Companies pay big bucks for timed exclusivity though. If reverse timeshifting was legal, movie theaters would go bankrupt. I feel like this wouldn’t hold up.
If I were to steal cable, I would be using the cable company’s resources to deliver content to my house without paying for it. If I were to set up an inductor under a power line to steal power, I would be depriving the power company of power they could have sold to somebody else without giving them anything in return.
When I torrent something, I don’t even put any additional load on Netflix’s servers. With their current monetization scheme I don’t even make the show’s producers any less money.
I’m a fan of Toys For Tots as a direct alternative. They don’t accept money; you just buy a toy and put it in the donation bin, and they distribute them
The gourmet has not proven that it is impossible to make a decision, only that it is impossible to make an optimal one. In order to do that, he would have to collect data, presumably by patronizing the restaurant multiple times and ordering the same dish each time with different quantities of cheese.
Had the waiter simply reminded the gourmet of this, he would have generated possibly substantial additional revenue for the restaurant, not to mention substantial savings on cheese. It is therefore my recommendation that
Don’t forget the entire section that’s literally just “big pharma is a scam and medical degrees are an excuse to sell you drugs”. no Sharon I am pretty sure ADHD is real
WHEN WILL YOU PEOPLE LEARN THAT EVERYTHING IS POLITICAL?
The libre software movement has the stated goal of making a political statement. Your decision to exclude discussion of a certain ideology in a certain forum is itself a political decision. It is turtles all the way down.
The 'ol 1 2 (mander.xyz)
If purchasing isn’t owning, then piracy isn’t stealing (fosstodon.org)
I am ashamed that I hadn’t reasoned this through given all the rubbish digital services have pulled with “purchases” being lies.
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link to article: nytimes.com/…/uae-cop28-documents-al-jaber.html...
Hey, the A.I said it not me. (sh.itjust.works)
Get outta my face! (lemmy.ml)
my sweater (lemmy.sdf.org)
Bruh (startrek.website)
soak and jump hump (feddit.de)
Well (lemmy.ml)
There is an endless supply (lemmy.world)
Accurate? (lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz)
No excuses (startrek.website)
More Parmesan? - Existential Comics (existentialcomics.com)
Original: existentialcomics.com/comic/526
A masterpiece about our society, all the burdens and manipulation, and breaking free from it (tux.social)
I consider this a meme, as it is graphically depicting emotions we all share.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news but it's not happening (lemmy.world)
It's OK if you cry (infosec.pub)
It's *fucking raw* (lemmy.zip)
Steve Balmer quotes (infosec.pub)
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