[-] transigence@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago

It was a valuable learning experience.

[-] transigence@kbin.social 8 points 9 months ago

That's how many is needed for it to stand up and move around.

[-] transigence@kbin.social 6 points 9 months ago

He won't be showing up to any more parties, either.

[-] transigence@kbin.social 10 points 9 months ago

He would be so assassinated, so quickly. The IRS does not fuck around. Neither does the Department of Education.

[-] transigence@kbin.social 38 points 9 months ago

Computer vision was just popping off five years after that, so I would say that it is prescient.

[-] transigence@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Let me try to explain:
The 2nd Amendment has two clauses, a prefatory clause and an operative clause. The operative clause is the one that secures the right, and the prefatory clause informs it. However, not being the operative clause, it's ultimately not anything from which rights are derived, nor restricted. The bill of rights wasn't written to restrict the rights of the people.
The prefatory clause is, "A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State...," which informs the reader as to why the latter exists. So, you can argue until you're blue in the face about how "well regulated militia" was intended, but ultimately, its immaterial as it's not part of the operative clause.
"... the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed." This is the operative clause and the only one you really need to be concerned about. The people have the right to keep and bear arms, and it shall not be infringed. That is very easy to understand. It's hard to like if you are a violent criminal and prefer that your violence and violations of the rights of others go uncontested and unprevented, and you don't want to get shot. For everybody else, this is not only perfectly acceptable and necessary, it's intuitive.

[-] transigence@kbin.social 5 points 9 months ago

Right. And don't forget to address the issue of them all being differently situated as a starting condition. You'll have to kneecap some and put others on wheels.

[-] transigence@kbin.social 9 points 9 months ago

So it's reasonable to think that if your driver is a male, you will be harassed (and that if your driver is a female, you will not)? That doesn't enable misandric bigotry in any way whatsoever. I mean, everybody knows that men are the ones who cause problems and women are the ones who suffer them.

[-] transigence@kbin.social 7 points 9 months ago

All of its weapons are on the ventral side so it always fires at a subtle downward angle.

[-] transigence@kbin.social 19 points 9 months ago

Just be aware that they're selling models that are USB 2.0 with the USB-C interface.

[-] transigence@kbin.social 24 points 9 months ago

Owning land with a livable structure on it, and keeping it to the standards of living in is a job.

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