BombOmOm @ BombOmOm @lemmy.world

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Russia shoots down a civilian airliner, killing many civilians, and they have the gall to say shit like this? Have y'all considered shit like this is why people don't like Russia?

Of course they would want to play down speculation on why a civilian jet suffered shrapnel damage while flying in Russian airspace, leading to many civilian deaths. There is really only one way that happens....

Yep. And that hypothesis (evidenced by the shrapnel damage) isn’t even claiming a conspiracy. Merely that a Russian AA crew fucked up….again.

Yeah, I have some EBL brand 1.5v rechargeable batteries since the VR handsets I own are pretty sensitive to low voltage. They were unfortunately a bit more expensive than regular 1.2v rechargeables.

What isn’t racist if even dinner-time is racist?

If you got that 30% haircut just before you needed to sell

Yep. They key part is to invest for 20, 30, 40 years, where those consistent 10-20% gains compound and vastly outweigh the occasional 30% losses. Even if you had invested at the worst time in 2007, you are currently up 285%.

Put money into index funds every paycheck and don't sell them for 30 years. Compounding returns are damn strong. And yes, lots of people do it, it is the most straightforward and common strategy.

Investing money generates more production and profits, it is very much so not a zero-sum game. There is good reason the average standard of living has increased dramatically over history, and it has increased faster in modern economies with strong monetary availability and movement, something investing directly contributes to.

Andor was surprisingly good, and the only thing Disney put out in the Star Wars universe I would ever recommend someone watch.

There certainly isn't a 'grand idea' for how the universe looks. Even the most recent trilogy didn't seem to have a grand idea of what itself was going to portray. It fees like Disney is looking at the IP on a yearly or quarterly basis, and not where it needs to be in 5 or 10 years.

My enthusiasm for the IP has been completely destroyed at this point; and I'm not the only one.

The average American not feeling the economy doing well was one of the main reasons Biden/Harris was voted out. People didn't want more of the same.

That's what the lessons are for!

I remember back when Halo 3 and 4 were out for one Microsoft gaming platform (Xbox), but not the other (Windows); and Halo 2 for Windows was a disaster area (Games for Windows Live, ugh). Went on like that for years and years. I just couldn't figure out why even first party Microsoft games were not available on both Microsoft platforms.

I would have bought the Halos in a heartbeat from a Windows-locked store back then. Though, I'm glad that by the time they launched an official MS store (and much, much later released Halo 3+ for the PC, and Halo 2 in a way that didn't suck), I was already souring on Microsoft as a company and didn't want to lock myself into a platform-specific store.

who the heck even buys gas leaf blowers anymore

Gas blowers are about half the purchase price. And in this 'first thing I looked up' match up, are slightly better speced and higher rated.

Since y'all aren't sharing a room, closing your door and speaking softly is usually sufficient. Make sure you have a mic that rests in front of your mouth, and isn't setting far away on your desk. That way it can pick you up easily.

Exactly, every time I say 'I'm thinking of putting up a Factorio server, you want in?', they are significantly less likely to be playing (or paying for) the newest game that has kernel-level access. Why, because we are playing Factorio for the next few weeks together and Factorio is fun.

Factorio isn't the only game we play, but the point is to reinforce yours. If you are playing fun game x, your friends are more likely to play x instead of something else. Even if they have no care about Kernel-Level access, the fact you do affects their buying (and playing) patterns.

First of all, plenty of people would be happy to self-host a game for their friends, if they were still allowed the option.

Exactly! Me and my friends often play on modded Factorio servers that one of us hosts. This is only possible because the developer doesn't lock things down to only the first-party (official) servers.

We don't play with cheaters either (you aren't getting invited to our server if you are). We play with our friends because it is fun, in a way no official server could hope to work.

Why would they listen to your personal complaint if you, singular, are going to buy it anyway? Your voice only matters to a company if it means you won't buy their product otherwise. Don't buy the game, then tell them why you didn't.

If the screens were as durable as the non-foldables, foldable phones would be the obvious choice. They protect the screen by putting it on the inside and are pretty satisfying to close.

With that said, I don't forsee a technology that lets them get the screens nearly as durable as non-foldable screens. So, like you said, will almost certainly remain a niche feature.

Yea, it's amazing how fast this can go down. Been F5ing Live UA map every few hours the last few days and almost every time there were notable changes.

This also cements Russia's loss of their only notable Mediterranean port.

https://syria.liveuamap.com/en/2024/8-december-03-syrian-armed-opposition-the-free-syrian-people