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Re:Regarding the Compact by NoImmatureAdHom on Friday October 10, 2025 @03:09PM (#45542609)
I did read the Compact and had a similar response: "This all sounds very reasonable".

I think the negative reaction to it is mostly a function of who is pushing it.

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Re:Regarding the Compact by 01HNNWZ0MV43FF on Friday October 10, 2025 @03:14PM (#45542650)
It is good and Bayesian to be extra-skeptical of anything a Republican wants
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Re:Regarding the Compact by TimorousBestie on Friday October 10, 2025 @03:36PM (#45542868)
It’s the usual trick of writing something so that an uninterested reader assuming the common meaning of words will be completely nonplussed, but a lawyer or judge reading such a document adversarially will reach many unexpected conclusions.
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Re:Regarding the Compact by NoImmatureAdHom on Friday October 10, 2025 @03:38PM (#45542897)
"nonplussed" means "bewildered" or "really confused". Maybe you mean "not worried"?

If you mean "not worried", then yeah, I bet you're right that there are a bunch of things that could be entailed by the language that aren't obvious. Good point.

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Re:Regarding the Compact by TimorousBestie on Friday October 10, 2025 @03:40PM (#45542924)
“Nonplussed” also means “unfazed, unaffected, or unimpressed.”

A bit like “cleave” in that way.

But yes, you read me correctly.

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