darkmatterrat

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by darkmatterrat 5y ago
This whole post just reads as a shallow attempt to justify odd behaviour and poor communication and try to disguise it as some argument against vanity (while ironically being quite vain as his tone comes off as high handed). I wonder how ma
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by darkmatterrat 5y ago
> People had enormous confidence that Newtonian physics was true UNTIL a better model proved to be more accurate (relativity). There is no problem with 100% consensus in science. There are still accepted methods to change the system whe
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by darkmatterrat 5y ago
No it wasn't. Mandates were enforced on flimsy evidence that they might work. It was simply security theatre. In some cases many have even admitted that it was done to make people "feel safe". The Effectiveness (or lack there
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by darkmatterrat 5y ago
Not at all. Most of this is (IMO) dross and has no practical value.
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by darkmatterrat 5y ago
Thanks for the recommendation.
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by darkmatterrat 5y ago
I was hoping it would be a list about game design, game programming, history or anything substantive. Unfortunately nothing really of substance there.
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by darkmatterrat 5y ago
UKIP went from having a 3% share of the vote in 2010 to 12-13% in 2015. People constantly downplay this to make it out as if it was only an internal Conservative party dispute. However there was growing pressure to have the referendum.
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by darkmatterrat 5y ago
> They draw voters from the more aligned main party, causing that aligned main party to lose elections. That is the entire point! The mainstream political party won't address particular issues unless it feel that it position in powe
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by darkmatterrat 5y ago
That has happen. UKIP forced the Conservative Party in the UK to offer a referendum because their members were voting for UKIP (UKIPs voter share in 2015 hit about approximately 13% of the total vote). Whatever you may think of UKIP https:
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by darkmatterrat 5y ago
> The vast majority of the actual content of the internet is provided by people for free to the internet in general. That maybe provided for free. However the hosting infrastructure is paid typically by advertising.
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by darkmatterrat 5y ago
I don't know how old you are but things pre-internet electronics just worked, because there it was assumed that there was probably connection. Before everything was internet connected. Yes everything did just work until component failu