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by bliblah 8y ago
If you want to go down the "perpetually burning fires" rabbit hole I suggest reading up on the "Gates of Hell" in Turkmenistan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Darvaza_gas_crater
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by bliblah 8y ago
The difference is that in this case because this is a more "local" power you, the consumer/voter, actually have the power to hold them liable. Imagine living in a Town with less than 2.5k people living in rural midwest and co
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by bliblah 8y ago
>It's the same thing with unionization, unionization is beneficial for workers, yet everyone keeps undercutting each other to stay afloat and meet their obligations. Because people can not properly cooperate and work together you ar
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by bliblah 8y ago
>The first is piracy probably didn’t lead to the failure of the Dreamcast. They didn’t sell many of the consoles The dreamcast was forward thinking in many ways (Built in Modem, MMO console games, 3D graphics that could rival arcades) bu
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by bliblah 8y ago
I noticed that all these games are the usual heavy hitters with one notable exception; Dota 2. Very curious because dota 2 is definitely violent and has some scantily clad women (not as far as LoL but I don't think censors really care
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by bliblah 8y ago
This is true in China also I believe.
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by bliblah 8y ago
>I feel like this article isn’t making good faith arguments. Every single sentence is trying to tear down Tumblr’s announcement word by word without attempting to understand their position, making the worst case assumption about their in
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by bliblah 8y ago
Same thing with TV, Music, Film...If you want mass appeal you need to hit the lowest common denominator. It doesn't bother me because I find that if you just let go of your pretensions there are some genuinely good channels that could
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by bliblah 8y ago
Sounds interesting but I don't think so. My reasoning stems from the fact that App stores are pretty much the only way to download and purchase software on iPhones. Meanwhile console games can be bought in the digital marketplace and P
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by bliblah 8y ago
I don't think it will be a major blow. Ubisoft followed suit and just sells games on Steam but tacks on their awful DRM on top of steam. Origin is a joke in terms of functionality and ease of use. The only advantage it has is the libra
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by bliblah 8y ago
That's an interesting take, most people I know find that Fortnite is a much better alternative than let's say 90% of apps that are aimed at children that are literal gambling simulators. In Fortnite you get what you pay for, no
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by bliblah 8y ago
It's a shame because there are some genuinely talented artists there that partake in NSFW art. A lot of the people I follow seem to be moving their work to pixiv and taking commissions through patreon. Some are straight up uploading po
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by bliblah 8y ago
I think something a lot of people tend to look over is that a lot of latin americans are religious and they so happen to be the largest group of people coming into the country.
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by bliblah 8y ago
>The only strong signal we got was that people who were giving up soda were the most likely to lose the most weight. The cynic in me feels like we're writing giant book-length stories that are just cover to get people to reduce thei
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by bliblah 8y ago
The problem is that they do 0 advertising outside the splash page on steam when 99% of people are just looking for deals. They also did some absurd deals like $2.50 and $5 for the summer sale which is great but dilutes the value of the prod
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by bliblah 8y ago
So I work on the Accounting side in my office so I can provide some numbers. For a company of 50~ employees we spend over $2,000 a month in coffee/soda/water alone. The issue is that people drink a lot of espresso so we have to
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by bliblah 8y ago
A very recent example is how the NBA changed how shooting fouls work to directly combat a technique that James Harden mastered/exploited to get fouled while shooting to the point that he (the individual) had more three point three thro
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by bliblah 8y ago
Ah you are absolutely right! I recently read this article and it blew my mind to imagine that there are is such a concentration of talent in the older players. https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/there-are-officially-
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by bliblah 8y ago
Although there are many in my circle of friends that are apathetic to sports, I can't help but be drawn into the idea of "superhuman" feats and statistical outliers that always seem to permeate major sports. We live in an era
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by bliblah 8y ago
You are conflating gender with sex >Sex is mechanical Male species use sperm to impregnate female eggs >Gender is a social construct What do you consider "Manly" or "Feminine"? I really dislike that 99% of all conv
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by bliblah 8y ago
Im guessing Web cams / Chat Rooms. Like twitch you can spend money to have your donation read / request fulfilled. One time I saw a sex toy that automatically updated the setting to the highest bidders request so there would be a
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by bliblah 8y ago
>Ranked Choice voting would generally be a good move in that direction. There's a wide array of voting options that can be implemented with their own pros and cons. I really enjoyed this resource: http://www.cgpgrey.com&#
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by bliblah 8y ago
Hate to be the one that says this...Why is this being posted on Hacker News? A privately operated forum is using moderation tools in ways that not everyone finds agreeable, how is this news in 2018? We have a lot of discussions on free spee
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by bliblah 8y ago
This is basically how I felt back in 2014 after I pretty much stopped using all social media. I have my facebook only to announce big events and let immigration officers know that I love my wife very much by having a detailed photo album of
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by bliblah 8y ago
>I still don't like that people get into their own bubbles and do little to bridge the gaps between political and ideological differences I have never found any sites/forums/bbs that didn't eventually devolve into a e
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by bliblah 8y ago
Unfortunately it's opt-in and if you don't have an account (like me) it can be a pain to constantly look for the little itty bitty link to revert back. The best part is that the subs I lurk have banners that only appear in the red
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by bliblah 8y ago
You also need to ban Airbnb otherwise people will just Airbnb in the suburbs/residential areas and then Uber to the Touristy areas. Then locals will have to deal with gentrification and congestion during tourist season.
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by bliblah 8y ago
I am very doubtful that Venice has some latent value outside of Tourism. There are many reasons it fell out of power while other cities flourish and thrived during the same period. This isn't a case like Singapore where land is limited
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by bliblah 8y ago
Shame that people think this way or rather that people focus so much on the negatives they miss out on the positives. I travel quite a bit and always encourage / force the people with me to visit museums and cultural highlights of the
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by bliblah 8y ago
>It fits right in with my struggle to imagine the 19th century and early 20th century as being anything other than black and white, since almost (exceptions exist [2]) all of the photos from back then were monochrome. Also classical pain

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