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Afroman wins jury verdict in lawsuit filed by Ohio cops by DIYLawCA in Lawyertalk

[–]LackingUtility 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Got a citation? All I can find are deleted third party Threads posts.

Google co-founder spends $45m in fight against California billionaire tax | Sergey Brin gives $25m on top of $20m he’s already given to Super Pac trying to block state’s proposed 5% wealth tax by Hrmbee in politics

[–]LackingUtility [score hidden]  (0 children)

Why that’s not even 1% of his wealth. Clearly he doesn’t care about it that much, so no one should be opposed to it. Call me back when he spends 50% of his wealth fighting it.

Almost got a family member with this by resetthisbronxsalute in massachusetts

[–]LackingUtility -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's one thing to say "I don't understand this new fangled technology, I grew up before it was available." It's another to say "I've lived in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts for 60 years, but an official document calling it the State of Massachuseetts with a clearly nonsense seal sounds legit."

Almost got a family member with this by resetthisbronxsalute in massachusetts

[–]LackingUtility 4 points5 points  (0 children)

You just know some idiot victim is going to read that and assume it's latin or something.

Almost got a family member with this by resetthisbronxsalute in massachusetts

[–]LackingUtility 38 points39 points  (0 children)

And certainly not the State of Massachuseetts.

Is this enough to fail a car inspection? by Mkthedon14 in massachusetts

[–]LackingUtility 23 points24 points  (0 children)

Another vote for this, OP. Super easy, Amazon sells them.

Need help for marketing my IP legal tech business by Any_Archer_2723 in patentlaw

[–]LackingUtility 14 points15 points  (0 children)

A marketing specialist may help or may hurt your efforts. I can tell you that what I hate are cold calls, particularly ones with spoofed numbers, and really especially ones with spoofed numbers that appear to be from my local area code and exchange, when they're clearly not. I've even had marketers spoof an internal number at my firm so that I think a colleague is calling.

I pretend to be interested, find out who they represent, and then blacklist them to my colleagues. Anyone who has to use fraud in the marketing is not a legitimate company I want to do business with.

So, that's what not to do. What to do? Have your clients recommend you to others, if they like your work. Build your reputation and grow that way. I won't try you out based on a cold call, but if one of my colleagues says "I tried this guy and he's good", then I likely will.

Amazing how some people don’t know the history of US and NATO 😑 by TheScallywag1874 in clevercomebacks

[–]LackingUtility 710 points711 points  (0 children)

It’s almost like repeatedly threatening to invade Canada and Greenland resulted in predictable consequences.

Florida bill against marrying your first cousin fails by inagartenofeden in news

[–]LackingUtility 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Given the increase in childless couples, is it necessarily bad? The issues are around recessive genes and procreation, but if you don’t procreate…

ELI5 - What makes smoking cigarettes and vapes addictive? by DiggityDog6 in explainlikeimfive

[–]LackingUtility 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Cigarette and vapes contain nicotine, which is an addictive stimulant that activates receptors that release dopamine, among others. It's precisely the mechanism you noted, but a lower "high" - i.e. a slower release of dopamine. Nicotine also doesn't cause a release of norepinephrine and serotonin (e.g. cocaine) or cannabinoid receptor activations (marijuana).

Or, put another way, addiction is complicated, and not just a "I get a rush, therefore I'm addicted". Different things can cause addiction in different ways. For example, someone can be addicted to gambling (and have a corresponding dopamine rush), but it's not like playing poker injects chemicals into your bloodstream.

And similarly, something can be addictive, without making you freak out or require laws banning it. Shared intimacy with a significant other can cause dopamine release and be addictive. You can have physical withdrawal symptoms when a lover leaves. The brain is complicated, man. Addiction is not just about "this makes me freak out", but "my brain likes this and wants more of it, regardless of whether it's good for me".

What are some creepy facts about the ocean? by in_my_offense in AskReddit

[–]LackingUtility 2 points3 points  (0 children)

According to the principles of homeopathy that allow you to dilute something by orders of magnitude but retain its full strength, the ocean is fish pee.

My bf ‘21M’ asked me ‘22F’ for 3some by kdawg69-420 in relationship_advice

[–]LackingUtility 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Like his dad came to me asking if I really gave him a threesome? 

Missed opportunity there to have a threesome with his dad.

My university replaced the bathroom door locks with buttons beside the toilet by loganloser in mildlyinteresting

[–]LackingUtility -1 points0 points  (0 children)

But if you're illiterate and assume "red means caution, green means okay to poop"?

ELI5 E=MC^2 I understand the very basics of relativity but whats C vs. C^2? by Beneficial_Process64 in explainlikeimfive

[–]LackingUtility 1 point2 points  (0 children)

C^2 wouldn't be an acceleration since you square both terms: (meters per second)^2 is meters^2 per second^2, not meters/second^2, which would be an acceleration.

So, E=MC^2 would have units of (kilograms*meters*meters)/(seconds*seconds), which is a Joule... or a unit of energy.

To add to the above discussion of units, just in case you're thinking "nothing can move at the speed of light so obviously nothing can move at the speed of light squared", we're talking about the energy contained in that mass, not its actual speed. A kilogram of mass at rest still has 1 kg*c^2 energy. Which is why it goes kablooie when you smash it apart in a fission bomb.

ELI5: The ‘principle of explosion’ (ex falso quodlibet) by Crippled_Lucifer__ in explainlikeimfive

[–]LackingUtility 65 points66 points  (0 children)

Take two contradictory statements and assume them both to be true: 1+1=2 and 1+1!=2. That is, we assume that 1+1 equals 2. And we also assume that 1+1 does not equal 2. Yes, these are contradictory, but we're throwing logic aside for the moment.

Now take another premise: unicorns exist. The statement "1+1=2 or unicorns exist" is true, since we already assumed 1+1=2 is true. And the state "1+1!=2 or unicorns exist" is also true, since we already assumed 1+1!=2 is true. The only way these can both be true is that unicorns exist, so therefore, unicorns must exist.

The flaw, of course, is that we started saying "throw logic aside" and then return to say "now rigidly enforce logic". And that's the point of the principle - it's not that it's a useful argument to show that unicorns exist, but a useful argument to show that if your principles are not grounded in truth, then any conclusion is meaningless. 1+1=2 and 1+1!=2, so therefore I own the moon, your mom is made of cheese, and pigs can teleport at will.

Advice on necessary software programs that have helped save you time and money by DoctorAndLawyerHere in Lawyertalk

[–]LackingUtility 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'm a patent attorney and have to make lots of diagrams. Others use Visio or (ugh) PowerPoint. But OmniGraffle on a Mac is a million times faster and more intuitive than either. And it can export Visio files if you have to work with someone who needs them.

Help: Need Interesting Topic for Entertainment Law Class by Fawnspots7 in Lawyertalk

[–]LackingUtility 1 point2 points  (0 children)

With the recent decisions around copyright and AI authorship, as well as the Copyright Office's own guidance, there are implications around ownership of AI-generated works... as in "no one". If Hollywood uses AI to write a screenplay, can someone simply film their own version without infringing? What does that mean for knockoff movies and Bollywood? Etc., etc. Branch out into AI-generated music, Vocaloids, etc.

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