radix

joined 3 years ago
[–] radix@lemmy.world 10 points 10 hours ago

1,205 games. $6,516 as of today. 19 year account.

The depressing part is that of the 1,205 games, 986 (81.8%) are showing as unplayed.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 27 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Lots of people say that want total freedom for anybody to post anything, but it becomes clear almost immediately that it's completely unsustainable. Spam, CSAM, and other illegal stuff has to be moderated or users leave and the admins get in legal trouble.

What most people mean by "free speech absolutism" is "I want to be able to say stupid, offensive shit without being held accountable." Even if that's not your intent here, that's the prevailing interpretation, so you're being judged on that.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Laws will vary widely from state to state, but in most (many? some?) US states, the "sales tax" is more accurately titled "sales and use tax."

You may be asked on your year-end tax return to list anything purchased out of state that was brought into your state for use, and to pay the appropriate tax on that.

In my state, it's on the honor system. So almost entirely unenforceable, especially for small items. Look up the laws in your area, though.

To sum up: technically, probably not; practically, probably so. This is not tax advice.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 18 points 4 days ago

Sounds like a fine way to abolish the existing Court, since the constitution is where it gets its power.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago

Yes, toasted bread so that the PB gets slightly melted when spread!

[–] radix@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Sure, he says that, but until he actually endorses a bunch of good candidates, this should be taken with a few boulders of salt.

More likely is that he still supports the same evil morons he always has, but now he prefaces it with a "you all know I'm no blind Republican supporter, BUT"...

He's trying to backdoor a false sense of balance to fake his way into credibility.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 9 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

IMO, professional soccer in the US is way behind because it's less TV friendly. No commercial breaks (other than halftime) means less money coming into the sport than more commercialized competition.

At youth levels, it's one of the most played sports in the country. Then as soccer-playing American kids get further in their "career", they get pushed toward other sports where more money is. Colleges rake in cash on football and basketball, and lots of these kids play multiple sports until a coach makes them choose.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

4D chess: the pickpockets put up the warning signs.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 61 points 2 weeks ago

Amazon spent millions on a single Ring ad during the Super Bowl that was so poorly received it killed a multi-million dollar business deal.

To be clear, all the companies involved are the worst of the worst, so fuck them, but all they had to do was nothing and it would have turned out better (for them, worse for the rest of us).

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

It's photoshopped. His tie was too short, but not that short.

[–] radix@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

You're basically asking about the difference between an authorized vs unauthorized biography.

If you sell the rights, that's just getting some nominal fee in exchange for your participation in the process. You may have insights and knowledge of certain events that aren't easy to find without your help, so some media production company may pay for you to fill in those gaps.

None of that is strictly necessary, though. Anyone can write about anyone else, so long as they aren't making false claims about the source, or making other negligently false claims of fact. (Don't do false advertising or libel.)

[–] radix@lemmy.world 24 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Turns out getting kicked in the head for a living is associated with making other bad decisions.

 
 

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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