radix

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[–] radix@lemmy.world 27 points 9 hours ago

The question I get asked by religious people all the time is, without God, what's to stop me from raping all I want? And my answer is: I do rape all I want. And the amount I want is zero. And I do murder all I want, and the amount I want is zero. The fact that these people think that if they didn't have this person watching over them that they would go on killing, raping rampages is the most self-damning thing I can imagine. I don't want to do that. Right now, without any god

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[–] radix@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

If you don't pay Sales tax at checkout, you are probably liable for Use tax at the same rate. See California for one example, but check your own to be sure.

You are supposed to report any item you buy and "use" in the state.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago

Understanding things you don't personally experience is called empathy, and it also exists, even if people without it don't understand.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I'm no lawyer, so I'm sure some corporate goon (on either side) will find loopholes to do whatever they want, but the idea is to ban mobile-style F2P games where you show ads alongside gameplay or "watch ads to refill your play meter" as your only revenue stream. Some other kinds of in-game advertising are still allowed. Unfortunately.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 53 points 2 days ago (1 children)

AI: Autistic Interactions

[–] radix@lemmy.world 168 points 3 days ago (9 children)

You'd have to be some kind of American Idiot to miss the messages.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 29 points 3 days ago (10 children)

Every few years I check in on an old message board I was active on between like 1999-2010. It's still there. Gets maybe 1-2 posts per year these days.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (2 children)

1 death is sad.

100 deaths is a tragedy.

10,000 deaths is a statistic.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago

I also looked this up. The top flag is non-standard, but that general shape exists with either the inside or outside square colored blue. If we choose to interpret this as a small blue square on a white background, it means something like "I'm slowing down," which would also fit.

Bit of a stretch, but it's the closest to making sense.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

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The median age of people 18+ in the US (total potential voters), is 47. The 80+ demographic is really small. If those folks are voting in ways that are detrimental to others, the solution is to increase voting among other groups.

Make election day a mandatory holiday for anyone outside first responders, and guarantee those folks a half day. Expand mail-in voting. Expand early voting.

There are dozens of solutions that don't include telling people they don't get all the rights of full citizens.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Who decides how old is "too old?" And what happens when the people approaching that age decide that young people (18-30) are the real problem and remove rights from them in retaliation?

This is the sort of thing that people shout in anger into the mirror at night, but any actual plans fall apart immediately.

Never give your political allies a power (in this case, removal of voting rights) you wouldn't also give your political opponents. Your "side" won't always be in charge, and what sounded good to yourself may be terrifying when wielded against you.

 
 

Tyrannus tyrannus is too powerful.

 

Abolish ICE

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[Steam] Metro 2033 Redux (store.steampowered.com)
submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by radix@lemmy.world to c/freegames@feddit.uk
 

Free to keep if claimed in the next ~48 hours.

 

"One coder added at least two database entries that are visible on the live site and say “this is a joke of a .gov site” and “THESE ‘EXPERTS’ LEFT THEIR DATABASE OPEN -roro.” "

 

For three years, the Broward County Sheriff’s Office produced its own crack cocaine, so it could sell it to people that deputies would then arrest for buying crack cocaine.

 
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Useful Idiot (en.wikipedia.org)
 
 

Just because a 3060ti is technically capable of ray tracing doesn't mean I want you to keep turning it on every time the driver gets an update.

 

More people were killed by U.S. law enforcement in 2023 than any other year in the past decade, outpacing population growth eightfold.

 

"Don't make a wrong move," the officer said as he pinned the struggling subject to the ground. "Period."

The officer tightened the handcuffs around the subject's thin wrists.

"Ow, ow, ow, it really hurts," the subject exclaimed.

The officer pressed his weight into the subject's small body while school staff watched it all unfold. The person he was restraining was 7 years old.

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