This is very different than Ebola due to the current R0 rate and mortality rate. The R0 for the new coronavirus has an R0 of 2-4.  That means it is far more contagious than Ebola which is why we are seeing so many more cases. However, Ebola is far deadlier with a mortality rate of around 50%. The common influenza we…

Dispel Dice aren’t scientifically balanced. They are the result of a process that creates a completely unique set of dice every time, which means there might be balance issues.

The overall cost is truly irrelevant. If we can give half of our tax dollars to the goddamned military, we sure as shit can give that much and more to providing health care to every one in the nation.

Of course it’s a concern. Just because Europe is worse doesn’t mean a thing to those living here. The idea of Cars for Cash was well intentioned. Could things have been done better? Of course. And there is nothing preventing improvements made to the plan if they move forward.

Let me summarise your argument:

Not meaning to start the typical internet shouting match (I swear!), but those weren’t bad moves, at all. The Detroit bailouts paid for themselves and were a *fraction* of what Trump is now handing out to corporate farmers as a result of his trade war. Cash For Clunkers was NOT an environmental move; It was an…

I’ll just say, Obamacare worked great where it worked. What killed it was all the red states that were willing to cut off their own noses to spite their faces. My family used Obamacare for three or four years. It gradually got worse as it was dismantled, but it was still better than the cut-rate insurance offered by…

We’ve run out of gas before.

I’d like to see some data behind these arguments, both on the environmental side as well as the “undesirable market effects.” I’m not saying I don’t think they’re true, but without data it’s just supposition. And if there’s one thing listening to Freakonomics podcast has taught me, it’s that often things don’t end up…

1. SWERFs and other zealots who genuinely believe their efforts are for the good.

If you are such an asshole that you are okay with people being threatened for their line of work, perhaps you should examine your life choices.

Yeah, a lot of comments here are from idiots saying she more or less knew what she was getting into/get a different job/Wikipedia is just putting up facts. My major issue is the fact the police followed up on this random tip that should have raised some flags immediately, like you said people have been getting “doxed”…

Now try to imagine (I can tell empathy is very hard for you, even your user name gives that away) you work in a field that has a taboo to somebody out there, whether that be a meat butcher or a politician or a porn performer.

If your job is such that you don’t want people knowing who you are, perhaps you should be questioning your life choices.

This is a seriously awesome take after reading an article which directly explains the harm caused by the performers real names being public. Although, apparently the deranged people that target them are not at fault, it is on them for choosing that profession in the first place.

Possibly a more pressing question: what are you doing snooping on your partner's phone?

TOS doesn’t mean much if aspects of it are judged illegal by a court. If the TOS were 50 pages long and included a sentence that allowed Gabe Newson to have sex with your wife/girlfriend would that make it ok?

No more insane than the second hand market for physical games.

How ‘bout this: You want to sell a “used” Steam game you have cluttering up your library, you do it on an official Steam marketplace... where both Steam and the devs/pubs get a small cut. Say, you sell it for $10, Steam gets $1 (for a processing fee, or whatever) and the dev/pub gets $3. That way, everyone gets some…

Yeah, the max fine is less than a $1 million US - I imagine Valve’s legal team has already spent more in this case on printer toner.