WendyTheWillow

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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
Why would anyone give heed to such a vague, unsupported claim? Would you care if an Internet stranger simply declared you, "sheltered from poverty or delusional" without offering any explanation at all?
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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
That's not true; speculation is the absorption of risk, an immensely useful financial tool. For example, farmers require speculators to secure guaranteed revenue from crops. Landlords create (yes, they create) housing for people
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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
You're going to need to do a lot of work to demonstrate that wealth is zero-sum, as it doesn't comport with any well-respected economic model I'm aware of. But even granting that, a government that creates a "survival f
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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
Past success... at what? The relevance of past success is likely a lot narrower than you may think. Neither person here has "past success" at pushing a vague idea-less organization through to value and profitability. In fact, I
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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
I would bet entire dollars you'll hate this source, but here's one: "The Magnificent Progress Achieved By Capitalism: Is the Evidence Incontrovertible?" [0] Here's a less insane one: "Comparative Economic Syste
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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
No, you agree to copyright because it benefits the society you live in. The law isn't relevant here. The agreement you make is.
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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
And a lot of people would be very wrong. There’s a floor to survivability, below which you can’t keep yourself alive, but there is no ceiling. If everyone is above the floor, there’s no reason for concern about those looking for the ceili
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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
Elon has taught me not to believe in that idea.
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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
That doesn't apply here.
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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
I'm not going to click that, so I guess I dunno.
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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
In American English, "slither" is more frequently associated with the movement of snakes, specifically. A snake "slithers" by "moving smoothly over a surface with a twisting or oscillating motion." [0] [0] h
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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
Scope issues, mostly. I'm left unsure of what products to expect, so I'm less likely to follow up/check in later on. A lot of time is spent on the analogy, too, which may mean there's not much substance to say yet. I
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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
You said it; an agreement.
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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
Yes, removing a limitation counts as giving up power.
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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
Sorry but "targeting" implies intent, and negligence is the absence of intent.
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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
Yes, why wouldn't they be?
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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
https://legiscan.com/US/legislation?status=passed A few times this year in the US at the federal level, for starters. One could argue that every peaceful transition of power is the current government giving up power to
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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
It does though, if your argument is that the advertising was targeted at kids. Is the argument here that, by virtue of being on a stream about a video game, the advertising is necessarily therefore targeting kids? Because that's o
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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
Yeah but the EFF hyperbolizes every single issue, is there a less horrifically biased source to learn about the actual contents of the related bills?
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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
Okay, so are we claiming then that video games are for children? That was my original question.
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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
"Lack of age controls" doesn't mean "targeting kids" though, does it? And I read the transcripts of the four videos, and I don't see anyone even suggesting the specific or explicit targeting of kids. Some ment
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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
Skins provide nearly-zero gameplay value, so for those, the analogy with lottery holds. But Mt:G cards have entertainment value separate from their dollar value, so that's fundamentally different.
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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
Is there specific evidence to support the claim that esports betting is targeting kids, or is the presumption that video games = children?
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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
I'm glad this is getting looked at; it's a common and annoying scam for companies to claim large "free money" sums that are not actually US dollar equivalents (exchangeable for off-platform goods). I honestly don't
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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
You can't imagine how exposing a new, automatable interface might increase spam?
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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
I'm intentionally anonymous on this account for reasons that have nothing to do with you or this topic. To reveal anything about what I've made would reveal details about my life I'm not comfortable sharing, least of all to
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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
Nope.
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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
When a person no longer benefits in any way from the social contract, that person is unbound by it. Almost always, this means eliminating all contact with that society. And I am taking a firm ethical stance; it's just not an absolute
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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
I'm defending the position I've taken in literally two dozen places, so what you're saying here is demonstrably false. I just don't trust you .
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by WendyTheWillow 3y ago
That's fine, but your own judgement will either bring you back to some form of what I've been saying in this comment thread, or your judgement will be wrong. Besides, nobody asked you to reply to me in the first place. You enga

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