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- Comment on New Jersey has no right to ban Kalshi's prediction market, US appeals court rules 3 days ago:
Sure, that’s a libertarian stance. Not necessarily an economic stance. Let the people gamble and do meth. Society and logic be damned.
- Comment on New Jersey has no right to ban Kalshi's prediction market, US appeals court rules 3 days ago:
Even without the socialist mindset, gambling isn’t creating more rich people. At best it’s creating very temporary wealth for a select few people.
Someone who is poor, capitalist, and financially literate would most likely use their meager money and debt pool to start or invest in a business. At the end of the day it’s about math.
I don’t think gambling works regardless of your definition economic viewpoint.
- Comment on New Jersey has no right to ban Kalshi's prediction market, US appeals court rules 3 days ago:
The general public supporting gambling shows there’s a problem with education and financial literacy. Gambling as a whole just funnels wealth from the poor to the rich. At least when gambling is govt controlled, it just funnels money into public services.
Best case you funnel money from thousands of poor people to a single poor person. That’s still just creating a bigger wealth gap. And in most cases, people who win have poor financial literacy, which causes them to lose that wealth in the long run.
Even if you support gambling, why should any amount of gambling DEBT be tolerated? People shouldn’t be gambling money they have but they definitely shouldn’t be gambling money they don’t have.
- Comment on Gotta go fast 1 week ago:
This has the benefit of not needing batteries since the molten sand stays hot long after the sun is down.
- Comment on Did you do this at your highschool? 1 week ago:
Yea, if someone is down on their luck or struggling with addiction. Pretty sure selling a gun is a step before losing a home.
- Comment on Why do people are so fine with Warframe monetization methods? 2 weeks ago:
This is why I avoid f2p games. Much rather pay for a game than to be constantly hounded. There’s so many cheap indie games. Or cheap old AAA games.
- Comment on Did it really used to be common for guys to go to a bar every night like in Cheers or The Simpsons? 5 months ago:
Hacker/makerspace
- Comment on Fight me 5 months ago:
So then you state: The light will become heat energy.
- Comment on No password, so your phone automatically connects 5 months ago:
Don’t be ridiculous, 5G cellular is not the same as 5Ghz wifi.
- Comment on Anon buys a game for the switch 2 6 months ago:
Not really, way back when the default was cool maps and such. Not just “special edition”.
- Comment on I asked for no sauce and got these instead 8 months ago:
We have that law in Denver. I think most restaurants ignore it, but it’s a start at least.
- Comment on Anon watches The Whale 9 months ago:
That’s not how the drug works. It just suppresses hunger (in some people). Not all eating disorders are because of feeling hungry. People will continue to have eating disorders.
- Comment on [deleted] 9 months ago:
Yea, I go out of my way to Microcenter, passing several Best Buys.
- Comment on Anon notices fake advertising in video games 9 months ago:
Oxygen Not Included. You start with oxygen.
- Comment on Anon notices fake advertising in video games 9 months ago:
Kingdom Come 1 promised this as a mechanic but then didn’t implement it. There are still toilets but you can only read books on them.
- Comment on Right?! 10 months ago:
I get like 10 seconds for both my cats.
- Comment on Apartments and metros 10 months ago:
I agree to some extent. They’re grossly overpriced. But I don’t see many shoebox options. All the layouts feel oversized and not efficient. Including the few studios. Hell a lot places have 2 parking spots for most units because of zoning laws.
I think American developers don’t like to go small unless they’re absolutely forced to.
- Comment on Apartments and metros 10 months ago:
What? All the new American apartments I’ve seen are luxury and full of nice amenities. Which I think is a problem because none of it is affordable. Even older apartments get renovated and the rent shoots up. I would love to see some practical and efficient apartments.
This is Denver so your region my differ. From what I gather new bare bones apartments only exist in extreme cost of living areas like Sanfran or NYC.
- Comment on guys what the heck theyre putting micro chips in the cheese and using blockchains to track the micro chips 11 months ago:
No? Barcodes and QR codes do not have enough information for unique identification. (Well they could but they start getting bigger and bigger)
But the real issue is needing these codes tracked and audited in a public manner. Instead of having a third party company trusted with all the cheese, you use a Blockchain with a public ledger. This doesn’t even require much processing power since there’s no incentive to mine as many blocks as possible.
I hate cryptobros but logistics is a good use for the tech. Tech is tech, not all use cases are bad.
- Comment on Not difficult to understand 11 months ago:
I had a 6 month gap and I said I was taking a sabbatical (which was the truth). No one batted an eye.
- Comment on [deleted] 11 months ago:
Pretty sure this is false in most countries. You are required to disclose overseas purchases and declare values, even for personal use. If they hit a certain thresholds, you’ll have to pay a tax.
Now I’m sure most people just ignore this, because practically they don’t know which items you carried with you and which you purchased. But it isn’t legal.
- Comment on LAN (local area network) games 1 year ago:
Yea I’m not sure of OP’s ability and the requirements for games was vague. But IPX isn’t that big of a hurdle, DOSBox has an emulator for it: www.dosbox.com/wiki/connectivity
Bigger issues would be sourcing and playing some of these games on modern systems at all. And some dedicated servers can be a pain.
- Comment on LAN (local area network) games 1 year ago:
SOLDAT 2 was recently released. Basically just a minor face-lift.
- Comment on LAN (local area network) games 1 year ago:
Warcraft 2/3, Starcraft, Halo 1, Command and Conquer 1/2/3. Red Alert 1/2. Battlefield 1942, 1943, 2, Vietnam, 2142. Joint Ops. Doom 1,2, Quake 1/2,3, Unreal Tournament 1/2004. Farcry 1/2, Crysis 1, Burnout, Half-Life 1/2, Couterstrike 1.6/Source/GO. TeamFortress 1/2. Worms Armageddon. Soldat 1/2. Armegetron. Any Source Mods. Minecraft. Age of Empires 1/2/3. Age of Mythology. Neverwinter Nights. GTA 2. OpenTTD, factorio, Terraria, ARMA 1/2/3. L4D 1/2. Killing Floor 1. Call of Duty 1/2/4. Viscera Cleanup Detail, Magicka 1. etc etc
- Comment on LAN (local area network) games 1 year ago:
Most multiplayer PC games before 2010ish.
- Comment on Ultra Gullible 1 year ago:
There’s a LAN party there every year. Seems about the best thing about it.
I inquired about why the Bustang that goes to to Colorado Springs doesn’t stop in Castle Rock. The Bustang employee heavily implied it was because Castle Rock just refuses to allow transit riders in their city. Castle Rock rather have a taxi budget for old people then do any form of public transit.
- Comment on It works for anything 1 year ago:
- Comment on eggs in japan 1 year ago:
- Comment on eggs in japan 1 year ago:
I was being slightly hypobolic. Because yes there are strawberries under 2000 as well. Even 800 yen is high compared to the states.
- Comment on eggs in japan 1 year ago:
Japan also washes them. Just not all.
