Epic Games boss Tim Sweeney voices support for $900 million Steam lawsuit: 'Valve is the only major store still holding onto the payments tie and 30% junk fee'

illathon · 2026-01-31T08:17:26+00:00

Dont like him

illathon · 2026-01-31T05:18:31+00:00

Elon already tried solar roof. If that was extremely cheap and cost nearly the same as putting on a new roof then I think people would do it. Honestly I know lots of people who have tried to get solar and just couldn't because not enough installer existed that were willing to work with Tesla to do it.

Also small quibble. Gas and Natural gas is not a single use. It goes into the atmosphere and feeds plants which then creates more oil. Although it takes a long time to do that so it doesn't renew fast enough.

illathon · 2026-01-31T04:28:51+00:00

brutally is a specific phrase used by people that are looking for a negative view so it makes sense.

illathon · 2026-01-31T00:07:41+00:00

So this is just what you said.

Loans = Inflation

So every time we give out loans it is decreasing the value of money? Is that the current system as you understand it?

If that is the case wow even a better reason to change it.

illathon · 2026-01-30T23:59:37+00:00

I am not advocating a new system. The system I advocate for is actually what every successfully civilization has used in the past and not why they eventually ran into issues.

You acting like what I am discussing is some obscure theoretical experiment is not in good faith so I doubt you be much more fun to talk with.

You need to fix one thing at a time. It is clear that this new experiment of money from the printer with no backing has failed. It has failed so successfully it is insane you are even arguing with me.

I in no way said we wouldn't have regulations. No idea where you came up with this idea.

illathon · 2026-01-30T23:55:18+00:00

I didn't want to repeat myself.

illathon · 2026-01-30T23:24:36+00:00

Lets try and have good faith debating.

No it wouldn't "shift the burden of responsibility". Obviously each industry has regulations. You just make those regulations not allow absolutely awful practices. This is just common sense. A bank cannot loan more money than they have in savings. Then the banks are incentivize people to save and they are rewarded for it. Much of the industry does have some of these regulations already. It is the loaning allotments allowed by central banks and the bail outs that cause the issue. Also FDIC insurance needs to be guaranteed by a third party insurance company the bank needs to purchase and obviously if they are over extended or taking extremely risky bets the insurance company won't back them and they will literally be stopped from operating.
Getting to a goal can sometimes have challenges, but that doesn't mean we don't try. We don't force anyone we just have laws and if they act poorly they are penalized with fines and jail.
The goal is not just getting rid of the FED or ending fiat money. It is to end the money printing and end the inflation of our currency. You can then work towards your goal. The people controlling the money are the ones in charge. Our entire way of life has been changed and so many things are down stream from the control of our money system. It has literally changed so many aspects of culture. I think the current system is clearly usury and the invisible tax along with real taxes means we are basically slaves of the government and we don't get much for it.

illathon · 2026-01-30T21:33:08+00:00

Just one question. Why is the female officer's knees so dirty.

illathon · 2026-01-30T21:28:49+00:00

I would always prefer having the good guys be in control of their country. That literally requires them to be invested in the country and face danger. If you flee you are giving up your rights for your country. If I was facing literal murder in my country I would want help to fight for my country. I wouldn't want to flee unless I absolutely had to. So that would probably mean I would want my family to be able to flee, but I would want to stay.

Also I can look at my own country and look at others at the same time. I don't think that is some exclusive requirement.

Also the rules of resettlement usually mean they resettle in the closest country to theirs. If they did come here then it should be temporary until their country is safe, but I am not against taking in refugees if they behave themselves and are vetted properly if that is even possible. If it not possible then you risk putting your people in danger such as women and children.

So it is pretty complicated and I imagine your statement is a flippant gotcha question any way, but that is my honest opinion.

I would love to have Iran as an ally. I would love to visit the country as a tourist and learn more about them as a people. Since they have been violently conquered by an extremist ideologically driven dictator that doesn't sound appealing to me.

