Comments by "Solo Renegade" (@SoloRenegade) on "Louis Rossmann" channel.

  1. the DIY community is what inspires the next generation of engineers and inventors.
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  2. if the IRS accepted your tax return, then they should not be able to come after you later. Once the tax return is processed and accepted by the IRS, the statute of limitations should run out for them being able to go back in time.
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  3. price fixing, definitely illegal.
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  4. yup, don't sign. Never buy something or sign something when teh other party is pressuring you to do it.
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  5. I propose a tax law, that commercial real estate that sits unused, for every month the owner doesn't rent it out or sell it off, the property taxes double, until they literally can't afford to own it. This, or something like this, would force them to offer reasonable prices and prevents greedy property owners from monopolizing properties. I even know of some small rural towns owned almost entirely by a single guy, and he extorts such high prices the town has struggled for decades when it should be thriving. He'll buy up and sit on Every property until someone finally pays his extortion pricing. Meanwhile these buildings sit empty all over town unused for years on end, while businesses struggle to find property to setup shop.
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  6. absolutely!
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  7. oh, they'll supply you batteries, but they'll cost more than a new phone.
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  8. ​ @OneCalledChuck  By accepting your tax return, the IRS is agreeing that you got it right, and they are signing that agreement. Now that they've accepted your return, they are on the hook for the mistakes they made. Murder is a strawman, because we're not discussing murder here. A better way for the IRS to do taxes would be to eliminate all loopholes and breaks. Charge all businesses and individuals on fixed but separate progressive tax brackets, and then each year come tax season send out letters to everyone stating what they owe or get in refund. If you agree, you sign it and send it back and it's done. If not, you then go through the tax process until both the IRS and you agree on the correct amount. Then it's done. This si of course a very simplified explanation of the idea, but there are other countries that have done things like this.
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  9. I can second the "happy accidents" by just being out there and meeting people and getting opportunities simply due to being out there and exposing yourself to such potential opportunities. That has been the story of my life many times over.
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  10. right to repair harmful to farmers? then why are farmers asking for it citing how harmful not being able to repair their own property is becoming to their livelihoods? Why is it only politicians, lobbyists, and the people selling the equipment claiming it's harmful when they clearly have a conflict of interest in the matter?
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  11. that's a VERY serious issue people don't think about enough
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  12.  @cliffshockley4406  Rules of American society ARE personal liberty. Always has been. you don't get to tell everyone else how to live their lives. Otherwise, we also can tell you how to live your life. Other people do not exist to keep you safe from death. death is inevitable.
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  13. yup, and I just keep switching off google services entirely as they get worse and worse.
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  14. "we haven't used it against you yet" But they have said they will illegally fork over that data to law enforcement to be used against you without a warrant, which is a constitutional violation and they are admitting they INTEND to use it against you.
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  15.  @TopTierSports215  I'm a capitalist, and oppose anti-trust and anti-competitive behavior. Fair market competition is the only answer. I don't complain without reason. Nor do i surrender myself to the will of corporations.
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  16. Some of us knew all along, tried warning people, and were ignored.
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  17. I like having teh option to take breaks, that the law protects that, but I still demand the right to choose. sometimes I am not in need of a break and sometimes taking a break will upset my flow. or the time-prescribed break doesn't fit with what I'm doing at the moment and break say 30min later would be more beneficial.
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  18.  @Ryan-093  don't need music. I have my own, plus all the free music on youtube. Amazon Prime also has music and I've never once used it. "additional features", oh really? Like what? That's world salad for, "I'm trying to justify all this money I spent". "and we also don't have to worry about our adblock app getting blocked or degraded user experience for having adblock installed." yet here you are interested in the issue none the less. And most of us just change browsers, wait for an update, or go do something more productive with our time instead. Or view the content on a different platform altogether.
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  19. give it to the feds. Interstate commerce is unconstitutional for states to engage in.
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  20. don't forget to discuss how good intentions can have unintended consequences. Also, you can't help people who don't want to be helped, or who wont help themselves. Just keep that in mind. some homeless people do need a swift kick in the rear so to speak.
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  21.  @mrblond750  they are trying though
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  22.  @OneCalledChuck  Then how did they know it was in error when someone makes a mistake? What were they checking against? Believe it or not, the gov needs to be held accountable for their mistakes too. corporations only have the power they do because incompetent gov gives them that power. your blind faith in gov, and thinking everything the gov does is right and for good reason is disturbing.
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  23.  @porterspeed  but you pay for that crap. we get it for free.
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  24.  @MattyEngland  it's not my job to pay their bills. do you get to control Which creators get paid?
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  25. threatening to kill someone should result in immediate termination and charges.
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  26.  @MattyEngland  I have bills to pay too. Why aren't you paying me?
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  27. be rich
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  28. You cannot wait for a deer to cross the line. A deer in the ditch or edge of the road has to be assumed it will jump out in front of you at the last moment 100% of the time. If you see a deer, you must start slowing down because it Will bolt.
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  29.  @jabrockobiden9434  yes, the communist answer. Own nothing and be happy.
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  30. and this is why regulation should only apply to large corporations and not small businesses. make it easy to compete on teh small end, harder to compete on the higher end. this ensures constant competition and turnover, and gives consumers options.
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  31. this is corporatism
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  32. can someone explain what law allows private businesses to violate HIPPA?
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  33.  @whynotsa6866  but long term, without engineers....no products, no profits.
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  34.  @rpm10k.  under capitalism, we have options. It's not simply, "buy this one monopolized item and accept the tyrannical terms, or choose to own nothing instead." There are other ways, other options, other companies, other products, to choose from. And those of us unwilling to live in a self-manufactured police and surveillance state make choices to not be part of that reality. And if we REALLY don't like something, we can start a business offering alternatives.
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  35.  @OneCalledChuck  your weirdo response is changing the subject and diverting to a tangent that was not being discussed.
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  36. right to repair is freedom. inability to repair is essentially communism, where you don't own personal property.
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  37. deer can't run backwards. when they panic, they always run forwards. To avoid hitting them, slow, and aim to drive where their butt was a moment ago, because they wont return to that spot. If the deer tries to turn, that adds some extra complexity. Always watch the ditches, as they tend to creep up to the road and hide in the background before bolting as you get close and they panic. A deer on the edge of a road is almost guaranteed to bolt, so any software must assume this is a 100% certainty that any deer will jump in front of you at the last moment and continue slowing the vehicle as it gets closer to ensure the speed matches the stopping distance available between the car and the deer.
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  38. Wearing face masks in the military on missions overseas became an issue when working with locals. So we were told to start removing gear (face masks, gloves, sunglasses, headsets, even helmets at times...) when working with locals to deal with the "stormtrooper effect", and make us into human beings rather than mindless killing soldiers in the eyes of the locals. I imagine the police find much the same effect applies to them. There is a LOT of nonverbal communication that humans rely upon that is eliminated by the mask.
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  39. good, we need to teach these crappy people and businesses a lesson.
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  40. TV would give about 51min of run time per hour, with 9min of ads per hour (look at epsiode run times of your favorite TV shows). Youtube runs closer to 50% of of the total time as ads. I've tried watching a free 1hr tv show episode or movie on youtube "free with ads" will likely have over 30min of ads. I end up turning it off after the second set of ads. The ads aren't placed between scenes, but rather right in the middle of action sequences or critical dialogue. and the adds are typically less than 10min apart the WHOLE show/movie. Unwatchable.
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  41. How many people's incomes did they just steal?
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  42.  @OneCalledChuck  wow, running away slinging ad hominem attacks and insults, and making baseless accusations and and assumptions about a person. how civil of you.
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  43.  @prague7706  probably a lack of compliance, and impossible to track down everyone, especially in remote areas, people without phones, people without service, not enough police to enforce it, etc
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  44.  @SueDoeNimh  I get that, but by what legal authority can a private entity violate HIPPA? A mandate or edict does not trump a Law passed by Congress, nor does dear Fuhrer have lawmaking powers. He can choose not to enforce a law, as we've seen, but he cannot nullify a law either.
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  45.  @TopTierSports215  no, it was a blatant over exaggeration. It's not my fault you take everything too seriously. Learn to lighten up. But nor was what I said out of line with reality for actual service prices for things like laptop screen repair and such.
