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[–] [email protected] 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

Its the trolley problem, but you just walk away from both tracks and the lever, and then claim that you did not consciously act to cause any harm, therefore you are guiltless.

That's the fucking point of the trolley problem. How can so many people get here and not fucking understand it's supposed to present the dichotomy between utilitarianism and deontology. If you have a duty to not commit murder, and pulling a lever murders people, you can't pull the lever. It's a valid position.

If deontology is wrong, we should immediately round up every depressed person, kill them, and harvest their organs.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

largely harmless at the levels in cigarettes and vapes for the primary smoker

The cardiovascular effects of nicotine over the long term are likely not harmless at all. There's no reason to believe that combustion is the reason PAD, stroke, and other cardiovascular disease is associated with smoking. There is a very good reason to believe that a potent vasoconstrictor is, however.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's morally better they die fighting us for food, while we right each other for food. Trust me.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (1 children)

In many parts of the states they do because their insurance won't cover them working on those bikes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

Stingy on letting you make your own vape but happy to let you stuff your lip with snus. Typical Sweden.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Most will not repair an ebikes outside of the brand they sell. I'd ask the shop first.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (4 children)

Can't buy nicotine from the wholesalers anymore to do that in the US. Feds made it illegal.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You pretty much should only buy one from a shop that has a physical location near you and can do repairs. Like everybody around me sells Trek, so if I ever got one, it'd be a Trek with a Bosch motor. Bike shops will not repair ebikes they don't sell, even though they'll repair regular bikes. And neither Trek nor Bosch are going anywhere.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Same for hydrogen really. The only case where it really matters is flight, which requires energy densities that will only ever be achieved by hydrocarbons or maybe hydrogen.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

These chairs they have inside it would make me not want to eat there.

[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

This isn't a whole life sentence but 13 years and then parole for the rest of his life.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Me being comfortable with the state of research and the fact that having more cell lines would've likely done nothing for our current understanding are two different things. The frank truth is, we're far from even understanding how epigenetics factor in differentiation between induced pluripotent stem cells and embryonic ones and which one is better for getting the results you want. The expense of the medium to grow the cells and the fact that it takes a month to see results of what you're doing, the economics, is far more impactful on why we haven't seen progress than the availability of cell lines.

 

A center-left group in the U.S. sees a valuable lesson in the landslide victory of Britain’s Labour Party after nearly 15 years in the political wilderness.

The centrist Democrat think tank Third Way argues in a memo obtained Friday by POLITICO that Labour’s sweeping win shows that “centrism wins elections” and can undercut right-wing populism by appealing to the broadest segment of the population with a credible platform.

 

Warping is throwing an anchor either manually for a small ship or by rowing the anchor out and dropping it farther away for a larger ship. Then the ship would reel it to change position. Good for maneuvering in harbor. Etymologically related to "throwing" and essentially threading a needle across the sea.

Warp factor get you asses in the rowboat. Engage.

 

For the first time since Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party swept to power in 2014, the party did not secure a majority on its own in 2024 national election. But the prime minister’s coalition is still expected to run the country for another five years.

Modi’s allies generally support pro-Hindu legislation, but making new policies could be complicated by coalition politics and a slimmer majority.

Despite a setback, many of the Hindu nationalist policies he’s instituted over the last 10 years remain locked in place

 

Interesting to note here: getting preteens to confusedly call Congress with threats of self harm and questions like "what is Congress" with a push notification is not the best plan

 

President Biden told a Democratic lawmaker and members of his Cabinet after the State of the Union address that he told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that they will need to have a “come-to-Jesus meeting.”

Biden’s comments, captured on a hot mic as he spoke with Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) on the floor of the House chamber, came after Bennet congratulated the commander in chief on his speech and pressed him to keep pressure on Netanyahu over increasing humanitarian issues in Gaza.

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