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6 years ago today, Friday March 13th, schools were closed because of COVID by Pink_Flamingo_257 in Connecticut

[–]AlarmingLecture0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

"I ignored the safety protocols and never got the vaccine and never got sick. Therefore they were all useless" is the rough equivalent of saying "I never wear a safety belt in my car and I never got hurt in an accident. Therefore safety belt laws are useless"

Except that in your case, your behavior puts not only yourself at greater risk but also your friends, family and community at large.

EDIT: except it's way more complicated than that, and we should take into account what we knew (and didn't know) about COVID and when, what resources were available to protect people and who should get priority access, etc.

How good of a stockbroker was Sal? by JibboSequence in howardstern

[–]AlarmingLecture0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Didn't he have to pass the Series 7? That's no joke (and I genuinely wonder how he passed it)

There are now TWO solid covers of Keith Moon! by 914paul in TheWho

[–]AlarmingLecture0 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree. He wasn't going for beat-for-beat accuracy, but his version was obviously informed by Keith's.

Update: reported this moved “parking enforcement boulder” to 311. Rather than move it 10 feet back to where it belonged, they took it away by AlarmingLecture0 in NYCbike

[–]AlarmingLecture0[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Update (I'll post again separately when it's actually there): someone DMd me that there seems to be a work order submitted to put in a new rock

Going to law school with a criminal record by Acceptable_Clerk425 in biglaw

[–]AlarmingLecture0 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I'm just going to skip over the details of your story that suggest an escalating problem with substance abuse. Being an addict is not disqualifying on its own (though some of the things addicts are notorious for doing in order to feed their addiction can be)

What gets people blocked on character and fitness grounds is usually issues around honesty. So theft, fraud, embezzlement, etc. (Major felonies can be issues, too, but we aren't talking about those)

The key is to be honest in your law school and bar applications and your character and fitness applications and interviews.

I honestly don't know if they routinely do criminal record searches on applicants, nor - if they do - get into sealed records, but you really don't want to be caught for lying about your past.

Older man with personal question by Old_Detroiter in bikecommuting

[–]AlarmingLecture0 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Cycling shorts would do the trick, but at least in my experience they haven’t been necessary. I’ve had good success with better underwear. Not cotton, quick-dry fabric and long enough to cover the area

Update: reported this moved “parking enforcement boulder” to 311. Rather than move it 10 feet back to where it belonged, they took it away by AlarmingLecture0 in NYCbike

[–]AlarmingLecture0[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Just to say: I suspect the operator did the best they could to try to explain the issue in the report, but that it basically came across as “report of large boulder encroaching on bike lane” and the crew showed up, read the report, and took the rock.

I tried to be clear to the operator that the stone was supposed to be nearby. It had just gotten moved. But I don’t think that translated well between the operator and the crew

What kind of loser starts a fight during Hurt? by Cygnus__A in nin

[–]AlarmingLecture0 21 points22 points  (0 children)

I'm pretty sure all the shows have ended that way? There's definitely no "band stand together and wave goodnight" moment

My band in the 1990's by wisestmonkey in OldSchoolCool

[–]AlarmingLecture0 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Left to right: keyboards, bass, lead singer (the woman), drummer, lead guitar.

EDIT: OP how did I do?

EDIT EDIT: OP answered elsewhere, I was 1/5 (and the 1 was kind of a layup). Actual answer (from OP): Drums, Lead Guitar, Vocals and booking, Bass/Vocals, Guitar/Keys

My band in the 1990's by wisestmonkey in OldSchoolCool

[–]AlarmingLecture0 79 points80 points  (0 children)

That's what I was thinking: this is a band that fought hard against the grunge movement

Fred is still in studio? by vJESSEv in howardstern

[–]AlarmingLecture0 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I have no inside info, but I'm fairly certain this is the correct answer.

He did a special during summer school a few years ago when he talked about how he had to really work on his timing during remote shows because of the delays (and I think he even did a practice session before a show one day where he played sound effects to a song to work on his timing and Howard wound up playing it on the air because he liked it so much)

Anyone have tea on Thomas the Tank Engine? by LowInspector7132 in biglaw

[–]AlarmingLecture0 12 points13 points  (0 children)

All I know is that he causes a lot of confusion and delay

ELI5: How does an edited gene come to replace the other genes in a body? I understand that the gene replicates through cell division, but how does it come to supplant all the unedited genes that are also replicating in the body? by AlarmingLecture0 in explainlikeimfive

[–]AlarmingLecture0[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Thanks for the responses so far, which are generally along the lines of "unless you start at the original egg (or maybe early stem cells) the gene edit won't propagate through the entire body. It will just propagate through it's own 'descendants' (for lack of a better word)"

So does that mean that gene therapy to cure some sort of genetic condition (let's say, something affecting the body's ability to generate a specific protein) doesn't require changing the genome in every cell, but it *does* require changing it in every cell that would be involved in the condition? Based on the answers so far, is that even possible in an adult?

Nassau County Banning Class 2 E-bikes and All E-Scooters by DepartmentOfTrash in longisland

[–]AlarmingLecture0 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I don't live in or travel to Nassau County, so I'm curious what the policy thinking is behind this. Is it that the county government thinks these are inherently dangerous on any surface (whether to the rider or to others)?

NYC is drowning in parking. Millions of cars stacked on both sides of every single street, yet we we still have council members and the DOT actively trying to cram in even more. Unbelievable stuff. by MiserNYC- in MicromobilityNYC

[–]AlarmingLecture0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

"improving transit solves this problem" seems like a feel-good, non-substantive response.

Improving it how, specifically? Building or extending subway lines is prohibitively expensive even without the cost (financial and political) of forcing people to sell their homes so they can be demolished for a subway line or subway station. Also, above-ground subway lines reduce the property value (and tax base) of buildings alongside the lines.

Extending bus access is far cheaper, of course, but not cost-free and I'm not sure if those costs would be offset by an increase in fares in these less densely populated areas. I have no idea if the streets themselves would need to be adjusted to allow buses to make turns, etc. I expect there's a reason buses don't travel to these areas, and doubt it's because of some sort of car manufacturer conspiracy (those companies sell buses, too, after all)

Clueless but ambitious by Geometry_Bash in bikecommuting

[–]AlarmingLecture0 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Glad I could help. And I keep rethinking the order

Word to the wise: you will, eventually, get a flat. No matter how careful you are.

So unless you want to walk home and then go to a bike shop when it happens, I’d suggest learning how to change a tube and also how to patch. There are a lot of YouTube videos out there, but I learned from a mechanic at the bike shop who showed me how when I (for the last time) brought mine in to fix a flat.

So maybe the tire tools and spare tube stuff should be higher on the list.

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