Notices by John (john@liberdon.com)

@lain
It is an interesting thought, but for what it's worth gerrymandering IRL isn't just about packing, it's about packing the opposing districts and cracking your own. You want each of your districts to be 60% your party (or 54% if your area is sufficiently inelastic like my state), and when you run out of your voters you make remaining districts 100% opposing party.

@lain
You'd be drawing lines down the middle of beds and through individual's ballots.

@anemone @dcc @bot

Wouldn't it be easier to isolate the other way - decaf coffee?

Also, tea? If I was listing "main caffeine delivery methods" I'm not sure tea would make the top 3 (probably top 5). Actually, let's see:

1. Coffee, no doubt
2. Energy drinks
3. Sodas (esp the citrus ones, but also inc. Dr. Pepper)
4. Caffeine pills
5. tea

Yeah I'm not sure about the relative ordering of 3 through 5. Might depend on how serious you are (I use sodas to soften the crash, not to get me going).

@dcc @emma

Coffee is also not good for your body.

But this is all about quantities. A little bit of a recreational stimulant like nicotine can be fine. Moderate amounts are addictive, significantly increase risk of heart disease, etc.. Large amounts are VERY bad.

A little bit of colloidal silver does nothing. Moderate amounts do nothing. Large amounts are bad.

@PeachySummer @xianc78

I know of at least one defense attorney who likes to point out we have this in our (state) constitution. The prosecution has been known to drop certain types of cases when they see her name on the other side.

@coolboymew
Is that a typo? What's a "feet career"?

@aven @lain

Or perhaps just the term is misapplied. I saw a really cool video about... basically robot concrete pouring & shaping... built 95%+ of the house in an automated way (once a human drove the truck there).

Maybe not economically reasonable where you live or whatever, but I see nothing fundamentally wrong with the approach.

@xianc78
You take issue with instantiating a sentinel object for end iterator?

Otherwise I would think a range for listing directories would be extremely similar.

@lain
My intro to psyche textbook claimed he did.
And I'm like, "Are you seriously posthumously analyzing Freud?"

@vriska @lain
I made the mistake of living in Ohio as a young man and can confirm.The only state I've lived in with no noticeable upside.

Maybe it would've been different if I were in Columbus or something. I was in a small town outside Akron if that clears things up any.