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Alto , 7 months ago to news in LGBTQ+ Population in the U.S. Grows by Over 2 Million

Of course not, they're simply pointing out how the title is misleading. Obviously more people being able to feel comfortable enough to come out is a good thing, but that doesn't change the number of gay people in the world.

Alto , 7 months ago to news in Israel says it will block United Nations visa requests

That's a nice way of saying war criminals that deserve to hang at the Hague

Alto , 7 months ago to news in Quality of care declines after private equity takes over hospitals, finds nationwide analysis

Local ownership can cut both ways. Local businessmen reach a certain level of wealth and power and can essentially take over the entire town. It's how you end up with situations like the Murdaughs.

However you look at it, the overconsolidation of wealth always has negative impscts.

Alto , 7 months ago to world in Ukraine destroys 20% of Russian Black Sea fleet in 4 months, says British defense minister

Videos of the sinkings of most of these ships are freely available online, as is a fairly accurate estimate of the black fleet size. Might have something to do woth thay

Alto , 7 months ago to technology in Reddit Falls Short of Ad Growth Targets Ahead of Likely 2024 IPO

Yep, in the face of the infinite growth monster, anything other than exceeding expectations is seen as a failure

Alto , 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to news in Minimum-wage workers in 22 states will be getting raises on Jan. 1

Fully agree with the sentiment

The fuck kind of coffee you buying haha. Even the real fancy places round here are still maybe 4 bucks for a large coffee unless you're basically making it a glorified milkshake.

E: sp, don't write things 3 minutes after waking up kids

Alto , 7 months ago to technology in A cargo plane flew 50 miles with no pilot onboard using a semi-automated system. An aviation expert says the technology could address the pilot shortage.

For a recent example, Southwest Airlines pilots just won a 50% raise over 5 years, including 29.15% immediately.

Alto , 7 months ago to games in [Steam] Which lesser known games have you bought or are planning to buy in this sale?

I've been a bit burnt out lately, but fully agree with Squad. My most played steam game by a fair bit. Love the ICO so much.

Alto , 7 months ago to news in Zelenskiy hails downing of Russian jets in upbeat Christmas message

Really couldn't have come at a better time

Alto , 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to games in What's up with Epic Games?

Since I can almost guarantee you major publishers would not publish on steam without some sort of DRM, yeah Im fine with them having an easily crackable form of DRM. Especially since they're not exactly jumping to prevent people from doing it.

Alto , 7 months ago to news in Evangelical leader accuses pope of creating "division" with LGBTQ+ views

They are catholic after all

Alto , 7 months ago to games in What's up with Epic Games?

I said not outright evil, not good.

Alto , 7 months ago to games in What's up with Epic Games?

Valve is what happens when someone who's not just outright fucking evil invents a money printing machine

Alto , 7 months ago (edited 7 months ago) to world in Iran’s navy adds sophisticated cruise missiles to armory

Unless you're going to somehow ensure there's no even somewhat densely populated ares within 200km of the DMZ (and continue moving it back as NK slowly progresses to better tech), they'll just switch to a different city. For reference, that's more than the entire northern half of the country

Alto , 7 months ago to news in Americans are lonely and it’s killing them. How the US can combat this new epidemic.

Not just the cost, but the fact that so many people are working 50+ hours a week just to survive and simply don't have the time or energy. When you've gotta pick up a second job on the weekend to make rent, you're probably not going to have any energy to go out.