bionicjoey @ bionicjoey @lemmy.ca

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The toilet paper thing was mostly a result of mass hysteria, not an actual issue of supply and demand. There were some supply issues in Australia IIRC, but most countries would absolutely not have had any toilet paper shortages if people hadn't all panic-bought far more than they needed

Delivery services and rideshares. People using them make meager wages, but the companies hosting them get all the benefit of people desperate for work or convenience.

Edit: in a similar vein, OnlyFans

That level of paranoia is a waste of energy. I know that what I'm doing works just fine. Why would some Hollywood studio plant CSAM in a torrent? That would implicate them as well. It makes zero sense. They have better things to do than entrap some nobody in a country whose laws don't favour them seeking any damages. It would cost them far more in legal fees to come after me than to just leave it alone. The notices they send out are entirely automated and exist primarily as a scare tactic.

If you're willing to be curious and open minded about things beyond your limited perception and experience, rather than be a know-it-all, I'd be happy to share with you an example email that I recieved recently. I think the language they use is quite interesting.

The law in Canada limits the ISP's risk exposure and the pursuable damages of the rightsholder. Also it definitely would cost them if they told me "we have not responded to this notice from the rightsholder" and then turned around and did exactly that. That would be a flat out lie to their client. I'd have grounds to sue in a situation like that.

Also, I've been doing this for almost a decade and never had any problems. Maybe you shouldn't assume that your situation is everyone's situation.

I believe so, back in the day of more analog phone infrastructure

Your ISP has the same access to your data, but they also have a payment account linked to you, and they regularly cooperate with rights holders and law enforcement.

This varies widely by ISP and jurisdiction. I never use a VPN and my ISP doesn't give a fuck what I download. They forward me the scary letters from the rights holders but they always preface it with "don't worry, we ain't no snitch"

Game bugged out or something because they started rendering as skeletons instead of their avatars. So i guess i have my own literal skeleton crew now

You best start believing in ghost stories. You're in one.

Yeah it's one thing to say "idk what I saw but maybe it was something". It's quite another to say that what he's saying is the truth and if you don't believe him then you're calling him a liar. Sounds like something a liar would say.

Nowadays the ringing you hear isn't necessarily correlated with a phone ringing on the other end.

I still have RiF installed on my phone. Does that answer your question?

I mean if someone is addicted to only playing one really specific MMO or MOBA and it's not available on Linux I kinda get it. But if you're the sort of person who enjoys lots of games, not just one, then there's really no excuse at this point for sticking with Windows

Make it a client side option

The only competitive game that I've ever been particularly good at was Battlerite (Blossom main), and that was completely abandoned by the devs and community.

New Theranos!

Sorry, I wasn't trying to berate you. Just trying to illustrate the underlying assumption of your question

Really big and complex games like Rimworld and the Paradox or Hooded Horse games can really suck me in.

This question is basically the same as asking "Are 2d6 capable of rolling a 9?"

...I think Simon and Garfunkel has a song about the movie "Here's to you Mrs. Robertson"...

This is a really funny comment to read if you've actually seen the movie.

1. The song is Mrs. Robinson
2. The song isn't "about the movie", Simon and Garfunkel literally composed the song for the movie. The soundtrack of that movie is entirely Simon and Garfunkel songs.

Yeah good point. I forgot about the whole "plant an acorn" thing