Do you boost before you even find stuff?

I don’t play Pokemon. I do play Ingress, the game which generated all the data that P-Go uses for its pokestops and whatnot.

“ Pete Sousa who’s the photographer for President Obama, he owns the photograph, so I’m not trying to rob him”

The pasta is good. Just don’t cook it too long or think the leftovers will keep.

Well sand is actually an upgrade—earthy. Most of the cookies I try to eat are more cardboard than sand.

Why were the charges dismissed? I mean ostensibly, not cause he’s white and it’s Texas—valid, but less relevant.

I would, in fact, day that anyone who applies for parole wants to be let off the hook. I would only feel the bed to comment on it if they contradict themselves by sarong they aren’t trying to get off the hook. I don’t begrudge the application, but rather the contradiction.

I do realize that one of the problems with the system is the length of sentence!

You are correct! However, for the purposes of the analogy, and explaining the “hook” concept, the similarities (getting away from the complete consequences) were what I was talking about—and were comparable. The point is sometimes issues become cloudy because they’re extreme, and it can help to use a non-extreme…

I’m just using the common terms for the different theories of justice. For what it’s worth, I think retributive justice is actually more just than rehabilitative justice, since the latter forces a way of thinking, rather than being an impartial review of actions and giving consequences—so I’m actually not a HUGE fan…

On the hook = perpetual punishment, forever and ever, apparently

A name change does not a real philosophical change make—and you can “correct” with mere punitive punishments, too. In fact I often hear folks who are in favor of corporal punishment use “correction” in that way specifically.

Since her crimes warrant 2 life sentences, I disagree.

Imagine I get a speeding ticket. I’m “on the hook” for the 500 bucks of the ticket. But imagine I go in front of the judge, and say “hey, it was a one-time thing, and I’m a good person and I’ve really learned my lesson here, I can show that I’ve really learned my lesson”, and the judge waives the fine. Sure, I’ve…

“I don’t let myself off the hook,” she said during the hearing, “But I’d like to be left off the hook by you guys”.

I wouldn’t say our system is supposed to be about rehabilitation—some think it SHOULD be, but I don’t think it actually is. It’s about retributive justice, and the rehabilitation aspect is a mitigation. That’s why there’s a sentence, but you MAY be paroled IF you dance the right dance—the first part is retributive…

You can’t patent a formula. You can patent an application of a formula, but this seems even more tenuous than the usual software patent shenanigans.

I use something similar in am attempt to get other wore people to understand privilege:

I’m glad they helped him!

This isn’t really on topic, but we recently decided that it’s our goal to live in an airstream—largely because it gives mobility, and we can get to the beach wherever we want to despite the fact that we’re really really poor. Plus, the spouse is a minimalist and I have decided I’m not opposed to that. So, relatively…