[-] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 5 months ago

Republicans don't either, something that such statements should reflect. I wish there were a better nominee to vote for, but given that Republicans have benefitted from protests on issues that would be handled even worse by them, statements critical of current policy shouldn't be made without the context of what would instead be done if Trump wins the presidential election.

[-] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Just because it's the norm doesn't mean it's not excessive. In contrast, Apple's implementation of a 30% cut is even worse, since with an iPhone you can't just install an app from another source (and even when you can in the case of the EU, there are recurring costs for doing so). Since Steam accounts for the majority of PC video game sales, with AAA titles only not releasing on it when they have a clear financial motive not to, Valve's use of a price parity clause effectively makes it the arbiter of what the industry standard markup on PC should be.

[-] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

While its implementations thus far have been totalitarian, technically true communism (something even the leaders of the USSR admitted to having not achieved) wouldn't be totalitarian, so in an academic sense, focusing on it when asking such a question doesn't make much sense. The question itself is sensible, as people wishing to become American should respect the country's democratic institutions, though in asking it perhaps there should also be a greater effort in improving the quality of those institutions to be closer to those of a true, rather than flawed, democracy.

Also, in my opinion at least, framing it as 'good' or 'bad' moral judgement reflects an outdated view that morals should be regulated, and thus should be restated as simply being in agreement with the principles of the US constitution.

[-] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 6 months ago

Perhaps more like what fridge companies do via incessant water filter replacement reminders: Enjoying your Super Deluxe CoolPlus™ Fridge? Don't forget to check out the CoolPlus™ Fridge Magnetic Spice Rack and CoolPlus™ Fridge Juice Dispenser Add-on!

[-] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

A success does not include leaving a victim of failed experimental medicine with a non-functional implant. In contrast to how animal subjects are used as test subjects (often conducted with less oversight than there should be), using experimental medicine on volunteering patients should be done not just to collect better data than the chimps before them supplied, but with the genuine expectation that the product in question will benefit the patient beyond their usefulness as a test subject for continued product development.

[-] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 6 months ago

Israel launches Rafah offensive in continuation of its mission to eliminate all Palestinians

FTFY

[-] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 6 months ago

Why can't taller apartment buildings be built in the city to fulfill the housing shortage?

[-] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 8 months ago

Could make use of Unicode lookalike letters (е and у in this case) to write Lemmy as Lеmmу.

[-] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 8 months ago

I use a similar setup myself, though also make use of a Newsdemon block plan as a secondary usenet provider for any files Eweka doesn't have. Since the two providers are on different nodes and in different copyright jurisdictions (Eweka implements NTD requests while Newsdemon implements DMCA requests), Newsdemon can often finish releases that Eweka is missing a portion of. Since Newsdemon is only useful on the off-chance that Eweka can't finish a download, getting a one-time purchase block plan for it avoids needing to have another ongoing subscription.

On the off-chance that both fail (has yet to happen to me after switching to Eweka) and you don't mind also using torrents, I'd suggest joining TorrentLeech as another source for many such releases.

[-] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 8 months ago

If that were the case there would at least be some value in selling the division to another company. Perhaps by not selling it they can claim the division lost money, artificially reducing the tax burden on profits from divisions corporate management is more interested in.

[-] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

As long as someone is just running ROMs backed up from their own Switch cartridges and not distributing those ROMs, Yuzu can be used entirely legally.

[-] Zedstrian@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 1 year ago

Link doesn't seem to work?

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