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Sure, but you still have to make a serious attempt or the experience will be terrible for any non-cheaters. Or you just make your game bad enough that no one cares. That's an option too.

I don't really miss the time of having to choose games this way. If you lucked out it was great, but you were also potentially putting down upwards of $50+ bucks in 1995 dollars on a game that you might end up really disliking.

I’m concerned about human rights, but I’m equally concerned about yellow journalism or coordinated media bias.

I'm equally concerned about people being paid to push narratives in places like Hacker News. Especially in defense of large organizations.

Games that sell a battlepass or have ongoing MTX are an minority of the video games available.

There are plenty of games available that are priced similarly to books and there really isn't a question as far as which will provide more entertainment.

For instance, I recently purchased the Mass Effect series for $6. I should be able to easily get 100+ hours out of that set of games.

It also means its hard for Democrats to improve as well since removing any improvements in filing are some of the first things Republicans push to undo when the come into power.

Pretending that there aren't concerted efforts to exert political influence on Reddit isn't helpful, and comes across as pretty disingenuous.

All governance in the western world has become weak as hell. You only need a few bucks to corrupt anything, unless somebody with a few more bucks is already corrupting it.

Yes, corruption and bribery exist exclusive in "western" governments. Thankfully "eastern" governments are completely immune to these issues.

And I know, "I never said those exact words!" but that at was the obvious intention.

As is the existence of Hacker News.

That seems like the logical solution. Given the complexities involved overall, a step for "don't build over this patch of dirt" seems relatively achievable.

Is this the norm for most places in the US?

Where I live our water/sewer bill averages out to a little over $100 a month.

It's not terrible for everyone. It's great for people who control the National Guard as well as has the ability to control what people are told about their impact.

You put much more trust in these companies than I do.

I'm not convinced that VISA and Mastercard are totally hands off about content and that Stripe and Paypal are going against their wishes to enforce content restrictions completely on their own.

https://old.reddit.com/r/Steam/comments/1mf7uei/steam_update...

I remember being in the gym and catching some coverage of Fox News on Trumps trade war and potential deals. I believe the quote from one of the people talking was something like:

"We don't know the specifics about what's in this deal but we do know that this is a huge win for American businesses and the American people."

Labeling the act of someone getting paid to do a job as "bribery" is even more weird. While I certainly wouldn't do by current job if I was paid minimum wage, I don't know if I would say I'm being "bribed" by my employer to stick around. Even if it does appear to align with your new definition.

"Children shouldn't view pornography" is fine as an overall goal. A law that suggest the content providers track the faces and passport details of all users is a ridiculous way to fail to prevent that however.

It is however a great way to have an readily accessible log of exactly which citizens are viewing content the government finds questionable.

Exactly, by protesting and fighting laws like this.

What exactly do you want people to "make sure of" with the law in place? If someone is concerned about this law, what specific action should they be taking in the name of "diligence"?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_Rights_Act_of_1964

Is this issue always controversial?

Is it controversial that companies aren't allowed to refuse service based on gender or race (in the US at least)?

That's definitely what I would claim if I wanted to take down content I didn't want. Who is going to prove them wrong?

As opposed to other forms of energy production which have free/zero maintenance?

What are the biggest vendors for anti-cheat that avoids that level of access?

How does the government know whether any specific person is "able-bodied"?

Wells are not "free water" unless you never have to worry about any sort of repair or maintenance.

There's some upfront investment: $200 chainsaw, an old maul, and an old pickup truck, but those amortized over a decade is practically speaking $0 heat.

I feel like this is really stretching the definition of "$0".

Also, conveniently, neither appear to have an associated cost so we don't have to worry about whether the financial math works out.

Considering that the property has a well on-site, water is free, and as far as heat goes, well, one could either pay a little extra in electric for that — or they could have the Amish deliver their scrap wood from their sawmills to burn in a wood stove, very cheaply.

Maybe "a little bit of electricity" or "very cheap scrap wood" appear to be the vague plans for how to handle heat.