PonyOfWar @ PonyOfWar @pawb.social

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The little icon directly on the right next to the "leftist infighting" title.

Same on the desktop web interface. Just a regular locked post, with the lock icon.

Basically a person being paid to fight in a war in a foreign country without being part of the military. I immediately thought of the Chinese mercenaries fighting in Ukraine for Russia. In many countries, becoming a mercenary is highly illegal, here in Germany it could even cost you your citizenship.

ProtonDB is generally quite helpful to find tweaks and fixes for games to run on Linux.

I haven't used Lutris, but through Steam/Proton, installing a patch is basically as simple as changing the executable path from the game .exe to the patch .exe and then changing it back after the patch was installed.

the screen either gets a line in it where the fold is or delaminates.

Delamination is the factory installed screen protector, which can be replaced, not the screen itself.

I've been using a Flip 4 for the past 2 years now. It's great having a phone that can easily fit in my pants' pockets. The fragility thing is overblown IMO. I take it with me on hikes and mountainbike tours. The screen is still pristine. Only the factory-installed screen protector started showing some hairline cracks along the crease a few months ago, so I just replaced it. Not getting a slab phone again if I can help it.

My parents were not that much younger when I was born. FWIW I'm happy to exist and had a good childhood. My dad died when I was 29, which was tough of course, but he was still there for me until I "stood on my own 2 feet".

QWERTZ, which is just the standard layout for Germany. It switches out Y and Z, adds Umlauts and changes the positions of various special characters.

I'm curious, what made you switch to AZERTY?

Making my gaming space more comfortable. I work at home on my desk, so I'm also often tired of sitting there when I'm done with work. A few months ago, I purchased a projector, which I can use while comfortably sitting in an armchair. Playing games on a 100 inch projector screen just makes them look way more impressive as well, even though my normal screen is technically better in every way. I also play on my couch using my Steam Deck.

I'd say yes, as long as they're tolerant of their children questioning those beliefs and developing their own later on in life. Parents will always make an impression on their kids, that's just what being a parent is. It can get more nuanced of course. Teaching your kids homophobia is unethical, but that's regardless of whether it's for religious or other reasons.

Charging (for example while using the kickstand) and connecting accessories, like the camera.

it was not meant to be the MSRP of the Mario Kart bundle but a general actually-sold-as value based on what retailers are listing the normal Switch 2 as.

It can readily be preordered for MSRP though. Example

Why does this use the MSRP of the Mario Kart World bundle (509,99€) instead of just the console (469,99€)?

There were many events over the last few years that brought us closer to a potential WW3, but I don't think the market crash will play a major role in that regard, no.

The jobs you list would definitely not fall under the common definition of unskilled labor. Most of them are trades.

Basically our entire daily life would have been absolutely unthinkable for 99.9% of human history. Light and hot showers whenever we want them. Instant communication with the other side of the planet. Thinking machines with the entirety of Human knowledge in our pockets.

Assassin's Creed. The actual gameplay is almost never as interesting as just walking around a meticulous recreation of ancient civilizations as a digital tourist.

Work experience

Aside from London (where I didn't really talk to anyone but my sister who lives there), I spent 2 weeks traveling solo by train around England, staying in Bath, Shrewsbury, York and Scarborough and visiting some of the surrounding towns and villages. I'm sure it helped that it's a country where I have a good grasp of the local language unlike, say, Italy, where I could barely make myself understood. But I had lots of random friendly conversations with strangers in the UK and no negative experiences at all. Way more friendly than the average German for sure.

Big-city people are generally less friendly, so I do believe you that it's a different matter for London. It's the same for e.g. Tokyo, where people are way more cold than in the rest of Japan. And I guess you get a different perspective as a local than as a visitor. Several people in this thread have mentioned Germany, which does surprise me as a German.

It will have an effect on other countries, but fuck up the US economy the worst. Other countries have the benefit of having 190+ other countries to do trade with. Over the next few years, they will increasingly go for alternatives to whatever they've previously traded with the US. Thanks to the stable genius, the US will permanently be left poorer, while other countries will soon have economic growth again.