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janwl commented on Counter-Strike's player economy is in a freefall polygon.com/counter-strik... · Posted by u/perihelions

themafia · 2 months ago

Regulation also means that children are excluded, debt is not allowed, and all chips can be settled for cash when the player leaves the property. Even the comps are regulated. The majority of casinos in the US are Indian casinos. When they aren't and are taxed by the government those funds are usually used to improve and fund the local area giving the local citizens the ability to decide, through legislation, if it should be continued or outlawed.

Finally, Steam pays taxes in the US, so the government is already "getting a cut." Games of chance are not moral. Unregulated games of chance are flatly evil.

janwl · 2 months ago

Games of chance are absolutely moral and completely fine when played by adults who are not mentally incapacitated.

janwl commented on Counter-Strike's player economy is in a freefall polygon.com/counter-strik... · Posted by u/perihelions

themafia · 2 months ago

They can do whatever they want with their time. Except operate and profit off of make shift casinos and unregulated games of chance.

janwl · 2 months ago

Why exactly? Why are these games of chance moral only if the government gets a cut?

janwl commented on The Muscular Compassion of "Paper Girl" newyorker.com/books/page-... · Posted by u/mitchbob

bsder · 2 months ago

> As a liberal-progressive with this background, I've had a mix of pride and concern, over the years, about how my current socioeconomic peers have supported some good causes, but also let huge swaths of the nation be thrown under the bus.

How can you live through Reagan and can say this with a straight face? I remember 25% unemployment rates (see: Johnstown, PA). I remember Reagan specifically breaking the unions which were the only bulwark against getting ground to dust. Reagan threw the Rust belt under the bus, let the companies loot the pension systems, and transferred vast amounts of money into defense contractors on the West Coast.

I also remember the equivalent of MAGA from back then cheering while this happened. This is not new. The "I'm okay being miserable as long as you're more miserable" crowd has always had a strong showing in this country.

This was also not US specific. Things seemed to be even worse under Thatcher in the UK.

Did the Democrats make anything better? No. The unions screamed about NAFTA (signed by Clinton, but started back with Reagan ... see a trend?), but nobody listened.

However, where is the accountability for Republicans and the policies they voted for? I feel like I'm taking crazy pills, but the memory hole isn't new either (dates to 2004):

"Remembering Reagan" by Kirk Anderson: https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg...

janwl · 2 months ago

>The "I'm okay being miserable as long as you're more miserable" crowd has always had a strong showing in this country.

If the choices are "I am miserable whilst my enemies are happy" and "I am miserable whilst my enemies are even more miserable", I know what I would choose.

janwl commented on ROG Xbox Ally runs better on Linux than Windows it ships with tomshardware.com/video-ga... · Posted by u/jrepinc

ryandrake · 2 months ago

I’d almost be ok with this if the kernel-level malware actually stopped cheaters but it doesn’t! Most (all?) modern multiplayer shooters that employ anti-cheats still are struggling with cheaters. So you get the worst of both worlds: you need to install a rootkit and still have to deal with cheaters. Why do gamers accept this abuse?

janwl · 2 months ago

Kernel-level anti cheats are not perfect, but they decrease the amount of cheaters to the point where they stop being “common” and become “extremely rare”. An imperfect solution is much better than no solution.

janwl commented on GM will ditch Apple CarPlay and Android Auto on all its cars, not just EVs theverge.com/transportati... · Posted by u/cwmartin

sixothree · 2 months ago

Imagine how awful these interfaces will stand up to the test of time. I seriously doubt they will be getting meaningful updates in 10 years.

janwl · 2 months ago

What are the chances phones in 10 years won’t be able to connect to the cars with CarPlay or Android auto from today.

janwl commented on Cigarette-smuggling balloons force closure of Lithuanian airport theguardian.com/world/202... · Posted by u/n1b0m

ulbu · 2 months ago

because everything that Russia-aligned news sources say about the war in Ukraine makes a grand and indivisible amount of sense.

janwl · 2 months ago

Nowhere in my comment do I say that.