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You're right, and it's that "we're going to say whatever we need to say to be right in the moment" attitude that makes it so satisfying seeing it happen.

If you at least try to live by a code of ethics, people might not agree with you, but at least they'll respect you.

These rates are a joke. "Oh no! Not 3.5%!"

That's odd, I thought journos were adamant that "it's a private platform and they can do what they want" when it was people they disliked getting banned.

They've been crying about trust and safety for the past month! Here -- They're getting exactly what they asked for! What's the problem?

How will you talk to people without twitter?

Moments like this are the things that make people not trust journalists. Imagine saying "Neo Nazis and white supremacists should be condemned completely" and it gets twisted into "White supremacists are very fine"

I'm not saying you should get behind Trump, the idiot released an NFT today ffs. He talks a good game then fails miserably. Sometimes he doesn't even talk a good game, saying some things that if he actually did them would solidly land him on a lot of people's bad guy radar. I'm not saying you should get behind the Republicans, there's a ton of bad people there who deserve all the hate they get.

I'm saying you should get behind the truth, the full truth, no matter where that takes you. And people are going to lie to you, and you've got to be very careful about realizing that at all times. Once you know the truth, only then can you make good decisions, whatever those decisions may be.

The soviet weapons program, also known as porn bingo...

It's an old meme, but it checks out.

I think you're wrong on the incentive. If you make a copyright terms too long, then the incentive is to just buy up as many properties as you can, and sit on them. Keep on making Capeshit movies forever because you own them for another 60 years.

Sounds like more Orwellian nonsense. "The online safety bill will ensure we can shoot you in the face if you say anything we disagree with, ensuring the safety of world leaders who are badly bullied by facts they don't like!"

Wait.... it got even worse?

I always liked the "take a physical" part.

"In a place where you're not allowed to discriminate against disabled, we're going to send you to a doctor to find out if you are too disabled to do this job and if you are we won't hire you."

Bro bro he's really free speech bro you just can't say gamer words bro or post publicly available data on where planes are bro it's absolute Free speech!

"well you see boss, I start with n, then another person is supposed to write I..."

Am I the only one not noticing the world ending from people getting sick?

I mean, we're still facing the consequences of the lockdowns even now and will for years, but people always got sick.

There are benefits to having a virtually limitless well of capital to pull from.

And if I'm being honest, I am constantly frustrated by how limited even google assistant is.

Perfectly balanced, as all things should be.

Bluetooth is the better choice in terms of being in control of your own devices. My living room stereo and my garage stereo both support bluetooth. The nice thing about the google homes and chromecast audio is you can play music without touching anything. I can just holler "Hey Google, play some chrismas carols on living room stereo" and it'll fire up a playlist without me having to stop whatever else I'm doing.

Don't worry, they're sending that over too.

I know that at some point all my google homes and chromecasts and chromecast audios will be sent to the google graveyard, and it really bugs me. I'm slowly working on having stuff I don't have to ask permission to use.

This exactly. The point of insurance is that you hope you never need to use it.

You pick up emergency supplies during a non-emergency because often when the emergency strikes you won't be able to get those supplies.

I was living in Ottawa when the 2003 power failure knocked out the grid to most of the northeast for up to 4 days. Getting gas was a problem, and there was no chance you were going to find a generator for sale anywhere. My mom owned a diner and lost thousands of dollars of food because the freezer thawed. Ultimately it was one of the things that caused her business to fail completely shortly later.

Imagine how different that situation could have been if she at least had the means to cool the freezer for a little at a time with some stored fuel in a generator she had on-hand.