simplysimple

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by simplysimple 8y ago
I can afford my medication just fine, thankfully, because my family was able to escape the complete and utter despair of socialist utopia and now completely uninformed morons are trying to bring that poison here.
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by simplysimple 8y ago
Now it has hallway medicine and 18 month wait times - not really sure which is preferable to be honest, both are just shortages in unsustainable systems.
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by simplysimple 8y ago
My point still stands.
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by simplysimple 8y ago
> However, we live on a planet with limited resources and capitalism will hit a wall soon enough. Scarcity is a necessity for capitalism. Do you even understand how capitalism works beyond "big corporation bad"?
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by simplysimple 8y ago
My company is over and above compliant with the requirements of the GDPR - not because we bothered to give a crap about the EU, but because we did it on our own years in advance, of our own volition and the need for heavy data protection. A
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by simplysimple 8y ago
My guide to being GDPR compliant: don't do business in the EU. Much simpler.
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by simplysimple 8y ago
blatantly obvious attempt at regulator capture is obvious. If there's anyone I'd guess is already doing what they are warning against in this "open letter" - it's MSFT.
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by simplysimple 8y ago
Sony has been friendly to indies during the PS4 generation. Nintendo was especially good for indies in 2017 and is practically giving away development kits. Even EA is becoming increasingly friendlier to indies on their Origin platform. St
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by simplysimple 8y ago
Then they should lower rates across the board. There used to be a time when "just being on Steam" justified the high cost to smaller developers, but the market is over saturated now because they don't curate anymore that it
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by simplysimple 8y ago
So Valve is giving breaks to the big developers/publishers that don't even need them?
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by simplysimple 8y ago
Wrong. Chuck Schumer called it a "one-two gut punch to the middle class". Nanci Pelosi called it "simply theft — monumental, brazen theft — from the American middle-class and from every person who aspires to reach it".
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by simplysimple 8y ago
crony capitalism at it's "finest". What a joke, of course - it's ok when New York elites do it but it's evvvvvvvviiiiiiiiiiiil when Donald Trump wants to give tax breaks to all Americans.
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by simplysimple 8y ago
YouTube's own policies are bad for creators.
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by simplysimple 8y ago
If you think they aren't funding terrorism through these banks, I've got a bridge to sell you.
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by simplysimple 8y ago
just...take a screenshot of your editor
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by simplysimple 8y ago
It's pretty ridiculous to me that this even needs to be said. "We need to make a conscious effort to be professional in a professional environment". What is happening to our culture...