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  46.  @IndianaBonez42  I am not impeding anyone's health. You can get the vaccine and be protected. You can wear a mask if you like. You can stay home. you have lots of options. But you are forcing medical decisions upon others who are not threat to you. You are imposing your will on others. Your personal liberty Never allows this. Never in American history has personal liberty enabled you to force me to bend to your personal fears, beliefs, and desires. Your personal liberty does not include telling me what to do. Driving drunk is about Stopping an action. You are Forcing an action. Your don't know what personal liberty is or means.
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  47. @Skunket "next time will you help to remove the government mandate who forces companies to build accessibility for people who need it? Stop supporting those companies who build special access for disabled people or those companies who give preference to them." You're confused. No one is forcing you or I to use the wheelchair ramp, or the elevator, etc. It gives people access and options, but doesn't force you personally to participate. Rules on businesses are not rules on individuals. A private individual has no obligation to make their house ADA accessible if they don't want to. But you're trying to compel individual action by force and coercion. You're trying to impose your beliefs, fears, and personal will on other individuals. ADA does not do that. that's the difference. It blows my mind how many low intelligence people there are out there that don't get this stuff.
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  48.  @josir1994  "And you're part of this anti vax conspiracy cesspool" No, people are pro choice. Pro freedom. The vaccinated are protected, but still living in fear, why is that? Why do you fear unvaccinated people so much? Natural immunity is a thing. All a vaccine does is activate your natural immunity. But if a person was already exposed, they already have that immunity. You're just hateful and can't understand the nuanced difference between being pro choice and real anti-vaxxers. you live in fear and do/think only what you are told to think.
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  49. @Skunket "I used to like him, but damn, he complains all the time about mandates, when actually those have been always in place for different reasons. But now he is just attracting antivaxers, his actions are supporting the antivax movement. Americans and their "freedom" fights are just sad now." most people are not anti-vax as you falsely claim. You're just not smart enough to listen to their legit concerns to understand what they are Really protesting. First off, why do you fear unvaccinated people so much? you're protected by your vaccines, masks, and ability to social distance or isolate yourself at will. You have many options for protecting yourself. We also have gotten very good at treating COVID in hospitals. Secondly, natural immunity is a thing, and many people have already had COVID and gained immunity that way. All a vaccine is is a drug or dead virus injected into your body to trigger that immune response, to give you natural immunity without having to go through high risk exposure. Then you body consumes and expels the vaccine from your body. So you are now no different form anyone with natural immunity. If they already have immunity, why do they need a vaccine? This is science, what you espouse is not. Thirdly, data is showing the vaccine is not working all that well anyways, yet even as vaccinated people are now becoming unprotected and still spreading the virus, they are given a free pass, which is unscientific and discriminatory. The vaccine wears off with time, and is less effective in fact than natural immunity from exposure. There is data that it works, and even exposed people might gain benefits, but why isn't that a person's choice? You're free do do as you like and get the vaccine, but you are not free to impose your will and beliefs onto others and compel them to do as you command. Freedom is everything. We are all going to die someday, some way, somehow. If a person is willing to risk their life, they have that freedom to do so. You do not get to save people from themselves if they don't want you to. They are at risk, not you. Everyone who is at risk can get the vaccine or has options. And everyone I've met are willing to accommodate those who are at risk but cannot get the vaccine for some reason, even if they wanted it. But if you start imposing your will on people, where does it stop? until soon there is no freedom left in the world. They'll use this as precedent to force more decisions on people against their will. That is why people are angry and refusing. They would have gotten it had it remain voluntary and people had simply been polite about it. But now since you seek to take people's freedoms from them and impose your will on them, you have made enemies, needlessly. This is your fault for supporting coercion and threats.
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  50. baffling how? this is gov. people have warned you for hundreds of years this is what gov is.
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  51. Louis, could you perhaps help start an open source printer project? Or help get the right people together to start something like that?
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  52. I grew up in places like this. Logging and farming.
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  53. cash
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  54. @harvard smith deangelo Total anarchy doesn't exist. someone always has a bigger stick.
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  55.  @Pyxis10  the free market is not a myth. the myth is that the free market can exist without gov regulation and enforcement. It requires active gov intervention to preserve and protect the free market. But instead the gov is bribed by the corporations to do the biding of the corporations, and you get corporatism, and socialism (when the gov thinks they can run the economy better than free people).
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  56. the "slippery slope" claim exists for a reason after all...
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  57.  @waycoolscootaloo  exactly, I hate cloud based software (and I design supercomputers). I refuse to buy a phone that requires me to use cloud services. I will go back to a flip phone if I have to. I bought by first flip phone cellphone at 21, and had that for many years. Only bought my first smartphone 6yrs ago, a Samsung Galaxy S3, which I replaced 2yrs ago with a budget Samsung smartphone. I use it for text, talk, weather, GPS, camera. I can do those things without their stupid phones if I have to, just like I was doing previously only 6yrs ago.
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  58.  @-opus  a passenger isn't signing a contract. and it's a one-sided contract with no opportunity for negotiating.
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  59. barriers to competition is illegal, it's anti-competitive and there are laws against that.
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  60.  @MattyEngland  fair. but make no mistake, I do not owe content creators ANYTHING. They post their content out there relying on DONATIONS from people, and ad revenue via YouTube. Youtube steals a lot for ad revenue from creators, far more than is lost due to adblockers. And even when adblockers are not in play, the ad revenue alone for most youtubers is not enough to live on. It's not my job to rescue people from bad choices in their lives. If they are struggling being a youtuber, then they need to find a better career. Much of what is on Youtube can be found elsewhere for free in books, articles, other free sites, etc. I can find all this stuff on my own, and often times do a far better job communicating, understanding, or analyzing the data for topics I'm interested in than a typical Youtuber does. Why would I pay for that? I wouldn't. I use youtube out of convenience. when it ceases being convenient, I will stop using it.
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  61. I work in the tech industry as a Mechanical Engineer and refuse to connect anything to wifi other than having the ability to surf the internet on my computers. House, kitchen, car, etc. will never be connected. I will rip that crap out and replace it with physical switches if I have to, or design/build my own stuff.
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  62. remember the time that lobbyist claimed replacing a starter will make an engine explode?
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  63. Biden economic plan? what plan? What has he done besides printing money and talking about raising taxes?
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  64. critique is free speech
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  65. sue them for extortion, defamation, and damages
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  66.  @patsteirer  "Right, so you have a right to say no to drivers licenses, right?" Actually, you do have a choice to say no. Do you know how many Americans these days don't have a driver's license? "Or traffic signals?" I see tons of people like you running red lights, ignoring stop signs, not obeying right of way, speeding, all day every day, driving the wrong way, etc, so yes apparently. But vaccines and viruses are about acts of nature. People cannot be held accountable for tornadoes, or viruses, or hurricanes, or flash floods, or the actions of others. Those who fear COVID have tons of options. They can get vaccinated if they want, they can wear a mask if they want. they can stay home if they want. The only ones at risk are eth ones not doing these things. If 100 people are on an airline flight, and 10 aren't vaccinated, what are the vaccinated ones so afraid of? they are protected, the unvaccinated are the ones who should be worried, since the vaccinated could be infected still. But those still unvaccinated are NOT worried about a virus with such a low death rate, particularly among the younger age groups, and that has multiple known effective treatments available.
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  67.  @EnthalpyAndEntropy  in this situation, he's 100% right. Louis has nothing to gain and everything to lose. Louis is not a contractor nor employee of Apple and is under no obligation nor has any need to sign one. I work in the computer industry and we use NDA's as well, to protect R&D proprietary properly, but nothing more. We don't use it to go after youtubers.
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  68. the slippery slope is real, not a fallacy, it is basic psychology.
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  69. @Satya nadella aneh la in others it's "supply chain", but the result is just as bad. They aren't selling "supply chain" services, so it makes no sense.
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  70.  @skylinefever  valid points, but not every industry is like the car industry either, and there are other ways to make sales than building things that break (even if lasting just long enough to not piss off customers, they are still designed to break).
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  71.  @ChristopherCricketWallace  exaclty. i worked for a company that got bought by a large corporation. we built better stuff that our customers loved and kept buying and built a reputation, and the corporation came along and started focusing on cost cutting. Our stuff cost More to make, has constant issues, losing the reputation and customer loyalty, etc. they claim to care about cost, but our engineer driven model was far cheaper, far faster, more innovative, and could sell more product each year becasue it worked. our products only have3-10yr life cycles and sales cycles too, due to constant advancement in technology, not because our machines can't last decades (and they have lasted that long in the past). They use quarterly budgeting now, and it is totally incompatible with what we do. They give you a budget and expect you to spend it or lose it, but the budegt never coincides with development cycles of when we neeed to purchase prototypes etc,a nd so we keep losing or budget just by default for no reason. can't build stuff without a budget.
