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by pelliphant 6y ago
As a european that statement just seems disconnected from reality. I understand that it is how many americans view the world, but claiming that the society that I live in can't possible exist is... disheartening.
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by pelliphant 6y ago
I think that the trick is to use a monitor/commercial display instead of a tv.
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by pelliphant 6y ago
I just bought a gigantic computer monitor and connected it to my apple-tv, problem solved. sure, the monitor was atleast 25% more expensive than a similar screen with a smart-tv function in it, but I think it's worth it.
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by pelliphant 6y ago
no, I live in Sweden... =)
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by pelliphant 6y ago
Thinking of buying a fairphone and using e on it, but I have a question about apps, and thought hackernews might know: I don't need that many apps, but the few I do need are very specific, such as the local public transportation app, a
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by pelliphant 6y ago
I'm also in the neither group. I think that "reddit style" commenting brings out the extremes in people, everytime I actually talk to someone face-to-face they seem to be less extreme than what they appear to be on the intern
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by pelliphant 6y ago
I haven't heard that argument since I was a teenager, would any serious adult today use the argument that we shouldn't use tool X because other people, including people we don't like use them?
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by pelliphant 6y ago
True, it's not only an american problem, but the point here is that, that I consider to be a central part of the setting is missing. But sure, if we were talking about historical games set in europe, there would probably be things miss
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by pelliphant 6y ago
European perspective because I'm european. What I'm trying to say is that I can see why americans see it as a sensitive issue, but as a non-american it would makes as much sense to remove indians or the parent country from the gam
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by pelliphant 6y ago
from an european perspective: removing slavery as a central component of the colonization of america seems like revisionism.
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by pelliphant 6y ago
That's one awesome PR-trick! From my own experience: when I comment on something that I haven't read it's usually because I'm more interested in the conversation around the subject than the subject itself. So, in that ca
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by pelliphant 6y ago
That.. actually makes sense.
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by pelliphant 6y ago
Yes, and also, sometimes made as a joke, even hitler got nominated. Besides that, it's somewhat insulting to group assange with snowden and manning.
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by pelliphant 6y ago
They where real... Sure, the attention they got where overblown. But let's not act like assange wasn't acting like an asshole... Or that the charges where dropped because of reasons related to if he's guilty or not.
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by pelliphant 6y ago
I'm not saying that I think that it is probable, but if one where to look at other civil wars in history, would they all really be that different from current america?
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by pelliphant 6y ago
Are you still trying to find logic in trumps actions? The popular opinion on reddit seems to be that this is just trump being told that tiktok users where responsible for his failed tulsa rally, and personally, that explanation seems just a
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by pelliphant 6y ago
ok, thnx for clarifying.
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by pelliphant 6y ago
somewhat of a rust noob: but as I recall there is a difference between string and array of chars. string use utf-8, which is 1 byte for the most common characters. char is unicode
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by pelliphant 6y ago
Well, the current ruling party in america is followers of an ideology that historically have been centered around opposing democracy and secularism. Reducing public education is arguably the most effective strategy for acheiving both those
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by pelliphant 6y ago
+1. serious media outlets generally don't name suspects untill they are convicted. This is a rule that we as a society have established after generations of experience with how media works. Then we get "social media", and all
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by pelliphant 6y ago
I did it in ms paint. =) so, there is no .svg code for it.
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by pelliphant 6y ago
was wondering why the duck got no eyes... so i tried adding them: https://imgur.com/a/J4WodSk Now I know why...
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by pelliphant 6y ago
It is a central part of my personal philosophy, so, for me it's pretty much an axiom. That being said, sure, sometimes you have to explain why you consider something to be an axiom. But at the same time, if you where to explain your ax
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by pelliphant 6y ago
Isn't "banning anyone who displays a swastika" a method of enforcing "banning swastikas" ?
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by pelliphant 6y ago
well, this isn't something that I have given that much thought... But yes, when I go to ddg and type in "!g <thing>" after having typed in "<thing>", I'm on some level hoping that this is somehow in
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by pelliphant 6y ago
True, it is better
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by pelliphant 6y ago
but.. that is obvious?!? If I don't want ddg to know what I google, ofc I won't do it by typing in !g in ddg... I actually use bang functions because I want to help ddg out by informing them when I'm unhappy with the results
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by pelliphant 6y ago
wow, didn't know that, thnx for the heads up. Time to check what my ubiquity router is up to once I get home from work.
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by pelliphant 6y ago
Thank you, this is the response people here want to hear. And if this gets fixed in a reasonable timeframe, this is just one of those "everyone makes a mistake one in a while"-things, no big deal.
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by pelliphant 6y ago
I disagree, or maybe we read different responses, but the ones I read where more critical of how (a) ddg (employee) handled this. Didn't see anyone claim that this was on a google-level of bad, more like pointing out that google starte

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