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by moate 7y ago
I've never seen a game where, assuming everyone had unlimited funds and was able to buy anything, that skill didn't then come into play to decide who was the best player. "Pay-to-win" is one of those weasel phrases that
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by moate 7y ago
I think you can only make a case for the game being pay to win. "Once you've spent a bit of money on some cards" means I can be the greatest player of all time, but if I haven't paid for the cards, I can't win. Th
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by moate 7y ago
While LCGs are great, they're only able to exist because of the money from CCGs. They're still super niche when compared to games like Pokemon, M:tG, or Yu-Gi-Oh. Those games get people in stores spending money. Like you said, tha
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by moate 7y ago
IDK that killing comment count, likes, upvotes, or your engagement "metrics" really do anything. If I can post a picture and get 100 people saying "Damn, you look so sexy!" imma post that shit even if I'm unable to
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by moate 7y ago
Define "doing". Funding? Performing the exploration/excavation of these sites?
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by moate 7y ago
Study finds more people likely to commit fraud in areas where fraud is easier to commit.
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by moate 7y ago
So just kill all the social networks? I love your enthusiasm but I don't think it works that way? I mean if you kill the comments (ignoring "likes and views"), nobody would post anything on Hackernews. Engagement and communit
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by moate 7y ago
*People are ruining the world's beautiful places. Title fixed to remove implication that this is somehow 1- a new problem 2- "young people ruining things"
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by moate 7y ago
While ragging on Brooklyn hipsters can be fun, I promise you, there's real wing joints scattered all over the place. Yes, there's also probably a place doing a chicken skin crackling with a capsaicin blue cheese emulsion as well,
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by moate 7y ago
The question is "who do you want to be your consumers" here. Both choices are PR choices. Legally, you're allowed to do either ("neutral platform" and "moderated discourse forum" are both things that are l
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by moate 7y ago
Create and maintain "the Great American Message Board" the same way the government funds PBS. Sounds like a great idea to me. Sad fact is, you can't expect any platform to do anything, assuming that it's not illegal for
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by moate 7y ago
Hi there. Registered socialist here. the `chans all suck. Not just any specific /`/ either. They're all hot garbage. They have been for years. I post and respond to tons of pro-union, anti-capitalist, socialist stuff on here.
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by moate 7y ago
Right, and in order for that to happen they have to be actionable. If you have a place in which the common discourse includes hundreds of people saying "i'm going to murder someone tomorrow" in a mostly anonymous format, it&#
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by moate 7y ago
"non-profit" doesn't mean "doesn't make money" its just rules on how you have to spend that money. There's nothing saying a non-profit can't raise prices of service and then expand the hospital to buy
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by moate 7y ago
I can't speak to Medicare/Medicade but the general idea is this: Doctors and the things they use/services they provide have a cost associated with them. Insurance works by spreading risk. Guy who breaks his wrist essentially
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by moate 7y ago
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20587812 Discussion going on over here.
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by moate 7y ago
Better idea: You have a surveillance network capable of facial recognition. My child goes missing. The only way for you (the police and your network) to know about this is if I inform you. At that point, you can request images of the child
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by moate 7y ago
The point is that the risks are much lower if there's not a database storing this information to be leaked in the first place. The whole "if you don't want to go to jail, don't commit crimes" line of thinking really
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by moate 7y ago
That's a take... 1- This telescope doesn't need to be built here, right now. The world will not end if it isn't built, and all the "benefits" you might claim we gain from this are essentially marginal improvements o
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by moate 7y ago
I don't know that "declaration of holy war and terrorist attacks" quite equal "social pressure from lawsuits and protesting" but it was all left vague so I guess that's a read?
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by moate 7y ago
NJ Resident here: I'd like to point out that the "V" shape is basically just the southern border of the state along the coast. It could be considered a Gerrymander (I haven't invested the time to look at district represe
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by moate 7y ago
Let's just say you are a member of a group of people who have been in a constant cultural conflict with another group of people. For hundreds of years they've inserted themselves into your homelands, force changes to the culture t
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by moate 7y ago
No, it's more like saying "why not fix both 'big' and 'small' problems at the same time", because whataboutism is a constant defense of problematic status quos. I don't know that this bill is a good o
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by moate 7y ago
Oh no, if you want the cynical view of capitalism it's that the already rich create a rigged system in which they are able to exert disproportionate influence on the government and regulators that affect their ability to create and pre
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by moate 7y ago
Porque no los dos?
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by moate 7y ago
https://www.logicallyfallacious.com/tools/lp/Bo/LogicalFalla... Here you go chief.
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by moate 7y ago
This is it. You want autoplay? Make it opt in. Problem solved. Make more features opt in. I'm not sorry that this makes things harder for companies to make money. When they keep failing at self regulating shit behaviors that consumers
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by moate 7y ago
So you're telling me that youtube premium isn't a diversity play on youtube's part? They're copying netflix right now, making "youtube original shows" as well. They're absolutely adding other content sour
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by moate 7y ago
Why is that? Just curious. When I proposed to my wife I went with a Sapphire as the main stone, mostly because I personally find clear rocks boring to look at (and my wife generally agrees).
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by moate 7y ago
Narrator: No, they will not.

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