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  72. just stop relying on warranties in the first place. we knew they were a marketing scam all along anyways. people offer useless warranties to get you to buy their crap, make you think you're getting a good deal. warranties never used to be a thing. Buy stuff with the intention of making it last and fixing it yourself. I buy stuff regardless of warranties, and never intend to use a warranty, so I have no concerns over violating a useless warranty and I just fix my stuff and take care of it and move on. As a result of my life choices, my stuff lasts longer, is a better deal overall, I spend less than everyone around me for the same stuff, corporations can't control me, etc.
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  73. We had this stuff happen in Iraq back in 2007. Civilian contractors were supposed to repair all of our specialty vehicles for us. One week we were getting hit by IEDs a fair amount and were running out of operational vehicles. Civilians said it would take 2 weeks to fix one of the trucks so that we'd have enough vehicles to run the next day's mission. We argued with them and they refused to work any faster. Us and our mechanics offered to help, they refused, citing the contract. Eventually after many back and forth arguments over many hours, we just broke into their shipping containers full of parts and took the axles, tires, etc we needed, hauled them and our truck down to Our motor pool and fixed the truck in less than 5hrs, and took it on mission the next day. We, the individuals, didn't sign a contract with them, and we had a combat mission to complete. They weren't going to stop us. Had they actually tried to stop us, I think that would qualify as treason.
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  74. depends upon the business. some can make remote work (businesses or jobs), but others CANNOT.
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  75. John Deere is trying to enforce monopolistic and anti-competitive behavior, which is supposed to be illegal.
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  76. accessory to kidnapping and holding the kid for ransom
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  77. you don't work for Apple. if they need an NDA to talk to you, then why are they talking to you about it?
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  78. the gov doesn't even TRY to go after corrupt corporations. instead they keep going after the little guys with no money.
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  79. same
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  80.  @Huskie  what is the capitalist answer, toddler?
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  81.  @loveluclins  "But in return the average consumer has more purchasing power. this has never been true. Socialism has never worked as promised even once in history. Socialism is where all business is owned or controlled by the gov. Redistribution of wealth is the stepping stone to communism and de-incentivizes people to work, leading to economic collapse. Sweden tried socialism decades ago, their economy stagnated and was on teh verge of failing, so they switched back to capitalism and their economy flourished once again. Look at Zimbabwe, or Cuba, or Russia, or other socialist countries to see how well it works (not).
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  82.  @ModelLights  no, they are telling companies that sell on Amazon they can't offer a lower price on the independent companies' own website. Amazon is trying to control the price products are sold at on non-Amazon websites and venues. They have no legal right to do this. Amazon doesn't get to set the prices of other businesses and their products.
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  83.  @ModelLights  but Amazon charges a fee, hence the price hike on Amazon, and companies are 100% within their rights to do this. It's also a standard marketing strategy of business to direct customers back to their main website, just like how companies offer deals for buying their stuff in different times and venues because it saves everyone money if the customer buys it that way or at that time. If it costs more to sell on Amazon, companies have the right to increase the price on Amazon to cover the additional fee.
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  84. not allowed to cancel is literally slavery
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  85. and Ransom
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  86. charge them for using your property to advertise
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  87. Unconstitutional. States can't involve themselves in interstate commerce.
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  88. that was my thought
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  89. I believe more people need to be working in person for certain jobs (having problems with this where I work), but I HATE open floor plans.
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  90.  @karsakasdasfa6474  committing to hit the animal to save human lives on the sidewalk or in oncoming lanes is an easy choice. and it in no way precludes you from braking hard While still committing to hit the animal. Crashing straight ahead into a deer while on the brakes is less likely to result in an out of control vehicle than reckless swerving into oncoming traffic and pedestrians.
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  91. win-win solutions are the ONLY acceptable solutions. Even contract law in the US demands that only win-win deals are allowed.
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  92. no drone has the range to reach most places in the US with a package, while not posing a risk to the public when those delivery drones crash. restricting everyone over short range drones is ridiculous. drone delivery should not be allowed.
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  93. that's called sabotage, and it's a crime. It also falls under extortion.
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  94. these corporations are engaging in anti-competitive behavior.
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  95. wow these people are slow. Myself and countless others were warning about the COVID masks being used this way years ago.
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  96. not just glitchy, but questionable judgment and decision making skills. And computers degrade over time, especially after one too many software updates. Like when Apple bricks your tablet with the latest OS update.
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  97.  @Iggsyman  another great point.
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  98. I don't tip for doing the job that is expected.....
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  99. youtube is doubling down on their adblock war. it's hilarious how stupid they are and how badly they keep failing.
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  100. my idea has always been that property taxes on commercial properties needs to go up dramatically every single month it sit empty, to the point the owner can't afford to keep it. The moment it gets rented out or sold, the taxes drop again. This forces companies and owners to use it, or free it up for others to use it, and forces them to rent it out at more fair prices (otherwise everyone can just wait and force them to sell or drop their rent prices to avoid the gov taxes).
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  101. "nonessential business" according to communist central government types. "you don't need a supercar. lots of poor lazy people still don't have a car, so the gov must come in and force you to make Peoples' Cars instead." If they can define what is/isn't essential, we're already basically succumbing to communist central gov control of the economy. And none of it stops anyone from dying from COVID, nor will it stop the spread.
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  102.  @cliffshockley4406  "No, but as someone with an audience of 1.6mil you have a duty to be careful with what you say" 1) tell that to the Democrat leadership 2) free speech is a thing and Louis can express his opinions and not be told what to say by you. if you don't like his opinions, watch something else. Louis is a great person who supports the ideals of freedom, and has well reasoned and balanced views on many issues. We need more people like him in teh world, and less people like you.
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  103. Grand theft auto, and any employee or owner who stops you retrieving your property needs to be so charged.
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  104.  @EnthalpyAndEntropy  Louis doesn't work for Apple, no reason to sign.
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  105. Yes, open source, DIY printers and scanners from a kit, just like 3D printers.
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  106. exactly. They need to do even better than just opening more repair shops
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  107. especially when they can easily put gates that can't be jumped.
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  108. Car company: "a mere serf replacing a starter will cause the car to explode" Car Company: hires serf to replace your starter
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  109.  @SmartTimesMX  The exact same way files have been shared over the internet like this for decades. Donations are for "other" services. You're WAY overthinking this, trying to come up with excuses why it wont work when all of this is being done and has been done for decades.
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  110.  @depthcharge6215  clearly not. DIY means do it yourself. you didn't do it yourself. You don't hire people to DIY stuff. You DIY. If you're going to hire someone, find reputable people. Just because someone is certified, has a degree, etc. does NOT mean they are competent. You still have to learn which people do good work and which don't. you're bad decisions and/or experiences in no way detracts from DIY. If you don't like DIY, then don't do it and hire people. But the rest of us will continue to DIY and you can mind your own business and not tell everyone else what is or is not acceptable to them.
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  111.  @depthcharge6215  I don't lease, becasue i prefer to own. and since leasing was never discussed, it's not relevant here. You hired a person to fix your AC who was incompetent, and you blame DIY. Maybe if you'd fixed it yourself or hired a reputable mechanic you wouldn't be in this mess. You made choices in teh free market, and now you're mad you have to deal with them. but just because You had a bad experience and mad bad choices, doesn't mean the rest of us needs to care or want to be helpless and depend upon dealers and corporations to fix things. If a person such as myself wishes to void the warranty of the product I purchased, that is my right to do so.
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  112.  @depthcharge6215  where is the spin? I DIY things I can handle, and things I want to try, or things I can't afford to pay someone else to do. But I don't blame DIY community when i hire an incompetent mechanic to fix my car like you.
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  113.  @depthcharge6215  you told me they were incompetent.
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  114.  @Tunahater  what about commercial business properties?
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  115. you can't be "pro environment" and Not support Right to Repair. Anyone who claims to care about the climate or environment Must support it or be called out as frauds.
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  116. all of my road rage encounters in the past year have been from the road rage person being the one that did something wrong, not the person they are raging at. or, they rage at people who are driving 100% correct and minding their own business.
