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Riots in France have already cost businesses more than $1 billion | CNN Business
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This is just another data point that French police and government are in repression mode. Let's not forget also how they attacked firefighters during their protests in 2020: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jan/28/french-police-clash-with-firefighters-during-paris-protest
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Larian knows Baldur's Gate 3's D&D combat is super complicated: "We used to joke you basically need a tutorial for every class"
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The shows follow the rules and utilize all mechanics, but you need the context. As someone familiar with 3.5, Critical Role got me 95% to playing the 5th edition without touching the books.
Can't say the same would apply to someone new to pen-and-paper RPGs.
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What streaming services do you pay for?
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Alright but Spotify is one of the very few subscriptions that are actually easier than pirating. As long as you have a family plan, it is great value for money.
I don't know of a good way to support artists outside of direct transactions.
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Internet Archive's digital library has been found in breach of copyright. The decision has some important implications
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I believe even "one book one rental" was kind of a gray area. Publishers probably didn't sue at the time as the potential ruling was less certain, and they didn't want a precedent not in their favour.
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Does it feel like the fediverse is exclusively used by older tech nerds?
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Welcome! Hope you have fun!
Don't worry about understanding - all you need is patience and a hard skull to break through the more user-unfriendly pieces.
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What AI developments have surprised you the most?
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Can confirm. Just opened it up, first time I lol at greentext in years.
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The "just google it" mantra has probably held back quite a lot of interesting conversations and debate
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Or, you know, maybe some people are assholes and we should not always look for excuses for them?
You put it on your profile on a dating site, so you should be OK with this as a conversation starter.
For example, I do not wear a Nirvana t-shirt in public because I don't want some teenagers asking me if I know this great song "Smells Like Teen Spirit".
