EnderMB

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

That's true, but my original point is that we shouldn't state facts without sources. Otherwise, it's very easy to sneak falsehoods, or to twist that research to fit a narrative.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 week ago (8 children)

I'm gonna be that guy, since there are a lot of comments saying that "research suggests".

Source?

I do fully agree with it. The drug trade is impossible to stop, but decriminalisation and funding of healthcare will help many that are homeless. From tackling these aspects, helping those that want to free roam to do so safely, basically leaves you with those that just need some money to get back on their feet.

But, even if these things seem obvious, they need a source if you're going to speak from a position of fact.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

IMO more people should be critical of the systems and tools that they use instead of shitting on the tools that others choose to use.

We do assume too much of our tools, but many people here are guilty of assuming that other OS's are broken in ways that do not reflect the average customer experience.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Amazing band, and lovely people too. I saw them in Bristol about 5-6 years ago, and met them after their show. I told them that I owe them my Computer Science degree since they're basically my study playlist, and apparently they get that from fans often.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago

Oh, Enterprise is pretty poor. There were some solid ideas, but at the time it was just too big a departure from Star Trek for it to be taken seriously.

Now, if Enterprise were the lead-up to First Contact, the intro would make sense as it would be an early prequel to everything...

[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Hell, the word "union" is such a dirty word in tech that I've literally watched people complain about employee treatment, praise employees empowering others, while saying "I'm against unions in all forms, but (lists what a union is)".

It just goes to show that branding is important. You can list something that people would 100% agree with, tell them it's the bogeyman, and they'll change their mind immediately. Call it something else, and you'll probably have work councils (unions), community support (socialism), and premium health insurance (free healthcare).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I love it.

It's absolutely NOT Star Trek, and whoever decided that it would match a series of Star Trek is a moron...but for a standard sci-fi show it's a good song choice.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

You should set up a Kickstarter, send it to all the SovCit and Flat Earth Facebook pages, saying that you're going to create a realistic SIM of flat earth, and then release a fantasy game based on all of their ideas and watch the meltdown create the best press a game has ever received before launch.

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 month ago (1 children)

600k losses is absolutely astonishing, if true. Wikipedia places their armed personnel numbers at ~2.5m, so to lose a fifth of your army to a war that you didn't need to start, that will ultimately leave you in a worse strategic position is ridiculous.

What is the endgame here? In two years they've lost a fifth of their army. In ten years will it be the entire army? I just don't see why they're continuing.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 month ago (11 children)

People were saying this 20+ years ago because goths could talk online in chat rooms, see other goths on TV, had specific nights in goth-friendly bars, etc. It was always a mixture of both - unique, but not enough.

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