Humans are diploid. We have 2 independent copies of every chromosome in each cell, one from each parent. They function as "backup" copies. If an error is on one, as long as the other one has a good copy of the effected gene, nothing happens. However, if parents are related, it becomes possible to receive two identical (or nearly identical) copies, and lose that backup. In that case, any error/mutations will cause problems.
Someone took "Don't complain about idiots, take their money." to heart.
I would guess that they were told by some "guru" how exactly to do it, and never questioned the magic words.
- "non-citizen american national"
- Background is the flag used by the United States Government
- References US law multiple times
- "Nationality: ... The United States of America"
Even if they kept the police off of their property, the power company would just disconnect the wires coming into their property. Even with the sovcit magic it wouldn't work.
Well, it lasted longer then any of my drones do before I have to replace a propellor. (That might be a bit harder on Mars)
Well that's another one for the "list of companies that are never getting my money".
cdparanoia is old but has always worked fine, even on crappy drives and damaged disks. Even many modern tools like cyanrip just use cdparanoia to do the actual ripping, just wrapping it in a new UI. You will need to convert the output with another tool, but this is quite easy. (For mp3 disks, just mount them and copy the files, no special tools needed)
Probably an IR receiver module or photodiode.
Unfortunately, this keeps changing. Old slurs get recycled or forgotten, and new words become offensive. Corporate guidelines are often hugely overbroad to avoid offending anyone. The best way to avoid things like what just happened, by checking slang in a dictionary before using it.
Someone who beleaves that they can get out of some or all the obligations using some magic pseudo-legal phrases.
It started as people trying to imitate rich people exploiting legal loopholes, but then some grifter "guru" found them and decided to make a quick buck giving rather bad legal advice. This worked, causing in more grifters getting in, with depressing/hilarious results.