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You’ve unironically done the thing this post is about.

The top comment in this chain assumes that everyone should be able to "picture this." I would also say that it assumes that the person explaining the "this" to be pictured is doing so sufficiently. Parent commenter points out that the "hypothetical" as designed has a flaw in its assumptions, and I have explained another.

If the aim is to have an understanding of reality that is more accurate, so that our interactions can be more productive, being aware of these kinds of flaws in assumptions is valuable. If the aim is "being right on the internet," then denying those flaws is what happens.

Yes, and it depends very much on context. It's one thing to explore hypotheticals as an exercise; it's quite another to indulge in hypotheticals to prop up unrealistic ideas. It's also disingenuous to smuggle in assertions as unassailable by wrapping them in "hypotheticals."

I wonder how much of a coincidence it is that the Virginia state flag contains the Latin phrase shouted by John Wilkes Booth after he shot Lincoln.

Told you.

I was looking at the picture and the headset and device were both the same purple, which made me think it was "all one thing."

I wonder if there's something about it having to pass some special testing to qualify as a medical device? DS has wifi, right? Which means that with a DS, there is a pathway to "hack" into it without physical access. (I know, not really, but I would understand why you wouldn't want to wifi-enable a device that anaesthesizes children.)

Greed? How does Microsoft profit from not supporting twenty year old hardware?

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Make sure your homework is done before bedtime.

No.

woooosh

Didn't Rudy say it would be trial by combat? LFG.

But isn't Microsoft just so evil for making it so their operating system doesn't function flawlessly on twenty year old hardware?

Office space isn't worth nearly as much if people are working remotely. Much less demand.

Republicans, conservatives, GOP, whatever you want to call them ...

Fascists.

I am dying to know what dirt they've got on Lindsey Graham.

“In Ryanggang Province, if you only sleep at a private inn, the cost of lodging is 4,000 won (47 cents),” she said. “If you include a bottle of alcohol and a meal, the cost is 15,000 won ($1.78).”

That's it, I'm retiring to North Korea.

How does employing someone who’s been convicted of battery not create an unsafe work environment for everyone?

Just play The Long Dark on Interloper.

It started with a guy promising to deport people, and the majority liked it.