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Jury nullification (US/UK), jury equity[1][2] (UK), or a perverse verdict (UK)[3][4] occurs when the jury in a criminal trial gives a not guilty verdict regardless of whether they believe a defendant has broken the law. The jury's reasons may include the belief that the law itself is unjust,[5][6] that the prosecutor has misapplied the law in the defendant's case,[7] that the punishment for breaking the law is too harsh, or general frustrations with the criminal justice system. Some juries have also refused to convict due to their own prejudices in favor of the defendant.[8] Such verdicts are possible because a jury has an absolute right to return any verdict it chooses.[9]
That's really interesting. Other than the common usage as antifreeze in your car and for airplane de-icing ethylene glycol is a precursor for plastics used in soda bottles. Left on it's own ethylene glycol breaks down into CO2 eventually.
I bought a Thule Crossover eight years ago and the zip on it has finally gone. Short of getting a local seamstress to fit a new zip, I think it's time for a new one, and am a bit tempted by the Thule Crossover 2 30l. Are Thule still good? Is there anything else of the same sort of size that I should be considering?
I am a teacher and have students who speak many different languages. The most common ones are Chinese, Spanish and Portuguese, but we have other folks speaking other languages as well....
A simpler answer might be llamafile if you're using Mac or Linux.
If you're on windows you're limited to some smaller LLMs without some work. In my experience the smaller LLMs are still pretty good as chat bots so they might translate well.
A new bill, the first of its kind in the U.S., would ban security screening company Clear from operating at California airports as lawmakers take aim at companies that let consumers pay to pass through security ahead of other travelers. ...
From what I can tell there are two main differences:
TSA pre check isn't guaranteed; you can have pre check and still be randomly selected for a full screening. Clear you always get a "light" screening.
Pre check you still go through the TSA security, just with a less intensive screening and shorter line. Clear has it's own little security area that bypasses TSA completely
There maybe others, but these seem to be the most important.
15% of 53,480,000 = 8,022,000 nursing staff needed, JUST for the nursing homes.
It seems you're making the assumption that all these baby boomers will need care in a nursing home at the same time. This doesn't seem reasonable at all given there's an 18 year age range among boomers.
initially read my data from whatever source (CSV, relational database somewhere, whatever)
write it to one or more parquet files in a directory
tell duckdb that the directory is my data source
Then duckdb treats the directory just like a databese that you can build indexes on, and since they're parquet files they're hella small and have static typing. It was pretty fast and efficient before, and duckdb has really sped up my data wrangling and analysis a ton.
I appreciate your passion but the relationship with Israel is more complicated than Biden saying "Israel stop or we can't be friends anymore".
Israel is a strong strategic partner that provides a lot of value to the United States in terms of intelligence and military support, which is not a bridge we want to burn if there are other options.
Aside from that, Israel has a lot of backing from Americans across the political spectrum. Since America isn't a dictatorship Biden has to rely on congress if he wants to get anything done. Since Biden has to rely on congress to get anything done, and Israel has broad support from American voters and thus their Congressional representatives, Biden has to make sure he doesn't piss off congress. So burning diplomatic relations with Israel would probably hurt Biden much more than it would hurt him at this point.
As a last point, a lot of people are advocating for withholding arms sales to Israel. This is the "nuclear option" of diplomacy and once it's executed we don't really have any more leverage. So if the United States stops arms sales to Israel, and they don't stop the invasion of Gaza, we don't really have anymore carrots left to influence Israel.
Our complex relationship with Israel is a problem that the United States needs to solve, but it is incredibly complicated and is something that will take years to sort out effectively.
I don't believe you. The UN doesn't have the power or authority to "roll tanks" anywhere, much less the desire. Regardless, I'm not sure what eradicating the Jewish state has to do with how American foreign policy works.
By the way, eradicating the Jewish state sounds a lot like a genocide against Jewish people in Israel. Much like eradicating the Palestinian state sounds like a genocide against Palestinians in Gaza and the west bank, but I'm sure that wasn't what you meant.
