bizarre restrictions around background play

there’s nothing bizarre about it - the free version is shitty on purpose

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How does the latter not reasonably imply the former?

I’m not dumb and I write shit code all the time. Bad code only implies that the author is dumb if you assume only dumb people can make mistakes.

everything about my life changed when I realized that if something tastes like it needs salt but adding salt doesn’t help, it needs acid.

take note urban planners: even in the sky, trains work better

love the name

I feel like palmtop, as derived from desktop and laptop, has a shot here

Precisely this. The few rights that feudal peasants did have are being ferreted out as “inefficiencies”

okay but land ownership and rent seeking are inherent, inevitable parts of capitalism. Even Smith talked about how rent-seeking is an unavoidable outcome of a system where one person can own what another needs, and about how in order to succeed capitalism will require some way of discouraging or taxing rent-seeking. “As soon as the land of any country has all become private property, the landlords, like all other men, love to reap where they never sowed and demand a rent even for its natural produce.” This isn’t a new phenomenon and it’s not a return to pre-capitalism, it’s capitalism doing what we all new it was going to do from the beginning.

Silicon Serfdom?

No that’s still capitalism. Capitalism is still the problem. To call it anything else is apologetics, the core issue is that the private ownership of the means of production leads to a concentration of power in the hands of precisely the wrong kind of people after selecting for and reinforcing the most selfish behaviors in them. It then allows them to essentially usurp whatever form of government exists.

my personal favorite after decades of dedicated fandom, and self-contained enough that it’s one I recommend everyone start with.

I also read them in Roundworld chronological order and was thrilled with them, but looking back as an adult I can see where the guy who wrote Thud! and Dodger might not be entirely proud of the first couple.

print yourself a bigger apartment

of the two, Trump did more damage while he was president and had the bigger riot when he lost the popular vote, but Bush’s legacy of damage lasted from when he launched his forever wars in 02 all the way into the Biden administration

Me too, they’re one of my favorite power metal acts. I feel like it’s okay to pirate them though. Dude tried to steal my voice, so I’m gonna make unauthorized copies of his.

bless you, sir

The dude from Iced Earth and Demons and Wizards is a right wing terrorist. That’s a bummer.

If I had a nickel for every time one of my favorite noise artists was accused of sexual assault by another artist I follow, I’d have two nickels. Which isnt a lot, but it’s weird that it happened twice (Michael Gira from Swans was accused by Larkin Grimm and Alexis Marshall from Daughters was accused by Kristin Hayter).

Desperately trying to find that meme of Bernie Sanders where he says that he’ll make gay marriage mandatory if he becomes president. “And if you’re not gay, too bad. I’m your husband now and we’re in LLLLOOOOOVVVEEEEE”

we were picking up some free boots for my partner off of facebook marketplace when i asked about the weight bench that was also in the yard. the owner said “someone said they were coming for it, but they were supposed to be here 2 hours ago. you want it?” I disassembled it in the yard and ruined my folding knife trying to use it as a screwdriver, but it was the best decision I’ve ever made. Grabbed some adjustable dumbbells from amazon, have been hitting up marketplace for plates people aren’t using ever since, and I’ve now got a full-body 5x/week workout routine that is 100% the key to my mental and physical health. Best thing I’ve ever done for myself, and getting every piece of equipment that I use today cost about $100 total.