beatgammit

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by beatgammit 6y ago
A lot of states already do it. I think all we need to do is get the POTUS to publicly shame any remaining holdouts. It's not that expensive, so it wouldn't likely present a hardship for states to implement, so a little push in t
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by beatgammit 6y ago
So is tracking their agents and their marks. It's a double whammy.
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by beatgammit 6y ago
Eh, disapproving conspiracy theories is also fun since you never know what you're going to be up against next. They're surprisingly complex and a great exercise for finding logical flaws in an argument. If it stresses you out, ign
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by beatgammit 6y ago
I've been sick the last couple days, perhaps with Covid19, and my new baby girl has a doctor's appointment this week, so I'm not sure what to do about that. I really enjoy being at home with my kids though.
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by beatgammit 6y ago
I imagine it's less about the athletes than the spectators. Or at least I hope so, since the Olympics is best watched in groups.
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by beatgammit 6y ago
I think people have overcomplicated meditation. At it's most basic, it's about clearing your mind and practicing keeping it clear over some interval. There are a lot of ways to do that, and lots of accessories, but they mostly hav
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by beatgammit 6y ago
Funny, that's exactly why I don't play Hearthstone. I'm getting tired if games based more on owning top tier cards and following deck lists than actual strategy. I'm sad that Android: Netrunner (also by Garfield) has bee
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by beatgammit 6y ago
IDK, Magic Arena is quite popular, and I know a lot of people who got into it somewhat recently, so it's still a good game. Mana screw/flood is annoying, but it infrequent enough that it's not super frustrating. I quit becaus
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by beatgammit 6y ago
I'm with you. I don't think "saving lives" is a good enough reason to give up our freedoms (barring an apocalyptic event or something). That being said, there's a lot we can do without infringing on freedoms too muc
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by beatgammit 6y ago
If sites don't track me, I disable my ad blocker. YouTube does, so it stays on the block list. I watch YouTube without being logged in, but I'd be willing to pay if they can prove they don't track me.
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by beatgammit 6y ago
Exactly. We should be encouraging responsible outdoor activities. If you can maintain a safe distance from others, making sure to account for wind, your added risk of going outside is pretty low and you get a ton of mental and physical heal
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by beatgammit 6y ago
You can do it in phases, preemptively. If your area isn't overrun with the virus right now and isn't close to one that is (e.g. my area, with four hospitals and ~2 total confirmed cases), ask for volunteers to be infected, preferr
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by beatgammit 6y ago
Honestly, I think the worst part is feeling like you can't go outside. I voluntarily go days (sometimes more than a week) without leaving the house because I honestly like being at home (books, video games, wife and kids, etc). I don
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by beatgammit 6y ago
I really don't understand this whole perspective. Europeans seem to come from a perspective of government protecting and providing for its people, which can be seen at least partially by people putting up with royal families throughout
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by beatgammit 6y ago
That's kind of a long trip for a meal.
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by beatgammit 6y ago
What do you mean "Japanese obsession with rice"? That's literally what sushi is (rice with vinegar and sugar). Sushi doesn't have to have fish on it to be sushi, it can have vegetables or fruit or whatever else you want.
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by beatgammit 6y ago
I'm pretty sure "sushi grade" fish is fish that has been frozen properly, and restaurants have to follow FDA guidelines on raw foods like this. It's not just a good idea, it's the law (in the US). Honestly, my wife
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by beatgammit 6y ago
Well yeah, sushi is the rice itself, while sashimi is the raw fish itself. If you have a mixture of both, it's still called it sushi. You can also have sushi with vegetables or fruits and no fish or meat. Your sushi can come with or wi
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by beatgammit 6y ago
It's pretty easy to set up navigation without voice control. Basically just pull over for a second, enter your destination, start navigation, then get back on the road. It probably takes the same amount of time as voice commands, but i
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by beatgammit 6y ago
Yeah, and running something like LibraryThing would be quite inexpensive. It doesn't need a lot of updates, there would be minimal problems if a data leak happened (it's fairly open anyway AFAIK), and book cataloging is very light
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by beatgammit 6y ago
In my area, that's closer to 6 months supply. I went to Costco right after the coronavirus data hit the mainstream news and before Costco put limits on basic items like TP, and a lot of people were buying 2 packages of TP. In fact, one
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by beatgammit 6y ago
Sure, and nobody who cares about privacy would own an always on smart home device from Amazon or Google. But you don't always know if one of those devices is listening, such a when going to a friend's house.
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by beatgammit 6y ago
Honestly, if I was black, I would just lay down with my hands behind my back anytime I was asked to be searched and never consent. It's certainly a rights violation, but I'd rather fight an illegal search/seizure case than a
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by beatgammit 6y ago
A lawsuit will merely increase costs to government without solving anything. Maybe this officer will be fired (and probably rehired in a different precinct), but they won't learn anything other than to be more careful about the body ca
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by beatgammit 6y ago
He's a real go-getter!
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by beatgammit 6y ago
What if it's obvious that the police are framing you? I've seen videos where the police outright refuse to tell the suspect what they're accused of, so the arrest is illegal. In those cases, resisting unlawful arrest seems re
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by beatgammit 6y ago
I still doubt it's as big of a challenge as rebuilding post-WW2. Mortality rate stayed above 20 for decades after WW2, and there was always the threat of USSR hostilities. This coronavirus is certainly causing problems, but this type o
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by beatgammit 6y ago
Which is really odd. Germany was completely wrecked after WW2, relying largely on US aid for much of the period leading up to the Berlin Wall coming down. She was only a child for much of that period, and arguably wasn't around for the
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by beatgammit 6y ago
Yeah, I still disagree with that. I'm sure the Cold War era with a split Germany and high tensions world wide would certainly qualify, unless she's lumping that in with "ww2" (which is fair from the anti-Nazi German pers
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by beatgammit 7y ago
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