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Our good girl has only caught one squirrel, but she never loses them due to speed or even maneuvering, it's because they cross the fence or climb a tree where she can't follow.

She has "caught" a few baby rabbits, that were still trying to hide instead of evade. I'll bet you are right about her being unable to keep up with an mature rabbit.

No, that's like telling the city government they can't have cops arrest people for a law that hasn't passed council.

That's almost literally the opposite of what the judges actually said.

They specifically called out "the use of unfair and deceptive practices", but ruled the FTC has to follow it's own procedures and, in this case, did not.

Once the FTC follows it's own processes and procedures, it can institute the same policy.

Practice. It get to Chestnut's level, it has to be intentional.

3 popeyes sandwiches used the be a common order for me, but I try to eat less these days. Most of my practice was not with purpose of getting better, but I enjoyed the feeling of fullness even as a child and still love a buffet.

Well, maybe I'll try again in the future but I don't currently own a Samsung.

Why are US americans against helping each other ?

For many people "freedom" only occurs when you don't (think you) depend on others.

And, maybe it's just a me issue, but I think a lot of Americans dislike receiving help because in their experience it always costs, and often costs more when the person giving it make it seem free.

But, mostly it's Capitalist / Protestant propaganda that anyone that receives assistance is a moral failure due to the "sin" of laziness.

I'm not opposed to those ideas, but I think UBI need not wait on them and is a lot easier to implement. We could do UBI now, and let state/collectively provided services be a provider-of-last-resort type thing, start with pilot programs and scale based on demand.

I agree that UBI can be less when there are more universal services, but I think there are a lot of "basics" that aren't universal or at least aren't uniform. Some people consider meat a basic foodstuff. Housing is rarely truly one-size-fits-all, primarily due to sleeping preferences. Healthcare has genetic components all over, so those vary from person to person. (Broadly you might think of menstruation supplies, or sickle-cell treatment, but there are much subtler genetic aspects.) Etc. UBI has a flexibility to incorporate capitalist providers into universal coverage as needed.

But, yeah, we absolutely need more controls on Capitol to deal with abuses like gouging. We need to enforce the ones we have on the books, but we also need more.

I guess the answer to at least one of those is no. Last time I tried a battery replacement, I broke the screen either during assembly or disassembly. I build my own desktop PCs, and have fixed laptop monitors and drives, but every time I attempt hardware repair on something phone-ish, I make it worse (even going back to when I owned an OpenMoko).

Existing studies show little or no affect on inflation.

https://ubiadvocates.org/universal-basic-income-faq-all-about-ubi/ (#11)

So, "just handing out money" is a way to implement UBI without hyperinflation.

11. Does UBI increase inflation?

The impact of UBI on inflation depends on various factors, including the funding mechanism, the level of the UBI payment, and broader macroeconomic conditions. Some studies suggest that modest UBI programs are unlikely to significantly impact inflation.

-- https://ubiadvocates.org/universal-basic-income-faq-all-about-ubi/

Maybe he's got a finer point, but it actually just looks like an argument against categorization. It's like saying I don't trust math about "triangles" or "scalene triangles" or "rhombuses" when you find out about the special properties of the equilateral triangle or the square.

The fact that there are differences between elements of a category does not eliminate the utility of the commonalities shared by elements of a category. It does limit that utility, yes.

For example, just because you are getting plenty of protein, if you somehow completely avoid one of the amino acids that the human body uses but can't synthesize, then eventually you will have some fairly specific health problems. That's not strong evidence that it's worth micromanaging your macronutrients by tracking your intake of all amino acids individually. (It might be; I haven't seen it studies either way.)

Maybe I'm missing some context, but I also get the "anti-science" vibe from the image.

Justice can be achieved without racism.

Actually, it can't. Since racism caused the injustice, identifying the victims and restoring their losses is impossible without using it.

The pendulum swing (post-dampening) is the only practical way to get to justice.

This is especially true since we can't know we've achieved societal justice without some measurement delay.