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  117.  @RBrown-uk4xt  I get that. but that's also why I don't work at Target (among other reasons). But I also know for a fact this doesn't really hold true in all cases, from personal experience.
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  118. Price of Owning Game Outright: full price Price of renting game you don't own: fraction of the full price per month Ubisoft: "pay full price but you don't own it"
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  119. this is the behavior of a cartel
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  120. a little fun helps creativity and destressing. if they are above average in productivity when getting things done, they can still have some fun while getting more done than an average person, and be better overall employee. That being said, employees need to be smart enough to know that when people are watching, shenanigans need to be put aside until people leave. Perception is important, even if having a little fun helps productivity and worker satisfaction.
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  121. do it, sue them
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  122. If it wasn't sinister, then why hide behind false arguments of safety, why not just be up front about IP Theft, and why charge an arm and a leg pricing for repair services? Their actions simply do NOT match the "benefit of the doubt" idea where they are just concerned about their IP.
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  123. because heat in ICE cars is basically engine heat. In EVs it's probably a resistance heater like in your rear window, and those fair frequently.
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  124. tips are like medals in the military. you don't get one for simply doing your job, for doing what's Expected. What you're employer pays you is not my problem. Tips are for people that go above and beyond.
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  125. cars do NOT need software to run. RC cars and ICE cars alike worked great for a century without software.
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  126. this is blatant anti-competitive behavior and its illegal.
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  127. this is why i dont do recurring subscriptions.
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  128.  @Huskie  you don't need a monthly subscription to own/use a cellphone nor a computer. Computers don't require the internet to work, and cellphones work over wireless as well. Years ago when I was deployed to Afghanistan, a guy was using his touch screen iPod to call home over the internet. He used it to get online and access and internet phone service, and the iPod had a microphone in it. People owned computers for decades before the internet became a normal thing, I lived in those days and learned on and used computers before internet was available to everyone (and still do). I use my cellphone solely on wifi daily as I dont have cell reception where I work. Also, free wifi is everywhere these days. You buy the device, free and clear, and use it as you see fit. if you choose to buy internet or cell service, you're free to do so, or not, at your own discretion. When I buy a car, I own the car and everything in it and physically connected to it (like heated seats).
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  129.  @Huskie  nice of you to completely disregard every point I made and continue only with your delusions in brain dead fashion. typical communist leftist mindset. Too bad you have disproven nothing I said, and proven nothing you've claimed.
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  130.  @helljumper912  I am doing exactly that next month....
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  131. Just replace the boards that are being bricked entirely. rip their crap out and replace it.
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  132. what if they don't have a cellphone?
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  133.  @alex15095  How about, No. stop living in fear.
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  134.  @alex15095  yes, that is living in fear. you can't stop this virus from entering the country, in fact, it's already there. It's too late to have any hope of eradicating it now. The death rate is low, doctors know how to treat it now (multiple ways), there is a vaccine, the majority of people dying from it are old and have complicating factors (it's normal for old people to die of things like pneumonia and such), the deaths are being overcounted in many places like the US resulting in the low death rate being stated to be higher than it actually is, etc.
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  135.  @alex15095  Wow, so nature is running its course, like she has since the beginning of time. It's not my fault your a hypochondriac and have no immune system.
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  136.  @alex15095  letting nature run its course is eugenics?
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  137. bet a high school student would gladly offer to add it for them for $5k.
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  138. and people still think Macs are better.....but they have to work to be better. I've never had to take one of my many PC devices to a repair shop. But people have so many issues with their Macs these days.
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  139. College used to be an education, to expand your thinking, teach you how to apply concepts to larger ideas. How to solve problems you haven't even encountered yet by taking what you do know, and figuring out how to apply it to what you need to figure out. But now, modern colleges are just engaging in training. They tell you what to think, and focus instead on how to do specific tasks. They teach you to do a particular job, rather than teaching you how to problem solve things which have no instructions, which you've never been explicitly been taught how to do before. College in the past: education Modern college: training
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  140.  @loveluclins  you're living in a delusion. Socialism never works, never has. always leads to inflation, starvation, stagnation, lower standards of living, lower quality of life, etc. Socialism is very similar to communism.
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  141.  @JamesJamersonIsAGod  not illegal to offer discounts
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  142.  @extropiantranshuman  except that that exclusivity doesn't apply on Amazon
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  143.  @extropiantranshuman  read a dictionary. look up the term "exclusivity", you have no idea what you're talking aobut.
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  144.  @ModelLights  but amazon has no legal right to tell other companies what their prices must be. But when they are one giant company through which so many others go through, by dictating prices they are controlling the market.
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  145.  @ModelLights  nope, this gets into monopolistic behavior and price fixing.
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  146.  @mveldt  MS Office 2003 was the pinnacle of Microsoft, and that and Windows XP/7. Back when computers were tools and did what you asked them to do reliably.
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  147. @SkyyySi it's Also planned obsolescence.
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  148. HP needs to go out of business
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  149. accessory to kinapping as well as ransom
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  150. Right to Repair needs to be added the the US Constitution.
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  151. it is
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  152. i work in the office, and many of my coworkers need to do so as well. I'm an engineer. we design stuff, then build it, test it, fix it, troubleshoot it, redesign it, etc. Tons of work to be done at the site. But many are trying to work remotely anyway. Problem is they are less productive from home, and when they aren't around to help take care of stuff, the rest of us who did come in have to do their work in addition to our own. Some jobs can be done remotely, but not all. Engineering can be tough, and lots of people aren't cut out for it. But it's not something you can do from your couch. And I dont even live nor work in a big city. Myself and many others live within 5-15min of work. Myself and many have even walked or biked to work.
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  153. and intentionally sabotaging our military is literally TREASON!
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  154. keep calling out companies that claim to be "green" but don't support right to repair and durable products.
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  155. never used Yelp to find a business, never will
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  156. intentionally sabotaging our military is literally TREASON!
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  157. people who don't care about children: "it's for the children" pedophiles: "it's for the children" pro-abortionists: "it's for the children" trans mutilators of children: "it's for the children" ....
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  158. louis vatton doesn't control the product past the point of sale.
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  159. How is it that everyone has so suddenly had their brains wiped of Any memory of self-service and self-repair, you know, since the beginning of time?!?!?! People have fixed their own stuff for centuries and none of what they claim has happened. Yes, some people cause accidents and hurt/kill themselves in the process. But those people would have found a way to harm themselves eventually regardless.
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  160. what law allows private businesses to violate HIPPA?
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  161. a "contract" signed under duress, blackmail, or coercion is invalid.
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  162. Natural immunity is the ONLY immunity, even vaccines rely 100% on natural immunity ONLY.
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  163. frog jumps out when it gets hot enough. guess it's still not hot enough. but we've raised generations of helpless gov drones too.
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  164.  @-opus  did the second owners and passengers give them permission? did they sign a contract? no
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  165. making it illegal to sell arbitrary products, won't do anything regarding COVID. This is unscientific and pointless.
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  166. Corporatism, not capitalism.
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  167. Capitalism has regulations against such corporations wielding the power they currently have. Capitalism is about competition, which big powerful corporations are against. The US gov can choose to enforce the existing rules against these corporations any time they like, they just don't because of the personal profits they are making from these corporations.
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  168.  @Zonkotron  This is not capitalism. In capitalism you would have complete right to repair. Don't blame this on capitalism. Yes, it is the fault of gov for not protecting our rights and ensuring capitalism is working. America is suffering under the rule of people subscribing to Corporatism, as well as Socialist and Communist ideals. The very idea of Communism is an economic system in which a person cannot own personal property. Socialism is one in which a person cannot own a business.
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  169.  @Zonkotron  Russia wasn't communist officially. They were always officially Socialist. China is the only country that actually claims to be communist, and even they embraced capitalism to stave off revolution. The limited Capitalism CCP has allowed is responsible for their economic success (that and others conspiring to unfairly favor China over others). Capitalism is about competition. When businesses conspire to limit competition, or lobby the gov to limit competition, etc. Then it's not capitalism. Capitalism is being blamed for the failure of gov to protect our rights, and for the failures of alternative economic systems. But if capitalism were enforced and protected, these things wouldn't even be issues. Capitalism is opposed to things which limit competition, and where a win-win for both involved parties does not exist.
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  170. I though the gov was supposed to protect the consumer against such practices? they decry Capitalism, while refusing to enforce the core principles of capitalism that prevents exactly this sort of corporate behavior.
