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Is the original article not a major journalistic misstep then? Nowhere does it clarify that this only applies to online gaming.

Yes, we have one party here. But so does America. Except, with typical extravagance, they have two of them!

- Julius Nyerere

Yeah, socialist here, and I am absolutely no fan of Obama's...

Comment there says they're only selling the "Basic" which doesn't include GPS or LORA

> Ensafi’s team found that censorship is increasing in 103 of the countries studied, including unexpected places like Norway, Japan, Italy, India, Israel and Poland. These countries, the team notes, are rated some of the world’s freest by Freedom House, a nonprofit that advocates for democracy and human rights.

Freedom House is a non-profit that is almost entirely funded by the US government. The only ones who would find it "unexpected" that US allies rank high on the "freedom index" but practically have problems with freedom of speech would probably buy a bridge in Brooklyn.

It's a lot more complicated than that. Many of these people are chronically underpaid, the service industry in particular. Yes, of course they like the extra unemployment money, but I bet 95% would prefer to return to work and be paid a fair, livable wage, comparable to what they're receiving on unemployment.

Thanks for bringing up this book. Everyone who lives in California and thinks about nature needs to check out Tending the Wild.

Is their "slave wage labor" really any worse than being a construction worker in the US, in relative terms?

Thank you. The author really missed the big reveal at the end, I was also wondering this same thing.

Isn't spyware just a subset of malware? This is definitely spyware

Not including the "Mystic" system seems like a huge oversight. It's an analog game system that works using yes/no questions, 2D10, and a probability table. It's not too elegant, but it works wonders. It can be used to assist the DM, or as a full-on DM emulator.

They do subject themselves to it. However, what that analysis lack is an understanding that the worker/employer power relationship is completely asymmetrical. Workers have everything to lose, Employers have nothing to lose. That leads to 'illogical' decisions such as workers who could find work elsewhere opting not to: Shit, their rent, their medicine, their family is on the line here. Maybe the new job will be worse, or have worse benefits, or not let you skip out early on Friday to go to soccer practice?