Tamo240
@Tamo240@programming.dev
- Comment on Over £1 billion to boost bus services across the country as bus fares capped at £3. 3 weeks ago:
I agree with every point you made, and obviously this is better than having no cap at all, but this is exactly what makes the argument a false dichotomy, which the government is doing more than you were. Any positives are only relative to the single invented alternative, not any of the better solutions.
The simple fact is that public services like public transport, the NHS, postal service etc should not need to be profitable. They should never be expected to support themselves financially and should be funded by taxation on those who can most afford, not increasing the cost for use by those that most require it’s services.
Public services will continue to crack and fail until we have a government that understands this.
- Comment on Over £1 billion to boost bus services across the country as bus fares capped at £3. 3 weeks ago:
Thanks mate, editted
- Comment on Over £1 billion to boost bus services across the country as bus fares capped at £3. 3 weeks ago:
They could have renewed it at £2 and still increased the funding without taking it from people who rely on public transport.
No false dichotomies please.
- Comment on Over £1 billion to boost bus services across the country as bus fares capped at £3. 3 weeks ago:
The cap has been increased by 150% from £2 to £3.
Please under no circumstances do trains.
- Comment on Chris Kaba shooting: Firearms officer not guilty of murder 4 weeks ago:
If the immediate danger is the car, couldn’t they shoot the tires instead of the driver? I don’t understand how you can claim to not have intended to kill a person you have aimed a firearm at and pulled the trigger.
- Comment on We lost Keanu 2 months ago:
Probably Miniminuteman
- Comment on Ticketmaster to be investigated by watchdog over 'dynamic pricing' of Oasis tickets 2 months ago:
They should gather that before they set the price. Once the box office doors open, increasing the price is price gouging plain and simple.
- Comment on Ticketmaster to be investigated by watchdog over 'dynamic pricing' of Oasis tickets 2 months ago:
I disagree with this whole ‘market price’ thing because as a consumer you don’t have constant opportunity to buy. You get one slot where you are are the front of the queue, and if you don’t like the price then tough. It essentially just rewards those who got to the front sooner, and punishes later joiners.
- Comment on Does AAAA just mean awful triple A games now? 2 months ago:
pendant pedant?
Sorry
- Comment on Gearbox CEO Randy Pitchford says his hopes on Epic Store were 'overly optimistic or misplaced' 2 months ago:
Making a platform that was simply a copy of all of Steam’s features would certainly take a lot of time. That’s why to break into the space a new platform would need to actually innovate a killer feature that brings early adopters to it even without having all the bells and whistles Steam has. Then the user base can and will grow as you fill in the gaps so the ‘sacrifice’ of using your platform is lessened.
All exclusive games do is build resentment in your customers at being forced to use an inferior product.
- Comment on Remedy and Annapurna announce a strategic cooperation agreement on Control 2 2 months ago:
The point is that Epic complaining about being unable to compete with Steam, and therefore needing to employee anti-competitive, anti-consumer practices rings a little hollow given that they have significantly more resources available.
I’m not here to stan for either company, I think if Epic wants to compete they need to create a better product, not fling monopoly accusation while actively pursuing monopolistic strategies.
- Comment on Remedy and Annapurna announce a strategic cooperation agreement on Control 2 2 months ago:
Quick google says epic has 13000+ employee while Valve has only 300+, and yet they can’t build a legitimate competitor and have to resort to exclusivity deal to force people onto their platform which is totally anti consumer.
Also for the record console players whine endlessly about Xbox/PS exclusive games, so don’t act like this is some weird thing that PC gamers do.
- Comment on Gearbox founder says Epic Games Store hopes were “misplaced or overly optimistic” 2 months ago:
How does that benefit devs? Epic should swallow the cost of it wants to do that
- Comment on Technically Correct 3 months ago:
IIRC water happens to appear similarly to a lot of explosives on the metric they use for what the composition of items in the scanner is.
Improvements are being made though so soon we may be allowed to take water through unrestricted:
Why Airport Security Suddenly Got Better (13:01) youtu.be/nyG8XAmtYeQ?si=RTjA8GRuZaMIJs9d
- Comment on Technically Correct 3 months ago:
The goal is not to stop the people in the queue being attacked, its to stop someone boarding a plane with the means to hijack it
- Comment on I wish I was as bold as these authors. 4 months ago:
And are you being paid more for your increased productivity, or is your company stealing that value?
- Comment on BBC uncovers 6,000 possible illegal sewage spills in one year 5 months ago:
Not lack of investment, lack of expenditure in favour of payouts to shareholders instead.
- Comment on Why Furiosa Is Not The Best Mad Max Movie Explained In George R. R. Martin's Review 5 months ago:
Not sure we saw the same movie if you think it looked cheap. Some very specific shots had some iffy CGI, and for some reason those are in the trailer, so I’m wondering if that’s all you’ve seen?
- Comment on [Explicit video] I salute my brother @macklemore using his powerful artistry to tell some painful truths! #TruthJusticeLove 6 months ago:
Not voting is still participating in the system because you live with the results, sorry mate. You don’t get to opt out then absolve yourself of guilt from the result if its the worst case.
- Comment on [Explicit video] I salute my brother @macklemore using his powerful artistry to tell some painful truths! #TruthJusticeLove 6 months ago:
Your principles are sound, but not voting in any election is imo equivalent to voting for whoever wins. If that turns out to be Trump your moral high ground has no basis because you actively enabled that result.
Voting for a candidate doesn’t have to mean endorsing their entire being, it can be for many reasons, most noteably tactical voting to ensure the least bad outcome.