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If you fix a problem, you can't campaign on it.

That makes sense. It wasn't coming across in the earlier comments.

Yes, but a clear crystal is a clear crystal.

No, different materials have different refractive indices, even if they're both "clear crystals." Maybe the examples given are very close in refractive index, but they still differ, therefore split light differently. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_refractive_indices

I'm not saying it's the entire difference, but it certainly comes into play. It could be that the more "explosive" light example is cut identically, but held slightly askew versus the others.

Point is, it's not just the cut that impacts the result.

Isn't it both shape and material? The refractive index of the material is important in determining how much the light bends at the interface.

So many things we need to focus on as a country, and this is what the priority is. Or, at least, this is what we hear about. Either way, it's ridiculous.

Maybe...just fucking maybe...basic human needs like healthcare should not be for-profit.

Bitwise and with 0x1. If result is 0, it's even. Least significant bit is always 1 for odd numbers.

I worry about it every time I hear about another shooting. So basically constantly.

I try to tell myself that it's unlikely, or we live in a place it couldn't possibly happen...which is all BS and I know it.

I just have to hope it's something I'll never have to deal with. If I was truly that concerned, I'd have to home school, and that's just not going to happen. So it's basically a low level of constant dread, and it's disgusting that this is where we're at here, because no one wants to face the facts and actually do anything about problem.

Correct, that's the joke.

I'm sorry you had to deal with that, but I'm glad your family is ok.

Every time I hear about these events (so WAY too fucking often) I think about my kids, and I hope that we never have to deal with that situation. I'm in the state, and I have plenty of friends in Madison. This is practically hitting home for me.

It also reminds me of the situation we did deal with, which was an abuser. When my kid was in kindergarten. We're pretty sure nothing happened to our kid, but FUCK. I have never wanted to beat someone to death with my own two hands before, but given the chance I definitely could have seen myself losing control.

What a fucked up country. I was going to say world, but no, it's just here.

Montana.

Went for a funeral, wasn't there long enough to see much of anything, no touristy stuff at all. View from the hotel was nice, minus the highway cutting through the foreground.

Can't give a fair recommendation, given how little I saw.

So does Sheboygan (Cheboygan). Probably more.