beyond_hatred

beyond_hatred t1_je9undq wrote

It should be indefinite. There's no technical reason why the state can't retain all records permanently. Storage and archiving are cheap.

Also, some crimes don't have a time limitation for how long they can be prosecuted. If the records are there 50 years back, it might make all the difference.

Also, the statute of limitations for any given crime is enforced by the courts. It should not be short-circuited by a state employee pre-emptively destroying potential evidence.

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beyond_hatred t1_je3u5ao wrote

Good opportunity for a lesson on the value of vaccines. The risk of infant mortality was so high that children sometimes didn't even get a name until their first birthday.

There's cruel irony in the fact that vaccines are victims of their own success. Most people alive today have never seen firsthand the damage caused by smallpox, polio, and other vaccine-preventable diseases, so they think it isn't real.

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beyond_hatred t1_jdsig6l wrote

Listen to what you've said. It sounds like you're implying that I should enjoy cheap, frozen home fries because it's difficult for a high volume restaurant to prepare them correctly.

This is how a free market is supposed to work. They made their decision on how to prepare home fries based on cost, and I made my decision to not go there because I enjoy real home fries. I don't really care how they feel about it, and they certainly don't care how I feel about it. This is fine.

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beyond_hatred t1_jdqqb8z wrote

I enjoy their pancakes and waffles, but I don't like how they go cheap on the home fries. The last time I was there, the home fries were obviously frozen, perfectly uniform deep-fried cubes.

Home fries should be the measuring stick for breakfast places because they take a lot of labor to do correctly. And they're delicious, of course.

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beyond_hatred t1_j8qv2ak wrote

Real expertise can be recognized as such. The problems come when we start thinking, for example, that Diamond and Silk's opinions are just as good as those expressed by the Director of NIAID.

Social media gives everyone an equal voice, but it's up to the reader to decide who is worth listening to. As our education system falters, we become less and less capable of making the correct call.

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beyond_hatred OP t1_j6hu9ye wrote

Reply to comment by Viking603 in maple sugar season by beyond_hatred

That's really interesting. I probably got a half gallon syrup for the whole season last year from my two trees. One of them is Norway maple so it's not nearly as useful as a sugar maple. I freeze concentrated my sap last year. Not nearly as efficient as a RO machine but the price was right. I just put the pails out on the deck overnight.

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