Microtransactions in games don't really bother me. If it's taking away something tedious or just letting game players do something faster, no big deal. Yet imagine you paid a small fortune, probably at a premium since flag-waving capitalists running car companies make sure government won't let you buy a car without a dealer (car dealers love socialism when it makes them rich) only to find...
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NASA is really excited they can fly a spacecraft near the moon. This seems odd, since they did a flyby nearly 60 years ago, as preparation for the moon landing in 1969.Now, some people think the moon landing never happened, just like some people believe organic red wine is good for you or that solar power is a viable option source of energy for more than 0.6% of us.In all cases they can point to...
read moreWelcome to modern colonialism. Literally, the parents of a wealthy cryptocurrency grifter got handed an expensive residence in the Bahamas once inhabited by plantation owners. And now the two Stanford law professors are going to have to try to hide behind age and confusion as to why they didn't see anything wrong with that. Like the guy who ran WeWork, Sam Bankman-Fried used all the right...
read moreA new study finds cholesterol makes no meaningful difference in your health. Who knew?Well, everyone. Because it lacked a biological explanation, it was instead looking at a statistical risk factor for a risk factor and telling people to stop eating meat, butter, and eggs.And yet government and doctors have abdicated critical thinking to epidemiology to such an extent they'll believe...
read moreA new study finds cholesterol makes no meaningful difference in your health. Who knew?Well, everyone. Because it lacked a biological explanation, it was instead looking at a statistical risk factor for a risk factor and telling people to stop eating meat, butter, and eggs.And yet government and doctors have abdicated critical thinking to epidemiology to such an extent they'll believe...
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