runesofdoom

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by runesofdoom 4y ago
"But we had to do <terrible thing> because it's the law " isn't an excuse, just a different form of condemnation.
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by runesofdoom 4y ago
Venus is even "worse" than the moon for blowing people's minds. It's less frequent, and gets very bright - the 3rd brightest natural object in the sky- able to cast faint shadows, and even visible in daylight. Reportedly
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by runesofdoom 4y ago
> Since there are numerous reports spanning decades and even dating to the 19th century, before manned flight, Manned flight dates to 1783, and engine-powered flight to 1851. Did you mean heavier-than-air flight?
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by runesofdoom 4y ago
To quote the late Admiral Rickover, "An academic reactor or reactor plant almost always has the following basic characteristics: (1) It is simple. (2) It is small. (3) It is cheap (4) It is light. (5) It can be built very quickly. (6)
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by runesofdoom 4y ago
When looking at profitability and corporate decision making, never forget that decisions are often made not on the basis of the corporation's benefit, but on the advantages to the executive(s) involved .
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by runesofdoom 4y ago
I use an X220 for everyday computing, with the trackpad disabled. Before that, I used a Fujistu Lifebook P1120, which also had a trackpoint (and a touchscreen, and no trackpad). I can't use other laptops. If I can't keep using Thi
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by runesofdoom 4y ago
Yes, it is probably too little and too late. They gave everyone using the OGL a short, sharp shock and this mealy-mouthed bit of gaslighting isn't going to change enough minds to make a difference on that. It might stop D&D Beyond
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by runesofdoom 4y ago
While I doubt the lack of any major competitor to the capitalist West is the only factor, it certainly get very little attention compared to how plausible it seems.
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by runesofdoom 4y ago
Stop treating them as sources if profit for investors?
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by runesofdoom 4y ago
I am not an archeologist, but to provide some relevant context to your later questions, there are at least thousands of Dead Sea Scroll fragments, located and taken by many different parties, from many different locations, over the course o
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by runesofdoom 4y ago
Yep. "Don't screw over important investors" seems to be the key rule that Madoff, Holmes and now SBF have broken.
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by runesofdoom 4y ago
The government could nationalize the railroads. (There's even precedent.) But instead they get the same treatment the airlines do: public support for private profit.
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by runesofdoom 4y ago
That's not true. Everyone knows that Coppola forced them to shoot on-site.
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by runesofdoom 4y ago
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rationale_for_the_Iraq_War "Accusations of faulty evidence and alleged shifting rationales became the focal point for critics of the war, who charge that the Bush administration pur
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by runesofdoom 4y ago
"Embracer’s operative group Asmodee Group is already one of the most successful licensees of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit..." That's about the level of cleverness I had hiding my villains' names when I was play
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by runesofdoom 4y ago
It's a company openly founded on "we can make money if we ignore the law". That they weren't trustworthy seemed pretty obvious from the start.
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by runesofdoom 4y ago
>I just can't imagine living life in this much fear >You don't make eye contact and keep to yourself, and nothing happens to you. This sounds like you are living your life in fear.
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by runesofdoom 4y ago
They will be invaluable for future archeologists studying the 21st Century Global Peak.
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by runesofdoom 4y ago
Only if we count 35 years of archeology at Gobekli Tepe as 'unknown'. I find this particular set of archeological investigations to be amazing, and I'm glad to see larger awareness of them. But I think there's a good arg
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by runesofdoom 4y ago
I'm not a crypto participant, but my understanding is that technically Tether doesn't promise redemption in USD, just backing by USD. That still seems like it could precipitate a crash, but IDK if such a crash would be best de
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by runesofdoom 4y ago
There's an easy solution if you want the clear conscience of paying creators but the freedom of actually controlling the content you paid for. Buy, then pirate. Don't even bother with ever accessing your crippled purchase.
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by runesofdoom 4y ago
Do both. Pay for it to give the creators their cut and send a market signal. Then go pirate it rather than fighting with DRM crippled interfaces.
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by runesofdoom 5y ago
Anyone interested in the roots of cyberpunk might also be interested in John Brunner's 1968 novel *Stand On Zanzibar*.