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The more I hear and experience these things, the more I'm leaning toward Linux. Enough is enough already.
Cheers,
Johann
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How many apples grow in a tree?
All of them. Yeah, it's a dad joke.
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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How do you stop an elephant charging?
Take away it's credit card
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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That's amazing "hidden answer technology". 
Reminds me of those old Yes & Know (invisible ink) game books [^] -- it was our computer games in the late 70s.
Hadn't thought of those in a long time.
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"By yourself enjoyment". Hmmm ... they didn't think that one through ... 
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!
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How many famous men were born in Illinois?
None, only little babies are born in Illinois.
modified 16-Jun-22 11:40am.
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Depending on the level of your general knowledge, the answer is either "all of them" or "none of them".
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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"Should we update the list of what can be classified, it already contains 'plants the their habitats', so just extended to include general native life would make sense?"
"nah, I want a funny loophole headline"
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The same holds true in Canada. There's a theory that all the weirdos ended up on the Left coast because they never fit in where they were, so they kept migrating westward until they could go no farther. 
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Greg Utas wrote: they kept migrating westward until they could go no farther.
Only because they aren't lemming-like enough.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Judge: "Could a lemming be considered a fish?"
Lemming: *Jumps off a cliff into the water*
Judge: "Well, well, well, interesting..."
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Greg Utas wrote: all the weirdos ended up on the Left coast
What about Trudeau?
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Castreau did spend many years on the Left coast, which partially explains things.
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There must be something in the water or not in the water out there. 
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This news created quite a buzz!
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Bumblebees wrote in their twitter bio that they are fish, so they are.
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I think it was Arkansas (maybe Louisiana?) where they have a trigger law (that they're already enforcing apparently) where a woman has to carry an ectopic pregnancy to term.
If we're talking about stupid laws.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I think that the "best" attempt to pass a stupid law was the Indiana Pi Bill. 
How anyone, even a politician, could believe that mathematical identities are subject to legislative fiat is beyond mortal ken.
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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It will come as a surprise to precisely nobody that the actual story isn't quite as moronic as the headline makes it sound. 
Quote: Under CESA, "endangered species" can be birds, amphibians, reptiles, mammals, or fish. Insects like bees do not make the cut, under this definition.
However, the judges interpreted that it was "ambiguous" whether the legislature intended for the definition of fish to apply only to aquatic species.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Quote: "Today’s decision confirms that California Endangered Species Act protections apply to all of our state’s imperiled native species and is critical to protecting our state’s renown biodiversity."
So instead of encouraging the CESA to expand its list of species that could be endangered to include insects necessary to our survival the court decided to use some convoluted legal rationalizations to include them. I wouldn't expect anything different from California.
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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It's stupid to do it that way instead of the proper way, but of course 80% of what programmers do is the same thing: actually solve the root issue? Nah, let's work around it with another layer of wrappers.
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TNCaver wrote: instead of encouraging the CESA to expand its list of species that could be endangered to include insects necessary to our survival...
Which would be the correct solution, but could potentially take years to do.
TNCaver wrote: ... the court decided to use some convoluted legal rationalizations to include them
To include them now.
They probably considered that getting the added protections in place quickly via "convoluted" means was better than waiting years for the "right" solution to kick in.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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And it sets a dangerous legal precedent, opening the door to misuse in future cases with un-forseen negative consequences.
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP.
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