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  1. Comment on Netherlands will block Serbia's next step toward EU accession in ~society

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    With the latter, wouldn't more member states block it?

    With the latter, wouldn't more member states block it?

    1 vote

  2. Comment on Anyone interested in trying out Kagi? in ~tech

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    I would be interested as well

    I would be interested as well

  3. Comment on What’s your “I didn’t know I needed that” item? in ~life

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    The start of your post kind of reads like "The Twelve Days Of Christmas"

    The start of your post kind of reads like "The Twelve Days Of Christmas"

    7 votes

  4. Comment on Should a country speak a single language? In India, one of the world’s most polyglot countries, the government wants more than a billion people to embrace Hindi. in ~humanities.languages

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    This kind of nationalism is very dangerous. It has nearly killed regional cultures in the UK (Cornwall, Scotland and to some extend Wales) and France (Pretty much all of France had regional...

    This kind of nationalism is very dangerous. It has nearly killed regional cultures in the UK (Cornwall, Scotland and to some extend Wales) and France (Pretty much all of France had regional languages, but they have largely gone extinct or nearly extinct). It is an especially vile type of nationalism that is sadly very effictive.

    13 votes

  5. Comment on What programming/technical projects have you been working on? in ~comp

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    I'm intrigued, do you have a link?

    I'm intrigued, do you have a link?

    1 vote

  6. Comment on Bitwarden switches password manager and SDK to GPL3 after FOSS-iness drama in ~tech

  7. Comment on Bitwarden switches password manager and SDK to GPL3 after FOSS-iness drama in ~tech

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    I think that's very reasonable. Passwords management is important and a professional team will be probably have better and more reliable infrastructure than you can ever do yourself.

    I think that's very reasonable. Passwords management is important and a professional team will be probably have better and more reliable infrastructure than you can ever do yourself.

    7 votes

  8. Comment on Bitwarden switches password manager and SDK to GPL3 after FOSS-iness drama in ~tech

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    So a question right, why cold earl grey? I love me a good hot cuppa but never tried it cold.

    So a question right, why cold earl grey? I love me a good hot cuppa but never tried it cold.

    5 votes

  9. Comment on Valorant is winning the war against PC gaming cheaters in ~games

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    Hm, that's a really good point. I guess you are right: at least Riot is aware of the security risk and they seem to handle it well.

    Hm, that's a really good point. I guess you are right: at least Riot is aware of the security risk and they seem to handle it well.

  10. Comment on Valorant is winning the war against PC gaming cheaters in ~games

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    Like I said above, I don't worry about Riot doing that, but an attacker that found a vulnerability in Vangaurd.

    Like I said above, I don't worry about Riot doing that, but an attacker that found a vulnerability in Vangaurd.

    6 votes

  11. Comment on Valorant is winning the war against PC gaming cheaters in ~games

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    Well, I trust no-one to write perfect code. Nearly all well-known programs have had bugs and vulnerabilities, so that is indeed my worry.

    Well, I trust no-one to write perfect code. Nearly all well-known programs have had bugs and vulnerabilities, so that is indeed my worry.

    4 votes

  12. Comment on Valorant is winning the war against PC gaming cheaters in ~games

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    Since it has kernel access, it can pretty much do anything right? I mean, they are scanning memory by design. Maybe Windows kernel level protection is better tha I know, but in my mind they could...

    Since it has kernel access, it can pretty much do anything right? I mean, they are scanning memory by design. Maybe Windows kernel level protection is better tha I know, but in my mind they could just read your memory. It's not that I don't trust the makers of Vangaurd, but that a thing you install for game that is always on with kernel level access is such an obvious security nightmare to me.

    Again, I might be missing something here, so please correct me if I'm wrong.

    10 votes

  13. Comment on Valorant is winning the war against PC gaming cheaters in ~games

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    I mean, no wonder a rootkit can cheaters. I don't play competitive games so I don't really care and don't have a solution, but it still baffles that so many people willingly install Vangaurd. Even...

    I mean, no wonder a rootkit can cheaters. I don't play competitive games so I don't really care and don't have a solution, but it still baffles that so many people willingly install Vangaurd. Even if it will only run during the game later on, it's still a rootkit.

    11 votes

  14. Comment on Meatball lovers, rejoice – IKEA has announced the opening of its first restaurant on the UK high street in ~food

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    I mean, I would love that concept. If you have a large enough city I think it could absolutely succeed.

    I mean, I would love that concept. If you have a large enough city I think it could absolutely succeed.

    2 votes

  15. Comment on Apex Legends dev team update: Linux and anti-cheat in ~games

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    I find his actual reply even funnier tbh.

    I find his actual reply even funnier tbh.

    5 votes

  16. Comment on Canadian federal government going ahead with high-speed rail between Quebec City and Toronto in ~transport

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    Yeah that's fair. I was a bit surprised about that as well.

    Yeah that's fair. I was a bit surprised about that as well.

    1 vote

  17. Comment on Canadian federal government going ahead with high-speed rail between Quebec City and Toronto in ~transport

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    One of the consortiums has both the RATP and Renfe in it. I am no expert, but that one sounds like the best choice, since the French and the Spanish have a lot of experience building HSR....

    One of the consortiums has both the RATP and Renfe in it. I am no expert, but that one sounds like the best choice, since the French and the Spanish have a lot of experience building HSR. Hopefully this goes through and goes reasonably well, in order to have an example to follow of true HSR in North America.

    5 votes

  18. Comment on New experimental evidence shows lack of employment effects of guaranteed income in ~finance

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    Fair point, thank you for clarifying that. The aid was still temporary, which still has all the issues previously mentioned.

    Fair point, thank you for clarifying that. The aid was still temporary, which still has all the issues previously mentioned.

  19. Comment on New experimental evidence shows lack of employment effects of guaranteed income in ~finance

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    For me this study is supportive of UBI, as the main benifit of UBI is that it gives both poor and lower to mid income people money with no bureaucratic nonsense. If you only want to give money to...

    For me this study is supportive of UBI, as the main benifit of UBI is that it gives both poor and lower to mid income people money with no bureaucratic nonsense. If you only want to give money to the needy, you need to quantify what "poor" and "needy" are, and that almost always means that people have to jump through hoops to get support and it also introduces a poverty trap. A UBI does not have that problem.

    3 votes

  20. Comment on New experimental evidence shows lack of employment effects of guaranteed income in ~finance

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    Thank you for providing sources and arguments to the discussion, but I have some critisisms of my own. The main point of a UBI is to give people a more reliable income, which gives more breathing...

    Thank you for providing sources and arguments to the discussion, but I have some critisisms of my own.

    The main point of a UBI is to give people a more reliable income, which gives more breathing room in their spending. This in turn should improve mental wellbeing (as people have less stress about finances) and have the financial freedom to switch jobs or work less. Especially long-term constant stress is terrible for someones health and decision-making ability.

    A temporary 400 dollar food stamp is not realiable over time and is not enough money to significantly change someones financial situation, it is made to keep people afloat, but only just about.

    Debt forgiveness does not help in this regard either, as it does not change peoples income. In fact, if nothing changes, a person could just as easily fall back into debt.

    So in short: cash does not make people happier, but a stable income means less financial worries and empowerement to change jobs or working hours, which absolutely makes people happier.

    This is supported by one of the most well-known studies on UBIs: the Finnish study

    According to the analysis of the survey data, the wellbeing of the basic income
    recipients was clearly better than that of the control group. Those in the test group
    experienced significantly fewer problems related to health, stress and ability to
    concentrate than those in the control group

    If you want to learn more about UBIs, I recommend Utopia by Realists by Rutger Bregman.

    5 votes