@cjd @ooignignoktoo it was confirmed fake and gay
https://www.theverge.com/tesla/757594/tesla-cybertruck-deactivated-viral-video-fake
@gabriel For me, the peak doom was 3-5 years ago. Everything seemed to be under control, several prominent people had been arrested or suicided. But things went better than expected: the globalism is receding, AI is dumber and less centralized than it could have been, etc.
I think we're in a good timeline, and this is a great opportunity.
Supreme Court Allows Mississippi Age Verification Law to Take Effect, Advancing Online Digital ID Push
https://reclaimthenet.org/mississippi-age-verification-digital-id-law-supreme-court?utm_source=fediverse
@Mr_NutterButter @beardalaxy Yeah, this is where the whole "capitalism is worse than slavery" thing falls apart.
@beardalaxy @Mr_NutterButter Yeah, but with slaves, you own them and their entire bloodline, so it's potentially an X-in-1 package.
@beardalaxy @veru @Mr_NutterButter It's forced because many of those fans are Toby's friends from the Starmen forum. I think he also tried to get them to rig a Best Game of 2015 poll.
I'd probably have a little respect for the game if it was some obscure freeware or shareware indie game from 2008 or something.
@veru @Mr_NutterButter It's very Earthbound/Mother inspired but the unique combat system is what sets it apart. It also has influences from Persona and Live-a-Live, but I never played those games, so I can't tell you how they connect.
@wowaname @mr_penguin To be fair, they did try to get Linux users to buy their computers by offering Dell computers with Linux preinstalled, so something as trivial as this might have pissed them off.
@themilkman @LukeAlmighty This is why I sleep with a sleeping bag on top of my bed. Maximum warmph and comfort.
@codrus Yea, I'd avoid Dell, HP, Lenovo, Toshiba, Apple, and at least Sony. I realize like two of these companies don't even sell computers at this point, but... aww got to keep boycotting evil. Basically all these companies have instituted DRM on wifi card slots and/or designed their systems such that you can't utilize standard components. The goals were pretty apparent in that they are or were trying to force people to buy replacement parts from them. They were trying to copy the 1980s US car company model. Produce crap, then charge to repair it (this is where the industry made its money until people caught on and started buying foreign based manufactured cars that didn't suck), or at least force everyone into their ecosystem to whatever extent they could (Apple in particular, but it's definitely not exclusive, I mean, Dell also did it back in the 1990s with proprietary power supplies and crap like that). Actually I was looking at servers the other day and realizing other companies like Super Micro also pulling shit like this. Though they do have some standardized motherboards (ATX, EATX, etc) and I probably can't be 100% certain the reason for it. There might in this particular instance be some technical benefit/reason for why they do it. I doubt it, but... maybe.