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  171. more motivation for me to fully stop using amazon
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  172. My samsung smart TV must predate this nonsense, fortunately. but i'm sure they could "update" my software somehow. thing is, I'm already not terribly happy with it as the software is buggy and slow. I don't need 90% of the software on the tv. seems I'll be avoiding samsung and other smart TVs if this sort of crap continues
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  173. This is unconstitutional
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  174. if someone sends yo an email with a virus and takes over your computer, and holds it for ransom, that is a CRIME. Samsung committed a CRIME.
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  175.  @rossmanngroup  yup, that's Corporatist Socialism that we have now in the US.....favor rich elites and monopolies over the consumers and small businesses.
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  176. so, basically the whole point of the bill is erased....
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  177.  @xxgn  I don't think you understand how HIPPA works or applies here. If the private business asks for my info, I can refuse per HIPPA, and they can't do anything about it. They can't share my medical info if they don't have it. and per HIPPA i dont have to give it to them. An executive order does not strip away legal protections granted by law. The Executive Branch cannot nullify laws passed by the Legislative Branch.
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  178.  @xxgn  And what about medical and religious discrimination? Not even Congress can pass a law restricting the 1st amendment, as they are expressly forbidden from doing so. And what about those that have legit medical conditions that preclude them for taking any additional substances into their body? If you fire them, you set yourself up for a lawsuit.
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  179.  @xxgn  "2) If an employee works in person, an employer can ask for vaccination status. However, the employee's answer must be kept confidential." Problem here though is employers are forcing unvaccinated to wear masks, thus identifying them to everyone and outing them. There is nothing confidential about this. Everyone is going to know immediately who is and who isn't vaccinated.
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  180.  @xxgn  So if they post a list on the wall, they didn't tell anyone?
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  181. When I was in Iraq in 2007, the MRAP vehicles were maintained by civilian contractors. One day, after taking multiple hits, we were low on vehicles and didn't have enough in working order to complete our mission. We weren't allowed to work on the vehicles, and the contractors were taking too long and wouldn't work faster. We broke into their connexes of parts (in broad daylight, we made sure they saw us), took all the parts we needed, dragged vehicles to our motor pool and fixed a bunch of vehicles in mere hours. We fixed these vehicles in hours, that took the contractors days/weeks. We were pissed, armed, and in a warzone. We completed the mission. As far as I'm concerned, what those contractors did, or rather failed to do, and their attempts to stop us fixing our equipment in a time of war on the battlefield, was treason. Contractors don't belong on the battlefield.
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  182. Youtube monetizing a video, while simultaneously refusing to allow the creator to monetize it, is criminal theft!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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  183. they are trying to make up for the loss of revenue due to the loss of citizens and businesses, but they refuse to cut any services or bloated positions/pensions of the politicians.
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  184. be careful to read the rule, make sure it isn't loaded with bloat and exceptions for tech companies.
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  185. get job get fired get 4yrs pay repeat every month
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  186. racism stems from evolutionary instincts for in-group bias, for the purposes of survival. This was an important evolutionary trait that helped humans survive. In the modern times it's less important to us but still there. Operating on instinct doesn't require thinking. Often times it's even subconscious. So this idea of racism stemming from a lack of thinking makes sense to me even from an evolutionary standpoint. Instincts are things we can do without thinking about something much at all.
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  187. Ad space in/on my car, property that I own, better be paying ME for using my property to run ads on.
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  188. bring back cash people. cash is king. keep it that way.
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  189. you are correct, sometimes you have no choice but to hit the deer/animal and sacrifice your car to protect other people in the vicinity.
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  190.  @MattyEngland  "but then watching a couple of ads shouldn't be a problem either." wrong. ads are often longer than the videos themselves, poorly timed, loud, and often times (as others have pointed out) borderline softcore porn. It's a complete waste of time to watch useless ads that don't pertain to me and wont convince me to buy anything. You even admit yourself that sitting through ads is a waste of your time as well. You pay for it, I don't have to. "Your argument is pretty much like saying that you should be able to take what you want from the supermarket without paying," no, you are a complete moron. I even explained it to you. Youtube is convenient. I can get my info from tons of other sources, and do. When youtube stops being free and convenient to me, which it has always been, even before adblockers, I will simply stop using it at all. "Nothing is free in this world, YouTube content included." not true. you are really proving your ignorance of reality.
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  191.  @Ryan-093  "my brother in christ " I'm not your brother and I'm not religious. "you clearly don't have better things to do with your time if you spend so much of it constantly dealing with blocking ads" your ignorant. I don't lift a finger to block ads. Software does all the work for me. I rarely even ever have to think about it. It happens automatically, updates are automatic. I work in teh computer industry and see what changes day to day. " I've never seen an ad on YT in years and have never had to reconfigure 3rd-party apps/extensions because they stopped working." Same here. I haven't watched an ad in years either. I even forgot Youtube ran ads at all until recently when it became a hot topic for debate. I don't reconfigure anything. I open web browsers, and start browsing. "YT Premium is the best subscription I have." Good for you. I don't care. I never asked your opinion about it. "And by additional features i mean things like playing videos with the screen locked on my phone, and being able to resume a video between desktop website and my phone app seamlessly" those ares standard free features of youtube. I can seemlessly pickup videos wehre i left off on different computers, phones, apps, and even browsers, so long as I'm logged in. " and knowing that the creators i watch are being compensated" you can do that without a youtube subscription. By paying YT, only a fraction of your fee goes to creators. or you could donate to them directly, that would be even better. " the ability to use YT Music," most musicians post their songs on Youtube free. And I have my own music I listen to anyways. my own playlists. I own my music outright. "which also includes all the custom/fan-made tracks uploaded to normal YT." yeah, those are free on youtube. Everything you list i get, for free. Most of it is free even without adblockers and without a YT subscription. I don't even run adblockers in all of my web browsers and I still don't see YT ads at all.
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  192. for those people too stupid to figure it out for themselves; If you attempt to fix it and Fail, you have some options, 1) go without 2) buy a new one 3) pay someone else to fix it if they can There, now you have a plan morons
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  193. you can't deny we are full blown Corporatist economy when even the gov feels powerless to hold corporations accountable for price gouging.
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  194. all for a death rate of only 0.05%, and far less than that for those under 50yrs old.
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  195. TV would give about 51min of run time per hour, with 9min of ads per hour (look at epsiode run times of your favorite TV shows). Youtube runs closer to 50% of of the total time as ads. A 1hr tv show episode or youtube video will likely have over 30min of ads.
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  196. what does any of this have to do with how biology works?
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  197. yes, I tell engineers, college students,e tc. to stick to books printed before 1960. They are FAR BETTER
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  198.  @mstcrow5429  just find one printed before the 1960s
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  199.  @InfernusdomniAZ  wrong. it's socialism, and corporatism (a form of socialism). we are not capitalist anymore, and haven't been for decades.
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  200.  @JamesTDG  smart professors. I had a few of those. the smart students also knew how as well.
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  201.  @InfernusdomniAZ  not true at all. the older books are truly that much better. you're just making excuses for your own stupidity and laziness, seeking to absolve yourself of all responsibility.
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  202.  @TheWizardboy5  spoken like an uneducated fool
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  203. what Ebay and Amazon are doing is no different than a socialist government would do.
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  204. this is corporatist anti-competitive behavior and is supposed to be illegal
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  205. I was on multiple flights with Delta in September. They handed out drinks and snacks. Guess what, almost everyone removed their masks on the flight for at least 30min as a result. At one point, one of my flights, and many others, were cancelled. Most of us decided to drive rental cars since the distance of the connecting flight was close enough. Instead, Delta filled almost all the seats on the planes to get people to their destination. No one on the flights complained. No one seemed to care. Most people don't fear the virus anymore.
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  206. exactly, the deer is almost guaranteed to bolt out into the street at the last second 100% of the time.
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  207. aftermarket parts for cars is a thing, no licensing nor permission required.
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  208. anti-trust, price-fxing.
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  209. did this person get arrested for those threats?
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  210. any company that makes products that don't last, aren't durable, can't be repaired, can't use aftermarket parts/materials, or use DRM, are NOT "sustainable" or "good for the environment"!
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  211. deer can't run backwards. when they panic, they always run forwards. To avoid hitting them, slow, and aim to drive where their butt was a moment ago, because they wont return to that spot. If the deer tries to turn, that adds some extra complexity.
