Katana314 @ Katana314 @lemmy.world

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"In power"? In a perfect world he'd never again be on this side of a prison cell!!

Don’t worry, the price will go up when you buy games to run on it.

The game pricing argument goes back and forth for me. Yes, on paper, you could say that inflation suggests games should go up in price, especially considering how many more developers are needed to put out high-fidelity games. BUT, on the other hand, the minimum wage has not raised significantly in all of that time. As a result, a significant number of gamers genuinely can't pay more for games than they could 20+ years ago. The reason these larger studios exist is because of gaming's expanded reach in that time; and many of these new target territories similarly can't pay for the equivalent of $80USD.

There's maybe only about 1-2 games I've ever even paid the $70 price tag for.

How will those old joycons charge? Is the Switch 2 able to have S1 joycons slide in without using the magnet?

120 and 4K are often claimed on console specs but are rarely achieved within games. At best it will be capable of that when playing Netflix or streaming.

I’m curious what other people’s main gripe is (likely emulation fights?) For my own, it’s when they enacted an assault on Garry’s Mod assets.

That domain never did anything to harm their brand and was a source for tons of fan content. Emulation has its murky arguments about capitalism, but going after GMod was just litigation and harm for its own sake.

The condemnations are lukewarm because at best they wouldn’t accomplish much. For all the effort voting out Chuck and finding a replacement, Republicans would have full focus on special elections.

We all know for all intents AOC and JCrockett are the leaders of the Democratic Party currently. A title would not change that to a significant degree. Neither of them has encouraged focus on Schumer, and I imagine there’s good reason for that.

I’m all for finding inspiring new candidates - but we don’t actually gain all that much by dragging down the pretty bad ones - and I fully agree they’re bad, especially when their seats are not up for election. The house has a lot of seats to claim.

I once had a bad sandwich at a shitty sandwich shop. I said it was bad. I just don’t devote time and energy to warning everyone away from the shop. I’m finding better sandwiches. This is the challenge of building yourself off what inspires you rather than what you hate.

Something I want to highlight, because I know it'll come up (even if just in people's minds) is democratic betrayals and silence, eg on the budget CR.

Chuck Schumer likely betrayed the Dems either for financial institutions and "stability", or for state safety and cowardice. The former is scummy, and pretty much grants him all the hate he deserves. The latter is also plausible, and perhaps more excusable (still betraying our wishes) in that millions of people who hadn't been following politics would hear smear tactics against Democrats. Plus, it would shut down the courts which is the one area of frequent victory.

I'm not making that case because I agree with it, especially now that courts are faltering, just that someone good but scared could believe it. And even if you assume the worst of Chuck, think about the motivations that put most Democrats in place across the country. A good number of them aren't going to capitulate to the silence/financial appeasement.

If you want a better solution: Research democratic candidates before you vote for them. I've been phone banking for Susan Crawford, and while everything I see about her is good, I do get worried by the voter response of "Oh, I always vote Democrat!" Someday, for some people, that will not be a good idea. For some 80% of them, it is. And if the House is ever 80% democrat, it won't matter that 20% of them are spineless.

No. Republicans filibustered overnight on medical care as well.

...Oh, wait, that was Ted Cruz speaking against the ACA.

Out of concern for how much the “Bible Belt” throws in with Israel’s Zionist bullshit, I did some basic searches on the topic, and the discussion was a bit different than I thought it’d be.

People need a place to belong. For many, they have communities in cities that fit. For rural areas, it’s one thing to say “Stop listening to that televangelist ordering you to deposit your savings”, but you’d need something else to take that place - something to believe in.

That’s where more progressive preachers, people similar to the current pope, are shaming themselves for not stepping up enough, recognizing people’s needs and being genuine voices of compassion; not trying to be the economic “immigrants pay taxes” or scientific “colleges fuel cure research” voice, but the “Be good to your neighbor” voice.

So even though I’m not a believer, I’m at least seeing the way churches can bring communities together rather than leave all one’s connections to Facebook. The important thing is what sort of voice is unifying them - because by god, there’s a million ways to pervert the message of any major religion into one of hate.

Ugh. I suppose I can only feel grateful that Tencent's stake is only in this subsidiary? I've already done as much as I can to divorce from Epic Games from Tencent's 40% stake in them.

And yet, famous Japanese creators don't understand the hate, and see it as a vocal minority. https://www.dexerto.com/assassins-creed/legendary-japanese-dev-says-normal-people-dont-care-about-assassins-creed-shadows-controversy-3168442/

I would be doing the same, but I decided to drop off fascist Twitch - just YouTube streams, and whoever cross-streams to Noice for me. (And, the latter doesn't have ads!)

Never forget Top Gear’s episode racing through the center of London. Results as follows:

1. Bicycle
2. Boat
3. Tube (public transit)
4. Car

It wasn’t even really close.

Mobility issues are the first dog whistle of car pros, and the first point to be dissected entirely.

Handicapped people have tools they use to navigate an office floor, and they use those same tools to cross from their apartment to the corner store. Building pedestrian-friendly cities and encouraging low-speed transport like bikes and trams helps them too.

Many handicap users also can’t drive cars, meaning public transit options suited to their common routes are a godsend. Advocates of bikes often encourage having that whole setup, so people can pick between walking, biking, or trains as needed.

“Why did you put transgender people in this thing? Why did you make it divisive?”
“Wait. Walk that back. Why do you think that adding transgender people makes something divisive?”

The bigotry is hidden in the questions, but they’re not hiding so successfully anymore.

You could also make this point with illegal immigrants.

With ICE simply looking for "Anyone they can excuse grabbing", all violent/gang-affiliated immigrants have to do is exercise basic caution, and ICE will miss them completely. If they have enemies, or witnesses in immigrant communities that could testify against them, all they have to do is leave ICE a tip against that person.

The horrific absurdity is that even Trump was beginning sentences with "Somebody should ..." AFTER he became president.

They are too used to the conspiracy-theorist, "humble-truth-finder" mindset EVEN when they are at the top.

One place that there's still a lot of defiance is from lawyers and judges. There's still scary stories there about attorney intimidation and even surrender, but courts are often winning against him. Brian Cohen recently interviewed Marc Elias who resolved not to cater to threats, and even Chief Justice Roberts gave a warning to Trump over his attempts to use bullying instead of normal appellate process.

Aha! Just like my local food bank didn't lose funding - it just didn't receive its next funding installment! Good job on the useless pedantry, Batman!