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> he could have offered private and legally binding statements

No, he couldn't? It's not even clear he'll be able to do anything with an executive order when he is sworn in, but President elects certainly can't.


I don't know why you think he couldn't. A legally binding statement of intent to offer TikTok the 90-day window and work out a "deal" once in office would be more than sufficient justification for the heads of the various companies involved to ease enforcement until things become more resolved.

> A legally binding statement of intent to offer TikTok the 90-day window and work out a "deal" once in office

Would not be legally binding. The President cannot unilaterally bind the U.S., and he is free to make and break statements of intent.


There are literally citations throughout the article? It's still unclear what the complaint is. It just seems to be a short intro into biochar.

The citations were only to biochar working (at least what I could see) and not a comparison of biochar to other options. Why would/should some (read a farmer) spend some money on biochar if something else works as well or better?

> This is what I mean about theory vs reality

> Sure, theoretically the rules say they shouldn't do that but that's not how reality works.

Do you have any evidence for this or are you just making this up as you type? Because it's a bit rich to be harping about "reality" otherwise.

A large body of research supports traffic calming measures for pedestrian safety and to increase driver awareness. A four-way stop intersection surrounded by intersections that also have stop signs (as indicated by the article) would fit that bill.


> If a platform is attempting to operate within the ethos/spirit of free speech, you 'should' be allowed to make such statements on the platform.

Ah, but you aren't allowed to say "Christian men are totally useless" or "Lesbians are so stupid", so it sounds like you should take up the ethos/spirit of free speech with Meta as well.


> Let's take a hypothetical

Why? We already have an enormous amount of context and literal video. If you think bringing it up brings "nuance" to the conversation, just say why.


If the fix is disabling and then reenabling ublock origin, the problem isn't properly testing against web standards.


...why else do you think it's important to predict hurricane paths and tornado spawning storms and flooding rains and heat waves further ahead of time?


> It's not a pleasant thing to believe, but its hard to refute.

Refute what? There still hasn't been any evidence provided for this claim.


> Do you know that Chrome argued that <dialog> should be removed from the platform because it's a bad API with multiple issues?

That's not at all what the comment you linked to says. It says there was an open question about if <dialog> should be removed from the spec because interest hadn't materialized from Firefox and Webkit for the element after four years (and wouldn't for another two years after that).


This is really weird to suggest that Russia hasn't systematically bombed a very large number of residential areas. That's been their SOP in several conflicts.


They very clearly aren't suggesting that there have been no intentional strikes on residential targets.

Only that most residential hits are not in that category. The majority do seem to be misses / redirects.

Language is tricky sometimes, I know. But in this case, it really wasn't.


That... is not obvious at all.

When hospitals and supermarkets are being hit repeatedly by multiple "precision" munitions, and then (sometimes) the Russians post drone footage of the impacts because they just happened to have been watching that location, and when the Russians have also used video footage of strikes on Syrian hospitals to market the effectiveness of their munitions, it's not crazy to suggest that they engage in terror bombing tactics.


That... is not obvious at all.

Actually it is, and the commenter's language was perfectly clear.

If it helps try thinking in terms of, you know, sets and stuff.

Don't know what else to tell you.


They don't bomb residential buildings in areas with civilians present. The 'residential areas' they are fighting against are positions taken up by Ukranian soldiers. The Russians are happy to go block by block with artillery to remove the opposing soldiers, they're not targeting civilians.


You are absolutely wrong. They 100% target civilians - and FFS they will post videos of themselves doing it and brag about it on Telegram and Twitter.

Chechnya and the Syrian civil war were no different, but now there's video evidence and admissions of guilt all over the internet (and more than that, they laugh about firefighters and medics being blown up by drones and bombs), and yet still people deny it. It's nuts.

If you're saying this stuff, you're either not actually paying attention to the evidence or you're deliberately closing your eyes to it. It's that absurd.

https://x.com/AndrewPerpetua/status/1858613355734593549

https://x.com/giK1893/status/1853605570844237863

https://tochnyi.info/2024/11/steel-leaves-the-autumn-brings-...

https://x.com/kelley7622/status/1851283166645858647

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1GUrNPPTSWM

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/russian-general-t...

https://www.wsj.com/video/series/on-the-news/russia-is-using...

https://x.com/AndrewPerpetua/status/1848832251561132221

https://x.com/giK1893/status/1844925970643382547

https://x.com/AndrewPerpetua/status/1842862546530803759


Nonsense. The first link is dead. The 2nd link, half the town is already destroyed, as you might be able to see. Anyone still in that area is likely a combatant.

Here you can see the area was ordered evacuated OVER A YEAR AGO: https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/ukraine-orders-civilian-evac...

If you see a drone striking a home, it's because UAF setup a position there, not because they're targeting civilians.


The first link is not dead. None of them are.

Kherson is not empty of civilians. Your link only claims that "southern" Kherson was evacuated. If you look at a map it's pretty clear why - it's at low elevation and hard to reach due to various waterways. It was also hit hard by the flooding after the Khakovka dam was destroyed.

It is extremely trivial to find out that Kherson still has a significant civilian presence, although many have indeed left.

And FFS you can see in the video that several of the people targeted are clearly elderly or medics / firefighters.

https://news.un.org/en/story/2024/10/1155191

https://www.cnn.com/2024/02/22/europe/kherson-russia-advance...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dMpTUOgqkuo

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zye_R7M0nFU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f8C2k37I6N8

So again, if you don't actually know what you're talking about, maybe pipe down about Ukraine.


Maybe you should let go of the propaganda narrative. If there are still significant numbers of civilians in a city that's actively being shelled, especially for a country the size of Ukraine, then the authorities there are obviously morons.

From the CNN article:

> At 4 a.m. on Tuesday morning, three shells landed near the home of Hrigorii, who did not want to give his surname. He said he believes a nearby hospital was the intended target.

That's talking about artillery, that's what 'shells' are. Artillery has a very finite range. Why in God's name are their still civilians in the city, let alone WITHIN ARTILLERY RANGE? That's beyond stupid. So either these stories are complete fabrications, which is likely, or there will need to be a lot of Ukranians tried for war crimes after they finally surrender.


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