AHemlocksLie

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AHemlocksLie ,

Personally, I'd say anything with RetroAchievements support. Why buy new when the classic is still just as good as it was back then? I don't care much about graphics, though, so remakes don't typically offer much I care about. I don't want changes to game mechanics or content, I just want to be able to play it without needing specialized hardware I have to attach to my TV.

AHemlocksLie ,

Well it's certainly not going to happen if you ignore the realities of first past the post voting systems, vote third party, and let the party that depends on tactics to subvert democratic will win an election they shouldn't have. Do that, and you may just not get to vote at all anymore.

AHemlocksLie ,

Sure there will. They'll just be freak weather events that today would be considered just a bit cooler than average and unworthy of notice.

AHemlocksLie ,

For individuals, particularly those without piles of cash, you're probably right.

For large corporations and the owner class, though? Eh, that's not so true. Being able to fund an army of lawyers means knowing exactly when you can tell the government to get fucked and being able to fight about it if the government wants to.

AHemlocksLie ,

Aren't there currently more empty homes than homeless in the US? Like, by a decent margin, too? I think that statistic is getting a bit dated, but I also don't expect it to have improved. What we really need is to treat homes as homes, as essentials for life, instead of as investments. But, of course, that'd cost rich people money instead of giving them a way to make even more money, so we can't do that. I'm sure some towns and cities could benefit from more homes, but the core of the problem is societal, not material.

AHemlocksLie ,

I didn't realize I needed to have a formal policy plan before I opener my mouth. I'll freely admit I don't fully understand the intricacies of how we handle real estate, but the general belief that real estate prices must be protected and they must generally trend upwards is the unhealthy core of the problem. It prioritizes profits over human needs.

AHemlocksLie ,

So then our problem is that we allow moneyed interests to monopolize home ownership so they can extract wealth from people who actually generate it. It is quite literally the definition of rent seeking behavior.

AHemlocksLie ,

Trigun is a fucking classic. I need to start Trigun Stampede and see how that is... I'm skeptical, but it deserves a shot.

AHemlocksLie ,

Kinda looks like Todd Howard's face on Henry Cavill's body and skull.

AHemlocksLie ,

I'm still disappointed we never got the Dr. Horrible sequel...

AHemlocksLie ,

I have no idea why you're being downvoted because you're right. You don't really own hardly any of the software you buy. You don't buy the software, you buy a license to use it in almost all commercial cases. It would be financial suicide for companies to revoke those licenses in most cases, but it still is what it is.

AHemlocksLie ,

That assumes the outdated map software manages to somehow make an accurate report. Most likely, if it makes one, it'll be "Going X over a Y MPH area" even though Y is wrong, or it'll be just "speeding by X MPH for Y seconds/minutes". Either way, nobody is likely to verify and correct the data, so you could be punished for perfectly safe and legal driving.

AHemlocksLie ,

Maybe not legally punished, but this very article we're discussing is about how insurance companies are, in fact, punishing you financially for it.
As for the false accusation, sure, but how likely is anyone to even figure it out? You're not being dragged into court, and people don't even know this is happening yet. It's only illegal if you get caught.
I don't expect them to report it to anyone. I just expect data collectors to sell data and other businesses to buy it for the express purposes of financially screwing you. You may stay out of court, but that extra 21% charge is gonna cost you a couple hundred per year at least.

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