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49 minutes ago, ort said:

Apple will be allowing streaming apps and iMessage will also soon have full support for RCS.

 

Marrick Garland presented some email exchanges in 2012 and a joke Tim Cook made during a Q&A session as evidence they are acting maliciously. I'm not sure I hold them in that much confidence either.

 

It's kind of funny, because I do want apple to change their stance on most of these things, but I do not want the government to decide how they should do it.

 

I think I'm just confused about when and how incredible common business tactics and strategies suddenly became anti-competitive. Where is the line?

The line is somewhere else other than where it is now.

Mini games have been fun as hell in this so if there’s more, yippee ki yay.

Just started Ch. 6.

I'm really loving this game.

54 minutes ago, MarSolo said:

Shit, that’s my bad. I was operating under the mindset that everyone is chapters ahead of me and I forgot you were behind me.

I'm probably the most behind.  

Although I DID get to the part you're at today! I finished finding all the 

So maybe I'm caught up with you.

Evers signs bills creating EV charging station network across Wisconsin

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New laws free up nearly $80 million in construction aid.

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• Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers signed bipartisan bills Wednesday designed to jump-start creation of an electric vehicle charging network along the state's interstate system and major highways
• The new laws free up nearly $80 million in federal construction aid and makes it easier for gas stations, convenience stores and other businesses to operate the electric vehicle charging stations
• The funding is designed to support Level 3 charging stations, which will allow for passenger electric vehicles to be recharged in less than an hour
• Wisconsin currently has nearly 580 publicly accessible electric vehicle charging station

Nice!

I'd still be careful on posting even mild spoilers for now. The Rude thing isn't a huge deal, but I'm trying to avoid anything story-related.

I'm finished with the side stuff in the Junon area. One thing I thought was interesting was 

Also, the piano side thing is actually kind of fun! And it provides a really beautiful version of classic tunes, as well.

I got three hours under my belt yesterday after coming back from vacation. Haven't hit Junon, but I did a bunch of side stuff to get the really good materia you can develop in the region.

9 minutes ago, CayceG said:

This is getting all the media play because the media and some posters here learned nothing from 2016. 

 

THIS is what matters and what should be plastered all over peoples feeds. 

 

Trump Threatens 100% Tariffs on Chinese Cars Made in Mexico

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Donald Trump said he would hit cars made in Mexico by Chinese companies with a 100% tariff, double the levy he has previously said he would put on automobiles made south of the US border.

 

I don’t know if this would get the traction you think it would. These positions were pretty popular for American factory workers — putting tariffs on foreign made goods — and I don’t know how much tariffs are on other people’s minds to begin with.

If I post this on my feed, it won’t get many eyes. Then again, it’ll probably be weird to switch from engagement photos to tariffs. 😬

On 3/14/2024 at 8:17 PM, CitizenVectron said:

Top Democrat Schumer calls for new elections in Israel, saying Netanyahu is an obstacle to peace - ABC News

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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer is calling on Israel to hold new elections

 

Schumer used to be a Netanyahu ally IIRC.

On 2/6/2024 at 8:13 PM, Chris- said:

Bold accusation given John Ratzenberger's continued casting.

And Tim Allen. 

‘Helldivers 2’ Is a Surprise Hit for Sony in an Oversaturated Market

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On Steam, the cooperative third-person shooter hit a peak of more than 450,000 concurrent players

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While the much-hyped Suicide Squad: Kill the Justice League from Warner Bros Discovery Inc.’s gaming division bombed even harder than the films that preceded it, the little-known Helldivers 2, published by Sony Interactive Entertainment, is on track to be one of the year’s biggest games.

 

To date, neither has revealed sales numbers, but on Steam, Helldivers 2 hit a peak of more than 450,000 concurrent players, while Suicide Squad’s all-time high is less than 13,500, per SteamDB.

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TD Cowen analyst Doug Creutz estimated that Helldivers 2 has sold more than 8 million copies, and most remarkably, the numbers are growing every week. “We believe the game has performed well ahead of expectations,” Creutz wrote in a note Thursday.

