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Gacha games are out of control. Gambling shouldn't be so widespread
  • Knowing the odds doesn’t stop children from developing a gambling habit.

    We were on the way to banning gambling a couple decades ago, it was illegal online and it was hard for new casinos to open up. Sports betting was illegal.

    Now we’ve got FanDuel and gacha and loot boxes and crypto casinos and shitcoin shoveling influencers all this awful shit. And if you look around, the biggest shitbag bullies are the ones who are promoting it, because they know they’ll get their bag and their fans will never turn on them.

    You know, because they might win next time.

    These people are child predators, just not (always) the sexual kind. Fucking ban it all.

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    Is "retard" a slur?
  • Only if you have a condition which could fall under the umbrella of mentally retarded. Otherwise you’re just trying to illustrate a depreciation of self-worth, by insinuating that those with said disabilities are somehow worth less because of it.

    It’s that last part that’s shitty.

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    Neofetch is over, but many screenshot system info tools stand ready
  • Do you think a compiler always has to compile to the exact CPU it’s running on? You could target PowerPC on an x86 CPU if you just set the appropriate target flags (and had a compiler that supports it)

    Speaking of which, you can compile binaries for 32-bit ARM on x86 as well; just run it on your desktop and then copy over the binary.

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    Copyright 1999
  • Fair but I just mean that Moore’s law should have died and the family Compaq should have been the peak. We wouldn’t have the capacity to run all this big data and spytech shit, at least not to the degree we have now

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    The Steam Families logo is clearly a Rorschach test, so what do you see?
  • It’s Gaben, carrying a 3, and because it’s a Rorschach test, it’s been folded in half which gives it that “8” look.

    Soon, boys. Soon.

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    Navy officer lost job for secretly installing internet on warship to check social media
  • You can still see a WiFi network (and tell that it is unique from others) even when it’s not broadcasting SSID. It’s just one less piece of information available when someone is trying to access it.

    Security through obscurity isn’t security, but it’ll keep neighborhood kids from trying to guess the password from across the street. On a warship? They’d have still seen it.

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    'Make Pay-Per-View Access to Boxing Events Free to Fight Piracy'.
  • Once again, for the executives with CTEs in the back:

    Piracy is a service problem. These people are fans and they can’t afford your product, or it’s simply not available in your area. Make up the loss on price reduction and availability through sales volume. Cut out toxic partners who try to MBA you into gouging. You’ll still be rich and your brand won’t be damaged from all the gouging & prosecuting you’ll be doing otherwise. What are you, fuckin Nintendo?

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    Linux Directory Structure - FHS
  • I think /mnt is where you manually mount a hard drive or other device if you’re just doing it temporarily, and /media has sub folders for stuff like cdrom drives or thumb drives?

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    How Russia is Influencing US Citizens on Social Media. Russian Intelligence Document "Guerrilla Media Campaign in the US" [Translated] Page 3
  • Manga is Japanese comic books; the “print version of anime” if you will. Lots of anime is based on manga.

    It doesn’t make any sense in the context of the document, though; which why I wonder if it was a mistaken translation

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  • Sometime, probably close to 20 years ago, but perhaps more recently, you heard a dial tone for the last time and you didn’t even realize it would be.

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    deadline.com Richard Lewis Dies: Beloved Comic, ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Actor Was 76

    Richard Lewis, one of America’s most beloved and revered stand-up comics who also played a fictionalized version of himself on HBO’s Curb Your Enthusiasm, died last night at his home in Los Angeles after suffering a heart attack. He was 76. His death was confirmed by his publicist Jeff Abraham. Lewi...

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    Is Memmy still being worked on? Haven't heard much in the last couple months...

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    We have Local Calendar now, which is great! Is there a way to add this calendar to programs like the iOS Calendar App, or Outlook, or anything like that?

    The idea would be that I would make a calendar more accessible for non-techie users, who don't access HA from a desktop browser often but might want to be able to see/edit certain calendars (light settings, sprinkler timing, etc). I can't find much info about this anywhere; I assume it's not currently possible?

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