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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Samsung phones embedded with 'unremovable' Israeli spyware⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t know why you’re being downvoted for stating a fact, because Pixel hasn’t had competitive hardware for several iterations now.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Verified Steam game steals streamer's cancer treatment donations⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  The problem was using Cryptocurrency in the first place.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Randy Pitchford Snaps Back at Borderlands 4 Criticism: 'Code Your Own Engine'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I have. Oddly enough, I don’t remember any Gearbox game with a Gearbox engine?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨600 GB of Alleged Great Firewall of China Data Published in Largest Leak Yet⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  Please, provide an argument instead of platitudes about “study more.” None of your posts contribute anything to do the discussion besides “read Marx.” Some of us already have done that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨'Borderlands 4 is a premium game made for premium gamers' is Randy Pitchford's tone deaf retort to the performance backlash: 'If you're trying to drive a monster truck with a leaf blower's motor, you're going to be disappointed'⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  A game that looks like BL4 shouldn’t run like Cyberpunk 2077 with ray tracing turned on.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sexualized video games are not causing harm to male or female players, according to new research⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Then the problem surely is media literacy?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Why Are More Older People Dying After Falls? Some researchers suspect that rising prescription drug use may explain a disturbing trend.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  The drug is enzalutamide.

  enzalutamide (sold as Xtandi). Among the drug’s listed side effects are higher rates of falls and fractures among patients who took it, compared with those given a placebo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Dairy farmers say worker shortage is threatening UK food security⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics

  The association is funded by a number of food multinationals, pharmaceutical companies, and food industry lobbying groups, such as the National Confectioners Association. The Academy has faced controversy regarding corporate influence and its relationship with the food industry and funding from corporate groups such as McDonald’s, Coca-Cola, Mars, and others.

  …

  During fiscal year 2015, the organisation received $1.1 million in corporate sponsorship’s from companies like General Mills, Coca-Cola and Pepsi Co via donations, joint initiatives, and programs.

  Emphasis mine. As always, it’s important to view all organizations in the context of their relationship with other larger and more influential organizations.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Every damn time.⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Those pesky ethics committees…