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by _iyig 6y ago
> And then came Trump, telling us that we don't spend enough on Nato Trump said it loudly and in plain terms, but this is a popular bipartisan view in the US. It is a fact that many wealthy NATO members do not meet the defense spend
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by _iyig 6y ago
Sounds a lot like the true story of Juicero, that $700 juicer which only squeezed Juicero-brand juice packs, and only after connecting to WiFi and validating a QR code printed on each (rather extravagantly expensive) bag of pre-chopped vege
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by _iyig 6y ago
Edgy humor, even in poor taste, should not merit prison time. Or worse, as we’ve just seen in Austria and France.
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by _iyig 6y ago
Reminds me of the case of Mark Meechan a.k.a. Count Dankula: >Mark Meechan, 30, recorded his girlfriend's pug, Buddha, responding to statements such as "Sieg Heil" by raising its paw. >The clip was viewed more than thre
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by _iyig 6y ago
Source: https://www.itnews.com.au/news/fastmail-loses-customers-face...
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by _iyig 6y ago
Irish farmers called pigs, "the gentleman who always pays his rent" [0]. Raising pig or two was a reliable way for even poor families to fertilize soil and make a bit of money. [0] https://www.irishamericanmom.com/
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by _iyig 6y ago
>I looked at Fastmail at the time, but there was one showstopper which I forget (and should revisit). Was it Australia's anti-encryption law? https://www.itnews.com.au/news/fastmail-loses-customers-face...
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by _iyig 6y ago
I've been happy with Fastmail as a GMail alternative. Been slowly moving my logins and usernames from one to the other. Only (rather significant) complaint is that since 2018, they're affected by Australia's encryption backdo
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by _iyig 6y ago
> Well, fighting Nazis alone, does not make you a saint. Stalin fought the Nazis, too. Quite so! I encourage you to check out the book and reserve your opinion on its author: >Kemp, neither loyal to the House of Bourbon nor Roman Cath
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by _iyig 6y ago
I‘d guess it’s due to the humanization of anyone ever associated with Franco’s Nationalists, however critically and impermanently. Even fighting actual Nazis in occupied Europe (which Peter Kemp describes in the autobiographical “No Colours
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by _iyig 6y ago
A revenge killing for the assassination of a policeman by the Falange [0], which itself was a revenge killing (with a mistaken target) for the shooting of another man, who was shot dead in funeral procession for yet another man who died und
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by _iyig 6y ago
Orwell wasn’t the only Englishman to write of his time spent fighting in the Spanish Civil War. British soldier Peter Kemp fought on behalf of Franco’s Nationalists (i.e. the side with the fascists) and documented his experience in the auto
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by _iyig 6y ago
Don’t have a PS4, sorry. World of Warcraft Classic on PC has been fun for me, using Discord for voice chat.
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by _iyig 6y ago
Computer games with voice chat have helped me weather COVID cabin fever as an alternative to social media. Particularly in PvE MMOs, players are just there to collaborate and have fun, with no room for politics to intrude.
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by _iyig 6y ago
I can’t speak for the U.S. military, but Google accounted for GPS satellite failure (in response to the actions of a hostile power, solar weather event, or any other reason) in their design of Spanner, which relies on precise time synchroni
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by _iyig 6y ago
Best to avoid Kessler syndrome, where debris in low Earth orbit - such as space warfare might produce - knocks out satellites and makes space travel more hazardous: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kessler_syndrome
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by _iyig 6y ago
Similar arguments were made in defense of the Daily Show and Colbert Report (e.g. "just comedy shows"), yet those shows also often touched on big issues neglected by mainstream news.
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by _iyig 6y ago
It's also a nonsensical expression which some English speakers (rather good-naturedly) find bothersome, as comedian David Mitchell explains: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=om7O0MFkmpw
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by _iyig 6y ago
In the manner of all business consulting, it 'helps' by letting management say, "Look, we hired a consultant! We care deeply about ____ and have given it our best shot. If any problems related to ____ arise in the future, bla
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by _iyig 6y ago
One relevant example is the Steele Dossier, which Mother Jones reported on a week before the 2016 election. It was published without permission, and its more sensational claims remain unverified or have since been disproven. https:/&#
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by _iyig 6y ago
Thanks, copy-pasted them from elsewhere and didn't notice that they'd been clipped. Fixed now.
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by _iyig 6y ago
Many Quest buyers reporting similar problems: https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/jb5z4i/i_dont_under... https://www.reddit.com/r/oculus/comments/jb86d1/facebook_
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by _iyig 6y ago
Jonanin, what is your name? Where do you live? What is your current street address? Where do your parents live, and what is their phone number? How about your kids? I’m asking rhetorically. All this info and more is available to anyone with
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by _iyig 6y ago
We now live in world where if Mark Zuckerberg doesn’t like your Facebook posts, he (or some nameless flunky) will delete all your video games.
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by _iyig 6y ago
>The US is incapable of suffering a fall of Rome. America's geography makes that impossible. That’s true if you look at America’s rivals on the world stage, i.e. Russia or China. But Rome wasn’t sacked by the Persians, or the Egypti
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by _iyig 6y ago
Just make a throwaway Facebook account, then. That's what I did for my Quest and it works fine.
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by _iyig 6y ago
I made a throwaway Facebook account for my Quest 1. Took me all of two minutes. EDIT: Having read more comments below, I'm concerned that Facebook may eventually flag my throwaway account as "inauthentic" and revoke my access
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by _iyig 6y ago
Apps aren’t even required. Mozilla Firefox for VR implements WebVR. Many adult sites can seamlessly play VR content via this plugin. Navigate to the site as normal in Firefox VR, hit play on a VR video, and there you are. ...or so I am reli
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by _iyig 6y ago
1.5x the RAM and pixel count compared to the original Quest, for one. edit: and the 90Hz refresh rate upgrade from the first Quest’s 72Hz is nothing to sneeze at. Very perceptible immersion upgrade for many.
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by _iyig 6y ago
This problem is common to nearly every subreddit, on every side of the political spectrum. Unaccountable moderators will ban you in a heartbeat for arbitrary reasons, such as disagreeing with the sub's majority opinion. I was banned fr

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