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Re:The operating cost of adult and gambling startups on Friday April 24, 2026 @09:28PM (#47897806)
That seems like the only sensible path forward, if you assume that the only lever a society can pull to make punishment harsher is “longer prison sentences”.

What if the penalty for selling drugs to kids was death?

It seems like that would change the risk/reward calculation pretty substantially.

Re:How Will OpenAI Compete? on Thursday February 26, 2026 @12:31AM (#47162244)
Only if you said it was raining everywhere these days.
Re:Keep Android Open on Friday February 20, 2026 @07:40PM (#47096139)
It reads like he made typos/autocorrect mistakes on his mobile phone!

Which is a pretty funny illustration of the gist of what he was saying… it’s easier to make mistakes on phones.

That is a very cool idea. I have been struck in the past by the sturdiness of certain “heavy duty” cardboard boxes, but it never occurred to me that it was so obviously a material with DIY potential. Thank you!!
Re:Python 3.14 Is Here. How Fast Is It? on Thursday October 09, 2025 @08:59PM (#45534548)
I was unaware of the new logo… and I am just realizing for the first time after many many Flask apps… that the logo is not a chili pepper.
Re:There Are Two Types of Dishwasher People on Friday April 18, 2025 @10:12PM (#43733640)
Yes! US washing machines have dual water intakes: one for cold and one for hot.