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>try switching from one laptop to another Why would I need to? Is this some burning problem that I didn't realize needed a solution?

The popularity of Substack shows that people don't care about those "valuable brands" though, they care about good content. NYT and friends eroded what integrity their brands had i…

They go into this in the article. Substack is actively trying to poach people for their platform. NYT, already being bereft of journalistic integrity, doesn't like this because it …

We know it's you, Amazon's PR firm, behind that throwaway account.

If the world's corporations are taking us to Hell, I want a piece of the action.

Contrary to popular belief, the purpose of police in America isn't to "protect and serve". Even the Supreme Court has said they're under no obligation to protect the public.

Because that's all the majority of the population knows. Their Internet is social media.

Uh, natural resources is at the top of the list of why countries invade other countries...

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Poor analogy. This was a period of just under 30 years for which Mao was the supreme ruler of China.

~30% of a settlement is peanuts though. Also, do people have to pay taxes on these earnings? There goes ~30% of that if so.

Must get tiring to perform all these mental gymnastics

A physical keyboard is better than that. Touch keyboards are garbage. It's why the Apple Touch Bar is garbage. Physical keys don't activate if your finger slightly grazes them.

There absolutely are limits, especially on the social side. You don't form as close of relationships with co-workers. You don't get those in-hallway "hey, can I show you this real …

Lars has admitted multiple times he was wrong to lash out when they did. Go look up interviews yourself. Metallica have fully embraced digital platforms.

Are you seriously gatekeeping space travel?

Sure, but who the hell's going to read that, honestly? All the metaprogramming crap was my biggest hurdle when learning Ruby/Rails at the same time, and also figuring out what was …

Uh, why do you think after signing up for one credit card, you magically start getting offers for other cards? CC companies have been selling transaction data for decades before FA…

The mainstream corporate media machine doesn't cover it because they're complicit in it. You have shit like what happened to Cory Feldman on the View: that hag Barbara Walters sayi…

They'll let Arizona's state government handle that one, so that if water shortages arise, Intel can point to the government for bottlenecking them.

US's foreign policy of 50 years ago is not the same as it is today. Since the USSR's fall, the US has been highly reactionary. There's no overarching "containment" policy that requ…

If this happened on American soil, it'd be stuck for weeks. There'd be infighting over which private contractor the canal authority will pick. And when the excavation process start…

Look up Year without a Summer.

I think the bigger point is: unless your teachers told you, you most likely didn't know that Microsoft offered free versions to students. Someone had to consciously know about the …

The monkey's out of the bottle regarding polarized Internet discussions. ~Pre-2014 Internet discussions are never coming back. There's too many bad actors everywhere that have too …