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Comment Adam Ruins Everything covered hospital costs (Score 1) 224

Back in 2017 he did a short on why shit is so expensive, so this isn't new news by any stretch. Medicare for all is one solution that is cheaper than the current system of private insurance, but the real solution (IMO) is repealing the idiotic HMO act and putting a cap on the amount of profit that can be made from non-elective procedures.

Comment Cool (Score 1) 64

That'll give me lots of time to find new content creators to watch. If everyone and their mother paywalls behind Patreon they'll lose viewers. I don't have the kind of income that would allow me to pay all the ridiculous Patreon prices just for access to said videos. I imagine most others don't either. But hey, if the creators can make it work with so many fewer people paying, more power to them.

Comment Oh look... (Score 1) 300

...another argument based on "it doesn't really affect/matter to me, so it must not be an issue." Meanwhile I somewhat often hear (anecdotal, I know) complaints about how iPhone users have to make sure they keep a USB to Lightning cable or adapter with them, because basically everyone else uses stuff that is micro USB or USB-C so they don't benefit from the convenience of a near ubiquitous standard vs Lightining. Same reason people got sick of all the proprietary connectors cell phones of yesteryear used. That alone is a salient point.

Comment Personally I'd like to give this a shot... (Score 2) 62

I don't have the vertigo issues some other folks have. I put goggles on and played Robo Recall without issue. Enjoyed the hell out of it, except for the clunky controls, being tethered, and having a limited physical movement space. I also used to play my VirtualBoy for hours on end without eye fatigue or whatever. I'd lay down and let it rest on my face, the leg tips resting on my chest and keeping it from falling off.

It has definitely occurred to me that I could replace numerous expensive panels for a single modestly expensive headset and technically have a work space with as many "monitors" as I needed, arranged precisely how I wanted. My biggest worry is shit like what Facebook has done with the Oculus, requiring it be tied to an FB account which is subject to 30 day bans on a whim for $deity knows how many poorly perceived slights to the community guidelines. I do wonder just how well the resolutions hold up to such a thing. HTC has a headset that is 2,448x2,448 per eye, and a Chinese company named Pimax has one that is 4K (2106p) per eye, but is that enough to do a virtual desktop with multiple monitors?

Comment Not hard to do... (Score 1) 33

...when you keep installing it without asking every few months and make it difficult for users to remove because when they uninstall Microsoft Teams directly, the less obvious Teams machine-wide installer ensures it's right back after a reboot, and even if you uninstall both, a few months later MS sneaks it right back on in an update.

Comment Re:Unprofessional photographer (Score 4, Informative) 94

Shake your head all you want, this is indeed exactly how it works. Terms of Service and other things you agree to are, in most cases, legally enforceable. You're making use of their services, you had to agree to their terms to make use of them. Don't like the terms, don't use the service or make sure you don't put anything up you don't want being subject to said terms.

It's not even a matter of supporting the idea of personal property, etc. It's a matter of understanding how laws work pertaining to agreements you enter with entities. Try knowing what the hell you're talking about before spouting angry ignorance eh?

Comment Re:About 12GB, fwiw (Score 1) 40

So overall its okay, I'm just a little annoyed that they gave into pressure and shrank her breasts.

Amusing that this is your gripe. We've been inundated with female characters with huge tits and butts and wasp waists for decades, and they decide to tone it down a little and folks like you are up in arms as if you're being oppressed. Grow up and cope. There's no lack of pixelfap material for you out there by a long shot.

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