seems implausible.

is that just the text

the whole seeds do taste good but its a bit like chewing up some bits of wood

hmm, is this a change of topic?

very thorough!

someone made me pickled strawberries one time. amazing condiment

a massively fatal pandemic in recent memory seems to have effected close to zero real change in public health funding/policy/etc

i had one for about 5 years, gave it up after i had to start doing literal back-alley deals to find parts to keep it running

the shutter speed for this must have been incredible

why does this thing look slow? so much ground clearance

wonder if we will ever get into another era of cool small cars

otoh a lot of the most useful and enduring software ever made has been made by volunteers in their spare time

I always interpreted legal tender not to be a mandate to accept that form of payment in general, but rather a formally recognized method for resolving debt in the event of legal dispute.

Hmm, now that I think of it, in USA the supply of cash flows from banks and thus supply of cash, whether directly or indirectly, requires some association with them too… the alternatives seem to be barter, scrip, etc. But if it’s illegal to freely trade directly between suppliers and the needful for basic necessities, that does at least seem objectionable.

I’m also thinking about “banking hours”/bank requirements constraining the ability of even bank account holders to garner those necessities freely.

Yes, for cases like you are illustrating here, seems to me that is forcing some association as you argue. Then again, it doesn’t force a /specific/ association, as long as there is a free marketplace for banking with real options. However, even then it does still make a compulsory partition in that way.

also it works extremely fast because it doesnt re-encode. downside is slight imprecision on cutpoints.

Seems that case requires it for such engagements, but doesn’t mandate it? If it can be refused freely, seems that would not violate?

under what circumstances do governments unconditionally force their citizens to get bank accounts?

ah, that, and bringing their diseases.

interesting, guess the greys are filling the same niche.