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  1. Video game addiction is fine on 'Fortnite' May be a Virtual Game, But It's Having Real-life, Dangerous Effects (bostonglobe.com) · · Score: 1

    when its a good game. Fortnite is just bad though.

  2. on the multiplayer. Its a complete garbage fire of griefers and no content.

  3. Re:Already exists in some countries on No Tuition, but You Pay a Percentage of Your Income (if You Find a Job) (nytimes.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Because education is a net benefit to society.

  4. Re:It figures, Oh my God, Closed Government on National Parks Face Years of Damage From Government Shutdown (nationalgeographic.com) · · Score: 2

    IIRC, they closed the parks those times. They left them open with no workers this time.

  5. Re:Nobody texts anymore, gramps on California Considers Text Messaging Tax To Fund Cell Service For Low-Income Residents (thehill.com) · · Score: 1

    You'd be hard pressed to find a plan for under $30 per month in the US.

  6. If you need instructions on how to pronounce something you've named, you're doing it wrong. That's about as offensive as pronouncing GIF with a j.

  7. Re:What do you mean, "can't be fixed"? on Coding Error Sends 2019 Subaru Ascents To the Car Crusher (ieee.org) · · Score: 2

    Subaru's B-pillar has multiple layers of different types of steel. There are welds under welds, building up the pillar in a multi-step process. You can't just weld on top of it. https://www.planetsubaru.com/s... https://www.firehouse.com/resc...

  8. Re:How much have ya got? on Rice University Says Middle-Class And Low-Income Students Won't Have To Pay Tuition (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    The trend lately is for colleges to set a ridiculously high price, then give "everyone" a discount. They're taking as much as they can from everyone. In what other field do companies get away with that? What a scam.

    Healthcare.

  9. Re:additional eight paid weeks for physical recove on Microsoft Will Require Business Partners To Offer Paid Parental Leave (washingtonpost.com) · · Score: 1

    If a father has nothing more to offer than moral support, he's a shit father.

  10. Re:That's funny... on 'Americans Own Less Stuff, and That's Reason To Be Nervous' (bloomberg.com) · · Score: 1

    Royalties are often not the same for physical and digital media.

  11. Re:"I have friends who own coal mines..." on White House Proposal Rolls Back Fuel Economy Standards, No Exception For California (npr.org) · · Score: 1

    Car companies will charge what the market will bear, fuel economy tech be damned.

  12. Maybe they can afford to pay taxes now? on Apple Becomes the First $1 Trillion US Company in History (reuters.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    One could imagine

  13. Re:Opportunity for cask drawn ales on A CO2 Shortage is Causing a Beer and Meat Crisis in Britain (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    Perhaps the C02 is there to mask unwanted flavors.

  14. Re:Cooking for 1 is a hassle, more expensive. Buy on California Study To Examine the Influence of a Healthy Diet On Patients (nytimes.com) · · Score: 1

    An onion will last a very long time in the fridge if you only cut off what you need, leave the stem in tact, and wrap it in plastic.

  15. Re:REALLY THOUSANDS !!! on US Congressmen Reveal Thousands of Facebook Ads Bought By Russian Trolls (mercurynews.com) · · Score: 1

    Rephrasing the narrative to focus on ad buys is interesting, but the real effect is the troll accounts, which are all free.

  16. Re:Doesn't work as an experiment on Finland Is Killing Its Basic Income Experiment (businessinsider.com) · · Score: 1

    Capitalism has failure built in. There is NO possible way for it to work, given human nature. The assumptions of capitalism are flawed. Here is how it will fail. Capitalism is implemented. Everything looks good initially (success!!!) Slowly over time, prices are increased (doesn't cover "basic" greed any more) Costs slowly rise to cover shareholder value The wealthy slowly figure out "why work", and begin rent seeking The productive people are paid less for more labor The whole thing starts spiraling out of control downward. People start eating dog, because nobody is getting paid, there is no affordable food in stores etc. Eventually an elite few have all of other people's money.

  17. Could be a good thing on Sea Level Rise in the SF Bay Area Just Got a Lot More Dire (wired.com) · · Score: 1

    It will at least wash away all of the human piss and feces.

  18. Re:The US healthcare system needs disruption on Amazon's Push Into Healthcare Just Cost the Industry $30 Billion In Market Cap (qz.com) · · Score: 1

    I just assume my cost is my out of pocket max and I live poorly to put away the $4k per year in my HSA.

  19. Re:We don't need autonomous trucks on 'No Drones or Driverless Trucks', Demands Teamsters Labor Union (cnbc.com) · · Score: 1

    Musk is really only concerned about his own commute.

  20. To reinforce the idea that voting for individuals who lower corporate taxes will benefit the worker; that is to purchase more votes for lower taxes

  21. Isn't that what mod points are for? on New Study Finds That Most Redditors Don't Actually Read the Articles They Vote On (vice.com) · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I mean, that's how it works here too, right?

  22. Par for the course for LG on Some Google Pixel 2 XL Units Shipped Without an Operating System (androidpolice.com) · · Score: 1

    The piles of bricked Nexus 5x phones didn't give you a clue? I don't know what Google was thinking returning to LG.

  23. Yes, but it is a single welfare system. You don't need social security, food stamps, public housing, medicaid, pell grants, school lunch programs, etc etc etc etc etc. You only have the universal income department. One set of administrators. Overhead would be greatly reduced.

  24. Its easy to understand why on Apple is About To Do Something Their Programmers Definitely Don't Want (medium.com) · · Score: 1

    "The Panopticon is a type of institutional building designed by the English philosopher and social theorist Jeremy Bentham in the late 18th century. The concept of the design is to allow all (pan-) inmates of an institution to be observed (-opticon) by a single watchman without the inmates being able to tell whether or not they are being watched. Although it is physically impossible for the single watchman to observe all cells at once, the fact that the inmates cannot know when they are being watched means that all inmates must act as though they are watched at all times, effectively controlling their own behaviour constantly. " https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/...

  25. Too old and fat to riot.