NVariable

joined 1 year ago
[–] NVariable@startrek.website 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Contempt of court that arises during a trial has zero effect on the outcome. A judge can throw you in jail for violating decorum, much less violating an order.

Trump’s legal team needs to watch My Cousin Vinny again.

[–] NVariable@startrek.website 71 points 1 year ago (8 children)

Ivanka is flailing. She can lie for her father and face jail; plead the Fifth and try to maintain her innocence independently: or tell the truth and send trump to jail.

[–] NVariable@startrek.website 45 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Five week trial and a 4 hour jury verdict? That’s insane. The jury listened to a month plus of evidence and came to a verdict before they bothered to order food.

[–] NVariable@startrek.website 63 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The 1% really believe AI is their golden ticket to get rid of all of us. They’re going after professions with strong unions first and publicly, so that they can try to poison us all against collective bargaining, which is our only chance against them.

[–] NVariable@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thanks for being on top of things and thanks for this instance

[–] NVariable@startrek.website 5 points 1 year ago

Your community culture will adapt to service our ad revenue.

[–] NVariable@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

A thought experiment occurred to me. What is the absolute best subject for a zero tolerance policy? Genocide is the first thought. The most horrific evil that could ever be inflicted.

But let’s say hypothetically, there was a virus that was highly-transmissible and has a 100% fatality rate. A virus killing all of mankind. And let’s say somehow this virus is sentient. We have no idea how it works, but we can confirm that it thinks, feels, etc. The virus is provably sentient for our hypothetical purposes.

If someone develops an absolute cure to the disease, it will save everyone, but it will also wipe out the sentient virus. That is technically genocide, but it saves all life from death. Should a zero tolerance policy govern? Or can we at least have a conversation about wiping out the sentient virus?

[–] NVariable@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

“I’m calling in sick and playing video games today. They better not bother me unless there’s a battle or first contact. I was so much happier on the garbage scow.”

[–] NVariable@startrek.website 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The shakedown crew figures everything out. That’s the job.

[–] NVariable@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

“Fuck 21st century physics. FTL, bitches!”

[–] NVariable@startrek.website 1 points 1 year ago

One of the all-time best episodes of all of trek.

[–] NVariable@startrek.website 2 points 1 year ago

A murder mystery with no suspects. Forever.

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