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@gila@lemm.ee

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Should I buy fallout 4 goty from GOG?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You could just refund it if it doesn’t work well for you. GOG are usually pretty generous

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Google Pixel phones sold with security vulnerability, report finds⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If it was simply not included in the stock rom rather than being made inactive except for in the OEM rom, you’d still have a device with a bunch of active bloatware

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Steam will stop issuing refunds if you play two hours of a game before launch day⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I completely disagree. A dev conceding to release in early access = a dev committing to later release a finished product which the early accessor will also receive a license to play. Without the latter part, early access becomes a moot system in principle, just a pathway provided by platforms to monetise unfinished games, which may never be finished.

  And the value proposition for that finished product shouldn’t be affected at all by its pre-launch state. Early access isn’t for the benefit of consumers. That many games remain in “early access” for an extended period of time (such that sufficient gameplay value can be extracted prior to the end of early access) isn’t really anything to do with the concept of early access itself.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Spotify doesn't allow podcast ratings unless you use the mobile app⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah we’re deprioritising the platform you use, because it’s niche. We have analytics, and they say your use case doesn’t matter. Just accept it and keep paying us, like all those other times

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer released early by rockstar after it was supposedly leaked⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Of course, a delay is preferable to a rushed launch. Cyberpunk showed we can have both, though. I’m just pushing back on this new idea that in-engine footage is a substitute for gameplay. While we’re deducing stuff based on the trailer, the game not being feature complete would mean that whatever is possible in-engine is irrelevant anyway. The whole later step of scaling and optimising to the platforms they’re releasing on hasn’t happened yet

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Grand Theft Auto VI Trailer released early by rockstar after it was supposedly leaked⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t mind the way the actual trailer was done, but I’d definitely have preferred to see actual gameplay given they gave a release window. It telegraphs a rushed release, because if it was feature-complete they’d show gameplay

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨[deleted]⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I mean, look at their handle. It’s not like this is the handle for Famezen, they’ve clearly already had their account removed before. Report function needs someone to use it for it to be able to work, right?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yeah, yeah, yeah...⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Hey I misunderstood you there and corrected my comment. Just in case you didn’t see that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yeah, yeah, yeah...⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  The current excise policies were implemented around 2010, at which point the global decline was already well underway. As I mentioned originally, there has been no stage following implementation of the respective policies in which the decline in smoking accelerated. It has only slowed since that time, and in Australia is increasing as of 2023.

  It’s unreasonable to assume that allocations of tax contributed by smokers and tobacco companies is proportionately allocated to areas relevant to the stated intent of the tax policy.

  correlation isn’t causation

  Do you think these are magic words or something? The entire stated intent of the policy is to cause a correlation that is inverse to the one that’s been observed since. Nowhere above did I say that tobacco excise causes the problems I mentioned - I responded to someone putting forward the idea that it is a viable solution to those same problems. I have trouble considering your response to be in good faith, since I already disclaimed this in my original comment.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yeah, yeah, yeah...⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  My parents would buy RTD spirits for my sister aged 15 when she was going to a friend’s party or something. They’re cops

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yeah, yeah, yeah...⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  You can have a look at some places that implemented the policy you’re putting forward to check if it works though, right?

  Have a look at Australia & New Zealand. Taxed at around 65-70% respectively with intent to make cigarettes cost prohibitive

  A summary of some outcomes following a decade or so of implementation of these policies:

  • No acceleration in the overall decline of smoking rates at any stage following policy implementation
  • Reversal of trend in Australia where tobacco use is currently increasing
  • The disproportionality in smoking rates between Europeans and the countries’ respective indigenous groups is now higher
  • Politicians (even the health minister himself in Aus) now champion increases to tobacco excise as a means to secure the financial stability of the country

  All this while cost of living increases, rate of poverty increases. I mean not all of these things are solely attributable to periodic tobacco excise increases but it hasn’t fixed a thing. The government got some more money to blow on some antiquated nuclear submarines to defend our massive island, surrounded by allied nations and thousands of miles from the nearest potential adversary. They’ll be ready in about 20 years. Great to see the extra tax dollars at work!

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Yeah, yeah, yeah...⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That is patently false. There is only one single risk factor for cancer generally that is bigger problem than smoking unprocessed tobacco - that is smoking processed tobacco. If you charted endemic cancer risk factors in order of risk, with smoking processed tobacco is at the top, then smoking unprocessed/organic/raw tobacco would be about 5% away from the top. The next biggest risk factor would be obesity about halfway down the chart