“It’s easier to ask forgiveness than it is to ask permission” was coined by Admiral Grace Hopper for use in a very different context. It is intended to mean that, when dealing with a beaurocracy like the military, it is often easier to ask forgiveness than to ask permission.
She certainly wouldn’t have intended for it to be used in the context of theft.
I think you mean “complicit” rather than “complacent”, though both could be true I suppose.
I think they are clarifying due to what has happened with Ubisoft. They’re also using it as an opportunity to spread the word farther that they won’t do the same thing.
It’s pretty amazing to me that a company hasanagednto become so reviled that Walmart is the better and more ethical option.
Entropy Man would be a scary accidental villain. Just random acts of chaos as they go through life until enough shit goes wrong and they become persecuted. The they learn to use their powers for revenge against an unjust society.
Thank you, this is really helpful!
Thank you, I’ll look into options.
When you say email aliases, what do you mean? A lot of services strip plusses from emails now, right?
If he won’t debate, they should put together a “debate” where they take in-context Trump quotes, show them on a screen, then let Kamala respond to them. Let her rip apart his awful rhetoric and lack of policies and if he doesn’t show up to defend himself, that’s his problem.
Oh, I agree with you. I was just answering why many college kids disliked the twin xl mattresses. That doesn’t mean they should quit using them in dorms.
Because finding sheets that fit them used to be terrible. Even in a college town, you’d have very limited options. I expect this is much easier now that online shopping is a thing, though.
I don’t disagree with you at all. I’m just pointing out the logic of the people who made the laws and those enforcing them.
I’d guess they’re saying that the person using water from the hose is avoiding the consequences of non payment while they still owe money.
As an American, I’m betting on the US. The likely argument is that the person using their neighbor’s hose still owes money to the utility company and allowing them to use water for free is allowing them to avoid consequences of non payment.
Ridiculous, but the logic seems like something I’ve seen many times in the US.
I came here to say the same thing. We don’t judge Gone With The Wind by current standards. Why judge Star Wars by current standards? It’s half a century old and societal morals and norms have changed significantly.
It actually is here in the US, too. At least in my state. It would still be helpful for monitoring for inflation as a consumer if sizes were fixed so that the actual price changes when the price per unit changes. For me it’s a lot easier to recognize that something went from $4.99/kg to $5.99/kg when the item is fixed at 1 kg than it is to recognize when the item went from 830 g to 691 g but remained $4.14.
I’ve been thinking of a solution for this. What if products were required to be sold in standard increments. No 11.2 floz, either 6 floz or 12 floz. No 960 grams, only increments of 250 grams up to 1 kg, then increments of 1 kg. It would make product comparison much easier and make it obvious when shrinkflation is happening.
Don’t forget threatening to sanction the ICC over the Netanyahu arrest warrant.
What’s GAD?