illumego

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   by illumego 4y ago

   > That type of cooking is a natural monopoly. Should bulk cheese puffs be state owned?
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   by illumego 4y ago

   All of it has always served a commercial use. It's meant to be for you, whether you like it or not. Or you could just go outside.
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   by illumego 4y ago

   You'll eat the bugs and you'll be happy.
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   by illumego 4y ago

   VR goggles? Dude. How about the part where they tried to consign your grandchildren to a dystopian technocratic panopticon? https://hackernoon.com/on-the-infestation-of-small-souled-bu...
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   by illumego 4y ago

   Wake me up when September ends.
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   by illumego 4y ago

   There are no viable alternatives. Their business model is monopolistic vendor lock-in. If you don't like it, administer your own database.
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   by illumego 4y ago

   Where would a Roman run? To somewhere in Gaul? "Ave! Auxilium requiro." "Oxnychz navar werun dosh? [laughs in extinct language]" "Quid?"
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   by illumego 4y ago

   That's not how the legions worked. The men assembled three ranks deep. The first rank was comprised of those with middling experience, who had seen combat before. The rear rank was the senior veterans. The cherries with no experience w
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   by illumego 4y ago

   I think the reasoning behind decimation was that it was supposed to be an equivalent bloodbath defeat. Historically, a rout typically resulted in about 10% casualties. Decimation reduced the calculus of a Roman soldier to 'stay in the