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by blue039 4y ago
Stop buying the games. It's really that simple. I can't understand the people who say "well, I'll try this game out but I hope they fix it next time". That's not how business works.
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by blue039 4y ago
its not just Activision/Blizzard. Single player bans are in a lot of AAAs. > In the end, there's nothing you can do but to put your money into games that respect Could always pick up a copy of IDA... > In 3 weeks, a dev the
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by blue039 4y ago
Unfortunately we gave up our right to own software when we let companies own the servers. Back in the day you could get banned from a server and go find somewhere else to play. Now you'll get banned for life, and in some cases, even ba
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by blue039 4y ago
Unemployment is artificial! That's the mistake everyone makes here! Unemployment in the US over the last decade has been a function of ZIRP and nearly limitless fed money. It's not real. This is the same econometric snake oil th
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by blue039 4y ago
...what if the rise in so-called "extremism" is a direct result of government policy leading to poorer outcomes for the average person. If you study history people tend to become tribal not long after life gets hard. If I was a go
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by blue039 4y ago
> Someone has to hold those people accountable though. Either platforms, or a centralized government entity. Or we could just say people on the internet are assholes and you need thicker skin. Would you be okay with government ID require
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by blue039 4y ago
> Anyone who did was accused of being antisocial or worse. To be clear they were not accused to of being anti-social. People who don't want gun manufacturers sued for what is done with their guns were called child killers, "sa
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by blue039 4y ago
This is the reason there is a fight right now. You are correct if we treat social media companies as content curators. If we treat them as speech platforms you are wrong. Regardless of your belief a "speech platform" (email, etc)
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by blue039 4y ago
I was bullied pretty severely as a kid. So bad in fact I was put on medication just to deal with it. I was a weaker kid when I was younger owing to the fact I was sick a lot. In America there is a concept of "zero tolerance" that
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by blue039 4y ago
They're safe because their police make the US police look human. The amount of ways you can accidentally end up in prison with some extreme sentences is uncountable. I'd recommend watching any of the traveling channels to see thei
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by blue039 4y ago
Sure, and the downvotes of this criticism make it obvious the hivemind thinks it's free. A classic trope of cults. They are the free ones and everyone outside is not. Hilarious, really. It goes along with the almost metastatic, termina
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by blue039 4y ago
H-1Bs are a form of wage suppression. They claim they can't find workers to work in STEM but what they can't find is workers who are willing to take massive pay cuts. So, instead, they hold foreigners hostage (in all but the most
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by blue039 4y ago
> And no, I don't think HN is a cult or most startups are a cult. On the contrary in the case of HN it fits most criteria perfectly 1. Elevation of someone to diety status (Graham, <startup founder of the week>) 2. Shunning ou
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by blue039 4y ago
Just from your list I only am aware of Bjork and Death Grips. Bjork is interesting but I would consider death grips the greatest troll on the planet. You could make an album of a man screaming over banging pots and pans and achieve the same
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by blue039 4y ago
CICO is true at the highest level but not in general. The effect 200g of protein has on your body vs. 200g of carbohydrate (in particular insulin, ghrelin, etc) means not all calories are created equal. Energy-wise, yes, but the devil is in
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by blue039 4y ago
I don't think it's that strange. Perhaps calling out those two in particular might seem a little vindictive but I'd say modern music in general. Modern music is watered down and simple. The drums are all 4x4, the chords are
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by blue039 4y ago
There is a point here but it doesn't actually matter that much in my opinion. Your point is if you're invested in your work there is no limit to how many hours you put in. I'd tend to agree with this saccharin made-for-TED de
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by blue039 4y ago
You're also forgetting that medicine is cheap everywhere else because US citizens pay 99.9% of the bill. Every new medicine, every name brand medicine, every generic is paid at an exorbitant rate in the US which allows companies to pro
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by blue039 4y ago
I also think I'm being interpreted as supporting stack ranking for some reason by some inept commenters passing by. I'm not sure how they're getting that.
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by blue039 4y ago
It takes a while to stack rank people out of the company. It's not an efficient pipeline. Moreover, smart engineers know how to game the system. So Amazon, like every other FAANG, is very bloated. I've yet to experience any sort o
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by blue039 4y ago
Scanning and making copies of portions of a book used to be encouraged. In fact, it's how you collected information for book reports and research. It wasn't uncommon, for example, for me to print out entire journal articles or s