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      No problem on my end with this server and Voyager iOS, USA

      I suspect it’s because our admin The_Dude is exceptional, and so is AEHarding Voyager dev

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          Ive seen a few over the last week also. Not sure what is causing it. 99.9% of pics are fine…

          They dont show on Boost either, so I dont think its a client issue. Some bug in picture federation…

          {“code”:“command-failure”,“msg”:“ffprobe Failed with exit status: 1”}

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          I’ve run into a few today as well, pics in the comments, the net here was slow and last week they did open eventually, but today I see the gap for a pic in some threads but nothing loads, standard web client def not in UK hehe

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    There is no better, quicker way to turn a dyed-in-the-wool, rugged-individualist, capitalist American into a raging communist than to mention anything to do with their cars: Gas (should be cheap), highway lanes (no tolls and MOAR!), or parking (free parking was the 3rd commandment).

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    It is kind of crazy how price controls suddenly become fashionable when there’s a shortage. Like yeah, that’s how this whole “supply and demand” thing works!

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      From both a moral and an economical perspective, price controls on oil in the US would make tons of sense right now.

      • The US oil producers have done nothing to deserve the current arbitrary price windfall. So morally acceptable
      • The US economy would do much better without the price increase

      The US is self sufficient with oil, so technically there is no problem with shortages if price controls were put into place.

      But as Krugman said, in the current political environment, such price controls are simply not being considered. The US is run by free market morons.

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    These idiots will never link this to (hyper)capitalism and megacorps and let alone think of alternatives remotely different from the current status quo.

    Gas prices may affect the midterm votes though and they may vote against the extremist right wing candidates and for the liberal right wing candidates, which I guess is a small win.

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      Gas prices may affect the midterm votes though and they may vote against the extremist right wing candidates and for the liberal right wing candidates, which I guess is a small win.

      And then flip right back when gas doesn’t magically become $1 per gallon and the nazi-pedophile coalition promises them $1/gallon gas.

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    americans are too docile and subjugated to think remotely like this i fear

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      America got conned by the monorail guy. But they didn’t even need the show and dance and the charismatic guy, they just saw a fat idiot and were like: you racist? Yes? Get in there.

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        False, monorails are a form of public transit which is inherently COMMUNIST and must be eliminated (except for spectacle, we have them in Las Vegas and Disney)

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    Or do things like Europe, with policies focused on the citizens and a reasonable free healthcare . But whatever…

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      Not to them it’s not. Proportionally, it’s more than what many can afford. Just like how your fuel prices are dirt cheap to someone living in Hong Kong.