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Comment Re:Regulated finance isn't much better (Score 1) 84

I just got through reading this and it hits on basically all the points you hit on. Tells the story of a guy who tried to buy all the shares of a company, ended up buying MORE shares than should have existed, and even had shares traded for that same company the following day at a 37x more volume than shares existed.

Comment Re:There goes the neighborhood. (Score 1) 630

Gab is basically like if Parler was public - Everything is either about Qanon, Vaccines turning the frogs gay with 5G antennas, THE STORM IS COMING (still?), and how about Trump is still our president.

It seems that every "True free speech platform" is just overrun with conspiracy theories and misinformation.

Comment Re:$3,000 laptop (Score 1) 499

Macbooks are pretty expensive, but they also use top quality parts throughout.

Besides the fact that their keyboards had design defects for 2 generations, the same parts always burn out on them over several generations (typically voltage regulators), and they still can't figure out proper thermals with any of their laptops because form over fuction.

Comment Re:Why have nocotine at all? re: flavour (Score 1) 341

Camel had flavored cigarettes well into the mid 2000s. My friend started smoking after I left a tin of Camel Cremas in his car. They had other ones like Dark Chocolate Mint, Izmir Stingers (sweet and sour), High Ball (whiskey flavored), one that was Orange and Chocolate.
They were in some weird line that only came in tins - It was this line

Comment Re:Why have nocotine at all? (Score 2) 341

Except that the marketing is aimed at getting new people into that truly filthy and medically self destructive habit.

Citation Needed

In this case, cigarettes hardly ever get fruit flavouring, thus smokers can't be accustomed to that, and the argument about helping them drop the habit is pure bullshit.

I actually started smoking originally when the Camel Crema, Izmir Stingers, and other flavored cigarettes were around. I switched to cloves after those were dropped. The thing with flavored e-Cigs is that they they actually taste good and smell good. It was a good alternative to smoking and it made me smell better. Anecdotally, majority of the people who vape at my local shop are all ex smokers. Yeah, there are a few kids chasing the fad, but they are the minority.

Mind if I ask you if you also hold the belief that alcohol should also not come in any flavors (anything from Smirnoff Ice to Schnapps) as well?

Comment Re:Emergency situations? ALL THE TIME! (Score 1) 251

Well a friend sent me their new plans for family (unsure about corporate rates) - basically they can throttle you at any time "due to network congestion" unless you pay for high speed data that wont be throttled.

Plans here, notice the little information bubble next to Unlimited Data

Sure looks better than whatever plan the firefighters were on, but still kinda weak compared to other offerings by other companies.

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