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  1. Comment on Games where the campaign serves as the tutorial? in ~games

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    The first portal game. They slowly position you to learn new tricks, first by controlling half of the portal, then by letting you do it yourself. Once you have displayed mastery of the portal gun,...

    The first portal game.

    They slowly position you to learn new tricks, first by controlling half of the portal, then by letting you do it yourself. Once you have displayed mastery of the portal gun, things go off the rails.

  2. Comment on Microsoft confirms Windows 11 Recall AI hardware requirements in ~tech

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    Does it? I'd say this sounds terrible from the word go.

    Does it? I'd say this sounds terrible from the word go.

    10 votes

  3. Comment on All the good email clients go to hell in ~tech

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    I would be surprised if you could link protonmail to anything else, since it's whole thing is encryption and data protection. Involving additional parties is contraindicated.

    I would be surprised if you could link protonmail to anything else, since it's whole thing is encryption and data protection. Involving additional parties is contraindicated.

  4. Comment on Horror fishing game Dredge being adapted for live-action movie in ~movies

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    I would imagine that they take the game as a skeleton, bring in the stuff the notes hint at, include shine of the backstory, and they might be able to put something good together.

    I would imagine that they take the game as a skeleton, bring in the stuff the notes hint at, include shine of the backstory, and they might be able to put something good together.

    2 votes

  5. Comment on Many Americans who recently bought guns open to political violence, survey finds in ~misc

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    That's certainly true. The people claiming eagerness to defend us from the evil government do seem to be ok with the current brand of evil government.

    That's certainly true. The people claiming eagerness to defend us from the evil government do seem to be ok with the current brand of evil government.

  6. Comment on Many Americans who recently bought guns open to political violence, survey finds in ~misc

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    The founders may not have imagined our modern weapons when they wrote the second amendment, but they did expect farmers to have the same guns as the army. The founders also did not imagine email...

    The founders may not have imagined our modern weapons when they wrote the second amendment, but they did expect farmers to have the same guns as the army.

    The founders also did not imagine email when they wrote the fourth amendment

    Waco was, what, 100 people? And that lasted a week?

    If you want to see how effective the government works be at putting down an actual rebellion, consider the wars we have fought against citizens of their own nation who didn't want us there. We were driven out of Vietnam, and Afghanistan. We were born, as a nation, out of a rebellion. The only time we have ever actually won something like that was the civil war, and it was a bloody, horrifying slog.

    I do not want to see a rebellion here, but don't pretend like it would be an automatic win for the government.

    And it would be a loss for the whole country, no matter who wins.

    1 vote

  7. Comment on Best "dad" jokes and puns! in ~talk

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    You should see if you can make a cup out of ice. . .

    You should see if you can make a cup out of ice. . .

    2 votes

  8. Comment on This super-Earth is the first planet confirmed to have a permanent dark side in ~space

  9. Comment on Baltimore port bridge collapse: Global ocean carriers put US companies on hook for urgent cargo pickup in ~transport

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    In gonna find only limited sympathy for any company that runs out of supplies over this. We just had an extended lesson on why "just in time" is not a good logistics model.

    In gonna find only limited sympathy for any company that runs out of supplies over this. We just had an extended lesson on why "just in time" is not a good logistics model.

    10 votes

  10. Comment on This super-Earth is the first planet confirmed to have a permanent dark side in ~space

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    I'm wondering if they left a phrase out somewhere, or if I'm mistaken, but I'm pretty sure Mercury is tidally locked to the sun.

    I'm wondering if they left a phrase out somewhere, or if I'm mistaken, but I'm pretty sure Mercury is tidally locked to the sun.

    3 votes

  11. Comment on Florida latest to restrict social media for kids as legal battle looms in ~tech

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    I may not be tech enough to understand it, but I have a few issues with that. First, it still means that my PII (personally identifying information) is in the database of some database connected...

    I may not be tech enough to understand it, but I have a few issues with that.

    First, it still means that my PII (personally identifying information) is in the database of some database connected to the internet, configured to provide portions of it in response to the right query. That database will be breached, and my information spread far and wide.

    Second, whatever the "key" is to verify my ID, wearer it is a password, a QR code, am alphanumeric string, that thing is now my ID. If someone captures that, they can now verify themselves as me, anywhere the system is used.

