pandacoder

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[–] pandacoder 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Taxpayers shouldn't have to pay out the ass just so they can live a nicer life than the rest of us while they continually make far more than us and don't try to govern properly (like raising our minimum wage).

If normal people need a bunch of roommates to afford DC, the less well-off Congressmen can deal with something similar until they have made enough good financial decisions to get something nicer, just like the rest of us do.

Also if someone sucks at making financial decisions, I honestly don't think they should be in a position to decide fiscal legislation for the entire country, it's clearly not a skill in their wheelhouse and that's not the place to acquire that skill.

[–] pandacoder 1 points 10 months ago

As much as I would like to believe that, these politicians have more than demonstrated their intentions and modus operandi. They need to be voted out and replaced with someone who will actually try to do the right thing even if it's not such an easy talking point come reelection time.

[–] pandacoder 1 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Yes.

A bunch of states including NC are just blocking porn to protect the children but it's literally the laziest solution with some of the smallest impact.

Twitch, Discord, and Roblox are far more accessible and arguably more dangerous in terms of short term consequences than porn because they are primarily social interaction platforms.

I've never seen Rotten or Liveleaks (at first I thought you meant Rotten Tomatoes that's how unaware I am), but they could probably use similar regulation.

It's not even that I think porn regulation is inherently bad, but the implementation is garbage and the claim to protect the children is extremely weak.

Social content sites are dangerous because of the opportunity for predators to easily encounter minors (especially age restriction breaking ones under 13), and violent content sites are, well, violent? They should be a higher priority but they evidently aren't.

[–] pandacoder 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh Rigid is another name I haven't heard in a long time, feels like a bit of a throwback

[–] pandacoder 2 points 10 months ago (4 children)

I mean I honestly think if they really wanted to "protect the children" they'd actually make COPPA enforcement a lot more strict (and also add in under 18 limitations), though I suspect that would be significantly harder.

There are a lot of places where you can get exposure to "bad" stuff as a child that are arguably more dangerous long term.

[–] pandacoder 5 points 10 months ago (7 children)

I honestly am not sure I've ever heard of the bottom two, I'm a second generation DeWalter (though my dad also used Ryobi).

[–] pandacoder 9 points 11 months ago (1 children)

My knees are fine and my back doesn't hurt from age.

[–] pandacoder 4 points 11 months ago

Well in this case the companies that should be regulated are the Internet companies in SK. 😂 Good counterpoint (not /s)

[–] pandacoder 4 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Where is the linked article? The only link I'm seeing in the post is to the homepage. Not sure if my mobile client is not showing me something.

[–] pandacoder 18 points 11 months ago

They can't spell, and even if they can they can't read and don't listen.

[–] pandacoder 2 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There's only one company I've found that makes headphone shapes that don't hurt my ears and they stopped making wired variants years ago. Last time I got an actually authentic pair was ~2017.

The void they left behind got flooded by knockoff junk that isn't worth buying (bought 2 pairs in 2018 trying to find a replacement, they were tinny garbage).

If I could find a wired version that sounded good for under $50 I'd get them immediately so I can stop dealing with Bluetooth connection issues when I'm on my computer.

[–] pandacoder 94 points 11 months ago (6 children)

Counter-suggestion (and this applies to everyone with an Android regardless of gender dating anyone else regardless of gender), do use your Android phone in front of your date because that weeds out psychos who would reject you over not owning their preferred product.

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