edge [he/him]

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Cake day: September 24th, 2022

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  • I knew it was bad but I didn’t realize it was that bad.

    it is possible to draw conclusion about human behavior that are both objective and universal.

    I thought the whole “rational actor” thing came with the implication that it’s your fault if you don’t act rationally (which is already bullshit ofc), not an assumption that everyone does act rationally. They actually think they can universally predict human behavior?

    Austrian [economists] argue that… empirical data cannot falsify economic theory.

    “My theory is perfect. I can predict exactly what people will do. If my predictions are wrong that doesn’t prove my theory wrong. Nothing can prove my theory wrong because it’s not.”













  • If Stop Killing Games actually becomes some sort of law in the EU, it will be interesting to see how it intersects with this kind of thing.

    They sold you software (and the hardware it came on) that you can no longer use because they shut down their servers. Why should the fact that it’s software for a smart device instead of a game make a difference? A Stop Killing Games law, if worded as “software” instead of “games” which seems likely, would directly apply here.

    Could we trick the EU into passing sweeping consumer protections for all licensed software because they think it’s just for video games?