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laserdancepony··on 'VPNs are lawful technical tools,' says EU Court in landmark copyright ruling
The blue haired are upset someone supports political views unapproved by them. It was on here some time ago and a fierce discussion.
laserdancepony··on Let's celebrate work that is 100% human-made
I like this project and the negative responses here are reinforcing me in this decision.
laserdancepony··on What happens if Japan takes in zero immigrants?
Not everyone on HN is from SF, sometimes you also get reasonable opinions here.
laserdancepony··on Windows 9x Subsystem for Linux
I'm getting really tired of you guys, the same as with the crypto idiots years ago. No rational thought, only smug comments about how progressive you are and the others are luddites.
laserdancepony··on The Military Failures of Fascism
According to the author it is toxic masculinity that was the root cause of fascism. Just if someone likes to be spared the read.
laserdancepony··on Woman who never stopped updating her lost dog's chip reunites with him after 11y
Well, no point in discussing with you anyhow according to your performance in this thread. You're akin to a wrong way driver here: "everyone else is wrong" despite sources being laid out.

And finally you found a second wrong way driver.

laserdancepony··on Cannabinoids remove plaque-forming Alzheimer's proteins from brain cells (2016)
We have dozens of pain killers which are not opioid based, what do you mean? From the top of my head NSAIDs can be used, and Metamizole for example is as effective as morphium.
laserdancepony··on Changes to OpenTTD Distribution on Steam
In my opinion this is just another example of our broken copyright system. That copyright should have expired years ago, so no troll company which happens to resurrect Ataris corpse for the tenth time can pull stuff like this.

But the lobbyism is too strong for a reasonable 15 or 20 year copyright limit.

laserdancepony··on Legal experts condemn Apple bowing to White House's request to remove ICEBlock
Why should a country tolerate an information system designed to circumvent the enforcement of the law, no matter how you individually feel about that laws. We boot fraudulent or illegal apps all the time.

What about an app that reports every LEO (not just ICE) around you? What would that accomplish except benefit criminals?

"Rules for thee, not for me."

laserdancepony··on Is moderate drinking healthy? Scientists say the idea is outdated
You should message Vault-Tec about that opportunity you seek, they might already have a suitable Vault for that.
laserdancepony··on Bethesda's Starfield is a disgrace to game development and a slap in the face t
I'm amazed how I triggered you so hard, you are now crufting through all of my comment history, downvoting and commenting like a maniac.

Imagine being this dense and still incapable of defining "normal" as a high school student during statistics class would.

And you know why I'm taking a stance? Because people like you make me to. I have no choice, a few years ago I was told "Oh these pronouns? Yeah just ignore it if you are cis, no worries." But now I get banned from a mod site if I upload a modded INI file removing it from my single player game, where no one is affected by my decision to remove it. Cancelled by people like you who claim to be the "good guys". Fascism is back, but now a different flavor, thanks.

Now think about that after you ruined my day by stalking me.

laserdancepony··on Swedish criminal gangs using fake Spotify streams to launder money
So was Al Quaida a Pakistani terrorist group because Bin Laden had his last residence there? Or was it Afghanistan?
laserdancepony··on Swedish criminal gangs using fake Spotify streams to launder money
"Diversity is our advantage!" I was told. Didn't know it predominantly included gang violence, as mentioned in the article.

You don't fool me into submission with either downvotes or accusations.

laserdancepony··on “Dear Discord, how on Earth is ”GTK“ a bad word? GTK is a GUI toolkit ”
Thanks, I stay with Mumble as my VoIP software. At least there I can name my channels and myself as I wish, without being cancelled by a not well thought out SJW word filter.

Remember Cunthorpe?

laserdancepony··on Ask HN: Tech that seems to have vanished?
Hardware accelerated 3D sound in video games a la EAX. That one went away with Windows NT IIRC and never surfaced again.
laserdancepony··on In Germany, 27 are in 'preventive detention' b/c they might do climate protests
I do believe it is reasonable to hold repeat offenders. And I hope this law will be upheld when tried. These people do not understand democratic dialogue and so I have no pity for them.
laserdancepony··on Heat pumps show how hard decarbonisation will be
> A Wall Street banker doesn’t have a carbon footprint that much higher than a regular person.

Found the millionaire coping with his excessive consumption.

No really, I don't own a car, don't fly, don't go on cruises, don't go on vacation three times a year any other way, live in a 50 sq m flat without anything but the most basic amenities. And you know why? Because I'm poor, that's why. Like most of Earths population. So don't try to tell me my carbon footprint is the same as Gordon Geckos, it simply can not be true.

laserdancepony··on Heat pumps show how hard decarbonisation will be
In my experience this has been a source of problems as well. Tacked on insulation tends to keep moisture in, ruining the walls over time.
laserdancepony··on Heat pumps show how hard decarbonisation will be
> But it’s quite stupid: In both countries you need AC, [...]

Almost no residential building in Germany has AC, and I'm unsure what you mean by "need". Also the buildings are built to last, so no remodeling every few years like in the US. That means one is stuck with most of the utility built into the house from the start. Remodeling a regular central European brick-and-mortar house to accommodate floor heating or duct vents is difficult and expensive.

laserdancepony··on Google Chrome pushes browser history-based ad targeting
I quite dislike all the crap they try to tack on like Sync or Pocket, sometimes cluttering the UI after an update. But still everything can be disabled, so not too much of an annoyance.
laserdancepony··on When “Punch a Nazi” Goes Wrong
Things went really well in Portland without the police. No crime whatsoever.
laserdancepony··on France prepares to ban vegetarian products from using meaty language
I like that legislation, and I like we have real democracy at work here. Not the kind you have in the US where a loud minority imposes abstruse rules on everybody.
laserdancepony··on Library of Ashurbanipal
Seventh century BCE, not AD!
laserdancepony··on Fewer university students are studying Mandarin
Of course it is their fault. They remain in a communist dictatorship with no regard for human rights whatsoever.
laserdancepony··on Fewer university students are studying Mandarin
Btw, the STOP sign is both a shape and text.
laserdancepony··on Fewer university students are studying Mandarin
English is the lingua franca of planet earth today, and will be in the foreseeable future. No matter what you think.
laserdancepony··on The EU's war on behavioral advertising
That's what you get for making the world a worse place.
laserdancepony··on New Windows updates cause UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR blue screens
I've never heard crap like that in my life before.
laserdancepony··on New Windows updates cause UNSUPPORTED_PROCESSOR blue screens
> I "subscribed" to the preview track, and had to reformat my pc twice.

"I subscribed to test betas and they were unstable. Thanks Bill Gates!"

laserdancepony··on Dude,Where's My Donations? Wikimedia gives another $1M to non-Wikimedia projects
$100,000 USD to Data for Black Lives, United States Data for Black Lives is a movement of activists, organizers, and scientists committed to the mission of using data to create concrete and measurable change in the lives of Black people. They will use the grant in part to launch a Movement Scientists Fellowship matching racial justice leaders with machine learning research engineers to develop data-based machine learning applications to drive change in the areas of climate, genetics, and economic justice.

Yeah right, that does not sound janky at all. "It's all about knowledge." I think you have internalized too much of their PR recently.

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