rockstarmode @ rockstarmode @lemmy.world

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I love reading comments like these.

Yes, let's turn an entire country's housing stock into the projects.

There's got to be a better way to provide housing than whatever we're doing now, but putting an inept government, run by corrupt or otherwise incompetent career bureaucrats, in charge of the roof over my head would be a hilarious joke if people weren't being completely earnest about it.

Honest question, I'm not sure I understand why people are hung up on physical headphone jacks, what am I missing?

A few years ago it was a bummer because I didn't have good wireless headphones, but at this point decent BT headphones are pretty cheap, and great ones are available. Even cheap BT buds have extraordinary battery life if you know what to look for.

Removing the jack contributed to better water resistance in phones, which has saved my family and friends thousands in replacements.

As far as audio quality, I admit that I reach for a set of wired headphones when I need something to sound amazing, or to eliminate delay while gaming. The wired or wireless audio quality in mobile phones is nearly universally poor unless you use an external DAC (which negates the cost argument) or buy the one or two models built for audiophiles (also negating the cost argument). Also, I don't seriously game on my phone, so no worries about delay there.

Is this argument a meme at this point, or am I actually missing out?

If you had actually read my reply you'd see that I was not commenting on whether Australia or New Zealand had better or worse gun laws or healthcare. It's pretty clear that I actually went out of my way to stay away from commenting about whether I thought their laws were good or effective compared to the US. All I said was that registration made eventual confiscation more effective for them. A fact you have not disputed, so I'm glad we agree.

What are you talking about?

The post I'm replying to has "assault weapons" in the title. Guns, I'm talking about guns and gun laws. You're being obtuse and you know it.

If you need an example of registration leading to confiscation look at Australia and New Zealand. Regardless of how you feel about gun laws, or their effects in those two countries, it's a fact that confiscation would not have been as effective without a national register of gun owners.

The licensing program is a defacto registration requirement. Registration = confiscation

The things that are capped no longer produce (as much) profit, so food suppliers move to items that do bring in profit. Uncapped goods are now more desirable, and the suppliers increase prices to try to make up for the shortfall caused by price controls, making uncapped items even more expensive.

Government intervention like price controls always makes things more expensive, it's just a question of where that expense is spread to.

From the article:

Archer, according to the transcript, also testified that the elder Biden was put on speaker phone with business contacts, potential business associates including foreign national "maybe 20 times" during the course of Archer's and Hunter Biden's business relationship. Joe Biden was put on the phone to sell "the brand," Archer said.

Be honest, that isn't selling the "illusion" of access. That's Hunter saying "do what I want, or I get my dad on the phone to fuck up your life. Don't believe me, here, talk to him yourself"