The EU is working it’s way towards digital ownership. Gdpr and dma are steps in reducing corporate power and granting ownership over identity.

Compromise doesn’t have to mean meeting in the middle. You could agree to allow abortions and require hospitals to provide guns for newborns.

A product sold at a loss to attract customers who hopefully buy other products with higher margins that result in a net profit for the retailer.

I think comparing it to a console is the wrong mindset. It’s a computer first that can also be a console. It’s also a pre built Linux based computer you can have a higher degree of confidence that things just work even after updates. It’s a legitimate competitor for a new windows PC as much as it is a console competitor.

Epstein News has been about the only thing that has fractured Trump’s base supporters.

FF13 had a similar argument.

Digital ownership is probably going to happen, but it’s going to take a generation of politicians to die off. Once we get more people that understand computers and digital goods aren’t magic, there can be change.

He also defended a repentant tax collector.

Shunning them doesn’t work work though. It just pushes people to further radicals. Friendship can actually keep people from and sometimes bring them back from extremism. Shunning feels a lot better for the shunner though.

Probably because Republicans are about 20 points more likely to already be accommodating.

That happens when groups get into purity spirals. When you push people who mostly agree with you away, they might find people that you really don’t agree with.

Writing off half the population is part of the problem. Not all of them are terrible, but if you shun them, the only place accepting them is even further right.

I shouldn’t be surprised Lemmy thinks this is a good thing. It’s really a problem for Democrats, and it’s a big reason trump won in the first place. You need people that disagree with you on occasion.

The big difference is the compatibility is actually there now. Also, controller support is a lot more common for PC games now.

The big subs were full of bots, but for some it didn’t really matter. It a post was a bit but it was still funny on memes or funny then it’s fine. I don’t care if karma farming bots were the majority of posts so long as it’s still good content. The content does seem to be significantly worse now though.

It’s absolutely a generic open world game, bit that’s not necessarily a bad thing. The formula is fun if it’s done well, which I think it is for Horizon Zero Dawn. The combat style is also uncommon and provides a satisfying loop of stealth and bullet time mechanics.

It’s more likely that by moving it to DHS they can more credibly argue national security concerns for the military actions they have been taking.

It think it has to be 2007 just because there are games that didn’t crack the top 10 that year that would be goty in other years. It’s also a huge year for multiple platforms, pratically every major franchise had a good release that year.

Direct action against Taiwan is unlikely. There’s no scenario where an invasion happens and the chip manufacturing stays intact. What is likely is China invades elsewhere with increased influence over Taiwan as a goal.

No it’s like praising a dealer that will buy back some drugs as well as sell them.