A man must always live by his work, and his wages must at least be sufficient to maintain him. They must even upon most occasions be somewhat more; otherwise it would be impossible for him to bring up a family, and the race of such workmen could not last beyond the first generation…

Every species of animals naturally multiplies in proportion to the means of their subsistence, and no species can ever multiply beyond it. But in civilised society it is only among the inferior ranks of people that the scantiness of subsistence can set limits to the further multiplication of the human species; and it can do so in no other way than by destroying a great part of the children which their fruitful marriages produce.

The liberal reward of labour, by enabling them to provide better for their children, and consequently to bring up a greater number, naturally tends to widen and extend those limits. It deserves to be remarked, too, that it necessarily does this as nearly as possible in the proportion which the demand for labour requires. If this demand is continually increasing, the reward of labour must necessarily encourage in such a manner the marriage and multiplication of labourers, as may enable them to supply that continually increasing demand by a continually increasing population.

• Adam Smith, the father of capitalism

Legally, passenger rail gets the highest priority.

However, the punishment for violating this is a fine which hasn’t been updated in decades. The rail companies realized a long time ago that it’s better to just take the fine instead of actually following the law.

Those eagles remind me of something, but I’m not thinking Russian…

This is definitely AI but similar ovens used to be built and, I’m sure, still are.

However, there are still plenty of issues.

Open flame plus a flammable painting. And the painting is right over the oven where it will get covered in grease. And that’s a gas range with no hood.

There’s a reason ovens usually open from the top these days. It’s safer and allows you to peak without opening the entire oven or leaning at an odd angle. Locking handles are also no longer used because little kids can climb in and accidentally get stuck.

The multiple drawers sounds like a good idea but it just means that you can’t cook large dishes. Usually you’d only see styles like this in restaurant kitchens because they will know how large of an oven they need and can benefit from having multiple sizes for different dishes.

You get people to “pledge” donations. It’s partly about raising awareness for the charity and partly because a lot of people are more likely to donate to these types of drives versus donating just because.

Well, the book actually ends a bit more positively. Your actions will indirectly affect others isn’t just about the bad. It’s also the good.

The protagonist was haunted since he fought in the Vietnam War. He was ordered to burn an abandoned village but he thought he saw a shadow. He tried to see if someone was there while his commander told him to leave. He went anyways but was shot in the leg.

For his entire life, he was haunted by that.

The final person he met was a little girl. She was the shadow he saw. He broke down about how he wished his life could have been taken instead but she comforted him. Because of his guilt and pain, he was extremely cautious at his job as an amusement park maintenance employee. He went above and beyond what anyone else would do.

She showed him examples. Kids who were playing on the boardwalk that would have died after stepping on a broken plank. Rides that would have crashed because of a missed problem. Teens who would have plunged to their death because no one yelled at them to stop leaning over the rails. Even the action that caused his death - he saved the life of a little girl who was about to be hit by a roller coaster car.

Your actions can indirectly lead to bad things happening but they can also directly or indirectly bring about good.

Adam Smith, the father of capitalism, was pretty clear that a free market still needs protection.

A man must always live by his work, and his wages must at least be sufficient to maintain him. They must even upon most occasions be somewhat more; otherwise it would be impossible for him to bring up a family, and the race of such workmen could not last beyond the first generation…

Every species of animals naturally multiplies in proportion to the means of their subsistence, and no species can ever multiply beyond it. But in civilised society it is only among the inferior ranks of people that the scantiness of subsistence can set limits to the further multiplication of the human species; and it can do so in no other way than by destroying a great part of the children which their fruitful marriages produce.

The liberal reward of labour, by enabling them to provide better for their children, and consequently to bring up a greater number, naturally tends to widen and extend those limits. It deserves to be remarked, too, that it necessarily does this as nearly as possible in the proportion which the demand for labour requires. If this demand is continually increasing, the reward of labour must necessarily encourage in such a manner the marriage and multiplication of labourers, as may enable them to supply that continually increasing demand by a continually increasing population.

Seems to be a take on The Five People You Meet In Heaven.

In the book, a man named Eddie dies and is sent to Heaven. However, he must first meet five people whose lives were completely altered by him.

The first person the protagonist meets was a man who was turned blue due to silver nitrate. When Eddie was a child, he ran into the road chasing a ball. The man was driving a car and swerved to avoid him. While there was no accident, it caused the man to suffer a heart attack and die.

The point was to show that there is no such thing as coincidence and that your actions can indirectly have an effect on others, even people you never have met.

You could just pay off your balance by the due date and you won’t be charged any interest.

It’s exactly (C*9/5)+32. That’s not a rough formula, it’s exact.

Wait, we’re the hicks?!

Actually, that explains so much.

Iirc the issue was that the researchers left the manufacturer’s logo on the scans.

All of the negative scans were done by the researchers on the same equipment while the positive scans were pulled from various sources. So the AI only learned to identify which scans had the logo.

Yes, but there’s zero evidence the dinosaurs didn’t have time machines.

People who pour grease down the drain have definitely never unclogged a drain before.

Usually something like half fibers (hair, tampons, “flushable” wipes, etc), half grease and fats.

If it’s a solid at room temp, it probably shouldn’t go down the drain.

Butter is already like 90% fat.

I’m pretty certain that you can turn Relay off in your account settings.

Don’t tell that to your kid unless you want them to start pooping in your bed.

Yes, you also need to hope they’re not building android replicas of all the voters, too.

Except they have a much higher rate of lost or miscounted ballots.

But the two methods can be used together to create an improved system: electronic ballots with a printed ‘receipt’. My state uses this method. Before submitting your ballot, it displays the paper receipt and asks you to confirm your choices. If it’s incorrect or you want to change it, you can reject the ballot and it is immediately voided in front of you. If it’s fine, you press a button and it submits both the digital and paper copies of your ballot.

Election monitors can then validate the calculated results against the paper receipts.

Your first source is about women working in Canada and your second is about poverty in Canada.

Unless I missed something, Canada still is a sovereign nation despite what Trump wants.