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I have a math degree and still can't do basic addition

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Can we fucking not

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It was costly, but the relative cost to Iran to launch the attack was far larger.

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Key word relative. The US did the vast majority of the heavy lifting. $1B is 0.0625% of the US military budget. $100M is 0.4% of Iran's, nearly an order of magnitude more costly relatively, more than one if it's on the high side.

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We've started going full death camp yet people still don't believe that there's a genocide. There are no words to describe just how truly disgusting that is.

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It's almost as if a bad thing can get worse!

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Are you implying that the Russians have been in defensive wars since 45?

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Surprised no one has said it, but Minecraft. I love it as much now as I did when I was 12. It can be as simple or as complex as you want it, especially if you start playing with mods. Then there's servers such as Hypixel which for all intents and purposes are an entirely separate game in and of themselves.

I'm sure part of it is nostalgia, some of my fondest gaming memories were playing Minecraft with friends, but I still find it to be an excellent way to relax.

(Tangentially related, anyone else remember when waiting 3 months for 1.2.5 > 1.3 was an absurdly long update time for the game? Different times.)

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Portal and Portal 2 are my go to tests for if a machine qualifies as "an computer". Basically, if it can run those, it's probably good enough to be grandmas facebook machine. Might have to toss an ssd into it (exactly what I did with an old core2duo hp pavilion), but generally I find it to be a good rule of thumb.

Plus it gives me an excuse to play Portal when I test a machine :P

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Or, y'know, literal decades (centuries?) by medical professionals

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I was referring to the usage of masks

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I apparently threw my glasses across the room in my sleep last night. Spent a solid 5 minutes going full on Velma mode looking for them.

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No, I frankly don't have the slightest clue how I did it.

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I make use of that trick a lot, unfortunately it wasn't a ton of help this time.

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Funnily enough, taking my glasses off in a dream and still being able to see is how I've realized I was I a dream a couple times. Unfortunately I immediately get way too excited at the prospect and immediately wake up every time haha

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Next time you fry up some bacon, put just a little bit of brown sugar on it. Doesn't take much. I rarely make it because I wouldn't be able to control myself if I didn't limit it to special occasions.

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He's not being charged with the not paying his bills part, he's being charged with the committing fraud to be able to get that much server time part.

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Ah yes, the famously anti-escalation Obama.

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If you think that's even remotely comparable to a state actor directly and purposefully targeting an embassy, I've got a bridge to sell ya

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In terms of escalation? Obama absolutely was not better.

Obviously in the vast majority of other ways he was, but let's not pretend that Obama didn't have the option of ending the forever war instead of quadrupling down with the surge

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Turns out people that want to block access to information are generally shit people.

Who would've thunk?

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To be entirely fair, I'd say attempting a coup is a couple orders of magnitude worse than sex scandals.

Iran launches drone attack against Israel as Biden rushes to White House (www.theguardian.com)

Iran said it launched dozens of drones and ballistic missiles towards Israel on Saturday in a major attack following days of acute tension building up in the region and warnings from the US and elsewhere about a wider conflict erupting....

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Yup. I've seen a disturbing amount of people pretending Iran are the good guys just because Israel are also the bad guys, as if it's impossible for multiple sides in a conflict to be awful

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Homie go check my history, you'll see I am far from a fan of Israel and the IDF

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Can't say they'd work 100% on this phone, but there are apps that allow you to switch your audio input/output that may help

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That would likely be why they specified North America

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Yeah, I have a flaming hatred for those that cheer on fascism. You probably should too.

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The issue is ensuring its clearly not coerced, which is effectively impossible in practice. Unfortunately it's one of those things where once you allow people to be paid for it, it's gets really, really dark, really, really quickly.

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Yeah that's just... not how that works? People are perfectly capable to keeping to themselves without necessarily being bullied

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I had a relatively similar experience. Some people were definitely treated like shit, but there's was nearly none of what's classically considered bullying, especially of a physical nature. Im not pretending it was some utopia where everybody got alone, but the vast majority of people were far too busy worrying about their own shit.

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I will forever maintain that 8th graders are the most vicious people on this planet

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Didn't have any bullies in high school (thankfully), but my elementary school bully ended up becoming one of my better friends. Nothing crazy, kid was just a shithead when he was little, he moved to the other side of the district and I didn't see him again til HS. Completely different and really chill person by then.

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Too bad brave's CEO is a giant bigoted piece of shit who I refuse to support.

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No way, really?!?!

I try to not reward companies that hire CEOs who actively support the extermination of gay people

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Get the actual fuck out of here with your both sides bullshit. Boycotting a company for being bigoted is not the same as boycotting a company because you yourself are a bigoted piece of shit.

E: sp

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If you can't see why one would boycott a company with a loud and proudly bigoted founder, i don't know what the fuck to tell you other than you need to take a long, hard look in the mirror.

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I'd appreciate it if you wouldn't put words in my mouth.

I'd also prefer companies have strict policies against that sort of thing, and if I found out a company was fostering a workplace where that awful view is acceptable, I would boycott them as well.

The founder generally receives the biggest piece of the pie. That's obviously a more significant thing. Frankly, I think you know this and are simply arguing in bad faith.

And get out of here with your purity test bullshit. Yeah, I personally go to some pretty extreme lengths to boycott companies. But that's nowhere near as important as the general spirit of being against bigotry and opposing it, violently if necessary, anywhere you see it.

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The founder/CEO actively donates to anti-LGBT organizations, including ones that support conversion therapy. The guy is an awful piece of shit, and any decent person should take whatever steps necessary to not support them.

Thankfully, that's as simple as not using Brave.

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Im sorry that you're so tolerant of bigotry. I can't help you

Exclusive: Tesla scraps low-cost car plans amid fierce Chinese EV competition (www.reuters.com)

The decision represents an abandonment of a longstanding goal that Tesla chief Elon Musk has often characterized as its primary mission: affordable electric cars for the masses. His first “master plan”, opens new tab for the company in 2006 called for manufacturing luxury models first, then using the profits to finance a...

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It's pretty simple. The market is not rational, and anyone trying to convince you otherwise is an idiot

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Clarification. Half the electorate doesn't see genocide happening because they don't see Palestinians as humans

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Except, yknow, the vast majority of people don't need an SUV, and they're objectively pedestrian and child murder machines

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For most these things, it is far cheaper to simply use some sort of SaaS than to actually set things up in house. There's probably plenty of times where it'd in theory be cheaper in the long term, but most businesses are going to see the short term savings as extra capital to try to expand.

In 2018, Republicans accidentally legalized cannabis. Now 22 AGs want them to undo it (thehill.com)

A coalition of 22 state attorneys general is calling on Congress to address “the glaring vagueness” that has led to legal cannabis products being sold over the counter across the country — including sometimes from vending machines or online....

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Yup. In MO we've seen not far off of $100mil in state tax revenue and it's only been legal since Feb 2023. At least one city near me was pushed into a surplus because of the extra revenue (admittedly, they were running at a very, very small deficit previously, but still).

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As someone from MO, fuck IL's tax. Went from paying $125 for a gram of wax to ~$40 once MO legalized.

It's better than it being illegal, obviously, but it's so clearly only that high so they can extort out of state buyers.

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Oh absolutely agreed. The fact we have to play these games in the first place is bullshit

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Tornadoes suck, but they're not even close to on the same level as hurricanes. I say that as someone from tornado alley and saw what happened to Joplin in 2011.

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As will hurricanes

Shits gonna suck

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The town, as in 20% of the residents of Newbern are whire.

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