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Comment Re:So Luigi was right? (Score 1) 174

Supply follows demand. Once the money goes somewhere else, the supply will follow it. Decreasing the availability for those without the money.

Good luck proposing a system with equal healthcare provider wages and payments. The highly skilled will go out of country. The wealthy will take medical holidays. We went through all these discussions back in the days of Hillary Care. The Left proposed making travel for healthcare illegal. The Right laughed so hard their sides almost split. The Clinton healthcare initiative died on this stupidity.

Comment Re:Ethically maybe, practically no (Score 1) 174

People in general don't like targeted violence,

As opposed to the untargeted kind?

I don't condone violence in general, but sometimes I understand its motivations. But I'm still trying to figure out what ANTIFA had against Starbucks storefront windows during the George Floyd protests. The association completely escapes me.

Comment Re:The purpose of a trigger warning (Score 1) 144

True. But it's not enough that Jane/John Doe can deal with the content if they so choose. Certain things trigger me. And since you cannot restrict where I go or what I read, these things must be removed. For my well being. It's a foot in the door for cancel culture.

Trigger warnings also imply that I must modify my behavior to protect my own well being. I accept no such responsibility and expect that society bend to accomodate me.

Comment Re:My only question is ... (Score 1) 59

Even good audiophool speaker cables cost more than this -- but you can't really put a price on silver-plated cryogenically treated 101% pure copper wires that have been braided by the hands of virgins under a blue moon whist facing directly East into a 5 knot wind at 37.5 percent humidity precisely located over a suitable warp in the magnetic field of the earth.

And yes, you can definitely hear the difference, especially when using 128kbps MP3 files!

Comment Re: Stupid comparison, apples and bowling balls (Score 1) 267

I know that for my charger, all it takes to make it 'commercial' is to point it's configuration at a payment portal.

Why would you even install a charger that has the capability to report back to a home office?* Even if you don't enable it (now)? The day will come when the State will demand that the 'phone home' capability be turned on. To collect more taxes, of course.

For an EV, my extension cord can't 'phone home'. For an ICE vehicle, my gas cans aren't internet connected.

*I'm taking a wild guess here, but the one loaded with firmware was state subsidized.

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