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  212. if your website is broken, we'll go somewhere else....
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  213. good
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  214. i use ad block because youtube is still running ads on demonetized videos. this is THEFT. this is a CRIME! the real piracy is YouTube stealing creator's money.
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  215. Hard for "journalists" to ask the serfs what they think, when many of those "journalism" articles were written by AI software.
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  216. Right to Repair = Freedom Right to Repair is AS IMPORTANT as Free Speech
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  217. amazon and others are buying up all their competitors. this is monopolistic behavior and anti-capitalist and illegal.
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  218. My Buick Lesabre gets up to 44mpg and goes 600-800 miles per 5min fill-up.
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  219.  @UninstallingWindows  I agree, that's an interesting way of looking at it. I have typically viewed it from impact. a small business really only impacts a few people if their business is poor. A large multination corporation can ruin nations if it fails. But I think people might understand your approach better. But the gov sold itself to the large corporations to do their bidding and stopped enforcing capitalism many decades ago.
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  220.    that's a good question, and a topic that's too big for the comments. One thing to keep in mind is that too much regulation is what creates loopholes. For every regulation you pass, likely 1-2 loopholes were created. and then you'll think you need 1-2 more regulations to close those loopholes, which only creates 2-4 new loopholes. etc. So regulation needs to be short, concise, and well thought out to target exactly what you want, and nothing more, while being word such that it can't be worked around. this is possible to do, but it takes effort. Also keep in mind, no set of laws will ever be perfect or cover every situation, and you have to learn to accept that and be ok with it. chasing the rabbit down the hole of trying to cover every conceivable possibility is the problem. it leads to never ending regulation that only stamps out small businesses who don't have the means to manage hundreds of thousands of regulations.
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  221. Piracy is illegal. if he's saying it's Not illegal, then he's admitting it's Not piracy.
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  222. Exercise improves immune system. Exercise reduces obesity, which improves immune system.
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  223.  @pqr6028  so the union condones murder threats?
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  224. imagine being so brainwashed into shilling so hard for your boss you would rather be an accessory to kidnapping than give police the tracking data.
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  225. I've been warning people about the IoT for years. BAD IDEA!
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  226. the gov has the tools to fix this.....antitrust, anti-monopoly laws. but they refuse to use them. this is corporate extortion.
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  227. if i don't own the car, then why should i pay for it?
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  228. i need to watch less youtube anyways
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  229. we need more small businesses in America, and less "too big to fail" businesses.
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  230. SCIENCE!
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  231. Youtube video about how the CDC lied about COVID by showing the gov emails: Youtube censors it with warning to visit the CDC website for accurate info
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  232. 2:10 high school kids can build that with an Arduino or RPi.
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  233. intentionally sabotaging our military is literally TREASON!
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  234. locking out independent repair is anti-competitive anti-capitalist monopolistic/cartel type behavior and is supposed to be illegal, but the gov isn't enforcing teh law.
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  235. I work as an engineer, and it is a problem when people "work from home". they get less done, contribute less, and when stuff needs to get done in person, no one is around. and a select few end up pulling all the weight (physically). So annoying. Working from home is an excuse to be lazy.
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  236. rent control i anti-capitalist
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  237. isn't there an issue with non medical professionals giving medical advice, and/or forcing medical procedures on others? Doesn't this mandate put the employer at risk of practicing medicine without a license.
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  238. Swerve into oncoming traffic? in this case you swerve for the ditch. The deer is crossing right to left, and deer don't run backwards. you swerve to where their butt was a moment earlier. Cars can drive through the many ditches safely too, or on the shoulder of the road. By swerving into the oncoming lane, you are ensuring that deer and you remain on a collision course.
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  239. According SCOTUS, you cannot waive your freedoms, even willingly.
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  240. The fan is to ensure all the occupants get COVID. Gotta make sure the airborne virus circulates to all of the occupants equally. Need to get those positive test cases up.
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  241. I never buy services nor subscriptions. I do not purchase such things and will take my money elsewhere to own something outright, up to making it myself from scratch if necessary.
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  242. the future of NYC: shanty town
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  243. time to rip the computer out of the train and install a new one.
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  244. all vehicles are dangerous.
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  245. opinion (review) is not defamation
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  246. climate change narrative was a lie all along. nobody cares. it's all a scam for the rich and powerful to gain more wealth and power.
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  247. poor people are not buying cars over $20k, and even 20k might be too high for them. I've never spent more than $8k on a car before myself.
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  248. Volkswagen is accessory in carjacking and kidnapping.
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  249. I understand peoples' desire for you to avoid "shorts" and stick to "short videos" like this one. And I fully support you highlighting when companies do the right thing. we need more of that. praise and recognize companies who put customers first.
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  250. Some are, but they have bills to pay as well. How do they pay the property taxes and such if none of their tenants have paid rent for a whole year? Murder isn't the answer, but shouldn't the landlords be helped if the gov forces them to rent their properties for free? Don't get me wrong, some places have too many landlords and too few land/home owners (landlords keep buying up properties and renting them out, and other people can't compete with them to buy the homes instead). maybe if the landlords were forced to sell, more people could own. But this isn't the case everywhere either.
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  251. i never signed a contract by clicking on a random website link. I never was served a contract that was negotiable, never saw terms, and never signed my name. Yes, creating accounts, purchasing, etc sometimes ask you to agree to certain terms. But none of them had anything to do with adblockers either.
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  252. 6:40 at teh point of sale, you no longer own the product you sold. you cannot tell people what they can/cannot do with it after that.
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  253.  @alexidesadeski5760  it only takes one smart person to createa drop in solution for the owneres to buy and swap out.
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  254. VW held the child for ransom
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  255.  @MarkusAldawn  you're not very smart are you? "region locked to the Soviet Union." The only one who said anything of the sort is you. Two, The Soviet Union hasn't existed for decades. "Whinging", is that even a word? I'm going to assume you're just a troll with this sort of incoherent baseless comment.
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  256.  @TopTierSports215  You missed the entire point of the comment. But you're free to believe whatever delusions and lies you tell yourself.
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  257.  @TopTierSports215  you're a troll
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  258. Politicians don't believe in green anything. they only use "climate change" to gain power and wealth.
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  259. I hate cloud technology. and I working in the industry. nothing but a constant headache. of course the corporate penny pinchers love it.
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  260. I could have sold my house for double what I bought it for, 2yrs after buying it. the recent price spikes are BS and bad for the economy.
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  261. Netflix started as a DVD rental service alternative to Blockbuster. the streaming was an extension of that original service. Movie rentals are not supposed to have commercials.
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  262. these companies are not "green", so sick the climate alarmists after them too. A "green" company would promote right to repair.
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  263. who is fixing their own car in an empty parking garage at night?
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  264.  @ashleyjohansson230  And are any of the locked down areas not experiencing a spike in cases right now? what about mask mandates? Did any of this stop or slow the spread? no. Why? because an economic lockdown, quarantining, the healthy, and masks don't stop the spread. This has all been known for decades. Millions of Americans die every year due to flu, pneumonia, diabetes, cancer, falls... 125k a year die just from medical malpractice. 600k per year from cancer. Life goes on. All a vaccine is is an alternative method for achieving herd immunity. But exposure of low-risk individuals in a controlled manner (through voluntary participation of course) is equally effective. Cases aren't of concern, deaths are, and the death rate is overcounted as well. Doesn't mean we ignore it, but we shouldn't live in fear either. They say it's temporary, but what are the conditions under which the lockdown will be ended? no one seems to know. This is why modern wars never have "victory". The conditions of victory are never defined, and thus we can never know when it is over.
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  265. people swap batteries on their power tools every day. and those batteries have far more stored energy at higher voltages. And when the battery goes bad, you can just go to the store and buy another battery. Remote control vehicles even more so.
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  266. this is illegal behavior, corporatism, anti-competitive behavior.... corporations cannot own nor control everything no matter what they claim.
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  267. intentionally sabotaging our military is literally TREASON!
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  268. Right to Repair needs to be added the the US Constitution.
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  269.  @EnthalpyAndEntropy  Did you know that most NDAs are not alike? Dumb comment. There is no reason for Louis to sign it. He is under no obligation to sign it. Why can't you grasp that fact?
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  270. intentionally sabotaging our military is literally TREASON!
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  271. do these businesses pay property taxes in proportion to the supposed value of their properties?
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  272.  @ghostbirdlary  you're part of the problem with society...
