ReaperCub

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by ReaperCub 1y ago
> Look guy, your initial post was about how people sat around watching Netflix during Covid and how that's terrible for you and unproductive No it wasn't. I suggest you re-read it. I was talking about people generally. I actual
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by ReaperCub 1y ago
> Tax is a means to an end (paying for civil services). Whether or not something is taxed twice is not inherently wrong, it's just a choice on how we choose to pursue our needs in a way that is effective and equitable. Well in the U
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by ReaperCub 1y ago
Please re-read my comment and come back when you can discuss things like an adult.
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by ReaperCub 1y ago
> Then you've made the choice to not pursue other things that will make you happier than "working". It not about being happier. You didn't read what I said. I said they were my responsibility . You fundamentally don&
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by ReaperCub 1y ago
> Hence the UBI. Which requires someone else to work to pay for those things. I don't believe other people should pay my mortgage and bills. Those are my responsibility . I chose to buy a house. I chose to buy a car. I chose
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by ReaperCub 1y ago
I suggest you re-read my comment. Who said I was talking just paid work? I am talking about doing anything productive even if it is unpaid.
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by ReaperCub 1y ago
> Sounds like you have a substance abuse problem and you're afraid that others will make the same mistake you did. I had a substance abuse problem. I have been sober now 7 years. As for whether I am afraid others will do the same?
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by ReaperCub 1y ago
Any normal adult understands the difference. > Everyone who ever invented or discovered anything was engaged in "unproductive" activity. Actually no. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Time_preference
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by ReaperCub 1y ago
> this doesn't sound like a ubi problem to me. I didn't say it was a UBI problem. I was specifically replying about the effect that it had on people at the time . > For one, during Covid, most people were encouraged, if not
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by ReaperCub 1y ago
> Yes, because that's a transfer to different people. That's not a problem Sorry I don't agree. The tax has already been paid when the person was alive. There shouldn't be a an additional tax on top because it is give
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by ReaperCub 1y ago
It isn't just about having something to talk about at a dinner party. It is about doing something productive and worth-while. There is a massive feeling of accomplishment from doing some that is productive. Having something interesting
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by ReaperCub 1y ago
The problem with inheritance tax is that the person pays taxes all through their lifetime and then when their significant others inherit that wealth (which already has been taxed once at least ) it gets taxed again. The issue isn't th
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by ReaperCub 1y ago
> Go pushes the complexity into the programmer, that is how one ends with source code like Kubernetes, when the language doesn't provide all the tooling. I am not sure what you mean by this. I write go code pretty much everyday and
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by ReaperCub 1y ago
> How nihilistic and dismissive. I believe it to be a statement of reality. I am simply spelling out how it is. It is not an endorsement. Moralising about my assessment does not make it untrue. > Do you wait for the end of football ma
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by ReaperCub 1y ago
> Sure, that can happen. It has happened! Quite a number of times in fact. That why I used that particular example. > What if tomorrow's headline is "porn habits of everyone in Britain revealed", or "6 in 10 people
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by ReaperCub 1y ago
This reply you have given me is why I don't like having these conversations. You fundamentally still believe that the democratic process can work. I don't even believe it really exists. I believe what you see happening publicly is
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by ReaperCub 1y ago
On this particular issue, that something can't be political. Assuming anything can be done at all. There is no support from the public and I don't be believe there ever will be , and there is no/very little support from an
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by ReaperCub 1y ago
> I disagree that writing to MPs is always ineffective. Some campaigns have been successful. Whether it will be effective in this case is another matter. It won't be effective in this case. It been going in the same direction of tra
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by ReaperCub 1y ago
I see people doing this at the charging stations at local store all the time. They are literally waiting out side before I came to the store and are there afterwards. A typical shop in the supermarket is between 20-30 minutes for me.
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by ReaperCub 1y ago
They have no legal grounds to fight it. So there would be no point in trying to.
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by ReaperCub 1y ago
> True, but MPs receiving a few mails that say “this law has affected me in this way” is IMO far more likely to be effective than a petition with 100k signatures that says “I don’t like this law which you recently approved”. I think they
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by ReaperCub 1y ago
> If it hits 100k then it needs to be debated in parliament. I don't think so. It says on the site "At 100,000 signatures, this petition will be considered for debate in Parliament ". I've seen people get excited abo
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by ReaperCub 1y ago
I don't think many of the so called alternatives are going to be any better. Wait til they figure that one out!
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by ReaperCub 1y ago
I have one of these. However it is connected to a VPN 24/7 in my own home. It can't access the net without the VPN being connected and I've checked for IP leaks. https://github.com/qdm12/gluetun However
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by ReaperCub 1y ago
> Tor is great but the bandwidth/latency kinda sucks for casual browsing activity It is reasonably decent these days. Generally there are periods where Tor network is slow. > A VPN is a more realistic workaround to this kind of g
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by ReaperCub 1y ago
I use tor semi-regularly to get around stupid UK geo-fencing of content and honestly it hasn't been like that in a while.
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by ReaperCub 1y ago
> After you've done that, as a UK citizen, please go to https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/722903 and ask the government to repeal their awful law. There is literally no point in signing those petitions.
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by ReaperCub 1y ago
> Voters thought Donald Trump and Joe Biden had merit. Clearly the voters are not a trustworthy source of discernment. It isn't about being discerning. If you are going to vote and you are a swing/politically agnostic voter in
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by ReaperCub 1y ago
I understood what they were saying, I don't think that is generally true due to how Steam tends to operate. There isn't going to be much FOMO when people know that a game is going to be on sale every other month. Maybe if you ar
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by ReaperCub 1y ago
The reason factorio devs can take such a stance is that they crowd financed the game over a decade ago when doing that was viable, and since then the game has achieved cult status. Sure the game was officially released in 2020, but it had b

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