I'm not encouraging or discouraging support for Israel, just pointing out that there's no "Gaza genocide" switch on Joe Biden's desk that he can flip off. Foreign policy is incredibly complicated and needs careful and deliberate action.
I didn't make any value judgements about the efficacy of the steps we're taking to stop this genocide, but if I have to judge our efforts I would say they are barely nonexistent and the United States needs to do better.
Maybe you have context that I don't, but I'm don't see how the Korean war demonstrates the UN has the power and authority to initiate a military coup against a member state.
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to within days announce sanctions against the Israel Defense Forces "Netzah Yehuda" battalion for human rights violations in the occupied West Bank, three U.S. sources with knowledge of the issue told Axios....
It really boggles the mind. Conservatives are single issue voters, and they show up so their shitty single issue gets a huge amount of attention from candidates.
Progressives are all-issue voters, meaning if a candidate doesn't support ALL of their issues then the progressive stays home. As a result, candidates pay attention to none of their issues and progress is slow.
Progressives also view voting as a moral issue, i.e. if you vote for Joe Biden you're literally committing genocide and all the bad stuff that happens while Biden is president is your fault. In the same breath they'll tell you how helping Trump get elected by suppressing the vote isn't their fault and somehow absolve themselves of the moral implications of a Trump presidency.
No one slows down progress as much as progressives.
Donald Trump’s main 2024 White House campaign fundraising operation sharply increased spending at the former president's properties in recent months, funneling money into his businesses at a time when he is facing serious legal jeopardy and desperately needs cash....
I really love the abortion is murder argument. It makes absolutely no logical sense to me.
You think an abortion is murdering a child. But instead of storming the place where they murder child and stopping the murder you just post shitty memes on Facebook.
Abortion is murder, but let's leave it up to the states to decide if and when you can murder a child.
There are a lot of ridiculous stances out there, but this is definitely one of the most bizarre to me.
SAN FRANCISCO, April 17 (Reuters) - Microsoft said on Wednesday that Russian online campaigns to influence the upcoming U.S. presidential election kicked into gear over the past 45 days, but at a slower pace than in past elections....
One of the key entry points for disinformation campaigns are small communities with individuals sympathetic to the propaganda/misinformation. 10 or 15 sock puppet accounts pushing the same narrative will have an outsized impact on the discourse of a community like ours.
The sympathetic individuals then multiply the propaganda and spread it to more mainstream platforms.
It should also be noted that in first past the post voting voter suppression of one candidate is as effective or even more effective than convincing someone to vote for the other.
I don't want to come across as supporting the NYT, but this sounds like the memo is a style guide against biased language which is pretty common.
News is supposed to give you information, not persuade you to take an opinion and normally a style guide helps do that in a consistent voice. I'd be interested in seeing the entire memo.
That being said it seems like the NYT does a poor job of following its own guidelines in presenting unbiased news.
That being said it seems like the NYT does a poor job of following its own guidelines in presenting unbiased news
I don't have a copy of the entire style guide so I can't comment on the specifics of how they intend to cover Israel. Could you share your copy of the style guide so we can have the specifics that you mentioned?
Apparently you have a copy of the linked article that I don't have access to since the article I read only has snippets of the style guide as reported by anonymous sources.
Whoever wrote that article about my comments being pro genocide is really acting like their reading comprehension has been severally damaged by eating too much lead based paint.
On Saturday, April 13, Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel in retaliation for a deadly Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria, that took place on April 1. ****...
There's a little nuance in the Israeli "bombing embassies" that you are leaving out.
It was a consulate that Israel bombed, not an embassy. They're similar, but consulates don't have the same levels of diplomatic protections as an embassy. Consulates are more like administrative offices than diplomatic missions.
The people killed in the bombing weren't in Syria supporting the consulate mission, they were there meeting with Hezbollah and other Syrian militias that are attacking Israel.
The bombing wasn't a terrorist bombing of a busy embassy in the middle day packed with innocent Iranian's trying to get their visa's renewed. It was a strike on an Iranian special forces safe house that Iran decided to call a consulate.
That being said Iran was 100% justified in attacking Israel back, although it seems like it was just a show of aggression so that Iran could be seen to be retaliating. I don't think Iran actually expected their barrage to do any damage.
