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Re:LA Mayor Shuts Off Power at Hollywood Hills House That Ho... by donw on Thursday August 20, 2020 @10:12AM (#24223433)
The late Randy Pausch, in his Last Lecture[1] at Carnegie Mellon University, offered up... well, a lot of great advice, but the piece that jumped into my mind was: "It’s very important to know when you’re in a pissing match. And it’s very important to get out of it as quickly as possible."

This thing looks awfully like a pissing match, and it's not just with the one homeowner in Hollywood -- it's with every person that feels the same way.

I would lay good money the cardinality of that set is not a small number.

Doesn't matter whether or not it is a pissing match. It looks like one.

Were I running the state, I'd rather spend my time and energy on doing things that would actually Get People To Wear Masks, as opposed to another round of Pissing Match: San Andreas.

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo

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Re:LA Mayor Shuts Off Power at Hollywood Hills House That Ho... by apple4ever on Thursday August 20, 2020 @10:24AM (#24223589)
Yup it does look like a pissing match. Its not hard to get around shutting off the power. Its not hard to have secret parties. People have been using illegal drugs for decades, despite the massive punishment that comes with getting caught - punishment that is far worse than illegally shutting off power. So why would this actual work?
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Re:LA Mayor Shuts Off Power at Hollywood Hills House That Ho... by DangitBobby on Thursday August 20, 2020 @05:48PM (#24229417)
It's actually a little easier to notice and cut off power to a large conspicuous party than it is to notice drug deals are going down to do busts. It's not like all the dealers are screaming YEAH WE LIKE METH and dancing under a stream of cocaine with 20 other people clapping their hands while Billy does a kegstand.

And the action taken to shut down someone's power is to call the power company and tell them to do some clicky clacks on a keyboard.

So definitely an apples and oranges comparison. That said, it probably would be a pissing match ultimately as that person said.

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