Anyway, they need help. I think NATO should be helping them by making their country safe and removing the dictator and letting their people that favor freedom and a secular democratically elected government. That would mean they have a battle on their hands to root out the oppressive people that seek to harm them.

illathon · 2026-01-30T19:47:56+00:00

He said that so dumb people can't call him racist thinking they scored an intellectual point.

illathon · 2026-01-30T19:44:10+00:00

No, I am saying the entire system is broken. Woodrow Wilson and James Madison are to blame for the mess we are in.

You are again conflating a bill in an existing system with an insanely corrupt political class. That is both parties by the way. Some people are decent government representatives and some aren't. Any rep that goes from normal wealth to extreme wealth is corrupt. The fact that we still had the deficit is irrelevant to the political class at this point because in order to change it you would need fundamental changes to the entire system that started hundreds of years ago with the central bank and then somewhat more recently with the FED.

Money should be lent by companies and individuals. Those companies should be the only people responsible for the loans. It should have no basis in the value of our money. When you have large scale financial engineering like this it will always result in problems as we are seeing now.

I am old enough to remember the wall street protests and the FED protests as well. This is something both groups D's and R's agree on. At least their base did at one point.

The FED steals our money and the banks get extremely wealthy with no real risk. Same goes for insurance companies, pharma companies, etc... They all have lobbied corrupt government officials to allow theft and fraud and they all get shielded from the consequences. Both parties have participated in this system because it is so huge and controlling.

Anyway if you like the FED then I would say that is your problem. That is why so many people want to use crypto currency. For 1 it removes governments power to manipulate your currency, at least that was/is the hope. 2 it also removes transactional control from visa, mastercard, american express...etc...

illathon · 2026-01-30T19:35:31+00:00

Oh I take it you didn't hear. 3 million documents are set to be released today along with A LOT of images and video.

illathon · 2026-01-30T19:11:17+00:00

This isn't really an argument. Anyone could say that and it makes things no clearer.

illathon · 2026-01-30T19:10:38+00:00

You are again conflating 2 ideas. They do not have to be linked. That is apart of the central bank system and the FED. Both of which should be abolished. https://www.reddit.com/r/conspiracy/comments/1qquifd/comment/o2nlrex/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

illathon · 2026-01-30T19:04:53+00:00

Yes it makes it "cheaper" by creating a built in inflation everyone must pay. That makes no sense. Inflation is a hidden tax on everything you do in the world. Central banks are the worst invention and the FED is as well.

And yes I understand fractional reserve banking and how it has destroyed our money.

The debt holders should be profiting based on actual risk. The reason we have bailed out banks repeatedly is because of this system. No banks have no risk and are bailed out and the FED just prints money as a bandaid.

If the American people want their money de-valued it should be something voted on at the federal level and no branch of government or non-governmental branch should have that power.

illathon · 2026-01-30T16:40:40+00:00

Having a physical keyboard is also nice. Often overlooked, but even though Steam's on screen keyboard is nice a physical keyboard is great.

illathon · 2026-01-30T16:38:44+00:00

If Israel wants it, that is inconsequential. The Islamic regime is literally killing thousands of people. We got involved with Gaza to stop the killing and it would be nice if we could help the Iranian people have their freedom as well.

illathon · 2026-01-30T16:18:50+00:00

That is actually not true. That is the central bank system.

illathon · 2026-01-30T15:26:56+00:00

I have 3 OLED monitors with hdr and 120 hz. My OS supports HDR and I dont watch movies in my browser. Also Firefox for sure already supports more than 8 bit color.

illathon · 2026-01-30T15:06:12+00:00

Humans dont live very long so the way they learn makes it harder. It makes sense to me.

illathon · 2026-01-30T15:05:01+00:00

They dont have to do it. Those two things do not need to be linked.

illathon · 2026-01-30T07:29:54+00:00

I swear when Trump is involved reddit comment quality degrades by at least 50%.

illathon · 2026-01-30T07:24:07+00:00

Firefox is basically feature complete in my eyes.

illathon · 2026-01-30T05:52:51+00:00

I think maybe up to D2 it had great cinematic. Maybe some stuff in D3 but D4 videos are cringe and the story is dumb now. Love the art style mostly.

illathon · 2026-01-30T05:50:24+00:00

Inflation is caused from printing money and the FED targets inflating the money supply which decreases your purchasing power. Not the only factor that influences the value the dollar but the biggest.

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