Hamas could stop the invasion of Gaza at any time by releasing the hostages and disarming. Instead the Hamas leadership are big chillin in Qatar living the good life escalating the violence every chance they get.
If Hamas hadn't attacked Israel on October 7th, Hezbollah wouldn't have ramped up rocket attacks on Israel in response to the Gaza invasion. Then Israel wouldn't have needed to target the Iranian general helping to fund and coordinate the attacks from Syria.
The middle east is a giant cluster fuck of bad actors being funded by Iran in an effort to destabilize the west and eradicate Israel. The west defends Israel because if they didn't then the surrounding Arab states would absolutely destroy the country of Israel and do their best to enact a second Holocaust of any Jewish people they could get their hands on.
There are no "good guys" in any of these conflicts, especially not Hamas or Iran. Because of Israel, Hamas, and Iran the Gaza civilians are being punished.
Don't say any stupid shit like I'm a Zionist or genocide apologists just because I understand that Hamas doesn't really give a fuck about Palestinian civilians.
Why didn't Biden turn off the genocide switch 5 months ago? Surely the president of the United States has sole control over what happens in another country. Can't he just travel back in time and undo military aide that happened years ago? Surely this a simple issue that Biden has complete control over and he can stop it with a thought if he wanted? Right guys?
You can't deduct your mortgage from your taxes, only the interest. And only on mortgages related to your first or second home. From irs.gov
This part explains what you can deduct as home mortgage interest. It includes discussions on points and how to report deductible interest on your tax return.
Generally, home mortgage interest is any interest you pay on a loan secured by your home (main home or a second home). The loan may be a mortgage to buy your home, or a second mortgage.
I'm 100% voting for Biden, I even think he's a mediocre president.
However, if the vote suppressionists succeed in getting Trump elected I'm definitely going to try and get in on that beach front property in they'll put up in Gaza.
First, I'm glad you made it to the fediverse Loon-god, you'll always be a Warrior's legend.
Second, anecdotally even the crappy results generated by LLMs have value for me. Writing emails, jira tickets, documentation, etc. are all incredibly painful for me. I'll start an email and suddenly folding laundry I've ignored for 2 days is the most important thing in the world for me. Then the email that should take 5 minutes takes me an hour and turns out being way to long and dense.
With an LLM I give it a few bullet points with general details, it spits out a paragraph or so, I edit the paragraph for tone and add specific details, and then I'm done in about 5 minutes.
LLMs help me to complete tasks that I really really don't want to do, which has a lot of value to me. They aren't going to replace me at my job, but they've have really upped my productivity.
62 percent of Biden voters want to replace both candidates on the ballot: Poll ( www.thehill.com )
Arizona judge declares mistrial in the case of a rancher accused of fatally shooting a migrant ( apnews.com )
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Watch these hungry waxworms eat through plastic and digest it too ( www.bbc.com )
Wriggling critters armed with enzymes can break down plastics that would otherwise take decades, or even centuries to degrade....
Are Thule backpacks still good?
I bought a Thule Crossover eight years ago and the zip on it has finally gone. Short of getting a local seamstress to fit a new zip, I think it's time for a new one, and am a bit tempted by the Thule Crossover 2 30l. Are Thule still good? Is there anything else of the same sort of size that I should be considering?
Self hosted language translators?
I am a teacher and have students who speak many different languages. The most common ones are Chinese, Spanish and Portuguese, but we have other folks speaking other languages as well....
Why would she tweet that?! We're so effed... ( lemmy.world )
Simple EV cars
Does anyone think that there'll ever be a simple EV car produced for market without all the extra junk found in most electric cars? Why or why not?...
I remember people like the account whose name is so politely obscured ( i.ibb.co )
...and I still see liberals doing mental gymnastics for why Biden is gud ackshually
California could ban Clear, which lets travelers pay to skip TSA lines ( www.cbsnews.com )
A new bill, the first of its kind in the U.S., would ban security screening company Clear from operating at California airports as lawmakers take aim at companies that let consumers pay to pass through security ahead of other travelers. ...
