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- Comment on US Rep proposes bill to give video game buyers "ownership," not "a license" 4 days ago:
It shouldn’t be narrowly focused on just video games. Should simply be anything digital.
- Comment on It's insane that there’s no sound barrier on these stations 1 week ago:
Maybe OP was complaining about the noise the trains make from the perspective of the cars? /s
- Comment on It's insane that there’s no sound barrier on these stations 1 week ago:
I’ve been to Chicago exactly once in my life, for just about exactly 24 hours, ten years ago. And while I did ride the CTA, it wasn’t the Red Line. Why was I instantly able to recognize this as Chicago? Rosemont Station on the Blue Line was my hotel stop, and that’s where I thought this was until I googled Garfield Station.
- Comment on Make Congress Earn Average American Wage. 1 week ago:
The point is to tie it to the inverse of the first 18 years. So perhaps [average life expectancy] minus 18 would put it in rough parity with average retirement age.
- Comment on Make Congress Earn Average American Wage. 1 week ago:
My solution is that any restrictions (voting, holding office) placed on those under 18 also be placed on those older than [average life expectancy] minus 18. That might be too restrictive, so I’d accept 100 minus 18.
Boomers want to increase the voting age to 18? Sure, but that also takes three years off the other end.
- Comment on How can one individual get Nestle, Amazon, Google, Apple, Disney, and Blackrock to go out of business? 2 weeks ago:
This post itself ragebait.
- Comment on How can one individual get Nestle, Amazon, Google, Apple, Disney, and Blackrock to go out of business? 2 weeks ago:
Of course there is. Three or four of those companies you can simply opt-out of, the other two are causing deep societal harm. The fact that you know which two I’m talking about proves my point.
- Comment on How can one individual get Nestle, Amazon, Google, Apple, Disney, and Blackrock to go out of business? 2 weeks ago:
For starters, you could learn the difference between businesses you don’t like and those causing unavoidable and irreparable societal harm.
- Comment on According to the New York Times, Game of Thrones is the 6th best TV show of the 21st century 3 weeks ago:
This is a pretty good list, that I largely agree with. IF it were unordered. Ordered the way it is, it is an abomination.
- Comment on According to the New York Times, Game of Thrones is the 6th best TV show of the 21st century 3 weeks ago:
So, so many poorly placed on the list. Band of Brothers is my personal number 1, but I’d accept it anywhere in the top 5; begrudgingly accept it in the top 10. But 28? GTFO.
- Comment on Sacre blu 3 weeks ago:
This is a shitpost community. Screenshot here appears to be Twitter and so the context isn’t quite the same. Without context, any shitpost potential it has falls a little flat.
- Comment on Yeah, fuck these two. 5 weeks ago:
Hey Ed, what’s the point of fuck you money if you never say fuck you?
- Comment on great to know! 5 weeks ago:
I have a friend who works for Google, in a non-computer science department but one that does require some amount of decent computer hardware (compute, IO, etc.) They go through this cycle every year or so; their team uses MacBook Pros because it fits their needs the best -> department heads above them see this and take the MacBook Pros away and replace them with Chromebooks -> team cannot accomplish their goals on the Chromebooks, so they lobby up the chain and eventually get their MBPs back -> … ad infinitum.
- Comment on great to know! 5 weeks ago:
I carry a phone and small tablet for most things. Having them combined would be pretty cool. Although I have been bearish on foldables since the beginning.
- Comment on Every payment option has a fee 1 month ago:
Progressive. And I’ve saved enough money to finally switch to pay in full on my next policy.
- Comment on Every payment option has a fee 1 month ago:
I say this with all respect; can we not use Gemini or other AI agents as “evidence.”
- Comment on Every payment option has a fee 1 month ago:
I’ve personally never seen in my own policies any kind of financing when paying monthly. It’s always been policy total / 6 = monthly payment. Then there is a modest (and yes, mildly infuriating) fee per payment. When I said the fee was the cost of financing, I didn’t mean it literally was that, but more of an “effective” cost of financing. I’d love to see someone’s policy that has a financing increase line item.
- Comment on Every payment option has a fee 1 month ago:
That is indeed mildly infuriating. Do you get the discount AND avoid fees if you auto-pay in full?
- Comment on Every payment option has a fee 1 month ago:
The fee isn’t for the payment method, it’s for “financing” the cost of the policy over six months. I’m sure that there is no fee if you pay in full.
- Comment on What do Centrists know about electability? 2 months ago:
The right wing base does not demand purity tests. Take that as you will.
- Comment on Fuck you Whatsapp 3 months ago:
WhatsApp has market share from the momentum gained in countries that didn’t have free/cheap SMS. I too find it wild that it’s the default in most of the world, and it’s super shady and super proprietary. The messaging that we have in the US is far far far from perfect, but at least it’s not Facebook Chat.
- Comment on ESA bafflingly declares private Minecraft servers 'illegal' 3 months ago:
I’m the AI skeptic in my group, but even I use it occasionally for super targeted stuff. It’s pretty good at finding errors in my excel formulas.
- Comment on [politics] ya but, at least Juneteenth still lives! herp-a-derp! 3 months ago:
I needed that explanation like I need a hole in the neck.
- Comment on You need to think long term 4 months ago:
Surely, someone should’ve seen Barb and my acquaintances and give them
[first**name**][lastname]@server.comemail addresses.On a similar topic to your story, my mother worked at a high school when I was young, and in her second marriage her last name was Dick. Only took a couple weeks for her to go back to going by her maiden name at the school.
- Comment on You need to think long term 4 months ago:
I knew two D. Adcocks. Their email address must be fun.
- Comment on stroke confirmed 4 months ago:
We need a POC on a bill, but Teddy is pretty cool too. My third favorite Republican.
- Comment on stroke confirmed 4 months ago:
I actually think it’s a pretty big miss that we didn’t have a $250 bill planned for the country’s 250th anniversary. Inflation makes a $250 bill reasonable.
Of course Trump on the bill is an abomination, but a $250 Harriet Tubman or Paul Revere or Sam Adams would be pretty dope.
- Comment on Title 4 months ago:
Gold increases in value. The dollar is decreasing in value.
Most of gold “increasing in value” is really just the dollar decreasing.
- Comment on The local supermarket takes protein bar protection. Anyway does anyone know how to open these cases ? 4 months ago:
Considering the community, I deserve the downvotes
- Comment on The local supermarket takes protein bar protection. Anyway does anyone know how to open these cases ? 4 months ago:
By purchasing them.