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If IQ is biased to skills that make a society advanced and competitive, is it really a bad way of measuring intelligence?
Re:'My son spent £3,160 in one game' on Monday July 15, 2019 @04:20PM (#20444812)
>he managed to download Clash of Clans through a Google Play account, enter his own children's bank card details and buy lots of in-game items.

Wait, why the fuck does a 12 year old child have a bank card?

Re:Epic Games Supports Blender Foundation with $1.2M on Monday July 15, 2019 @01:59PM (#20443416)
Quote on that?

Also, there's Wine and ReactOS, no? Aren't those two alternative (even if somewhat incomplete) implementations of Win32?

Re:Don't donate canned goods to food banks (2017) on Monday July 15, 2019 @01:04PM (#20442812)
Exactly. Reminds me of panhandlers who ask for money to buy food. But if you give them food they refuse to take it. Yeah, right...
The word "racism" does not mean what you think it means.
You are completely right. "regime" has clear bad connotations.

Gizmodo is a left-wing outlet so this kind of snark is to be expected.

I like btrfs. It's made subvolumes (/ and /home) and snapshots (which I religiously take before any major updates) ridiculously easy.