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I try to contribute to things getting better, sometimes through polite rational skepticism.
Disagreeing with your comment ≠ supporting the opposite side, I support rationality.
Let’s discuss to refine the arguments that make things better sustainably.
Always happy to question our beliefs.

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Im starting to believe the big triple A game industry is starting to collapse, not the gaming industry it self, but the big companies that make generic after generic blockbuster kind of games.

I’m not that hopeful, casual gamers keep buying the same low effort games like Fifa, NBA, Pokemon every year even though they got enshitified 10 years ago. The opinion of game-educated and demanding people that represent a minority of their market will not change those game companies. It’s like asking fat food chains to get into Michelin ranking, they don’t care. All we can do is allow good quality independent game makers to exist by giving our money to them instead of the fast food games companies.


I don’t think this applies to the general understanding of innocent civilians indeed.



In my main language those are often confused, so let me rephrase, which country?


I would also mention them if everyone here was not already doing that.


No, I am not defending the war crimes of Israeli army nor the ones of Hamas. Just read what I wrote, there’s no more to imagine.



I find different sources saying about 30 children were murdered, but given that some bodies were mutilated or burnt the counts are not obvious. https://www.factcheck.org/2023/11/dozens-of-children-died-in-hamas-oct-7-attack-on-israel-contrary-to-online-claim/


I think wanting to avoid innocent civilian deaths is a moral line that is valid for both sides.


you clearly give no fucks about dead Palestinian babies.

I do. Mentioning civilian victims on Israeli an side doesn’t mean I don’t care about civilian victims on Palestinian side, this point was simply already covered largely.

Also please refrain from personal attacks and other violence threats.


Including people who didn’t really decide on where to live, like their children?



Best I can do is an executive position in a foreign fossil fuel company.



Depends for whom, it’s probably worth for the owner who just want an exit with money and that’s why it happens. Not many people have strong enough values to think about the welfare of their customers before their personal comfort.


I think this means you still have some identifier that allows to link those data to a single person. This is quite explicitly not considered anonymization by the gdpr.


Is that from the Microsoft engineer or did he start from this observation?


Do you mean not aggregated? Do you mean aggregating different kinds of data, or do you mean grouping together the same data for a category?


I think in European law, for data to be anonymous, not only there should be no personal identifying information but also there should be no identifiers that allow to link non personal data together to trace the behavior of a single person. https://www.edps.europa.eu/system/files/2021-04/21-04-27_aepd-edps_anonymisation_en_5.pdf


That’s nice. How does it work if you have a transportation subscription, like paying once a month?


You can use your phone or other smart devices as transport card, but it uses a specific wireless tech that is not included in western phones as far as I know.


In which other country can you use the same transportation card in so many different cities, as well as a mean of payment in shops? Also, you can pay your bills online too nowadays.



Would you rather be dead than a limited stay in prison?



Japanese work culture honestly sucks, I would never want to.live in Japan because of this.

You can find Western companies and semi-westernized Japanese companies where the work culture is better.


I don’t understand your point. The problem is not the constitution blocking the change, the problem is that to change the constitution you generally need a much larger majority that is often not achieved when a freedom is not yet widely accepted by the population. So this would block some socially progressive laws too.


Some social progress such as death penalty abolition or gay marriage often pass with short majorities, and constitutional changes usually require exceptionally large majorities.



It seems to trigger discussions like yours, so it’s good, a forum is for discussion.



Since Fairphone 4, they are really good mid range smartphones. Price is higher, but gotta pay for the ethics somehow.


Sounds likely that in the future, they will release changes that will break old and they will decide not to fix it.



There are add-ons to select a different user agent without getting that technical.


But at least you know you’re a bad boy and Santa will know too.


Windows phone on Nokia Lumia was pretty good and well polished, and I’m a Linux fan.


I think the opposite. Price is usually high when demand is high because of cold temperature. Because of the high price, you’re motivated to consume less, and that’s a good thing for the grid. It’s also a good thing for the carbon footprint because usually this is when the most polluting plants are activated, gas first, then fuel and coal. This is where protecting the consumer too much from the wholesale market volatility can be a problem, a fix price doesn’t motivate the end consumer to adapt consumption base on supply/demand which is important to reduce carbon footprint, instead the country pollutes more than it would if people were more aware. The problem is rather the risk for personal finance. That’s why I thought mostly ecological activists would be motivated enough to take this risk. But I forgot the possibility of very low prices on average.




I generally have a "home" Firefox window with my most used tabs pinned. Sometimes I close it before another window, so I was frustrated to "lose" it and having to redo my pins. But recently I discovered this feature. Joy!
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Which beloved artist of your country should I mention with your compatriots to warm up the atmosphere?
I've noticed that when meeting a foreign person, mentioning that you like a beloved artist from their country is one of the best way to create a good vibe. Which revered artist/group (not necessarily musician) from your place should I learn about? A few examples I'm thinking about (correct me if I'm wrong): Country | Artist ---|--- Argentina | Carlos Gardel Australia | Powderfinger Austria | Mozart, Falco, Thomas Bernhard Beligum | Jacques Brel, Stromae Brazil | Raul Seixas, Zé Ramalho Cabo Verde | Cesária Évora Canada | Leonard Cohen, Céline Dion, Gordon Lightfoot Egypt | Umm Kulthum France | Daft Punk Germany | Kraftwerk, Die Ärzte, Franz Kafka Iceland | Björk Italy | Elio e le Storie Tese Malawai | Evison Matafale Mali | Salif Keita Scotland | The Proclaimers, Sean Connery Sweden | Astrid Lindgren USA | Dolly Parton Edit: Spent my Saturday morning vibing, adding the "consensual" suggestions to the table.
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