It is true that the underdogs are always all about free-speech, then as soon as they get on top their censorship is somehow different and legitimate. Left:"Hate doesn't count as free speech" Right:"Obscenity and blasphemy don't count as free speech".

It's not everybody, but there are definitely a lot of people that think that way. I get in arguments on communities.win from time to time when people are cheering about a left wing person being de-platformed/censored.

I think the political compass describes it best, where authoritarian/libertarian beliefs are orthogonal to liberal/conservative.

What do you mean? Givesendgo, gab, and communities.win are not exactly exploding but they're growing and doing fine. They're not a place for porn I guess, since the audience is highly conservative, but they are free speech sites.

Agreed. There's no magical organizational strategy that can turn totally innacurate estimates into a quality product shipped on time.

I know the consesus of these comments is "skill based matchmaking is good unless you want to noob stomp all day on twitch" but its not quite that simple. Games that have hidden elo ratings can create an unsatisfying feeling where no matter how much better you get, you never do any better in game. It makes it feel like nothing you do matters. Ranked play is the best solution, because you can see quantitatively that youre improving; But the downside is that it makes players feel like they always have to "try hard" to keep their rank up. Its ironic that the article metioned halo 3 as having no elo in unranked play, because it absolutely did. Its so subtle you'd never notice it. But a few times I played on somebody elses xbox who was bad at the game and the difference was hillarious. People were driving warthogs into walls just holding the throttle down, and missing each other over and over at point blank range. I couldn't believe it.

So tldr: elo in "unranked play" can definetly be done in a good, or bad way.

Russian Officials Say

I used to say the same thing to everyone. I owned 2 ar15s and no handguns. But recently I started game planning various breakdown scenarios and I realized theres a flaw in that logic. There are many "partial collapse" scenarios where crime is rampant and things are dangerous, but not so dangerous that open carry of an ar15 is practical / good strategy. A concealed handgun may be preferable because it's lighter and attracts less attention.

He is willing to do business with people who disagree with him politically, all they have to do is shut up and leave their politics at the door.

Exactly this. (I dont know why I literally never have mod points)

Well said.

Almost certainly this.

Even taking that for granted, hes still a brilliant and visionary man. Im sure he's no profet, but I wouldnt turn your nose up at his predictions just the same.

I like how this contains actual information and not just fearmongering bullshit.

Some people just turn their brains off rather than processing questions like "do blacks have a culture of single parenthood?" Its like in 1984 how people are taught to simply stop thinking if they are at risk of commiting a thought crime. Im glad to see there are still people out there just trying to call it like it is, while risking the wrath of the mob.

Hard to say how it would pan out. Not all military and police would follow orders to kill their own citizens. It would be a civil war for sure.

True but its not like you're going to be touching your face the same amount with or without. The mask discourages you from doing things youre not supposed to do like scratch your nose, in addition to providing some protection if you try to do it anyway.