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Is Toyota still the largest US automaker by sales? Curious they were not mentioned in the article.

> where you can push an insane description of a topic and present it as reality is the point

Fair enough and indeed there are many examples. However I think good faith/steelmanning needs to come back in our discourse. It strikes me as an 'insane' description to suggest that the problems with Wikipedia can be properly captured by their resistance to 'insane' descriptions

Thats highly inappropriate I think

What did you view the wiki on during installation?

Hug of Death

Ha ha ha..I got that reference! But that also makes me feel old. Yes Prime Minister was one of those rare shows that gets better with repeat viewing as you get older

That's the question isn't it? If its entitlement as you say, why feel it with a podcast and not books?

Someone help me out, whats the difference between this and the way FS are usually mounted?

TIL...NYC currently HAS parking minimums!

Something weird about referring to using the default password as 'hacking'

The older I get, the more I realize that I didnt so much have a problem with the 'gatekeeping' as the 'gatekeepers'

I thought about that but decided that the issue is a function of location. A cabin in the middle of nowhere is not the same as a busy block in the city. So I really didnt see the need to ban everywhere, only in certain locations. You could even rent the "party zones" at a premium that I am sure some would be willing to pay

Why ban parties across the platform?

Wow! Thats a great story

The error here is that people have somehow been convinced that they need to give a reason. I think "because I like it" as far as reasons go is good and comprehensive enough.

Tell that to the judge I say

As an aside, one thing that would be great is to stop inventing new words for things that clearly already exist. Textcasting?? wtf?

I really miss local multiplayer. Competitive gaming was other kids on your block. Good times, low stakes.

> For the first time in history, women have the economic independence to walk away from a bad deal, and guys have up their game as a consequence.

I see variations of this statement all the time. This weird, almost gleeful misandry masquerading as a historical perspective. It needs to stop. It has poisoned all our interactions and it is hurting people.

Well, clearly, the groups want very different things

I think this all the time too. My backlog of media, games, books, comics is huge. And thats what is in my possession. To say say nothing of what I'm gonna get. Add hobbies and I'm pretty much good till I expire

I suppose its important to know when manufacturers became aware of the danger in lead.

> Because the “free for all” market that gave rise to Alex Jones and FOX news, etc. really improved American society…

You either believe in the relevant principle or you don't. These sort of side-swipes at bedrock American principles are completely uncalled for

> Brand has been the subject of a joint investigation by The Times, The Sunday Times and Channel 4 where the claims are backed by a significant amount of evidence vetted by their lawyers. These aren't reckless publications.

Try as you might, the above will never create the certainty in an reasonable person's mind as an actual legal conviction would. As we all know, even some of most well put together cases fall apart under the scrutiny of cross examination.

I suppose these days, it is useless to point out that these are unconfirmed accusations. Oh well

I have the old discs for RA and CC First decade and im still having trouble with disc detection in openra (installed appimage on kubuntu).

Indeed...life is about tradeoffs

While the author is of course correct in his assessment, I do wonder if he is doing the same thing. Certainly his point could be better or at least simpler made without such a "dramatic" attack on storytelling. Stories make us less intelligent?!! Easy does it lad!

I always started these but always stopped. Instead, there are a bunch of A4 sheets lying around that I've been using over the years!

I do not wish to sound insensitive but is better accessibility the most important consideration in FOSS vs proprietary? The article covers the dangers of certain types of software and why we should not rely on them. It seems to me that particular features in the software itself is beside the point.