AwesomeLowlander @ awesome_lowlander @lemmy.dbzer0.com

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Jaw vs chin, I'm guessing the difference is fairly small.

Just picked up Bloons 6, (~$1, 90% off) for those who like tower defense games. Lots of unlockable content and metaprogression, if that's your jam.

A lot of students do not perform well under exam conditions due to stress and pressure. Also, unless you're entirely eliminating coursework, it doesn't remove the issue.

The point that I and others have made, is that all states in existence today are ultimately founded on colonialism. It's disingenuous to suggest that some are innocent of it. They are not, they merely finished earlier. Given that, why do some states deserve to be dismantled but not others?

If the purpose is to halt the process of colonialism, there are ways to do so that are less drastic and controversial, and more likely to have a net positive result for all parties involved (or happen at all).

Colonialism is not a rare event, it happens ALL THE TIME, EVERYWHERE. If you're only finding fault with the ongoing efforts, and giving the rest a pass because they are no longer visible in your day-to-day life, you are effectively saying success justifies it. Otherwise, you're just being arbitrary and inconsistent.

The difference is that the settler romans and indigenous population at this point are indistinguishable from each other

So what you're saying is, if one side fully wipes out and/or swallows up the other fully, colonialism is then ok. How is that different from what Israel is currently trying to accomplish? If they succeed, in a century or two somebody would be saying the same thing you are now.

My point being, go far enough back, and you WILL have found a people or tribe that got wiped out so another group could claim their territory. Where do you (arbitrarily) draw the line?

Unless you're asserting that none of your ancestors have ever claimed land at the expense of somebody else, you're a colonist.

Huh, interesting!

I agree, we all need to move back to Africa. All 8 billion of us.

No, apparently Biden is worse because he didn't do this his 1st day in office. Some people are just never happy.

Oh wow, they picked up Hades. I could see some potential here, if they're getting high quality content instead of the MTX trash.

if they’re using way above their share of bandwidth

Based on the numbers reported in the article, that's a significant chunk of their customers. The ISP was probably reluctant to upgrade their infra like they should have.

Getting to space. Fuck Musk, but SpaceX is doing great work.

First, read Boatmurdered. Then realise it's worth whatever the cost is

but not that confident.

That's how you bust myths!

Did you reply to the wrong comment?

That’s over a thousand dollars!

This line I take issue with. EU penalties are possibly the most painful of all marketplaces worldwide.

Personally, I'm happy to see regulations that hold megacorps to the spirit and intent of those regulations, rather than having a dozen loopholes they can pass through. The lawyers are of course unhappy since they can't argue in court that they met the absolute minimum letter of the law.

They have an inability to admit anything bad happens there

Don't know which Europeans you've been talking to, but I live in Europe and we certainly have a lot of complaints to go around.