Ricky B

forgot the hashtag #enigmarch

Another mini-cryptic! This time the prompt is CENTER (I have been constructing these every day but not necessarily getting them posted until a bit later)

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new Propagandhi song lyrics just dropped

and when my grandfather and his brothers left the family farm and moved to the nearest town seeking any kind of work that wasn't farming

what is the deal with the kind of person on lichess who has been a member for 12 years and averages like two games a week and whose rating is like "989?" because they only play casual games and who, if you play them, will pound you into dust #chess

that's just the British class system

Palestinians aside, I feel like there are a few other groups around the world who don't crrently have a recognized right to their homeland. Possibly some in North America even

just kinda wondering why all the people in this thread who ordinarily wouldn't believe a word Karoline Leavitt says are taking this assertion at face value

or like someone parodying a particular genre of video

The question is whether administrative warrants based on FoRs - oh, btw, far from all "illegal aliens" are already subject to final orders of removal - give officers the same arrest powers as felony warrants. Until 10 months ago, even ICE said no, they don't.

ICE authorizes forceful entries to residences based on administrative warrants | Immigration Policy Tracking Project ICE Acting Director Todd Lyons issued a memorandum to All ICE Personnel, "Utilizing Form I-205, Warrant of Removal," authorizing all ICE special agents and deportation officers to execute Forms I-210 ...

You are parroting the argument made in the Trump administration's recent memo ordering a complete reversal of ICE guidance on this point, except that you still don't get that even under this new policy, officers must have some variety of warrant.

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Counterpoint: no they fucking don't.

A legal US resident who also works for a foreign company with foreign clients pays taxes here. Why should someone from a foreign country enjoy preferential treatment?

this answer is also correct

I think this is quite accurate and that there are a couple of things potentially going on there:

- Men are hierarchical and tend to be overly impressed by men who seem manlier even by the dumbest yardstick. Winning a "manly man" over to your cause feels like a special elusive accomplishment...

It seems like the YA that's taught in schools these days is often written in diaristic first person with a teen protagonist (so "kids can relate to it") and follows a rigorously linear timeline. As a result, there's little new vocabulary and no need to puzzle out anything that's going on.

I'm sure they'll get all tangled up and bogged down trying to decide which rights to take away from women

ten minutes ago i heard an essaying who allegedly graduated an english masters program pronounce denouement as "d'NOW-mint"

Payton v. New York stands for the _opposite_ principle. It says that under the 4th Amendment police can't enter premises in search of a felony suspect without a warrant -- but an arrest warrant is sufficient.

Most immigration law violations aren't criminal; when they are they're usu misdemeanors.

last night I saw someone drive through a crosswalk without stopping _at an elementary school_ and then run the next stop sign they encountered

Also, none of the people detained in this instance were breaking any immigration laws.

Link to that SCOTUS decision if you don't mind.

The last time I heard, the majority of undocumented people cannot be deemed fugitives because most (not all, but most) immigration law violations are not criminal in nature.

I guess you've come around!"

"No, I still hate AI, I just don't think they're actually using AI."

"How do you know?"

"I don't, but I think that site worked pretty much the same way back when it was called DiscountEcardSolutions dot com"

That's just cookies. Websites have been storing the info that you sent your Mom a birthday card last April and using it to recommend you do the same this April for who knows how many years.

I feel like soon I'm going to be having this convo

"I see you sent me a holiday ecard through EcardAI...

Oh, and an AI dilemma I haven't heard discussed:

the ethics of using AI-branded services that are probably just using it as a buzzword and don't actually incorporate AI.

"EcardAI helps you make e-cards by using the magic of AI to suggest templates for the kinds of cards you like to make!"

In an interesting sign of the times, I noticed the other day that istock, the stock photo site, has added a no-AI guarantee. Many of their competitors are simply labeling AI images.

Smart way to distinguish your product by quality.

Cars are more expensive in relative terms than they were 10-15 years ago, but they're also unambiguously better on average and last longer regardless of where they're made. Why have other manufactured mechanical things declined in quality so much?

(I'm doing my weekend rants again aren't I)

needs to be thrown into a ravine. i would have replaced it if I hadn't had to spend a couple grand on car-related things.

Meanwhile, I have a Toyota that has required around $4000 of work over that same time period, has 230K miles on it, and will, knock on wood, do another 20+.

I'm resigned to the decline in quality in most things except appliances.

I'm still mad that I keep having to replace my fridge and washing machine after 5-10 years of unexceptional daily use, and that's after repeatedly doing minor repairs myself.

I have a dishwasher that's 11 years old and...