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Re:Bike Bureau: Report Bike Lane Obstructions on Wednesday August 12, 2026 @01:26PM (#49275864)
This is already being done without blockages being reported, so why not at least try to raise the issue with places that might do something about i?
It's my understanding that this is a crime that is never charged or prosecuted. Rather, if (attempted) suicide is a crime, it serves as a legal fiction that provides a structure for first responders to intervene. Police can then enter an office where someone is hanging out a window without a warrant, for example, because there are exigent circumstances (a crime in progress). Officers could also physical restrain someone trying to jump from a bridge and have a more straightforward justification for this after the fact. I think this is a societal good.

Have you seen any examples of suicidal people being charged or prosecuted for attempted suicide? I can imagine that this could have opportunities for abuse, but not ones that are qualitatively different from probable cause writ large.

Re:The Anti-Amazon Alliance on Tuesday April 28, 2020 @03:41PM (#23010943)
If frys hasn't gone out of business yet, they're not going to - last one I was in only sold gift bags and batteries in a massive retail space and yet somehow they were still there. The retail gods must love Mr. Fry.
Raft itself - rather than any framework in which you would actually want to use it - is quite simple to implement. A few classmates of mine and I implemented a barebones Raft instance in about a weekend.
I had a similar issue with a 2012 MBA, tried SMC and PRAM reset which worked intermittently and ultimately replaced the battery for about $60.
Re:The Universe Within 12.5 Light Years on Thursday February 20, 2020 @07:11PM (#22379848)
I think it's that the layout of the map, with flags going above and below a circular plane, looks exactly like (and is perhaps inspired by) the scanner that shows where ships around you in local space are in Elite/Oolite (FOSS Elite 1984 clone, highly recommended).