circuitfarmer

Just like corporate donations are “speech”. Some Citizens United logic here.

This, and as far as I can tell, the only way to avoid being called a RINO is to completely eschew any kind of critical thinking and absolutely toe the party line regardless of how asinine or nonsensical.

Just to make sure it’s clear: not being Deck Verified doesn’t mean it won’t run on the Deck or on Linux in general. It means Valve has not hit their testing threshold for the title to mark it as verified or unsupported.

More specifically, it means Valve cannot guarantee a) the game will run (though anecdotally, I’ve had most if not all unverified games I tried work without issue), b) that the text is large enough to be readable on the Deck, or c) that the controls are usable (=you might have to just use the configurator yourself).

I think a danger Valve has introduced with the verification system is people thinking that not verified == no worky.

The crypto involved can be furnished such that nothing but the issuing authority and the fact “18+” gets transmitted, no name, no id number, no nothing.

This is a best-case-scenario implementation. I just think it is extremely likely that any approach actually implemented would not have the privacy of the user in mind.

The infrastructure to support such things are naturally anti-privacy. Ultimately it requires someone to simply ignore other info that would otherwise be accessible. There could be a unique governing body for that part which is chartered for only sharing appropriate info, but even then, it’s an ask for people to trust that body and that it wouldn’t leak.

The housing crisis won’t end until (among other things) corporations cannot freely own limitless numbers of single family homes. We will see perpetual renting because it’s effectively passive income for the corporations, and they have deeper pockets than 99.9% of individuals.

As companies own more and more, but don’t sell, supply dwindles, and the bubble never bursts.

I’m waiting for it to start using units of banana for all quantities of things

Unless the Electoral College magically goes away, this will be a rough election for a majority of Americans. Lots of long-standing issues are coming to a head with the realization that we’ve already been fascist for a while.

Far easier said than done.

Exactly. Watching this all play out is strikingly similar to watching Trump get away with a mountain of stuff that would have put a poorer person in jail, and yet, no consequences.

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So true.

A favorite screening question of mine: “What makes you want to join [company name]?”

Ugh. I need a job and you’re my 20th application today. The world runs on money. The end.

I hope you have a great day today.

That’s faulty logic. We know that mergers tend to lead to higher prices. We also know that there’s already an issue with artificial inflation (=companies colluding to raise prices), as well as actual inflation.

Ultimately it’s just simple addition if/when the merger goes through. It will exacerbate the existing issue.

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Oh, I totally agree everyone needs to vote for Biden based on how the system currently works. But what I disagree with is the insinuation that anyone disagreeing with Biden needs a MAGA hat. That’s tonedeaf and bad for the party.

Right, but winning an election where your own party already required you to shut up about anything where you disagree – doesn’t seem like a win?

I think there’s this idea that if we keep the Dems in power, then we’ll hit a point where we can return to discussion and fix issues within the party. But that’s a false idea. There will always be an opponent, and the idea that we should all fall in line just to avoid fascism is, well, misguided at best – because it’s also fascism. We’re already setting a precedent within the party to avoid dissidence. That’s wild.

They entered multiple industries and took losses to rise to the top and outlast the competition, in many cases. Now that they’re running what are practically utilities, they see there is no money in it and pull out.

Modern tech industry 101, and yes, it’s dumb as fuck.

Yeah, that’s one of my fears with this rhetoric. We keep reducing issues to bifurcations which is incredibly dangerous.

Win what? Ultimately no one wins if we can’t discuss areas for improvement even within one’s own party.