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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I hate that that happens⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  James, while John had had “had”, had had “had had”. “Had had” had had a greater effect on the teacher.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Explain why the US bail system is not insane⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The 8th amendment has a clause that disallows “excessive bail”. In Stack v. Boyle, the Supreme Court found this to mean “that a defendant’s bail cannot be set higher than an amount that is reasonably likely to ensure the defendant’s presence at the trial.” So it follows that IN THEORY, bail is SUPPOSED to be set at an amount that is consistent with the defendant’s financial resources (including, it would also follow, increasing the amount for more wealthy people to ensure that it has the same proportionate effect on the defendant’s decision-making process).

  Of course, that rule is just a bunch of meaningless words if nobody enforces it… and guess what, the main way to enforce this is by bringing a suit against the government alleging that they violated the rule. So IN PRACTICE (speculation warning here, I’m just some guy), I would imagine that they just set bail schedules at a level where anyone who can afford to pay won’t be able to wik an “excessive bail” lawsuit, and anyone who can’t afford to pay it will also probably not be able to afford the cost of that lawsuit.

  And something tells me that we aren’t likely to see a wealthy person suing the government for not setting bail high enough for them.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Am I out of touch?.. No it's the children who are...⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  How could this happen to me

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Healthcare⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I could of course say this as well. It’s clearer with additional punctuation like “I could, of course, […]”, but I don’t think the comma-free version is technically incorrect (anymore, if it ever was).

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨An informative martial arts infographic⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  New Zealand was not Kung Fu fighting

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨NYPD faces backlash as it prepares to encrypt radio communications | New York | The Guardian⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Why are they encrypting their communications? Do they have something to hide?

  If they’ve got nothing to hide, then they’ve got nothing to fear.

  Or so I’ve heard, anyway, right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Tesla Recalls 2 Million Cars to Fix Autopilot Safety Flaws⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Indeed, there was a time when they would just fix things without calling them “recalls”.

  Then, the government claimed that it was illegal for the company to update things like this — even over-the-air — without also calling them “recalls” and going through this exercise.

  newsweek.com/tesla-faces-114m-fines-if-it-doesnt-…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨ChatGPT, how do I use OCR in Word?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I prefer to convord ttp manually rather than use the trext tims.

  But then how do you ensure that the text will be diåble?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Visual storytelling at its finest⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I can’t remember the exact number but it’s between 1000 and 900.

  Is it 911?