Fair enough, I personally try to be more optimistic and focus on the positives while acknowledging the problems. But as long as you aren't deluded into thinking one nation holds a monopoly on negative aspects I can respect that.
That Fortnite case reached a settlement out of court (like most cases do).
Also Japanese copyright law is much more strict and tightly enforced than it is in the states.
I haven't ment anyone who supports a post life of the author copyright protection yet. IMO ~20-30 years seems solid. Enough time to express your ideas and elaborate on them, but short enough where authors will be driven to make more than one IP. That's also more inline with what it used to be.
It's a bit misleading to only mention the federal baseline many states have higher minimums.
I currently live in one without a higher minimum wage and McDonald's starting pay is $16, much more than it's probably politically feasible to raise the federal minimum wage. $16 isn't much but it's a lot more than $7.25.
Probably the most unique thing is a Garmin watch w/ a built in flashlight. Which as someone not willing to carry an actual flashlight because I know I'll never both to take it out of my pocket 90% when I need it I find very useful. More smart watches should pick up the feature.
Sharing things you find useful in your everyday life so that others might enjoy them or recommend things that would better suit your needs.
Weighing only the bad you'll find no where on Earth is good.
Unfortunately/fortunately works of fiction aren't binding on geopolitics. (Depending on the fiction)
Elected judges just make the dangers of populist factions like fascist even worse. That'd be a neat sighted decision.
Judges are meant to represent the people. They are meant to represent the laws enacted by them.
center/center
I like most of the changes he did but he really should have kept the original with this one.
America didn't really win either war but got independence
We call that winning when it comes to wars of independence.
These bullets were made to hide their carbide rear end inside the cartridge. They were designed to be given to the Afghans during the Soviet invasion to create barrel obstructions in enemy rifles.
Heard about them from this video (6:34). There doesn't seem to be much in terms of English language sources, from my brief searching, so if anyone finds more info please share.
...the 6-pounder weapon capable of firing a devastating round of chain-shot—two cannonballs connected by a length of chain. The idea was both barrels would fire simultaneously, sending the chain-shot hurtling among enemy combatants. Unfortunately, the first field test of the prototype proved a disaster. The barrels did not fire at exactly the same time, causing the chain-shot to fly wildly off target or the chain to break.
The most impressive thing is the cross discipline knowledge demonstrated. Wood working, damascening, engraving, and gunsmithing.