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simplysimpleon Infants May Be More Likely to Die in America Than Cuba

I can afford my medication just fine, thankfully, because my family was able to escape the complete and utter despair of socialist utopia and now completely uninformed morons are trying to bring that poison here.

simplysimpleon Infants May Be More Likely to Die in America Than Cuba

Now it has hallway medicine and 18 month wait times - not really sure which is preferable to be honest, both are just shortages in unsustainable systems.

simplysimpleon Infants May Be More Likely to Die in America Than Cuba

My point still stands.

simplysimpleon Infants May Be More Likely to Die in America Than Cuba

> However, we live on a planet with limited resources and capitalism will hit a wall soon enough.

Scarcity is a necessity for capitalism. Do you even understand how capitalism works beyond "big corporation bad"?

simplysimpleon Complete guide to GDPR compliance

My company is over and above compliant with the requirements of the GDPR - not because we bothered to give a crap about the EU, but because we did it on our own years in advance, of our own volition and the need for heavy data protection.

As an American, I'm suprised you aren't skeptical of a foreign government trying to control what you do.

simplysimpleon Complete guide to GDPR compliance

My guide to being GDPR compliant: don't do business in the EU.

Much simpler.

simplysimpleon Facial recognition: It’s time for action

blatantly obvious attempt at regulator capture is obvious. If there's anyone I'd guess is already doing what they are warning against in this "open letter" - it's MSFT.

simplysimpleon Valve creates new revenue sharing tiers to give big sellers a break

Sony has been friendly to indies during the PS4 generation. Nintendo was especially good for indies in 2017 and is practically giving away development kits. Even EA is becoming increasingly friendlier to indies on their Origin platform.

Steam has brand recognition for developers, but that is changing with competition.

simplysimpleon Valve creates new revenue sharing tiers to give big sellers a break

Then they should lower rates across the board. There used to be a time when "just being on Steam" justified the high cost to smaller developers, but the market is over saturated now because they don't curate anymore that it isn't the case.

simplysimpleon Valve creates new revenue sharing tiers to give big sellers a break

So Valve is giving breaks to the big developers/publishers that don't even need them?

simplysimpleon NY state tax break is $48k per Amazon HQ job

Wrong. Chuck Schumer called it a "one-two gut punch to the middle class". Nanci Pelosi called it "simply theft — monumental, brazen theft — from the American middle-class and from every person who aspires to reach it". And that is only if the tax cuts are not renewed in 2027 - which the democrats voted against making them permanent.

simplysimpleon NY state tax break is $48k per Amazon HQ job

crony capitalism at it's "finest". What a joke, of course - it's ok when New York elites do it but it's evvvvvvvviiiiiiiiiiiil when Donald Trump wants to give tax breaks to all Americans.

simplysimpleon YouTube CEO says EU regulation will be bad for creators

YouTube's own policies are bad for creators.

simplysimpleon Why non-Muslims are converting to sharia finance

If you think they aren't funding terrorism through these banks, I've got a bridge to sell you.

simplysimpleon Carbon – Create images of your source code

just...take a screenshot of your editor

simplysimpleon The Story of Why I Left Riot Games

It's pretty ridiculous to me that this even needs to be said. "We need to make a conscious effort to be professional in a professional environment". What is happening to our culture...