LastYearsIrritant

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[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 29 points 3 days ago (10 children)

The death penalty should ALMOST never be used. The only use for the death penalty is for world leaders that direct their subordinates to commit atrocious acts.

Normal civilians, no matter how dangerous, should only ever be treated with dignity. There is no place for state sanctioned murder.

A) It is immoral.

B) The justice system isn't perfect, and death is final.

C) The actual cost of going through all the trials and effort to put someone to death is typically higher than just keeping them locked up.

D) There is no humane way to put someone to death.

E) It is not effective at preventing crime. It only makes it so people have nothing to lose by being caught.

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 6 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Yeah, for $1,000 with no memory or hard drives, plus it idles at 50 watts.

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 6 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Well, for one, some YouTubers made a cheap, open source VR headset. That was pretty neat.

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 24 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (8 children)

Why? It makes way more sense than having it be an appointed position that's not accountable to voters directly.

Also, the sheriff is really just the manager of the deputies. So you're directly electing the manager of the people enforcing the laws against you.

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 16 points 4 days ago

It is hell after all

I think worried is the wrong word.

They studied how people pronounced words and showed that spelling it this way made more people pronounce it as expected.

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 8 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Like many other things, in the US, voting isn't managed centrally. Most voting is run by the county, or the city if it's big enough.

Which means there are thousands of election commissions all doing things slightly differently, with massive differences in quality.

That being said, they all still follow the same laws, and voting discrepancies are very rare.

The GOP points to the discrepancies as proof of widespread voter fraud, and their proposed solutions are to remove large numbers of voters from the registration. Many voters in the US, such as poor, young, and minority groups, tend to vote less consistently than older, rich, and white voters, purging registrations of people who don't vote consistently will tend to favor Republicans.

While removing someone from voter registration lists doesn't mean they can't vote, it does add additional steps to the voting process. Which makes people less likely to vote.

I run it. It's good if you want to just host the books. Share my 2k size ebook library with my group of friends.

Also as shown in the prequel movie, Event Horizon.

Yeah, that's what we want, political parties just punishing opposite groups every 4 years.

I kinda wonder if it is slightly more private separating the billing company from the providing company.

[–] LastYearsIrritant@sopuli.xyz 7 points 1 week ago (1 children)

The one true version, starring Christopher Reeve, 1978.

You'll believe a man can fly.

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