 

The main takeaway here may be that nobody knows what will hit. I enjoyed the first Helldivers when it came out in 2015, but part of the appeal was that it was an unusual genre — a twin-stick, top-down shooter with clunky but endearing controls. When I saw the premiere of Helldivers 2 last year, I thought it looked like another generic clone of Gears of War and that it would be dead on arrival.

Nope will be waiting for you anyway.  

I've liked all his films, but I was more impressed with his first two.

25 minutes ago, Massdriver said:

If you’re explaining you’re losing. 

Republicans have been explaining to me why there was a perfectly reasonable explanation for losing just about every election year since 2017.

2 minutes ago, ort said:

I would say that less taxes, smaller government, desiring a strong military, being tougher on crime and favoring pure meritocracy over government mandated equality are the base pillars of a sane Republican Party and not some sort of crazy viewpoint. Not necessarily one I agree with, but we need people in power pulling in that direction too so we can land somewhere sane in the middle. The problem is that those are no longer the pillars and the entire party has gone completely batshit crazy.

The irony being Buck was considered too outside the mainstream when he ran for U.S. Senate in 2010 and lost to Michael Bennett.

And he is.

17 hours ago, Jwheel86 said:

 

Wait what? Don’t they represent different districts?

What obvious thing am I going to feel stupid about missing?

26 minutes ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

Hi, it’s me, the structural inequality baked into our political economy. You may remember me from classic hits such as “redlining”, “segregation”, and “generational poverty”. Now, my roles may seem antiquated, but nothing has been done to alleviate these issues since they’ve been legally abolished, so I’m still surviving on my residuals. 

Anyone else read this in Phil Hartman’s voice?

8 minutes ago, Ominous said:

Rational, sane, voters?  We can dream can't we?

I get it, but I think he just means it would have to be up more thorough campaign. He should definitely run on his accomplishments like infrastructure, target climate and student loans and pro LGBTQ legislation to young voters, whatever else in their Arsenal.

I can’t play much of this until I get back from vacation, but I’ve been enjoying the reactions! Only chance I really have is at the end of the day via Backbone, assuming the Wi-Fi is good enough.

I’m thrilled for Nolan. And my fiancé is a huge Cillian Murphy fan and lit up when I told her he won.

4 hours ago, b_m_b_m_b_m said:

 

The funny thing about this post is if you “float here on a door”, you likely come from Cuba which would entitle you to legal status if you got here without the coast guard picking you up. But the large migrant crossing you hear about are largely processed through legal channels. 

“Pretty cut and dry.”
 

And yet the anger at the border is anger over legal immigration. There’s nothing sneaky about telling reporters on your march toward America that you hope for a better life there.

Asylum seeking is legal. And Trump killed a border bill Biden was ready to sign. 

6 minutes ago, Commissar SFLUFAN said:

I figured that would happen on your European trip! 

 

Where was the proposal made?!?

Right by the Abbey Road crosswalk!

@best3444 is good people and so is @CitizenVectron

7 hours ago, BasemntDweller2 said:

 

 

IDK, my pockets and 401K were much fatter when Trump was in office compared to any other recent presidents.....just my two cents. Still prefer poor to dictatorship though lol 

Interesting. My 401K has always been doing good under Obama, the economy to which Trump rode into office. With Trump, my tax returns went from $1 to $2 after his tax cuts for rich people, whereas now they're 4 figures after tax credits attributable to the Inflation Reduction Act.

Plus the high interest yield on my savings, which has led to a considerable amount more money than under Trump.

What did Trump even do besides sign one bill that benefitted the rich? An insurrection when he got emotional after losing? I don't remember more jobs being created under him, either.

4 hours ago, SuperSpreader said:

@best3444is trying to grow and I think we don't need to bring up old stuff as "gotchas" 

Agreed. 

1 minute ago, Jason said:

lol rileying us about your own engagement

This is a really good first post.  

I do, however, now have a fiancé.