I as an individual can't just go and start tearing up roads and install a light rail system. So until there are enough people voting alongside me to change our car dependent infrastructure, I'm going to have to use a car if I want to go anywhere.
Nobody is blaming the American people. It's the car corporations that bought and dismantled light rail and train systems and lobbied the government to build cities around the car.
And now the American people are so brainwashed into thinking owning a car is freedom and public transit is "socialism" that they will fight tooth and nail against anything that is against their "freedom" to be forced to own and pay for a car.
As an incredibly nonconfrontational, emotionally flat person, I would absolutely lose my shit if someone were threatening my wife and child.
Pure anger and rage if I felt they were in danger. It's kinda nuts actually.
I am aware of how I can channel that to be productive in familial protection and not make things worse, so I wonder what the difference is between people that can control it and those that can't.
I don't see why this would be harmful to them. At the least, I could see that console sales drop for the next year while people wait for the refresh, but otherwise there shouldn't be any consumer impact.
Although, the main thing they're probably upset about is that people know their desire to buy Nintendo, which is a really bad look. I doubt that would get past anti-trust lawsuits anyway.
They lost the war, but then they dispersed around the world and have been plotting revenge ever since. They're participating in a slow-burn takeover of governments instead of outright war, which they know they'd lose.
In all seriousness, it's just called a post now. Elon threw away the incredible brand recognition of "Tweet," the noun/verb that every tech company wants. It's like if Google stopped wanting people to use their name as a verb and just go with the generic "search" term.
These all boil down to "People have feelings and we're going to explore them."
Sure, this is a meme, but every movie can basically be reduced to "what if [type of person] has feelings." Because stories are always about the human condition.
Or, grab a raspberry pi and install Pihole, then change the router to point to that DNS server. You can block websites that way and put the Raspberry Pi where your dad can't find it. He'll have no idea why he can't get to those sites.
You know it's bad game design when the most useful superpower the game has is the one to let you keep sprinting so you can try to waste less time (Personal Atmosphere).
I've been noticing that too recently. I've been hooked on the game, but not really in a good way. I'm not having fun, I'm checking boxes for quests or leveling and it scratches an ADHD itch where I can't get off it until I finish what I'm doing, but there's always a new thing that I'm doing. They have done a good job singing missions together so that it feels like you're always doing something.
But it doesn't feel fun. They have less than 10 unique buildings to discover throughout the 1000 planets, to the point where I had seen the same two buildings within the first 5 hours of the game. They somehow couldn't come up with more than 6 different types of plants that repeat across planets. Running to buildings from landing spots is a real bore.
Progression is a real grind. 32 hours in and I'm only level 22, AND I feel like I don't have skill points in basically anything compared to how big the skill tree is.
I'm disappointed in how shallow the game is. 1000 planets wide, an inch deep. I'll probably finish the main story missions and be done with it.
Ease of cleaning is a terrible reason to order one over the other though. Just grab a sim tool to gently scrape out fuzz, and you're back to better charging speeds and data transfer speeds, literally the reason USB C 3.0 is superior.
"AI taking over creativity? Seriously? This whole AI hype is just killing the soul of art and expression. Yeah, sure, it can mimic famous artists or churn out music, but it's like a robot trying to dance - technically perfect but utterly devoid of soul.
Remember when art was about the struggle, the human experience, and raw emotion? Now it's all about algorithms and data. We're trading the genuine human touch for artificial perfection, and it's a tragedy.
And don't even get me started on those algorithms that personalize everything for us. They've turned the internet into an echo chamber where we're only fed what we already like. How are we supposed to discover new and groundbreaking ideas when AI keeps us in this cozy little bubble?
Sure, AI can assist in some creative tasks, but we're at risk of losing the very essence of creativity in the process. We need to keep our creative skills sharp, not let AI do all the heavy lifting. Let's remember that art and creativity are about the human experience, not just the end product."
—ChatGPT, Just Now, Prompt: "Write a criticism of AI taking over creativity in the style of a Reddit comment"
What's sad is that Starfield was expected to be the next big RPG. The next Skyrim but in space.
Instead, most people are likely going to come out of their experience with the game with a "meh" opinion about it. It's solidly middle-tier.
If there's anything to be said, the visuals are incredible, but everything else is a retread of mechanics pulled from other games (most notably, half the ideas are taken from No Man's Sky).
Neither one really has anything to do with the other.
In fact, I'd say getting rid of phones could help improve motivation because when students are more focused on school, they're more motivated and perform better.
This meme was made by a middle schooler who doesn't understand the higher-level decisions being made by educators.
I as an individual can't just go and start tearing up roads and install a light rail system. So until there are enough people voting alongside me to change our car dependent infrastructure, I'm going to have to use a car if I want to go anywhere.
That's not worship, it's a necessity.