reverendz

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[–] reverendz@lemmygrad.ml 7 points 3 months ago

Back when there were "mom and pop" AirBnb, maybe this was a bad thing. Now, a huge number of rentals are owned by companies with big portfolios specializing in short term rentals.

It's become a really big problem in certain cities.

I don't see this as a bad thing.

[–] reverendz@lemmygrad.ml 48 points 4 months ago (1 children)

The US invaded and occupied 2 countries on the pretext of terrorism and “weapons of mass destruction”.

Russia is seen as an invading force for attempting to protect Russian population in a country that borders its own.

If you’d asked me in 2012 if I supported dissolving NATO, I’d have called you crazy.

Ask me now…

[–] reverendz@lemmygrad.ml 3 points 4 months ago

I have records that are 30-50 years old. If maintained well, they sound great.

I still use streaming for the car and whatnot, but for home, I love vinyl. Records are beautiful and the act of playing one is almost a ritual.

[–] reverendz@lemmygrad.ml 18 points 4 months ago

As Ann Richards so succinctly put it: born on 3rd base, thought he hit a triple.

[–] reverendz@lemmygrad.ml 8 points 5 months ago

They could, but they won't.

Finland has a history of fascism.

Many countries worried about declining populations could just.. allow more immigrants. But most of them won't, at least not voluntarily.

[–] reverendz@lemmygrad.ml 12 points 6 months ago (4 children)

I wish we could stop seeing memes about a fascist.

[–] reverendz@lemmygrad.ml 36 points 6 months ago

This could be a good thing. The monopoly Microsoft and the x86 architecture have had on computing has hampered new development for decades.

China is experimenting with different architectures and open source OS’s. It’ll be very interesting to see where this leads.

[–] reverendz@lemmygrad.ml 35 points 6 months ago

The vast majority of the population lives within 100 miles of the US border.

It's bloody cold up there.

Source: self (who has visited many times) and all my mums family who live in Canada.

Also, Canada has become something of a US vassal state. As much as the general population may complain about Americans (and they do) their politics has become a fun house mirror image of the US. They're neo-liberaling just as hard, if not harder than us. The only real difference is, some guy managed to get universal health care passed in the 50s, or they'd frankly be much worse off than they are now.

[–] reverendz@lemmygrad.ml 6 points 6 months ago

The US is going to experience massive brain drain in the next few years.

Welcome to being a 3rd world country y’all.

[–] reverendz@lemmygrad.ml 9 points 10 months ago (10 children)

Some ghouls downvoted this.

The headline and the article are on point.

[–] reverendz@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 10 months ago

Is Fran a socialist? She’s given some great anti capitalist speeches.

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