Prisons are punishment but that won’t deter crime committed out of necessity or substance abuse from self medicating mental illness. Root cause that shit - meet the basic needs (food, water, shelter) of everyone unconditionally, provide physical and mental health care to everyone as a basic right, and you suddenly have less need for prisons.

Interesting cases that challenge this argument: white collar crime - would this be consider a mental illness? Sexual predators - definitely mental illness likely caused by prior trauma, we need to provide mental health care.

First and last. Radeon 9600xt

What’s the NPV of 24 monthly $4 payments assuming a 4% annual rate of return?

That makes sense. That’s why physically bending my harmonica never worked! I still don’t understand mechanistically how moving your tongue in your mouth changes the vibration of a reed, but I’ll work on that part.

Edit: found it!

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/13714801_Acoustical_and_physical_dynamics_of_the_diatonic_harmonica

Do you actually bend the harmonica? Or is it just messing with the hole using your tongue?

If you get a + shaped tire iron, you can simultaneously pull up on one end and step down on the other, increasing your torque and keeping the nut properly engaged.

Have those emissions results been verified by an independent third party?

I agree that at least on paper China is taking much stronger action than many other countries.

How is Tuesday Christmas optimal?

The same logic would apply to books. ::gestures at library::

Could be bad actors trying to sway the vote. Could be sweet summer children who believe the means justify the end.

Sudoku all the time. It’s the perfect tool for waiting 7 minutes. I bought the app “Enjoy Sudoku” many years ago and it is my most played game ever.

That’s a bingo!

Aw, only 99%?

I personally would rather follow topics than people. I don’t know or care what the founder of Adobe had for breakfast. I like the idea of community aggregate voting to drive an interesting feed. Maybe Mastodon can do that better than I know because I only gave it a few days… but I was nowhere near what I wanted after a few days where Lemmy was good from day 0.