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  1. Comment on UK Retailer GAME Closes All Standalone Stores As It Enters Administration in ~games

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    GameStop still exists in California as the last retailer standing. There's also games and consoles in larger electronics and department stores.

    GameStop still exists in California as the last retailer standing. There's also games and consoles in larger electronics and department stores.

    4 votes

  2. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of February 2 in ~society

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    Sure, she's saying something that's reasonable in this case; but so are other people. Centering her as a "true believer" when she bailed out of Congress at the most profitable moment as opposed to...

    Sure, she's saying something that's reasonable in this case; but so are other people. Centering her as a "true believer" when she bailed out of Congress at the most profitable moment as opposed to her staying and fighting for what she says she believes in is what makes me skeptical.

  3. Comment on Xikipedia in ~tech

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    As it says on the page, it will show Wikipedia pages with nsfw content without any warning.

    As it says on the page, it will show Wikipedia pages with nsfw content without any warning.

    4 votes

  4. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of February 2 in ~society

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    While I'm always glad to see the right fragment, it's helpful to remember that Greene hasn't magically become a friend to anyone on the left just because she was the first one to so publicly break...

    While I'm always glad to see the right fragment, it's helpful to remember that Greene hasn't magically become a friend to anyone on the left just because she was the first one to so publicly break with Trump. She's focusing on the economic issues, which are real, but at the same time is happy to claim that what's happening in Minnesota is "practically civil war."

    And she's also doing this from a position where she's specifically and intentionally stepped down from a position where she could be expected to do something about her rhetoric. She was a congressperson, and chose to stop being so. To me that speaks louder than words possibly could that she doesn't want to actually do anything about Trump, she just wants to talk, and maybe do more fundraising on the backs of the hopes that someone will do something about Trump.

    2 votes

  5. Comment on Geologists may have solved mystery of Green River's 'uphill' route in ~science

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    It's wild to think of the crust of the earth as a very slow analogue to vapor condensing on the lid of a pot of boiling water, with little drops of water falling back into the pot below.

    It's wild to think of the crust of the earth as a very slow analogue to vapor condensing on the lid of a pot of boiling water, with little drops of water falling back into the pot below.

    6 votes

  6. Comment on A brief history of men's underwear in ~life.style

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    I wore boxers in the 90s, because briefs were "for little boys" and men's pants were baggy enough that wearing a light set of shorts under your pants wasn't bulky and silly. They also were notably...

    I wore boxers in the 90s, because briefs were "for little boys" and men's pants were baggy enough that wearing a light set of shorts under your pants wasn't bulky and silly. They also were notably more airy in the groin, which was generally nice. Once pants grew tighter around the groin, boxers were inconvenient, and boxer briefs kept everything compact while still making sure my thighs never chafed or stuck together.

    5 votes

  7. Comment on We pitched a museum a 1993 game hint line (and they actually said yes) in ~games

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    A blogpost talking about an interactive exhibit made for the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, recreating the experience of the gaming help line circa 1993. It's a fascinating bit of...

    A blogpost talking about an interactive exhibit made for the Australian Centre for the Moving Image, recreating the experience of the gaming help line circa 1993. It's a fascinating bit of nostalgia, but beyond the nostalgia of the experience, it's hearkening back to a time where gaming was both a lonelier and more social hobby.

    4 votes

  9. Comment on Newcastle council is looking into restoring a ferry route between the UK city and Bergen in Norway – it last operated in 2008, when it was cancelled due to rising oil prices in ~transport

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    Ah, thank you for the correction.

    Ah, thank you for the correction.

    3 votes

  10. Comment on Newcastle council is looking into restoring a ferry route between the UK city and Bergen in Norway – it last operated in 2008, when it was cancelled due to rising oil prices in ~transport

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    To my understanding they were part of Schengen, in that UK citizens had the right of free travel within the EU, and also people needed a passport to visit the UK. One of many exceptions to the...

    To my understanding they were part of Schengen, in that UK citizens had the right of free travel within the EU, and also people needed a passport to visit the UK. One of many exceptions to the rules that made the UK a less equal partner.

    3 votes

  11. Comment on Newcastle council is looking into restoring a ferry route between the UK city and Bergen in Norway – it last operated in 2008, when it was cancelled due to rising oil prices in ~transport

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    The UK always had border checks for entering the island even when they were part of the Schengen zone. It's a bit of bureaucracy they're used to implementing.

    The UK always had border checks for entering the island even when they were part of the Schengen zone. It's a bit of bureaucracy they're used to implementing.

