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12 days agoThe “cannot serve two masters” argument was used as a reason not to elect the first Catholic US President, JFK. I find it to be pretty uncompelling.
The important thing is that the US not recognize any titles.
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Both Reagan and Bush Sr. got knighted.
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This video is exactly why I am in favor of voting booths over mail-in ballots.
If you are unable to vote in person, then voting should be easy to do early. But we should try hard to get people into the voting booth.
I totally agree. In Holland we have woon corporaties, literally “companies for places to live”. Of course, these have struggled in the face of decades of center right, pro-business governmental policies.
Meh. I had much better luck with corporations than private landlords. The people working for corporations generally want to do a good job and keep people happy. Owners want to minimize costs and invade your privacy to make sure you aren’t causing too much wear and tear, since that’s money otherwise going in their pocket.
Both will end up with shitty carpet and cheap appliances, of course.
UK intentionally omitted from consideration.
The only nukes actually owned by a European country are French, which just disregarded the winners of the election and are ruled by a center right/fascist coalition. We’re fucked.
According to the Forbes article she later received a postcard in 1993, not that the groping occurred in 1993.
For a lot of women the bathroom is the only way to escape unwanted male attention.
1·2 months agoI thought the same thing. In the Netherlands it’s not allowed to have realistic looking toy weapons. I basically think that’s a good thing.
Is that a problem? Is there a special reason these should be replaced?
4·3 months agoFor popular stuff I stop seeding when I’ve uploaded 10x the download size. For other stuff I keep it uploading forever.
I’m not sure why I have even one parallel cable, but I do. Surely I could just buy one online if I ever needed one. 🤔
The post I was replying to literally started with the words “I don’t understand”.
Yes some Christians are hypocritical. Yet some really do walk the walk. Not everyone who disagrees with you is a monster.
Because they believe that a fetus is a human being, and that killing a human is murder. I find it sad that so many people cannot understand that many Christians really believe that.
That’s not how compound increases are measured.
We can use the compound interest formula for this.
A = P * (1 + r) ^ t- A is the final amount.
- P is the starting amount (the principal).
- r is the rate (as a proportion, so 50% would be 0.5).
- t is the time.
To figure out the annual increase for the whole time we can plug in what we know and solve for what we don’t:
7.25 = 0.25 * (1+r) ^ 80 29 = (1+r) ^ 80 years 1.043 = 1+r 0.043 = rSo that’s about 4.3% increase per year over the 80 years.
Now we can see what we would have as minimum wage if it had continued over the past 15 years:
A = 7.25 * (1+0.043) ^ 15 A = 7.25 * 1.043 ^ 15 A = 7.25 * 1.88 A = 13.63So that’s a $13.63 minimum wage.
No, “on record” means a year that we have recorded. The year 700 BCE is not “on record”, but 1970 CE is.
While the author of the comment was trying to imply that it could get worse, actually they are correct in the other direction. Meaning that if the weather turns cooler (like from a volcanic eruption which releases a lot of particles into the upper atmosphere), then it will no longer be the hottest year.