[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 1 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

I don't see that as any more desirable than a US or Russian CEO doing the same. It's all wage slavery for the people generating those profits, and it's all gravy for the CEOs to funnel into offshore accounts. Only funding a worker coop would make it more ethical and desirable, regardless of geographic location, IMHO.

[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 1 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Wouldn't the surplus profit just go to the CEO of of the company? I can't imagine there's much difference for the average worker in China between mass manufacturing PC's for direct sale vs. Mass manufacturing for another brand.

I don't believe there's many worker coops building PCs, unfortunately.

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Benny Harvey RIP (www.youtube.com)
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[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 5 points 6 hours ago

Great movie, great find!

[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 2 points 6 hours ago

Matrix is the closest replacement, and XMPP can replicate some functionality too.

[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 13 points 20 hours ago

You'd probably enjoy his normal content then! He makes great stuff.

[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 51 points 22 hours ago

If you're not sure what StopKillingGames is about, the creator of the campaign, Ross Scott (of Freeman's Mind fame) made this short video to give the rundown.

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Link to sign EU initiative: https://eci.ec.europa.eu/045/public/#/screen/home

Guides on how to sign EU initiative: https://www.stopkillinggames.com/eci

[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 8 points 1 day ago

Fahrenheit 451 is certainly worth a read. I read it late in life, and could see immediately why it's so often read in schools. Very well written, and a compelling story.

Another book that you may find quite personally compelling is The Chrysalids by John Wyndham (Archive.org has a free audio book version), due to the themes it covers.

[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 day ago

Anecdotally, my Pixel 4a which I have dropped multiple times still looks and works like new, even the battery is great!

I too had an otterbox case, which I think helped with those falls.

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[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Those are pretty terrible options to surpress, since once they are made subsonic to avoid the supersonic crack, they have little energy to actually inflict wounds due to how light the bullets are (still deadly, just very underpowered). He would've been better off with a 9mm or a 45, but both would've been a little harder to conceal.

A British gun nut wrote to Fleming about how terrible the .25acp is ballistically, which is why Fleming later made bond use a Walther PPK in a .32acp. The gun nut also inspired him to create Q.

[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 4 points 3 days ago

If your main value is small government, have you looked into classical anarchism?

[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 24 points 3 days ago

A big enough surpressor combined with a subsonic bullet actually can make a gun movie-like whisper quiet, and even can be ultra quiet on a pistol.

But most of the ones used in movies are small enough, or used on a semiautomatic, to where they would be louder than portrayed.

So myth half busted!

[-] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 8 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Rest in peace, Paul. Your Christmas and Thanksgiving cooking specials will be missed the most.

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