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Comment Re:scares me too much ill never do that (Score 1) 75

i fear this will eventually be forced on people who dont want it; who would rather get thru their problems themselves; rather than having their brain rewired and possibly personality changes no way i dont care how bad off i get i dont want anything changing who i am; how i see the world; or how i process my emotions

Years ago I lost quite a bit of money with a so-called meme stock Mind Med. Their idea was that psilocybin could be an important part of therapy, but not to be provided separately from talk-therapy. It was never meant to be over the counter medicine.

As for changing the way you are... trauma does that. wearing glasses does that. exercising does that. Let's not get too defensive.

Comment Re: My SciFi dream is still Fusion to Synfuel (Score 1) 183

What's your dream in the meantime?

My fiction story starts with a flashback to the POTUS accusing China of releasing Covid19 as a bio weapon. This time around however, it was exactly what they did.
With many millions of people suspicious of government intervention and big pharma, the body count is horrendous and the USA are firmly in failed State territory.

The same happens in many other developed countries and when the situation is stable again, the population aged 50+ is so scarce that the new Eco fascist regimes are now predominant and decide to commit permanently to that sort of population control.

Comment Re: Standard tactic (Score 1) 81

So I am pretty naÃve perhaps on unions.
But I thought the way it worked is a bunch of workers agree to strike if their demands are not met.

There are many possibilities before workers withdraw their labour.
The union should advise their members about what they can aim to achieve and what legal ramifications exist.
They should be easier to deal with compared to 5000 ignorant people, although not as easy as 5000 people who sign any contract without asking questions.
While the employers can pay a retainer to HR experts, 5000 people need to pool their resources to get similar quality of legal advice. This should be the basic understanding, rather than "unions = strikes".

Comment Re: Contributed to Moral Decay (Score 1) 92

but my understanding is that OnlyFans was about reducing corporate exploitation of streaming models.

Mine was that OF upheld standards of moderation and censorship that were acceptable enough that mainstream payment providers did not rush to refuse service to OF, their consumers and their creators.
As a consequence they became the legal venue for adult content even if they wanted to be an alternative to YT, Vimeo, etc.

Comment Re: No. The cost of building already isn't the iss (Score 1) 120

If the value of my house goes down I would never even know it because I don't borrow against it and I'm not looking to sell it.

You don't borrow but plenty of other people are mortgaged.

In your country it might be different but here in the UK when there were serious market crashes, some people were contacted by their mortgage provider demanding a top up of guarantee.

  Ie: if your loan is against a property evaluated at 300k and right now it's worth 270k, the bank can demand you do something about it.

Comment Ribbon - yes (Score 1) 235

The ribbon in MS applications is fine by me. What irks me is the new style of windows that have search boxes, icons and notifications in the title bar.
  Sometimes I don't know where to click to drag a window without finding some icon that someone thought needed to be prominently shown where maximise, minimise and close should be.

The loss of the top left corner menu is a smaller issue, but I often miss the Windows 3.x consistency in window controls.

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