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Allowlist

An allowlist is a directory of specific elements that are allowed, e.g. email addresses, IP addresses or URLs etc.

An allowlist has the same meaning as a whitelist in computer and tech industry.
Allowlist like block list are much more intuitive and descriptive than whitelist and blacklist and don't have subliminal racist associations- blacklist = block and whitelist = allow.
by mlhiss July 7, 2020
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C-19 Death Panel

The public decision making body that that is unofficial and largely invisible that decides strategies that spread or stop the spread of C-19 and specially who gets treated for C-19 and who does not. The C-19 Death Panels can be comprised of different types of people in all levels of gov and private sector but not limited to public heath or medical experts. In some cases it is politicians and some cases business owners or religious leaders.

C-19 Death Panel decisions range from Politicians and Public Health Agencies deciding on strategies to prevent the spread of C-19, Public Health Agencies and Medical Administrators planning (or lack there of) to assure medical people do (or don't) have proper PPE, medical equipment, hospital capacity to heal patients or to protect even to protect patients with our without it from C-19. And there are some on the panels that make individual decisions on which medical people get adequate PPE (to protect them and/or patients), who gets tests and tested, and who gets treated for C-19, especially when there is limited capacity for prevention or care.
Criteria used by the C-19 Death Panels can be well thought out and based on data and analysis by public heath and medical professions or made on the fly by politicians or their advisers that are trained in financial and economics and whatever else they think is relevant.
The greatest innovation of the C-19 Death Panel is that it not only makes decisions on who gets treatment like other medical death panels but it is largely responsible for who and how a person gets exposed to the disease that can kill the future patient. In a lot of cases there is more than one C-19 Death Panel acting, often with completely different logic and counter strategies. Some prioritizing the economy over your grand parents and some your grand parents over the economy.

It should be noted that the C-19 Death Panels can develop strategies that create enough people with the C-19 illness to overwhelm not only everyone's medical care and medical insurance rates.
by mlhiss April 6, 2020
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dating a fetus

Dating a person that is 18 years or more your junior. Note it is illegal to have sex with someone under the legal age of consent.
Her desire for dating a fetus, diminished considerably, when she calculated that she would not be able to have sex with her date till she was at least 36.
by mlhiss March 19, 2020
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utils

An economic measure of the "units of happiness".
The economist would always ask a specific set of questions to figure out the potential utils of a potential love interest. He was hoping for a 10 but, at best, but quickly learned he could get a more positive response from a low scoring woman whose utils increased when he acted pleasant and fun.
by mlhiss December 20, 2019
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boogozer

An affectionate nickname for a person who is kind and loving but has a dominating and controling personality.

Bulldozer.
Boogozer

A guy who comes back to his home town after being gone for 10 years and stumbles on what used to be a beautiful and undeveloped beach that has recently been covered with tacky development and private property signs:
"The things you see without your boogozer."
by mlhiss March 30, 2008
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climate-industrial complex

The green energy and conservation industry which promotes alternative energy sources and conservation measures to combat global climate change.
A climate-industrial complex is needed to combat global climate change, especially with politicians only listening to the lobbies and multi-national corporations.
by mlhiss January 9, 2020
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civil life movement

Greatly accelerating movement for a more civil society. The movement is for democratic solutions that involve the public at large and not through special interest groups solutions that have only perpetuated violence. They are for providing more public health to assure mental fitness. And they are against increasing the more violent types of methods and technologies that have only accentuated the problem of violence. While the issue of violence has always been debated and discussed through democratic means it has not always gotten very far with regards to effective public policy. After repeated police killings, street violence, massacres in schools and public places the youth have taken charge and started to effectively lead on this issue of a more civil life democracy free of violence.
The Civil Life Movement has lingered through the ages, making incremental progress on major issues, such as human rights, civil rights, and minority rights. However, it has also neglected some of the most fundamental issues, such as the right to be free of violence and violent methods of dispute resolution. After repeated failures to keep massacres and even domestic violence under control, the youth have organized Enough Rallies to focus on effective and human policies to reduce violence, and to solve problems democratically as a people instead of leaving it to special interest groups.
by mlhiss May 18, 2018
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