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jamesredman

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jamesredman··on Are hospitals overtreating patients nearing the end?
Except that death is fact of life, pain and suffering are not.
jamesredman··on Nordstream: An Accident?
Hanlon’s razor seems like something a King would imagine and peasants would repeat as if they thought themselves wiser than the King.
jamesredman··on Google Is Blocking YouTube on Amazon's Echo Show and Fire TV
Yeah it’s funny how the content and service providers want to control the entire internet when they’ve proven countless times to abuse their power and regulate legal content that is not of their liking.

If YouTube decides to start blocking certain devices from its servers, ISPs can at least retaliate, in a free market and throttle their connection to pressure them to stop uncompetitive practices. Since the ISPs must consider the interests of their customers.

Right now there is no check and balance on these behemoth technology companies and they appear to be acting above the law.

jamesredman··on UK sees longest period of negative power prices
Electricity is run long distances with high voltage and transformers, not super thick copper wires.
jamesredman··on "I haven’t been drunk in 3 years... and I’ve been partying way more than you."
Light alcohol consumption has been shown to have a beneficial effect on health. I'm not sure where this doctor is getting his information from, but in terms of stress relief, a couple alcoholic beverages a week does not appear to be utterly distructive to the human body.
jamesredman··on Zynga 'losing $150 on every new paying customer'
The only thing that can save Zynga and demand its current valuation is online poker.
jamesredman··on Windows drops to No. 3 cash-cow status in Microsoft' latest quarter
Actually the Windows division of Microsoft is still the second most profitable division of Microsoft. The Windows divison is 3rd in revenue, 2nd in cash.

The title is misleading.