know, and we part ways. If they do well, I put them in the yes pile. After one week from the first yes person, I choose the one I think best. Sometimes there is just one. When there's more, I let them know.

One time, when hiring a qa, I had two people who were both great. I really hated having to tell one of them no. A month later, a qa position opened on a different team and I passed on her resume. After she was hired, I sort of poached her from the hiring manager. She still reports to them, but she works entirely on my projects. But that's an aside.

My point is, a single interview is more than sufficient to hire anyone. The multiple interview crap, that's become so common, is done solely to stress someone out so they'll take a lower salary to stop the stress.

The transformer will output 12w of power and use just over 50ma, but your wall outlet can supply significantly more. Using the transformer to try to say voltage kills or that your outlet supplies the same as a battery isn't acurate.

Rubbing a glass rod with a silk cloth will generate thousands of volts but very low current. Power would be in the low millijoules. It will give you a nice shock, which would hurt, but isn't lethal.

A 12v car battery can output 700+ amps through low resistance. In the right conditions it can be lethal, though it would most likely result in burns.

Voltge pushs amperage through resistance. Ohms law (Voltage = Amps x Resistance) shows that as one value increases, the others adjust.

The simplified expression is voltage hurts, amperage kills. Mostly due to the high resistance of a body.

If you're trying to shortcut the dev process by running an llm agent for reviewing PRs, you deserve every cost overrun you get. Letting an llm review anything written by an llm is one of the dumbest things I can imagine. If one of my devs suggested that to me, they'd have their access removed. I have zero sympathy for cost overrun, the litany of production incidents, or the amount of unmaintainable code that will inevitability come from such a decision.

The original house was a set built at a school. They covered everyhing is red and green to make it feel more like Christmas. The rugs, drapes, wallpaper, and everything wasn't put in for style as much as for matching the theme for the movie.