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  1. Comment on Micah Lasher wins New York primary to succeed his political mentor in star-studded contest in ~society

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    Proudly (early) voted for Claire Valdez, Mamdanistan ftw!

    Proudly (early) voted for Claire Valdez, Mamdanistan ftw!

    3 votes

  2. Comment on Grand Theft Auto VI - Pre-orders and Edition information in ~games

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    Personally specifically for GTAVI I probably will whenever pre-loads are out. I can't imagine servers being very good on launch day. Also some storefronts sell for discounts!

    Personally specifically for GTAVI I probably will whenever pre-loads are out. I can't imagine servers being very good on launch day. Also some storefronts sell for discounts!

    1 vote

  3. Comment on Grand Theft Auto VI - Pre-orders and Edition information in ~games

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    I have very fond memories of my first games being Liberty City Stories on the PSP, and also downloading GTAV on my PS3 on garbage tier internet (I remember starting the download immediately, and...

    I have very fond memories of my first games being Liberty City Stories on the PSP, and also downloading GTAV on my PS3 on garbage tier internet (I remember starting the download immediately, and then going to bed, then school the next day, coming home and it was STILL downloading)

    I will probably pick up GTA:VI for my PS5 and then avoid buying it again on PC again because I haven't touched GTA:V on PC for more than like an hour.

    1 vote

  5. Comment on Steam Machine prices revealed, starting at US$1049.00 in ~games

  6. Comment on Leak exposes members of Peter Thiel’s secretive ‘dialog’ society in ~society

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    Cory Book-tour is what we call him, he's pretty useless besides the 25 hour speech he made

    Cory Book-tour is what we call him, he's pretty useless besides the 25 hour speech he made

    2 votes

  7. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    I think it depends on why you don't like horror movies! There's a couple of (very well done) jump scares, but otherwise Obsession was more creepy than scary. I think if you also appreciate things...

    I think it depends on why you don't like horror movies! There's a couple of (very well done) jump scares, but otherwise Obsession was more creepy than scary. I think if you also appreciate things like lighting and makeup and camera work, it's a great movie to see, especially if you consider it was filmed under 20 days with a 750k(i think) budget.

    4 votes

  8. Comment on Midweek Movie Free Talk in ~movies

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    I got out of the theater for Obsession today, and holy crap what a movie. Nikki's actress is incredible. The lighting and makeup were insane. The fact that his name was Bear (as in, man or the...

    I got out of the theater for Obsession today, and holy crap what a movie. Nikki's actress is incredible. The lighting and makeup were insane. The fact that his name was Bear (as in, man or the bear) is amazing. And the fact that the budget was under a million? 10/10 movie, very hard to find flaws.

    3 votes

  9. Comment on Fatekeeper | Early Access release trailer in ~games

  11. Comment on Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of May 31 in ~games

  12. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I've been playing a ton of Riftbound recently, maybe about once a week or so. Been trying to get a Pyke deck working without looking at the established decklists, I really want to just play the...

    I've been playing a ton of Riftbound recently, maybe about once a week or so. Been trying to get a Pyke deck working without looking at the established decklists, I really want to just play the Bewitching Spirit and Mindsplitter package, but I need to figure out how to deal with a bunch of other things. It's been really fun though and I've been enjoying the community in NYC!

    2 votes

  13. Comment on US FBI says Google engineer used internal search data to win $1.2M on Polymarket in ~tech

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    oh I'm aware, I meant more of a ban from polymarket (it wont happen but ya know)

    oh I'm aware, I meant more of a ban from polymarket (it wont happen but ya know)

    3 votes

  15. Comment on Save Point: A game deal roundup for the week of May 24 in ~games

  16. Comment on US FBI says Google engineer used internal search data to win $1.2M on Polymarket in ~tech

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    Even so, feels weird that the FBI is geting involved in this, feels like it should just be a Polymarket ban or something if they truly want to enforce it.

    Even so, feels weird that the FBI is geting involved in this, feels like it should just be a Polymarket ban or something if they truly want to enforce it.

    5 votes

  17. Comment on US FBI says Google engineer used internal search data to win $1.2M on Polymarket in ~tech

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    it just feels like this kinda arrest feels unsubstantiated then, since polymarket is already in a legal gray zone anyways

    it just feels like this kinda arrest feels unsubstantiated then, since polymarket is already in a legal gray zone anyways

    1 vote

  18. Comment on US FBI says Google engineer used internal search data to win $1.2M on Polymarket in ~tech

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    I'm not a fan of Polymarket/predictionmarkets in general (disclaimer, I work at a company that has a prediction market app too, but don't work directly on it), but like... isn't this kinda the...

    I'm not a fan of Polymarket/predictionmarkets in general (disclaimer, I work at a company that has a prediction market app too, but don't work directly on it), but like... isn't this kinda the point of Polymarket? They explicity wanted insider trading to "get the most accurate news" whatever that means.

    38 votes

  19. Comment on Mina the Hollower | Out now! in ~games

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    New game from the developers of Shovel Knight!

    New game from the developers of Shovel Knight!

    8 votes