Target is the only reasonable vote for climate! ( slrpnk.net )
Hillary did the meme "liberals would vote for Biden even if he drank the blood of an infant only because Trump drank the blood of 1.25 infants."
Biden administration finalizes controversial minimum staffing mandate at nursing homes ( www.cnn.com )
The Biden administration finalized on Monday the first-ever minimum staffing rule at nursing homes, Vice President Kamala Harris announced....
There is More Private Censorship in Support of the Genocide in Palestine than for any other issue that I have ever seen. ( lemmy.world )
TO BE CLEAR. THIS IS A PERSONAL RANT....
Guess what my favourite language is: ( lemmy.world )
I don't consent. ( lemmy.world )
I didn't know that was an option... has that been an option this whole time?
Scoop: U.S. expected to sanction IDF unit for human rights violations in West Bank ( www.axios.com )
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken is expected to within days announce sanctions against the Israel Defense Forces "Netzah Yehuda" battalion for human rights violations in the occupied West Bank, three U.S. sources with knowledge of the issue told Axios....
When it comes to US politics, why do the majority of people like to stay in their echo chambers? (serious)
This is what the continued existence of almost 250 years of democracy is up against ( tesseract.dubvee.org )
Edit: Image is from this Reuters article deconstructing Trump's latest rally.
Trump is funneling campaign money into cash-strapped businesses. Experts say it looks bad. ( archive.ph )
Donald Trump’s main 2024 White House campaign fundraising operation sharply increased spending at the former president's properties in recent months, funneling money into his businesses at a time when he is facing serious legal jeopardy and desperately needs cash....
Mercedes becomes the first automaker to sell autonomous cars in the U.S. that don't come with a requirement that drivers watch the road ( fortune.com )
Which communication protocol or open standard in software do you wish was more common or used more?
Whether you're really passionate about RPC, MQTT, Matrix or wayland, tell us more about the protocols or open standards you have strong opinions on!
Zuckerberg says Meta's Llama 3 is really good but no chatbot is sophisticated enough to be an 'existential' threat — yet ( www.businessinsider.com )
Kari Lake Tells Arizonans They're Still Allowed to Drive 3 Hours for Abortion ( www.jezebel.com )
Microsoft finds Russian influence operations targeting U.S. election have begun ( www.reuters.com )
SAN FRANCISCO, April 17 (Reuters) - Microsoft said on Wednesday that Russian online campaigns to influence the upcoming U.S. presidential election kicked into gear over the past 45 days, but at a slower pace than in past elections....
Why craft breweries are under threat as closures leap 49% ( www.thisismoney.co.uk )
Other than AI, what technology are you excited about?
For me it’s quantum computing - especially considering its impact on most current encryption methods
Leaked NYT Gaza Memo Tells Journalists to Avoid Words “Genocide,” “Ethnic Cleansing,” and “Occupied Territory” ( theintercept.com )
U.S., Not Israel, Shot Down Most Iran Drones and Missiles ( theintercept.com )
The United States shot down more drones and missiles than Israel did on Saturday night during Iran’s attack, The Intercept can report....
Sorry, but Iran is not the aggressor here ( www.aljazeera.com )
On Saturday, April 13, Iran launched hundreds of drones and missiles at Israel in retaliation for a deadly Israeli strike on the Iranian consulate in Damascus, Syria, that took place on April 1. ****...
Live updates: Iran’s retaliatory attack on Israel has begun ( www.nbcnews.com )
My new-ish rain jacket just started disentegrating in my hair. BIFL rain jackets?
cross-posted from: https://lemdro.id/post/7868819...
Russia says it conducts successful intercontinental ballistic missile test launch ( www.reuters.com )
Jenkins was invented b/c an engineer “got tired of incurring the wrath of his team every time his code broke the build.” ( graphite.dev )
Biden voters living the meme ( lemmygrad.ml )
cross-posted from: https://lemmygrad.ml/post/4250842...
class war ( beehaw.org )
Why these Black voters in a key state say they won’t vote for Biden or Trump ( www.cnn.com )
Students Are Likely Writing Millions of Papers With AI ( www.wired.com )
Yeah but the economy is doing great