Goronmon

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by Goronmon 11mo ago
Seems premature to accuse the article if being inaccurate or biased without actually knowing whether it's inaccurate or biased. I’m concerned about human rights, but I’m equally concerned about yellow journalism or coordinated media b
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by Goronmon 11mo ago
I personally know people who pirate books, but pay hundreds of dollars a year for streaming services or battle pass type video games. It blows my mind. Books are so cheap people! Games that sell a battlepass or have ongoing MTX are an min
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by Goronmon 1y ago
The Republican party is explicitly against any government intervention to simplify tax filing for Americans, so it makes it hard for improvements as they currently control the government. It also means its hard for Democrats to improve as w
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by Goronmon 1y ago
To a lot of people, Russian is just a state of mind. It simply means that you disagree with them, or the regime that they support. Also, the mods on reddit are overwhelmingly these people, banning all opposing opinions, or banning people f
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by Goronmon 1y ago
This is a form of marketing. As is the existence of Hacker News.
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by Goronmon 1y ago
Are they only pairing these megaturbines with airfields? That seems like the logical solution. Given the complexities involved overall, a step for "don't build over this patch of dirt" seems relatively achievable.
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Visual Studio 2026 Insiders is here(devblogs.microsoft.com)
4 points by Goronmon 1y ago|0 comments
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by Goronmon 1y ago
Water in the US is generally both widely available and inexpensive: my monthly water bill is roughly 5% of the cost of my monthly electricity bill, and the service is far more reliable. Is this the norm for most places in the US? Where I
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by Goronmon 1y ago
That is a terrible situation for everyone. It's not terrible for everyone. It's great for people who control the National Guard as well as has the ability to control what people are told about their impact.
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by Goronmon 1y ago
Then Mastercard saying explicitly that the decision wasn't made at their level. You put much more trust in these companies than I do.
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by Goronmon 1y ago
As I suspected, the problem seems to be Stripe and Paypal as this information comes out. I'm not convinced that VISA and Mastercard are totally hands off about content and that Stripe and Paypal are going against their wishes to enfo
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by Goronmon 1y ago
I’ll listen to snippets of right wing talk radio but it generally doesn’t take long before the exaggeration (Glenn Beck) or Trump idol worship (Clay Travis) get annoying. I remember being in the gym and catching some coverage of Fox News
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by Goronmon 1y ago
Anyway the idea of preventing corruption by bribing them officially is weird. Labeling the act of someone getting paid to do a job as "bribery" is even more weird. While I certainly wouldn't do by current job if I was paid
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by Goronmon 1y ago
Having a law saying children shouldn't view pornography isn't abuse. "Children shouldn't view pornography" is fine as an overall goal. A law that suggest the content providers track the faces and passport details
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by Goronmon 1y ago
I understand this could be abused, but it's up to us to make sure it isn't Exactly, by protesting and fighting laws like this. What exactly do you want people to "make sure of" with the law in place? If someone is conc
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by Goronmon 1y ago
Actually, it's not really controversial anymore [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964
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by Goronmon 1y ago
That gets pretty controversial. Is this issue always controversial? Is it controversial that companies aren't allowed to refuse service based on gender or race (in the US at least)?
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by Goronmon 1y ago
Most likely what's happening here is that the issuers (not Visa/MC) see a large number of chargebacks/fraud for adult content sites and have determined that it's much easier if they don't accept transactions from t
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by Goronmon 1y ago
Only 1 of the four turbines has been able to operate for 6 years without pulling it out the water. The other 3 have needed costly maintenance As opposed to other forms of energy production which have free/zero maintenance?
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by Goronmon 1y ago
No, very few of them actually use kernel level anti cheat. What are the biggest vendors for anti-cheat that avoids that level of access?
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by Goronmon 1y ago
How is WhatsApp safer to use than Microsoft Teams?
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by Goronmon 1y ago
The work requirements only apply to the able-bodied. How does the government know whether any specific person is "able-bodied"?
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by Goronmon 1y ago
In the article he mentions there is a well at the house. Wells are not "free water" unless you never have to worry about any sort of repair or maintenance.
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by Goronmon 1y ago
If that's what you do in this situation, why didn't the author write that instead? There's some upfront investment: $200 chainsaw, an old maul, and an old pickup truck, but those amortized over a decade is practically speaki
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by Goronmon 1y ago
Those are both vague and completely different ways to handle heating. Also, conveniently, neither appear to have an associated cost so we don't have to worry about whether the financial math works out.
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by Goronmon 1y ago
That's not what the article says. Considering that the property has a well on-site, water is free, and as far as heat goes, well, one could either pay a little extra in electric for that — or they could have the Amish deliver their sc
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by Goronmon 1y ago
Yeah, leaving the "heat" part of the list just blank is pretty telling as far as how much thought went into this.
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by Goronmon 1y ago
I enjoy the part about "Heat? Well...I'm sure something will happen allowing me to have heat. No need for concrete plans there."
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by Goronmon 1y ago
Also, you just need to continually scavenge for "free" water and heat. Don't forget the free fishing rod/equipment.
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by Goronmon 1y ago
Sure, but then when something goes severely wrong, you wind up thinking of things to better fund USPS. This logic could be applied to literally anything, so your argument is effectively that the government should never fund anything. If t

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