Allow me to introduce you to: The Library of Babel

No, the Emergency Manager appointed by the Republican Governor ruined Flint's water supply. Whether one blames corporations for that depends on how you view money in modern politics
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JimFive

Not quite. The Locals elected a government, then the State Governor removed that government and appointed an Emergency Manager who made the decisions about switching water supply and not updating infrastructure. And hey, the Emergency Manager didn't have to drink the water, he didn't live in Flint.
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JimFive

Actually, this particular problem was caused by the State appointed Emergency Manager attempting to save money without regard for the lives of the people who live there. There is some dispute about this reported in a Detroit Free Press article. But it seems pretty clear that local representation would have had incentive to avoid this problem.
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JimFive

Standardization of weights and measures.

I once went to a "private" blues club, it required paying a "membership fee" and filling out "application form". The club was private so that it didn't need a liquor license. The membership fee was the equivalent of a cover charge and the membership period was for 1 day. So, the only difference was the membership form which was essentially a mailing list.

I think the membership fee and the signup sheet were required to maintain the fiction of it being private. I don't know if they had memberships that were longer than 1 day.
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JimFive

For consistency, comparison operators should be 1 character !, =, <, >, which can then be combined into pairs for the other comparisons (!=, >=, etc.). Assignment should be explicit such as == or :=
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JimFive

I don't think you need taboola, but I did recently have to add slashcdn.com

I understand, it's easy to miss right there at the beginning.

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JimFive

Except, he's not a Democrat, he's an Independent.
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JimFive

Assuming you mean personal disputes, then I would imagine a team consisting of HR/Legal, dispute resolution person and a couple of peers.

The Steering Committee.

Merit would need to be well defined using specified goals that can be scored in an unbiased manner. Raises would then be defined based on merit scores and budget. If there are no bosses then what is a promotion?

This depends on what is meant by "lead". If you mean, who performs the function of liaison between the team and the customer/business then there should be a team member who takes on that task (this could rotate). If you mean who gets to assign tasks to other team members (especially those tasks that no one wants to do) then there could be a process for that as well that doesn't require someone to be a "boss' (draw lots, etc.). But what I think you mean is someone to make a decision. Consensus processes have a huge problem with this because no one wants to make a hard but correct decision (killing a popular product, disbanding a team that isn't needed anymore, etc.) And yes, some procedure would need to be worked out to make these decisions, and if it is really a bossless environment that's going to be tough to do.

I am doubtful about the possibilities of having a "bossless" workplace but on the other hand, I have my projects and goals for the year and if I don't see my boss for days or weeks at a time I can still do my job and deal with whatever issues come up. I think the biggest issues to address would be
1. Slacking - which would need some sort of team level resolution and escalation process. and
2. Responsiveness - Trying to deal with fast moving strategic requirement changes would be seriously hampered by a committee process.
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JimFive

Because that's what a warrant is. Legal permission to break a law.
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JimFive

I quit my nail-biting habit by buying nail clippers and carrying them with me everywhere (and leaving a set at work), so instead of habitually biting them, I habitually clip them. Then I use the little file on the nail clippers to pry open those things that need fingernails. YMMV
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JimFive

I would suggest that for mobile devices, dealing with dns based blocking at the local router/dns level only works when you are home. Device based dns blocking works even when you're using public wifi. Alternatively, one could set up an outside facing(hosted perhaps) DNS server and make sure your devices use a static DNS pointed at your server, but I'm not sure that's worth it for 2 mobile devices.
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JimFive

The bureaucratic infrastructure to manage "Basic Services" would be huge compared to that necessary to manage a basic income.
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JimFive