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At least as I understand it (and there's a good chance I'm wrong) there's nothing in US law preventing a state from seceding. It was determined that the way the southern states decided to do it in the runup to the civil war was unconstitutional (and possibly treasonous? seditious? Something like that), but there's no law saying a state can't secede. It's just that there's no defined process for it and the only way it has been tried was determined to be wrong.

From what I've read on the topic, there is technically a way it could be done. The country would basically have to follow the same process as passing a constitutional amendment, just with an additional step.

• The state in question would have to pass a ballot measure to secede
• The state house and Senate would have to ratify that measure with a 2/3rds super majority.
• It would have to be passed as a ballot measure by the majority of the country.
• The US house and senate would have to ratify that measure with a 2/3rds super majority.

So, not technically impossible just so difficult that it is effectively impossible.

I typed out the below as a response to you, then reread what you wrote. We might be making the same point just with different words. Hopefully I'm not coming across as overly adversarial.

I think most people on social media, including lemmy, exist in an echo chamber that amplifies specific views to the point that it becomes easy to think those views are much more broadly held then they actually are.

Changing the question around like you suggest might help some people realize that, but I also think that there are a lot of people who think that the views expressed in their slice of social media are actually indicative of broader trends.

I also don't think I'm immune to this effect, but I do feel somewhat compelled to point out specific instances of it when I notice it.

Well, not on a modern Xbox. On the OG XBox however...

At the time I'm writing this there are 78 comments in this comment section. I haven't read all of them, so let's just assume that every single one of those comments represents a unique individual who believes that the Switch 2 and the Steam Deck (and related) are direct competitors.

Given the nature of this platform and community that number is not even remotely surprising. It's also an utterly insignificant number of people.

The overlap between people who would buy a Switch 2 and people who would buy a Steam Deck is a tiny sliver of a Venn diagram. Those are two largely separate categories of gamer.

That's like just your opinion man

You might as well just start insisting that green is actually red, because that is how hilariously, ridiculously, mind-numbingly wrong you are.

Sure, just remember the S in IoT stands for security and IoT devices are just embedded devices connected to the internet.

And the Medical industry is the proof for the rule.

Definitely an unpopular opinion, though I don't disagree with it.

For an additional point of comparison, a brand new N64 cartridge back in 1996 would have been anywhere from $60 to $80. Which based on an inflation calculator would be slightly over $120 to $160 today.

And games are more expensive than ever for studios to make and push to the market. Given that, I'm not surprised we have loot crates, micro transactions, and predatory dlc. A AAA game should have a baseline price closer to $200.

Ireland is probably the friendliest I've been too. The Irish are great people.

Rome (I know, not a country, but I can't comment on the rest of Italy) is probably the least friendly place I've been to. Romans are assholes. It's a very cool city, but the people, especially outside of tourist traps suck.

The Japanese are very polite, respectful, and helpful (almost to a fault) but I'm not sure if I'd generally describe them as friendly.

I would have thought transmen would prefer Python.

!because of it's clearly phallic naming!<

Toa Nokama

PETG is very hygroscopic. It's one of those filaments that you should dry before using every time. Even if it's a freshly opened package.

PPS: ICE cars exploding in flames when shot is a Hollywood myth. Not so much for EVs.

Technically, it's not true double taxation, as you can deduct the taxes you paid in your host country from your American income tax.

It's still shitty, but you ultimately only wind up paying the greater amount of the two tax rates.

That is an excellent episode. It would probably have been my fourth pick. That or Arena, the Gorn don't get enough love and while the episode is cheesy (more so then the rest of TOS), it's a classic. But I had to go with Mirror, Mirror. The mirror universe episodes in any trek are some of my favorites.

Burrito Factory does make some excellent burritos, but I'd actually recommend Burrito Heaven over them. Unless you specifically want a breakfast burrito. It is hard to beat Burrito Factory's breakfast burritos.

Out of curiosity, which of your three TOS episodes did I miss?

TNG: Drumhead, I, Borg, and Chain of command (or if you don't want a two parter, take your pick of Q who, Measure of a Man, or Yesterday's Enterprise)

DS9: In the Pale Moonlight, Inquisition, and It's Only a Paper Moon.

VOY: Living Witness, Tuvix, and Year of Hell (or again, if you don't want a two parter, go for Tinker Tenor Doctor Spy)

TOS: The Devil in the Dark, The City on the Edge of Forever, and Mirror Mirror.

ENT: Similitude, Regeneration, and In a Mirror Darkly (don't really have a good non-two parter to suggest over In a Mirror, Enterprise doesn't have a lot of great standalone episodes IMO)

Movies: if you want to use these as examples, The Wrath of Khan for TOS and First Contact for TNG.

And I don't really have a list for LD, PIC, DIS, SNW, or PRO.

Edit: for VOY, I might actually put Author, Author over Tinker, Tenor, Doctor, Spy.

Last time I wore shorts I had some teenager come up to me, gesture at my legs, shout "the beacons are lit," and then run off laughing with his friends.

Not everyone has a passport.