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  • The implication is that the complainant is in an airport, and airports use PA announcements for things - in this case, trying to get some logic to the complainant so they understand that the airplane bathrooms are also 'all gender' and their complaint isn't logical

  • It happens regularly. The most notable 'tidy' example I can think of would be when the Governments of US and Canada 'bailed out' General Motors. They did exactly what I'm talking about; they created a new legal entity called NGMCO Inc. which purchased almost all the Assets of the 'old' GM, including trademarks, names, websites, etc.

    The key here is that the selling company was bankrupt. In such a case, the creditors want to try to get money back out of their 'investment' so the asset sale is done to cover debts. Selling liabilities generally doesn't raise money for those creditors, so often after the money is all sucked out, whatever remaining liabilities exist are functionally void. Legally they remain until the corporation is dissolved, but with no ability to act on the liabilities (ie., no money to pay) this doesn't functionally matter.

    The 'old' GM changed it's name to 'Motors Liquidation Company' and retained the liabilities. Shareholders of the 'old' GM were left holding the bag, so to speak. Technically, it was further split into trusts to 'handle' liabilities, but realistically 'old' GM sputtered out holding liabilities while 'new' GM carried on with minimal penalty.

    You can have less 'tidy' cases as well, where substantial parts of a company are sold in an asset sale/purchase but leave behind a working company. In those cases the liabilities are not functionally abandoned. Disney purchasing FOX, for example.

    Further reading:

    https://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/asset-sales.asp

    https://www.reuters.com/article/oldgm-exit-idUSN3121109620110331/?feedType=RSS&feedName=cyclicalConsumerGoodsSector&rpc=43

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General_Motors_Chapter_11_reorganization

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acquisition_of_21st_Century_Fox_by_Disney

  • I've got an old HP all-in-one I've considered strapping a GPU to for some encoding tasks (plex / frigate) but also for shits and giggles.

    I did this with a prodesk 600g1. Apart from the hole in the lid, no changes required to the system. (Stock bios, etc.) It does require a separate power supply for the GPU, but it works. I ran it for a while as a portable gaming desktop (switched out the 4130T for a 4770) and it - to my surprise, worked well.

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  • Currently there are physical collector editions, that don't actually have a game on disc, just a download code.

    I bought the BG3 deluxe edition, which promises game on disk, soundtrack, etc.

    They delivered on everything except...the game disk is 26mb. It's a branded steam installer for you to install so you can use the steam key they provided in the box. I have never before been so disappointed in a 'physical' game purchase.

  • I mean, the details on the gun mount make sense if it's remotely operated. Usually AI 'fuzzes' the details and I see what looks like an ir window and some other things I'd expect to see on a remote controlled turret. 🤷Not sure though.

  • Harper made Canada a laughing stock internationally

    Made? Continues to make us a laughing stock. He runs the global conservative effort to get right wing governments into power.

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Democracy_Union

    It reads like something out of a conspiracy theorists' idea of what a new global order would start as.