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injb commented on We've Been Thinking About Gun Violence All Wrong time.com/7285626/gun-viol... · Posted by u/michaelrkn

injb · 9 months ago

>>> But the root of gun violence is not what we think it is. Both the Left and Right, despite their heated disagreements, share an implicit assumption about gun violence: That before anyone pulls a trigger, they carefully weigh the pros and cons beforehand. That gun violence is a deliberate, rational act.

Show me one person who actually thinks that.

injb commented on Elton John backs Paul McCartney in criticising proposed overhaul of UK copyright theguardian.com/music/202... · Posted by u/belter

999900000999 · a year ago

I think copyright should be changed generally here, there's no reason a drawing of a mouse should stay copyrighted for decades after it's original creator passed away .

Imagine if copyright at works went into the public domain after 25 years. So many books, albums, and games are in this bizarre limbo where the rights holders may no longer exist, but they can't be freely distributed due to copyright laws. Or even if the rights holder does exist, they might have no interest in releasing the material due to current creative differences ( or licensing, tons of video games based around other intellectual property will never be released again).

injb · a year ago

If it's just a drawing of a mouse, then anyone can create the same value by just drawing a different mouse. Of course, you can't because of the millions of dollars that have been pumped into that particular mouse. That investment is what the copyright laws are protecting.

I would say that if something doesn't get published when there is a guaranteed, government-backed monopoly in place, then it's even less likely to get published when there isn't.

I don't think it's common for stuff to go unpublished when no one can find the copyright holder. In that case, just publish it and wait to see who complains.

injb commented on Updates to H-1B uscis.gov/newsroom/news-r... · Posted by u/sul_tasto

rurp · a year ago

Sure, but it could still be a deterrent for some applicants. They might not care enough about that distinction to apply to the company.

injb · a year ago

That's fair enough but it's an arbitrary place to draw the line. If you pay tax in the US then you build weapons. If you live in a country that doesn't either build weapons or pay someone else to build them for you, then you'll soon be getting told what do by some country that does, and building weapons is one of the things they'll probably tell you to do.

injb commented on NY governor signs law making the restaurant reservation black market illegal ny.eater.com/2024/12/18/2... · Posted by u/pseudolus

nradov · a year ago

This is not an actual problem that needs to be solved in the first place. It's a total waste of tax dollars.

injb · a year ago

Exactly. How is this so called problem even possible without the restaurants allowing it? If they don't like it, stop allowing it. If they don't care, then why should the public care?

injb commented on Oldest US firearm unearthed in Arizona, a bronze cannon linked to Coronado phys.org/news/2024-11-old... · Posted by u/pseudolus

BJones12 · a year ago

It is. The US defines a firearm as "Any weapon... which will or is designed to or may readily be converted to expel a projectile by the action of an explosive" and definitions in other countries are similar. Both a pistol and a ship-mounted cannon are firearms.

injb · a year ago

US federal law excludes antiques from this, antiques being defined as 1898 or older.

injb commented on What I heard from Trump supporters (2017) blog.samaltman.com/what-i... · Posted by u/surprisetalk

injb · a year ago

>> I wanted to understand what Trump voters liked and didn’t like about the president, what they were nervous about, what they thought about the left’s response so far, and most importantly, what would convince them not to vote for him in the future.

I would really like to understand why he considers this last question to be the most important.

injb commented on The Shroud of Turin: History and Legends michaelshermer.substack.c... · Posted by u/royalroad

injb · a year ago

The most amazing theory I ever read was from The Second Messiah, which is totally fanciful and speculative, but even as a work of the imagination its strikingly impressive.

What they said was that it's not fake, but its not exactly real either, in the sense that its not Jesus. What we're seeing is the image of a man who was tortured the way Jesus was said to have been tortured, including the crucifixion. But the man was a crusading Knight, and the authors even think they can name him: Jaques de Molay, commander of the Knights Templar. After being tortured he was wrapped in his linen shroud (one of the few personal possessions that the template owned) and he recovered to be put on trial and ultimately burned at the stake. The shroud was folded up and put away and then he image formed slowly over years, by some chemical process which the authors explained but I can't remember.

This explains the carbon dating and the apparent mystery regarding the details of the crucifixion injuries: traditionally Jesus is depicted with holes in his hands but apparently that does not actually work. The wrists must be nailed instead, as seen in the shroud.

They also claim to have proven that the mans knees were bent as apparently this is the only way to explain the proportions.

I doubt it was a very scientific assessment but it was still fascinating to read.They even claimed that the shroud first appeared in the possession of someone who might have been a relative based on the name (can't remember the details now)

injb commented on 16th Century Irish Hipsters irisharchaeology.ie/2013/... · Posted by u/slater

injb · a year ago

That haircut made a comeback in the 90s in Ireland, usually with the head shaved pretty close except for the fringe over the eyes

injb commented on · Posted by u/breck

injb · 2 years ago

What's the context here? What is he responding to?