Another reason I commonly see: to change the structure / “main pointer” to a data structure (esp during freeing and cleanup).

Smart pointers implies C++, which is not the right answer.

No, really, its a technology.

A more apt comparison would be more like internal combustion engines, wood burning stoves, or magnetic tape hard drives. That is to say, it probably has some niche place where its still a practical use or may be advantageous (backup/emergency generators for hospitals, in remote wooded locations without modern infrastructure, for cheap long term data back ups, for my examples, respectively), but that place is not the common place.

Oh, I hadn’t considered trying to take out the docs (my initial read was focused on the mothers). That’s an especially bad feel.

Text of the bill:

Subject to approval by a majority of voters during the 2026 general election, adds new Section 39 to Article I of the North Carolina Constitution as follows. Specifies that human life begins at fertilization. Recognizes a new human life as an individual person, entitled to the protection of the laws of this State from the moment of fertilization until the moment of natural death. Holds persons willfully seeking to destroy the life of another, at any stage of life, or who succeeds in doing so, accountable for first-degree murder, or attempted murder. Specifies that any person has the right to defend the life of themselves or another, even by use of deadly force if necessary, from willful destruction by another person. Specifies that the State has an  interest and a duty to defend innocent persons from willful destruction of their lives and to punish those who take the lives of persons, born or unborn, who have not committed any crime punishable by death. If approved, effective January 1, 2027.

This is where my brain went, and I’m like “Naw that can’t be it”.

Of course its just racism.

I’m unclear what Rohan is in reference to. Can I get an explainer on that element?

I’d love to have sources on this to shove in my folks’ faces. Can you point me to any?

I know I’m perfect.

I can’t tell if this is intentional and based or just typo. Either way, thanks for the chuckle.

Hey friend, this is c/NoStupidQuestions.Ease up on the tone.

I know I feel for OP’s take since I feel largely the same way about my Mom. I’m hesitant to enumerate my grievances against her, but I don’t think her actions really ever quite amounted to “abuse”.

There’s been a lot of keeping secrets, lying, asking me to keep secrets and lie on her behalf, insisting I maintain relationships with legit bad people in the extended family, feeding the worst tendencies of people in the near family, and just being manipulative in general. And that’s before we talk about her probable (though never proven) cheating on my old man or her heavy marijuana use during mine and my siblings early childhood (older sis talks about her doing things that probably hit the level of abusive neglect while high for days at a time, but that was before I can remember).

So yeah, now that I’m in my mid-late 30’s, I don’t really talk to her much. I don’t think I hit the level of “would enjoy her suffering”, but I don’t intend to go out of my way to see her again.

I hope I’m the outlier in the sense of my story is rare, but I do see why others can not love their parents, even when they weren’t abusive in the strictest sense.

Yeah, so not ideal, but still workable despite being built off ancient technology in an ancient time.

Props to the article for listing some of the extensions.

Sure do wish they’d list all that they investigated and publish as a “sells data / doesn’t sell data”

Well I mean, why stop at just alcohol ads? I say we ban them all.

^^ Only kinda joking there. I do hate ads, esp those that interrupt whatever content I was involved in (TV, streaming, pop-up). Ones that just kinda set on the side are mostly okay (billboards, banner ads, those pamphlets at hotels, etc).

Yeah, I could never fly an economy flight without a drink or three to lighten the spirits.

Yup, and I think that’s a symptom of how isolating modern society is (as opposed to the disease society suffers from).

I def do not advocate for drinking alone in any quantity, but I would also never advocate to remove alcohol from society. It feels reasonable to conclude that since every society that’s ever had success at some level has had some form of mind altering substance (usually alcohol) that was consumed recreationally and regularly.

Yeah, in terms of individual health, I have no doubt that avoiding alcohol all together the best bet.

Personally, I subscribe to a flavor of “social lubricant” take on alcohol. That is, being a human and managing all the required social interactions and minor slights, stressors, stigmas, etc is a lot. And alcohol works to turn off some of the parts of the brain most active in social situations. That is to say that alcohol (and/or other mood altering drugs) are bad for the individual, but good for society.

Do need to caveat that take with: there’s a left and a right to what’s acceptable levels of intoxication. I don’t think the world would be better with everyone getting outright shit faced every night, and even a glass every night might be excessive; its easy to fall prey to addiction and that’s undesirable. But also, I don’t think we’d be better off without alcohol all together. I think a couple glasses per week - and not drinking those glasses alone - makes for a healthy enough middle ground.

Bit of a shot in the dark, but seems like cigarette companies have lied in front of congress / courts saying cigarettes are healthy / not bad for you and have been caught red handed in their lies.

Big alcohol hasn’t ever done anything that egregious. Everyone knows its not exactly healthy to drink, and Big Alcohol doesn’t seem to have ever argued that. I know there’s the occasional “a glass of red wine is good for your heart” stuff, but they’re also not making any attempt to deny a gallon of wine per day will probably cause cirrhosis, ya know?

Ooooo, I hadn’t heard about this.

Can you link to more info?

Edit: Nevermind, my lousy google-fu proved adequate.to find this one. Link for the lazy

Nitpick, but:

have increased evapotranspiration, which is a portmanteau of evaporation and transpiration

Bruh, if you’re going to explain a not-at-all unclear fancy word, why not just use the explanation in the article (e.g. “have increased evaporation and transpiration”)

This smells of AI writing.

Edit: ignore me. @[email protected] has a better comment that brings the receipts.

Not sound like a Devil’s Advocate, but IIRC from High School history, Lincoln had the authority to mobilize the US Army for 90 days to fight the Confederates. Seems like that was a major part of the delay in declaring the Civil War a war (that is, the Union thought the Confederates would be easily pushed over w/i the 3 months that Lincoln could just do whatever he wanted with the Army).

As good as Lincoln was, I understand he played a bit fast and loose with war time powers of the president and most contemporary criticism of him was relayed to to that.

But anyway, I assumed that power hadn’t been significantly changed over the century and a half since.