This is a democracy, and democracy is strongest at the local level, where there’s fewer voters. The people most empowered to prevent this kind of thing are the locals. What you’re suggesting is disenfranchising the local populations of their ability to make business decisions.
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Not really that different. People put time and effort into how they look, but they don’t expect to be immediately fetishized (“I love how chokers look”) and scrutinized just for going out into public. It’s something entirely different when they make certain to indicate they are wearing something to be appreciated,…
I believe the point of his comment was to point out that you are objectifying a woman in the comments of an article pointing out just how toxic that activity is.
Ah, memories of late nights hammering at a keyboard and gleefully hissing “rebel scum” under my breath. Good times.
It’s called DECOMPRESSION. If you can’t understand the concept of how an explosion affects a pressurized vessel in a depressurized area, you really need to learn more about how vacuum works. A grenade works from generating a pressure wave and hurling shrapnel. In a vacuum, you only get the shrapnel, except from the…
Well, actually, Rebels is doing a pretty good job of making TIE Fighter canon again. And most of the WEG run on the Star Wars RPG actually introduced a number of pieces to the canon, including to the newer movies, simply by laying the groundwork for everything that followed in the EU. No, what we have here is more…
The explosion didn’t kill anyone, they were just hurled into space by the decompression.
The way it works is the PvP flag gets toggled only in major cities. It prevents people from abusing the toggle while still making PvP opt-in.
Fair enough, thanks for the update on the bill (was too busy reading the text to see where it was sitting). It figures that this would happen in one of the few jurisdictions where they can’t throw the book at this miscreant.
Swatting is a Federal crime, and a death caused by it is punishable by a life sentence. https://www.congress.gov/bill/114th-congress/house-bill/4057/text Why they are doing anything less is a mystery.
A false call like this is a federal crime and a felony. Any death during the commission of a felony, involuntary or otherwise, is considered “felony murder.”
Felony murder. Generally speaking, a death during the commission of a felony is considered felony murder, which is a more serious charge than manslaughter. Swatting can be considered a felony and is a federal crime, so felony murder seems appropriate.
Personally, I’m honestly surprised that they are stopping at involuntary manslaughter. Must be a state law thing.
There are a large number of art programs out there, but what works best for digital art is the hardware. For complete beginners, a standard tablet with a pen is the best way forward, as it translates skills best from drawing with a pencil.
There’s an entire industry that disagrees with you, including an incredibly successful charity drive you may have heard of. You’re entitled to your opinion, just don’t expect a lot of support.
For Chip and Ironicus, I’d much prefer to promote the classic 50 Cent: Blood on the Sand.
It’s a noble effort, but there’s little point in trying to save labor from progress. The technology/labor friction has always been there and always will (remember reading about the mobs destroying industrial looms?). The way forward is to adapt to the changes so people can thrive, not to try to preserve old…
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Actually, they didn’t even pay for the art. They used fraudulent charges and chargebacks to get access (it’s right there in the article), the latter actually costing the artist money. It’s the ultimate douchebag action, stealing someone’s art and making them pay for it.