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by Jonathan
Mon Jan 22, 2024 8:30 pm
Forum: Bulletin Board
Topic: Mohtalim Discord
Replies: 0
Views: 847

Mohtalim Discord

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by Jonathan
Mon Oct 25, 2021 10:34 pm
Forum: Links
Topic: Facebook makes the world a worse place
Replies: 24
Views: 13750

Re: Facebook makes the world a worse place

https://newrepublic.com/article/164142/ ... ond-repair
It’s hard to think of a more damning determination: Facebook’s product inevitably led to the spread of hate speech and misinformation.
by Jonathan
Thu Jun 03, 2021 4:55 pm
Forum: Bulletin Board
Topic: daily awesome
Replies: 197
Views: 79302

Re: daily awesome

It’s a good guess, since lotteries with huge cash prizes have led to similarly huge upticks in vaccination rates in half a dozen states across the US, including Republican-led Ohio, Democrat-led California, and whatever-the-hell-is-happening-in Oregon. https://www.wired.com/story/wait-vaccine-lotte...
by Jonathan
Sun Apr 04, 2021 7:55 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Hearthstone Duels
Replies: 4
Views: 1909

Re: Hearthstone Duels

Druid 6-0, +70g
by Jonathan
Sat Apr 03, 2021 5:43 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Hearthstone Duels
Replies: 4
Views: 1909

Re: Hearthstone Duels

Priest 1-3, -50g
Warrior 0-3, -50g
by Jonathan
Sat Apr 03, 2021 5:07 pm
Forum: Games
Topic: Hearthstone Duels
Replies: 4
Views: 1909

Re: Hearthstone Duels

Got away from this for a while, because the way the drafts work you either: 1. Play good decks and get offered similar packs every run 2. Play weird decks to get different packs and lose a lot With the new expansion, there's a lot more good cards that all players get for free on hitting level 20 in ...
by Jonathan
Wed Mar 17, 2021 4:29 pm
Forum: Links
Topic: Facebook makes the world a worse place
Replies: 24
Views: 13750

Re: Facebook makes the world a worse place

https://www.technologyreview.com/2021/0 ... formation/
Facebook leadership has also repeatedly weakened or halted many initiatives meant to clean up misinformation on the platform because doing so would undermine that growth.
Pretty damning.
by Jonathan
Tue Mar 09, 2021 7:25 am
Forum: Games
Topic: Artifact 2.0 beta
Replies: 13
Views: 3366

Re: Artifact 2.0 beta

Yeah, the writing was on the wall. They had stopped updating at the same pace.

It's weird. The game never got finished, but they didn't like the player counts so they stopped development.
by Jonathan
Wed Feb 17, 2021 12:49 am
Forum: Bulletin Board
Topic: daily awesome
Replies: 197
Views: 79302

Re: daily awesome

I assumed Floridians never wore pants.
by Jonathan
Mon Feb 15, 2021 7:13 pm
Forum: Links
Topic: Monopsony antitrust
Replies: 21
Views: 11750

Re: Monopsony antitrust

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2021/02/klobuchar-targets-big-tech-with-biggest-antitrust-overhaul-in-45-years/#p3 Klobuchar's bill would shift that burden in the other direction for businesses that already have a dominant market position. Those companies—which in tech would absolutely include f...
by Jonathan
Sat Feb 13, 2021 3:56 am
Forum: Bulletin Board
Topic: HOTT
Replies: 6
Views: 2933

Re: HOTT

Jonathan wrote:
Tue Jul 13, 2010 1:29 am
the most trash-talking team out there (some Academy I forget the name, the fuckers)
Woodward
It was fuckin Woodward
by Jonathan
Sat Feb 13, 2021 3:48 am
Forum: Bulletin Board
Topic: HOTT
Replies: 6
Views: 2933

Re: HOTT

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ju_RknRPKsg&list=PLD82B10F87482C750&index=4 The questions only seemed more difficult. Actually, the folks from Walton, and us as well, were given cheat sheets of facts pertaining to the air date of this episode by our respective coaches. That's how we all knew to ring...
by Jonathan
Fri Feb 12, 2021 7:09 pm
Forum: Bulletin Board
Topic: daily awesome
Replies: 197
Views: 79302

Re: daily awesome

I voted for Biden for many obvious reasons, but "he would help me get a new GPU" was not one I had in mind. :P
by Jonathan
Tue Jan 12, 2021 3:01 am
Forum: Bulletin Board
Topic: daily awesome
Replies: 197
Views: 79302

Re: daily awesome

Let me press F on the worlds smallest keyboard.
by Jonathan
Mon Jan 11, 2021 4:36 pm
Forum: Bulletin Board
Topic: fail thread
Replies: 17
Views: 7287

Re: fail thread

An ex-conservative friend of mine told me a story about a conversation she had with someone who remained much more active in the conservative movement. The active conservative had raged about “liberal elites” until finally my friend could stand it no longer: “You went to law school. Why aren’t you ...
by Jonathan
Wed Dec 30, 2020 11:00 pm
Forum: Bulletin Board
Topic: 2020 HW thread
Replies: 6
Views: 2835

Re: 2020 HW thread

by Jonathan
Wed Dec 30, 2020 2:43 am
Forum: Bulletin Board
Topic: daily awesome
Replies: 197
Views: 79302

Re: daily awesome

https://www.grubstreet.com/amp/2020/12/2020-bucatini-shortage-investigation.html?__twitter_impression=true wrote:When I asked if he had heard about the bucatini shortage, he laughed wildly and replied in a thick Italian accent: “Of course! It’s me! I have bought them all! Bucatini is the most sensual of the pastas!”