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  273. people are such clean freaks. being too clean constantly weakens your immune system. You can always clean your hands and the phone afterwards.
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  274. sue VISA. they have no right to dictate to businesses what their prices will be. this is illegal. VISA is not the gov, VISA does not have lawmaking abilities, and VISA cannot sue someone for something that is not illegal.
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  275. And NY is in violation of the US Constitution, violating interstate commerce.
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  276. If you buy something outright, and the company takes it back, that is THEFT! That is a CRIME! That is FRAUD! That is breach of CONTRACT!
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  277. there are so many open jobs, that even the loss of businesses during COVID doesn't explain it, as they could easily get new jobs. But it was still wrong what they did to small businesses regardless.
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  278. sometimes that is the cheaper option
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  279. The 2nd, 3rd, etc. owners never signed a contract agreeing to this. The Passengers never signed a contract agreeing to this. This is illegal wire tapping and also a violation of warrantless search.
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  280. if you don't support right to repair, then you cannot claim you're an environmentalist.
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  281. illegal violation of US Constitution via warrantless search
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  282.  @JodyBruchon  agreed
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  283.  @HH-ru4bj  and there is injury, as the car makers admit they intend to fork over your data to police without a warrant. that is a constitutional violation. and when did passengers of the cars get warnings of this terms of service and get a chance to read and agree or disagree to them? I should think they were illegally roped into a contract against their knowledge which is also illegal.
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  284.  @HH-ru4bj  yes, but since it didn't share teh terms with you, as it wouldn't to a second hand owner or passenger, that's not a valid contract under US contract law. if you can't win that case (as I've described) you have a shitty lawyer.
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  285.  @HH-ru4bj  "I think it's logical at this stage assume that any service that is linked to a device that manages personal info is selling your data." wrong, that's not how the law works, especially concerning private property. I have an expectation of privacy in/on my private property. wire tapping is a crime.
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  286.  @HH-ru4bj  " dude, that's not even an arguable point, it's just an opinion. Chill out." that's not a valid argument. the only person losing their cool here is you. you get so emotional over a valid response. it is arguable as vehicles are as much protected by privacy laws as your house. also, cellphone communications, emails and other forms of PRIVATE communication are protected by LAW. Wire Tapping is a CRIME, that is a FACT. Not everyone who these car companies are wire tapping agreed to it. Also, why does a car company need to wire tap a person while using property that Doesn't belong to that company? Contracts in the US cannot be one-sided to remain valid under US contract law. both sides have to get something out of it. and you also cannot sign away your rights under US contract law, even willingly. Also, for a contract to be valid both sides must agree to the terms. Most people linking their phones had NO idea there were terms, and the people linking their phones gets NOTHING of value in return for their loss of privacy. So the contract is criminal and invalid on multiple counts. Just because YOU can't argue it, doesn't make it "not arguable". If it's not arguable, then your views and opinions on it are a religious ideology and not facts-based.
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  287.  @HH-ru4bj  "well, this went off of the rams pretty thoroughly." that's what happens when you derail an argument and stop discussing the topic, and instead you focus on religious ideology and things that have nothing to do with the topic. if you had only stuck to arguing facts and logic, this wouldn't happen. Feel free to resume defending your claims from where we last left off. You were dismissing arguments out-of-hand simply because you disliked them, but you've failed to provide actual facts to counter. You claimed religious dogma, that your religious beliefs are inarguable, and that only your personal opinion matters.
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  288.  @latitude1904 it has no clue who the phone belongs to. if you link to it, it will ask you to accept terms, and if you say yes, even if a passenger, it now reads you private data. for all it knows you just bought a new phone.
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  289. intentionally sabotaging our military is literally TREASON!
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  290. why pay $10/mo for services I already get for free? Ad free, downloading.... I download typically becasue youtube as a habit of censoring, removing, etc. content later. and so I download a copy before that happens, just in case. Youtube brings this on themselves.
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  291. tips are for a person who does something above and beyond. you don't get a tip for simply doing your job.
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  292. I have adblocker off (ads still don't show anyways), and even using chrome, nothing works. Chrome doesn't work, google doesn't work, and youtube doesn't work. you know what I do? stop using Google services. i've been using alternatives instead, with better results. Google is just forcing me to alternative companies, and 'm ok with that.
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  293. there is NOTHING environmentally friendly about HP printers/ink
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  294. as a result of COVID and the gov, I've learned far more about viruses, immunity, vaccine efficacy data, health pertaining to immunity, etc, than I ever knew before. And I actually knew quite a bit even before COVID. But now as a result, I don't plan to get a flu vaccine ever again intentionally either. Why? because of lots of factors, that means my body can be maintained in a healthy manner to avoid needing a vaccine. Never mind the fact that many years they don't guess the correct flu strain and give you a vaccine that wont work on the strain going around. I already have a top notch immune system, and know many ways to continue boosting it and stacking the deck in my favor without the need for vaccines. I am not anti-vaccine. I am anti-mandate and anti-lockdown. I will not force or expect anyone to agree with me or do what I choose to do.
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  295.  @legohexman2858  What are you talking about? if you're selfish and only thinking about yourself going into retirment, then don't wreck it for the rest of us on your way out.
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  296.  @SmartTimesMX  I would do 1 of 2 things, 1) release teh files to the internet for free. 2) make no claims they are compatible with or useful on a Honda, and just claim ignorance that they just happened to work (while ensuring the design is not a copy of Honda's, adding very slight dimensional differences if necessary in places even).
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  297.  @depthcharge6215  you claim DIY caused $5k in repair?
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  298.  @depthcharge6215  Maybe you shouldn't hire DIYers to fix your stuff and go to actual mechanics next time? Don't have to go to Honda to find professional mechanics.
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  299.  @techtutorvideos  then help push to end the war on drugs, and suddenly all that becomes a non factor.
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  300.  @depthcharge6215  I understand certified issues all too well. I am a mechanical engineer, as well as holding licenses and certifications in a host of other fields and careers. DIY implies you're not hiring someone, and you'll just fix it yourself and you're ok with that. Many DIY'ers are FAR more competent and skilled than certified people, others are FAR worse and have no clue what they are doing. But individuals have every right to fix their own car, or their own computer, if they want to, or to take it to repair shops that are not endorsed by the manufacturer. that's what free market capitalism and freedom is all about. It's my stuff, I bought it, and I can do with it as I please and no one can stop me. And sometimes, I'm more qualified to fix things than the "certified" person. They may be certified to repair/service it, but as a mechanical engineer I am the person who invents or designs the thing in the first place. An engineer is more qualified than a mechanic, and so when I encounter things I understand, I'd rather do it myself.
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  301.  @depthcharge6215  "love your narrative spin." What spin? don't go making baseless accusations against people without backing them up. Arguments like this are the last resort of the person who is losing the argument and has no real counter.
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  302. TV would give about 51min of run time per hour, with 9min of ads per hour (look at epsiode run times of your favorite TV shows). Youtube runs closer to 50% of of the total time as ads. I've tried watching a free 1hr tv show episode or movie on youtube "free with ads" will likely have over 30min of ads. I end up turning it off after the second set of ads. The ads aren't placed between scenes, but rather right in the middle of action sequences or critical dialogue. and the adds are typically less than 10min apart the WHOLE show/movie. Unwatchable.
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  303. if i left a state, I would never comply with such nonsense after leaving. i'm not under their authority nor in their jurisdiction anymore.
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  304.  @GamezGuru1  you completely missed the point. I don't rely on warranties. this means 1) I take care of my stuff 2) I'm careful about what I buy (I've been warning people about EVs and their issues for years now) 3) I only buy stuff I can work on and fix myself if necessary. don't blame me for your poor choices in life. We tried warning you and you people just wouldn't listen.
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  305.  @leadpaintchips9461  "TBH warranties are there to show how long they intend for the product to work." exactly, and that's all I use them for, a measuring stick. Same with all those replacement insurance offers you get for things online or in stores (typically for electronics). I never accept, always decline. I take care f my stuff and it Always outlasts the time period covered by at least 2-3x. All that extra insurance adds up to a LOT over time. And I'd never get my money's worth.
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  306. this is why knowing prices and how they fluctuate matters. I understood "The Price is Right" so much better when I became an adult. I know prices before I buy, or I don't buy it. and I know what something costs. and there is no way they are getting to upcharge me by the time i get to the counter. I will resort to photographing prices if I have to as I shop.
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  307. risk of losing market share....
