ChrisLicht

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[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I’m not sure that attacking the idea of the plea itself is right. Plea deals are useful in a well-run juridical model.

Instead, prosecutors should be barred from overcharging as a form of coercion, which is plainly what they often do today. Some combo of state legislators, the state supreme courts, and the ABA should create guardrails for charging decisions.

Finally, as I understand its history, the broad use of overcharging is a fairly recent development that arose because other parts of our system broke down or were overwhelmed, often because of underfunding and/or political expedience.

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago (7 children)

Actually commit, or arrested for, or convicted for? I’m on mobile and can’t dive the PDF, but “commit” sounds like it’s a denominator, not a numerator.

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 8 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is this fast or slow?

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I read like 5 years ago that we were, any minute now, entering Moore’s Law for batteries.

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I agree, but there is a somewhat thorny question here: Where does the dictation start?

Many of these students and their families are being dictated to by Sunni wahabbist imams trained and funded by Saudi oil money, and they actually come from cultures and religious traditions that didn’t give a shit about the abaya in the ‘60s and ‘70s.

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 2 points 1 year ago

Python Distilled was a godsend while I was going through CS50P.

I just ordered a stack from your post below. God bless expense deductions 🤓

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I love following weird shit on the web, so stumbled onto Qanon in late 2017 on 4chan, and have accounts on Telegram, GreatAwakening.win, Truth Social, and Rumble to keep up with the movement every day.

I mention all of the preceding by way of confirming that you are spot on. They constantly describe themselves as the true critical thinkers who are fighting the evil communist and/or fascist Left.

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

This was a really interesting suggestion, thank you!

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I had a biz partner who is a centimillionaire. He has an iPhone for data, and a flip-phone for calls.

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)
[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

On that cree tip, hell yeah.

[–] ChrisLicht@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The true heroes work 7-Eleven at 1 a.m.

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