Klear

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[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 days ago (1 children)

It's like claiming you can beat Usain Bolt by sprinting in a moving train. Sure, with respect to ground you cover the distance faster than him, but it doesn't make much sense to count it that way.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

That's not context, that's using arbitrary reference frames.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago

Yes. Still relatively fast though too.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

Who brings a damaged viola to a warzone?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 days ago

Great for fans of Tom Cruise because he's in it.
Great for people who hate Tom Cruise because you get to see him die over and over again!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 6 days ago

Unrelated [citation needed]

[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 days ago

Because cirvular dependencies are a programming antipattern.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

Pondering the fiery orb in the sky, I see...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Could be due to Italy's very old demographics. Fewer people who care about videogames.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 week ago

But none of them were deputies!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I had a super cynical dystopian idea. Never got around to fleshing it out, so its stability is doubtful at best, but here goes:

So a problem with democracy is that advertising is a powerful force and the candidate with more money to throw into their campaign tends to win, not to mention various forms of bribery coming into play after the elections. A ton of money is being wasted on shady behind-the-scenes deals. Lets get rid of all that and bring it into the light!

  • Get rid of elections AND politicians, since they are just middlemen. Instead create a kind of stock market for various spheres and levels of lawmaking and have megacorporations and other interested parties bid on those.

  • Money that would have been secretly funneled into politician pockets instead goes openly into the government budget.

  • Save more money on elections and government official salaries since there are none.

  • Corps that make laws that benefit consumers get to use that in their advertising. Buy from ProcLive! The company that brought you halfway decent healthcare!

  • Voting with you wallet ends up being mandatory. You don't like that Disney took away weekends? Give your hard-earned cash to Sony next time. They promised to reduce mamdatory weekly working hours to 65!

  • Maybe sometimes a local citizen initiative manages to raise enough money to get governmental powers in a small town or something. I mean, probably not, but you gotta give people some hope, right?

[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)
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