    8 votes

  12. Comment on Amazon is closing its Fresh grocery, Go convenience stores in the US in ~finance

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    That's always been the Whole Foods way; there's a reason why it had the derogatory nickname "Whole Paycheck" as far back as the early 2000's. It's a high-end grocery for high-end incomes.

    That's always been the Whole Foods way; there's a reason why it had the derogatory nickname "Whole Paycheck" as far back as the early 2000's. It's a high-end grocery for high-end incomes.

    9 votes

  13. Comment on UK Appeals court state RuneScape gold counts as property and can be stolen, in $700k bombshell case in ~games

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    Fair enough. Perhaps I lean on "can't" as a shorthand for "in any world run by sensible people, it wouldn't happen that way, but with things as they are it's open season on any idiocy until...

    Fair enough. Perhaps I lean on "can't" as a shorthand for "in any world run by sensible people, it wouldn't happen that way, but with things as they are it's open season on any idiocy until someone gets murdered, and even then no one may fix it."

    4 votes

  14. Comment on UK Appeals court state RuneScape gold counts as property and can be stolen, in $700k bombshell case in ~games

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    I do wonder what happens when a game gets shut down, then? How will this dovetail with Stop Killing Games? If you paid real money for something that can be exchanged with other people on the...

    I do wonder what happens when a game gets shut down, then? How will this dovetail with Stop Killing Games? If you paid real money for something that can be exchanged with other people on the server, and the devs shut down the game, they just deprived you of the goods you purchased. I can't imagine that they'd have to refund you, but how exactly that'll be managed legally will be interesting. They can't just toss a line about how everything is valueless into the EULA and leave it at that.

    12 votes

  15. Comment on Government payments drive US farm income surge in 2025 in ~finance

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    I think this is probably the commentary?

    I think this is probably the commentary?

    1 vote

  16. Comment on San Francisco parents are letting teens ride in Waymos without an adult in ~transport

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    That's awful. I'm sorry you lost so many people close to you. That said, my takeaway from what you're saying is that being in or near cars killed 6 people you know. Whether they were inside or...

    That's awful. I'm sorry you lost so many people close to you.

    That said, my takeaway from what you're saying is that being in or near cars killed 6 people you know. Whether they were inside or outside, the commonalities are the car, and secondarily a lack of infrastructure for anyone not in a car. It's not bicycling that's the danger.

    3 votes

  17. Comment on San Francisco parents are letting teens ride in Waymos without an adult in ~transport

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    Here you go: From the Federal Highway Administration's 2022 transportation survey: 1,103,851 million miles driven, and 5,888 million miles cycled, so people traveled 0.00533 as far by bike as by...

    Here you go: From the Federal Highway Administration's 2022 transportation survey: 1,103,851 million miles driven, and 5,888 million miles cycled, so people traveled 0.00533 as far by bike as by car. By comparison, the deaths as a percentage of population show cycling deaths at .02202, or about 5 times as deadly per mile traveled. But as the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety points out, essentially all cycling fatalities are from crashes involving a motor vehicle. This is not to say that cycling is without risk, but basically all of that lethality is because of cars.

    4 votes

  18. Comment on San Francisco parents are letting teens ride in Waymos without an adult in ~transport

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    Thank you for your anecdotes. Those sound like they were scary events, and left a lasting impression on you. But the population-level data is clear that cars are more lethal. In 2020 (the last...

    Thank you for your anecdotes. Those sound like they were scary events, and left a lasting impression on you. But the population-level data is clear that cars are more lethal. In 2020 (the last year I can see comparable data) there were 0.257 cycling deaths per 100k people in the USA, and 11.67 motor vehicle deaths per 100k. Far more people die in car crashes than from bike crashes.

    6 votes

  19. Comment on US immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, memo says in ~society

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    You're trying to talk about a narrow group of people, and for those people you're not wrong, but it would reinforce your point if you could show that ICE was restricting themselves to targeting...

    You're trying to talk about a narrow group of people, and for those people you're not wrong, but it would reinforce your point if you could show that ICE was restricting themselves to targeting those people. If you can't, you're not really having the same conversation anyone else is.

    7 votes

  20. Comment on US immigration officers assert sweeping power to enter homes without a judge’s warrant, memo says in ~society

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    That would require that ICE target people who are ready to respond to violence with violence instead of lawsuits.

    That would require that ICE target people who are ready to respond to violence with violence instead of lawsuits.

    6 votes