Don’t forget the slave labor!

Gambling, like a lot of other things, is a high dopamine reward behavior which can be fun recreationally but also lead to serious addictions. Prohibition-only approaches to things like this tend to just lead to it becoming a widespread source of funds for organized crime, and so I tend to favor a public health perspective which involves legalization with heavy regulation and taxation + behavioral health support as a part of a robust safety net.

That having been said, this to me is a strong indication that there are some things it should not be legal to bet on.

But also I’m also pretty sure that this is illegal under the Commodities Exchange Act already? So this feels like either a loophole in emphatic need of closing, or, more likely, the law just no longer fucking mattering under this administration because too many of the enforcers are corrupt.

Fun little game! I’d say up through the first forty levels or so, it’s easy but not effortless, very relaxing. Around the forties it starts to require more active thought and effort, and becomes more challenging. Both are appealing in their own way. As a game strongly reliant on color matching, this game isn’t going to work well for you if you have limited color vision, but otherwise it’s pretty accessible to all players and runs smoothly. If this sounds like your thing, give it a whirl!

Wishing you well.

Okay but is no one going to take a moment to ask about this person and someone he knows both doing self drilled dental work though? Is this some “yeah dental care in the US sucks even more than you think” thing or??

I am a big believer in regulation, and some governments right now are in a position where they can be pressured to take anti-monopoly action against Amazon, which I want very much to see. Being in the U.S. as I am right now, though… There are some state governments I would like to see act (and shout-out to California for doing so here), but I am also brainstorming other nonviolent disruptive action which could be taken, because the federal government right now is actual fascists and Amazon is in league with them.

Flags for Good has a lot of great flags available, if you want to peruse their collection. https://flagsforgood.com/

I was looking over instances sorted by uptime, saw one that had high uptime, a lot of users, and a literal promise that shit will just work in its name. I did a bit of scoping to see that it was easy to view communities across all instances from SJW and figured, fuck it, seems like as good a choice as any.

What a beautiful companion he was. I’m so sorry for your loss.

I think it depends, but considering pure practicality, horses tend to require a fair amount of pasture and food that an electric “horse” wouldn’t. You can’t just leave a horse in a garage for a few months.

Yeah, exactly.

My first reaction: LOL. LMAO, even.

My second reaction: … Wait, this could actually be really useful if it’s actually functional and affordable though.

I’m not holding my breath, but like, in theory this could actually be really good?

Frustrating, but I appreciate your answer; thank you.

Why is “(most favored nation status)” in parentheses?

I have often wondered whether targeted internet boycott days would shake up AWS, but I don’t know enough about their billing structure to run the numbers to see how much that would dig into AWS profits + how much of their income is flat subscription fees vs. billing on number of calls and haven’t had a chance to dig into it yet.

The other commenters here are right about Amazon’s initial methods, but I’m also going to highly recommend Cory Doctorow’s Enshittification for a detailed explanation of how this happens (including a breakdown on Amazon specifically) and what to do about it.

I respect not wanting to deal with this administration, but also, this administration does not seem like a good one not to have a passport under.

Congratulations!

District heating systems have fascinated me since I learned about them and I wish I could find more information on things like the financial costs and work involved in converting existing neighborhoods to block heating, etc. I don’t like having single points of failure, but the idea of having some kind of central heating station for every square mile or something seems like a happy medium and I’m curious how the numbers actually play out.

Another reason to avoid patronizing hotels that house I.C.E. agents.