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  308. dealerships are anti-competitive, therefore they should be illegal
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  309. no used EV car market, making EV cars worse for the environment due to increasing waste and consumerism in car buying. According to a recent study, EV cars must be driven something like 80k+ miles before it is better for the environment than ICE cars. But if the car only lasts 5-10yrs, that wont matter. ICE cars last for decades.
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  310. Anti-science mandates with no stated goal/objective. Defunded police being stretched thin. Economy strangled to death by "free" money, inflation, lockdowns, overregulation, etc. Gov conspiracy to help MSM censor science that contradicts their message, and go after political rivals.
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  311. alternate ways to cancel Cancel your payment methods (may hurt your credit score). Don't update payment methods. Tell cards/banks to block transactions from that service. When they try to charge you, they won't be able to, and they'll cancel you by default. Ive done this before multiple times.
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  312. 3:15 that's Exactly what downloading means. if you have to be online to access a file, you have NOT downloaded it. Downloading it means i have a copy of it essentially forever so long as I keep the file on a drive and transfer it to a new drive before it fails.
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  313. they engaged in domestic terrorism
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  314. if Amazon can edit another person's copyrighted material, then we can ignore corporations trademarks and copyrights too.
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  315. the store clerk did the community a favor.
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  316. why would you take the subway and risk violent crime?
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  317. they already sold me the TV, so they should not need to advertise with it
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  318. right to repair is Capitalism 101
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  319. youtube allows channels specific to 3D printing guns
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  320. i don't care what the judge says. it's illegal wire tapping.
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  321. You've brought greater awareness to many people, and that is moving the ball forward.
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  322. You're not even selling the original device. You rebuilt a "new" machine from used parts. These are Frankenstein computers, so to speak. It's like building a computer from scratch/kit and selling them.
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  323. never even knew about many of the adblockers until youtube brought them to my attention
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  324.  @irrelevant_noob  intent is not punishable except in a dystopian nightmare where thought crime is a thing.
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  325.  @irrelevant_noob  Because we know full well they WILL do it. And once they DO do it, it's a crime. So don't give them that kind of power they can abuse in the first place. They already are illegally spying on Americans, illegally searching people's info without warrants, etc. And the laws that protect people's privacy doesn't have an "intent" clause/exception. "PS Also, i think some forms of intent are punishable, and they're called attempted <action>." Wrong Attempt = action Intent =/= action Attempt =/= intent Attempt: "To try to perform, make, or achieve. " As in, trying to perform a crime. Intent: "Something that is intended; an aim or purpose." As in, aimed to commit the crime, but never actually carried it out. Thought about it, but never attempted it. Attempt is the crime, whether it succeeds or fails.
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  326. pretty bad when Amazon feels threatened by a mere individual for merely pointing out what they did.
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  327. nothing wrong with braking, even if only reasonable braking. Hitting it at 100kph is still better and safer than 130kph.
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  328. 12:00 that is EXCELLENT advice people need to hear.
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  329. the car could have easily slowed down as it approached the deer. may still have hit it, but better to hit slower than faster. Software must assume a deer is 100% going to jump in front of a car as it approaches.
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  330. amazon also puts ads on videos you paid for outright
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  331. that's what socialism does. anti-competitive behavior
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  332. IRS going after a single infraction of a large corporation is more cost effective and profitable than nickel and diming thousands of small businesses.
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  333. Amazon is in decline. the shipping is becoming problematic. I've had to file claims/returns on 4 deliveries in the past month. Prices are not as competitive as they used to be. Prime will do anything to push ads.
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  334. as the quality of service declines, alternatives start becoming the primary source.
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  335. I was considering buying on of their printers recently. not now. I don't buy ANYTHING cloud based, and definitely not something that can't work offline and such.
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  336. I saw an increase in stay-at-home parents too, increase in homeschooling.
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  337. isn't rewriting the copyrighted works of others a crime? What gives anyone the right to rewrite the work of an author?
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  338. paid strong men to imtimidate and threaten
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  339. How does reading the gibberish maintenance codes cause harm?
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  340. Volkswagen was not just accessory to kidnapping, but Ransom!
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  341. I agree with this. It's a start. Left: "Green NEW DEAL!!!!", Me: ok, then if a consumer isn't allowed to repair it, it's bad for the environment. Left: "why can't the US be more like Europe?", Me: ok, lets implement Right to Repair protections for consumers. The Leftists selectively choose what they support and don't support, and so can I.
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  342.  @rossmanngroup  I'm making a poor attempt at commenting on how one side claims to be all about the environment. If they truly are, they should be falling down trying to help you and others with Right to Repair. I'm also commenting on how many people I know on the Left constantly use the "lets be more like Europe" argument, except when Europe does things that don't align with their views. Things like this they'll conveniently overlook if it doesn't help their agenda.
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  343.  @Quintinohthree  But what about the US? And if there is so much support, why can't we seem to make progress in the US?
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  344.  @Quintinohthree  Hardly any leftists in high office in the US? You're not looking very closely. But I suppose it also depends on what you and I each mean by "leftists". My friend and I have about a 3-tier description system we use in our personal debates to help us understand what we're talking about at any given time.
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  345. youtube blocking me from viewing was the straw that finally pushed me 100% onto firefox and it's been great.
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  346. Youtube is a publisher, not a platform.
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  347. my family are farmers, I'm an Engineer and we absolutely can, will, and want to be able to fix stuff, and we do.
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  348. Not letting something in, is not the same as taking something. If piracy, then explain the following. Someone is in an apartment (college students?) listening to a video podcast on YouTube, not using adblock. The friends can hear and watch it too, for free. Lets say there are 3 people total. 3 people got to watch the video, for the price of one. Is that piracy? When you post your stuff for free on a public forum, and Google (YouTube) has the adblocker as an extension in chrome even, you don't get to complain if some people are able to view it for free. If I listen to teh radio in my car on teh way too/from work, and change stations when the ads come on, is that piracy too? No, this is NOT piracy at all. Not even close.
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  349. right to repair needs to be an 11th Bill of Rights
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  350. yes, this is corporatism, a form of socialism. And intentionally sabotaging our military is literally TREASON!
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  351. most people posting reviews have no clue what makes something a good product or not. Many review it without ever actually using it first.
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  352.  @gorak9000  Exactly. This is basic electronics stuff. It should not cost an arm and a leg to ask someone to fix it. it should not cost hundreds of dollars to fix a loose hardware connection.
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  353.  @gorak9000  I think most people understanding the Right to Repair movement understands the underlying economic factors at least somewhat. But yes, when your company lacks innovation and only knows how to sell the product that made it successful, then you get stagnation and they resort to such tactics Thing is, such approaches don't actually help the stock price. If a market has become saturated with a product, design a New product, innovate. You think that is the future, but really it's centuries old unimaginative business practices taken to the extreme. But that will only be the future until people like me come along and start disrupting markets with longer lasting products. My mindset is different, I live and breath innovation and red tape makes my blood boil. I like lean and mean operations. I value my employees, customers, and reputation. I know how to avoid stagnation with a business when a successful product market becomes saturated. I also know how to compete in existing markets with quality, longer lasting, and repairable products. But you have to give up the current old fashioned way of thinking. Just selling product in a saturated market wont improve your stock prices. Only innovation will. Apple has stopped innovating, and they (and others) are merely trying to hang on to what they have. Their business practices reek of desperation to stay profitable and relevant.
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  354.  @webkar  I'd heard mention of a heat pump being used. Thanks for the clarification.
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  355. HIPPA violations galore. you can ask, but you can't discriminate if someone refuses to share privileged personal medical information.
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  356. this also violates religious freedoms
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  357. the corporations have bought all of the politicians.
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  358. intentionally sabotaging our military is literally TREASON!
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  359. anti-"right to repair" is anti-environment and pro-consumerism. make people understand this and they'll support right to repair. tap into the climate alarmism to make people support right to repair if necessary
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  360. 2:06 if you knew the facts/science behind CO2 in the atmosphere, you'd believe it was a scam. Never once had a single person, college educated, smart, whatever, debate me and win using hard facts and data on climate change. And I even use IPCC, NOAA, NASA, and others as my primary sources to prove it's all a lie, as well as first principles of Math, Physics, and Chemistry. The science of climate regarding CO2 is actually very simple to understand and well established sciences with studies and evidence going back well over 100yrs.
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  361. it takes a single generation to lose our freedom.
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