I literally won a “silent but deadly” award at a company retreat
That's actually a pretty cool thing for them to recognize. Awards and things more often seem to go to the people who talk the most / loudest, just because they're the ones people remember, but having an explicit acknowledgement that they recognize the value in what you're saying is pretty neat.
The incidents came as the IDF said it was bolstering troop numbers and ramping up defensive efforts in the West Bank to prepare for the expected release of nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners under the deal, amid fears that those freed could return to violence or spur others to do so.
"Those prisoners could return to being violent after we release them! Let's pre-emptively become continue being violent ourselves in protest of this possibility!"
https://12ft.io/ is faster than archive.is and doesn't actually archive the page. In cases where you just want to read it and don't want to waste server space on it, it's maybe a better option.
It's worth noting that Risk of Rain 1 and 2 are very different games (3rd person 3D vs. 2D side scroller), and both are good - so if 2 didn't grab you, maybe check out 1 and see if that's more your thing. (The remastered version has a lot of nice QOL stuff and some new game modes and items.)
“Republicans want to sanction the ICC simply because they don’t want the rules to apply to everyone,” said Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Massachusetts) on the House floor on Thursday.
McGovern highlighted that Republicans are moving to erode human rights while ignoring urgent issues within the U.S.
“We have a natural disaster unfolding in California right this second…. We have a gun violence epidemic, as we see massacres in our schools nearly every single day. And families are unable to make ends meet because they’re being ripped off by billionaire corporations,” said McGovern. “All those challenges, and this is what the out of touch elitist billionaire Republican party wants to waste time on. Sanctioning the ICC.”
I liked Jim McGovern already, but I like him more, now.
That's a fair point, but they could have been up front about it, or at least adjusted their advertising some. They basically told consumers "We'll get you the best deal, and if we don't find one, it doesn't exist", which is a spurious claim anyway, but it surely misled people. They could have just said "We'll see if we have any coupon codes available" or something less committal. There still would have been a lot of value for regular consumers... if you weren't using a coupon code, 5% off is better than nothing and if they weren't being dicks about the referral links, nobody likely would have cared in the slightest.
If they'd just been a little less greedy, and only inserted their affiliate link for purchases where none was originally present, and actually provided the service they advertised rather than 'partnering' with merchants to provide worse coupons, they'd probably never have gotten caught and if they had, nobody would have cared. Could have skimmed a significant but lesser amount forever. But no, they had to go full on villain, and here we are.
As someone who just has no interest whatsoever in competitive multiplayer games (even 'passive' competitive, like this sounds to be), or live service titles, I feel completely left behind by AAA developers. It's a good thing the indie scene is so vibrant, or I'd just have to find a new hobby at this point.
That's actually a pretty cool thing for them to recognize. Awards and things more often seem to go to the people who talk the most / loudest, just because they're the ones people remember, but having an explicit acknowledgement that they recognize the value in what you're saying is pretty neat.