    Third, it brings a third party into what should be a two-party transacting. (Well, fourth into a three, if you count the government)

    3 votes

  12. Comment on Florida latest to restrict social media for kids as legal battle looms in ~tech

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    I don't hate the idea. But it can't be enforced without massive privacy issues. On the other hand, Facebook itself is a massive privacy issue, so maybe normal people don't care about that.

    I don't hate the idea. But it can't be enforced without massive privacy issues.

    On the other hand, Facebook itself is a massive privacy issue, so maybe normal people don't care about that.

    26 votes

  13. Comment on New York governor sends national guard to subway in crime crackdown in ~transport

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    Is it not against the law to use the national guard for law enforcement? Or is that only the regular military?

    Is it not against the law to use the national guard for law enforcement? Or is that only the regular military?

  14. Comment on US prescription market hamstrung for nine days (so far) by ransomware attack in ~health

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    Of course they won't. For one thing, it costs money. But more importantly, it costs money that will not produce a visible result. It's tricky to sell a certain kind of person on the idea of...

    Of course they won't. For one thing, it costs money.

    But more importantly, it costs money that will not produce a visible result. It's tricky to sell a certain kind of person on the idea of spending a big pile of money with the end result being "nothing happened." They fail to understand that for a huge number of situations, "nothing happens" is the good result. We should make them play the BSG board game.

    And even if it was gonna cause a visible "win," most of our leaders are short-sighted, and most of our systems are designed to force them to be that way. Elections for senators are every six years. Presidents every four years. Representatives, two years. And "captains of industry" don't often look further ahead than the quarterly earnings.

    Only 33 people in our whole nation's leadership expected to look as far as six years into the future. No wonder we can't get anything done.

    16 votes

  15. Comment on Mitch McConnell will step down as the US Senate Republican leader in November in ~news

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    I would kind of expect ivanka to try to claim the "cult leader" slot, if only for financial gain.

    I would kind of expect ivanka to try to claim the "cult leader" slot, if only for financial gain.

  16. Comment on Harbor Freight cannot easily develop their own flesh detection table saw in ~life.home_improvement

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    This could be used to argue against every sort of mandatory safety. Why don't you just refuse to work at a company that won't implement OSHA regulations?

    The article mentioned 4K people might lose fingers annually? That's quite unfortunate, but they could have bought a SawStop to use, or refused to work at an employer who didn't.

    This could be used to argue against every sort of mandatory safety. Why don't you just refuse to work at a company that won't implement OSHA regulations?

    2 votes

  17. Comment on Weekly Israel-Hamas war megathread - week of February 26 in ~news

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    Not as many people would have seen that. Not as many people would be wondering what they might do, if ordered to contribute to genocide. People often say they wouldn't have helped commit the...

    You can be dishonorably discharged from the military. You can refuse orders and be imprisoned instead of participating in a conflict you don't want to be a part of.

    Not as many people would have seen that. Not as many people would be wondering what they might do, if ordered to contribute to genocide. People often say they wouldn't have helped commit the Holocaust, or any other genocidal event, but clearly some people do.

    This guy didn't. It is unquestionably a tragedy, but it may have also been a heroic act of protest.

    5 votes

  18. Comment on Etsy sellers are turning free fanfiction into printed and bound physical books [against the wishes of the authors], and listing them for sale for more than $100 per book in ~books

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    They are. They just don't want someone else selling what they are giving away for free. Partly, I suspect, out of moral offence, partly because they know they are on unsteady grounds themselves,...

    They are. They just don't want someone else selling what they are giving away for free.

    Partly, I suspect, out of moral offence, partly because they know they are on unsteady grounds themselves, and don't want anyone to be forced to take official notice of anything.

    6 votes

  19. Comment on We’ve released 803 squirrels at an airport - here’s why in ~enviro

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    So, near an airport. That makes a lot more sense. I was imagining someone smuggling 800 squirrels through security at O'Hare, and dumping them in the food court.

    So, near an airport. That makes a lot more sense.

    I was imagining someone smuggling 800 squirrels through security at O'Hare, and dumping them in the food court.

    8 votes

  20. Comment on Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s job is at risk after US House of Representatives votes to move ahead with hard-right effort to oust him in ~misc

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    Certainly not if you don't give them a reason to.

    and the other party will never throw you a life raft.

    Certainly not if you don't give them a reason to.

    20 votes