bigbangdangler

No issues with this. I’m increasingly tired of the online multiplayer money machines. If you like them, you probably have no issues buying that version. I think Rockstar is reading their market correctly here.

The tail continues to wag the dog. It’s worked so far. Why stop now?

Yes, I watch Groundhog Day on February 2.

And then again every night until the next February 2.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again: these new fangled henges are not for me. Give me the simple henge any day.

It’s also annoying linguistically, since Þ usually represents a voiceless interdental fricative, which never occurs as the th in the. English does have the voiceless one (cf. thin), just never in the.

It would be better to use the voiced version, which is a ð. But yes, neither will do anything to thwart AI training.

You’re about to have a rough few months, methinks.

Let’s not ignore the nominative hemits, shemits, and theymits.

The United States of America undertakes with regional partners to develop a definitive, mutually agreed plan with at least USD 300 billion for the ​reconstruction and economic development of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The mechanism for the implementation of this plan will be finalized as part of final deal within 60 days. All required licenses, waivers, and permissions needed for the relevant financial transactions will be granted by the United ​States of America.

Note that this suggests that VP Vance’s recent claims of effectively “the gulf states will pay for it” is NOT in the language here. From my reading, if that amount cannot be brokered with those countries, the US still ends up holding the bill, since there is a 60-day deadline and failing to broker it would violate the terms of the peace agreement.

I’m not seeing how there isn’t a significant chance that the US taxpayer directly funds this line item. In fact, the point of having Vance make such comments is probably to assuage at least their own base, so they aren’t paying attention in 60 days when the money has to come from somewhere.

No no no, you see this Iran War wasn’t a war. Neither was Vietnam.

Congressional inaction means that US “war” success remains unchanged. /s

Would it be a money grab? Probably.

Were the other movies good? Not really.

Do I actively love them? Yes.

Would I watch this? 100%.

I miss this kind of movie with really stupid humor that knows it’s really stupid. They don’t seem to make many of them anymore… probably because they think they won’t sell.

Wait wait, does this mean we can just get one of these magic private funds and give the US population healthcare?!

It’s made to be artsy more than it’s made to be entertaining. I think that’s what makes it a polarizing film.

Those bits that should have “stayed on the cutting room floor” are all shot and framed in a spectacularly consistent and artistically pleasing way. If you’re the type that enjoys video essays on blocking, you probably love 2001. If not, it’s likely not your movie.

Do they call them bicycles though? I’m guessing Amazon has chosen to call the DC one a “bicycle” (despite 4 wheels) because of some regulation they’re avoiding with it or (more likely) some kickback they get for using bikes.

I don’t have a problem with the vehicle itself. Seems pretty neat. But it is not a bicycle.

Rotten Tomatoes having both scores is exactly why it’s more reliable than IMDB.

I usually pay most attention to the critics score. If there is a massive disparity between the critics score and the audience score, it might be sus.

Totally agree.

The biggest problem with AI isn’t the theft of everyone’s labor. It isn’t even the energy usage.

It’s the fact that no one, ever, considered the fact that humanity has no plan at all for how to deal with the impact of AI. We are watching it take over literally everything, and losing ourselves in the process. No one even considered the absolute negative impact on humanity purely from the standpoint of mental health and wellbeing.

Of course there are.

It also shouldn’t be surprising that something like Lemmy, an open-source project originally aimed at tech geeks and still used by a LOT of tech geeks, is filled with Linux users. Linux is an open-source project used by a lot of tech geeks.

brave

I cannot fathom why anyone would be using Brave browser, but it’s not really fair to claim this is a Linux problem.

nvidia

Nvidia are famously anti-Linux/pro-MS and their drivers are notoriously hard to get working on Linux. Again, not a Linux problem per se, and many people simply use AMD instead (because the drivers are in the kernel, no installation needed). YMMV, but if you had games working, you probably had drivers working, so it sounds like this isn’t actually related to your issue.

i had same problem on windows

Again, issue with Brave. Use a better browser.

Sadly I have generally watched in horror as my friends quote Gemini slop as fact checking on the regular, because it’s the default search result.

I speak up about it, and explain why it’s problematic. Doesn’t matter. It’s convenient.

Convenience always wins.

We’re cooked.

We’ll be hermits together. All of us. And the hismits and the theymits too.