d00ery

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[–] d00ery 3 points 1 day ago

President Trump said. “Never in a million years. But even now, if I were president, I’d be able to negotiate an end to this horrible and rapidly escalating war in 24 hours.” - February 01, 2023.

https://web.archive.org/web/20230930130716/https://www.donaldjtrump.com/agenda47/the-russia-ukraine-war-would-have-never-happened-under-president-trump

He's always speaking about how great he is at deals. This rare earth gives him justification for supporting Ukraine, even though he said he'd end the war.

Whether this deal will be any good or will actually be fulfilled is a very different matter.

[–] d00ery 1 points 1 day ago

Yes, and lots of bonuses for c-suite I'm sure.

I was pretending that water supply/treamtment is not a monopoly and that under the free market businesses will provide the best service to customers whilst ensuring the business is sustainable. https://www.independent.co.uk/business/thames-water-dividend-payouts-in-spotlight-after-shareholders-pull-funding-b2520053.html

[–] d00ery 14 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Victoria is a light pink, the water's blue so a big difference for non-colour blind me. They do look similar in shade though, but I'm not great at judging.

[–] d00ery 10 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Yep, how can the benefits of competition and reward play out if there's no punishment for failure.

[–] d00ery 8 points 2 days ago

So, trump's trying to get people to panic sell so his friends can buy things up cheap?

Just generally causing disruption and fear amongst people?

What's the plan here..

[–] d00ery 63 points 2 days ago (10 children)
[–] d00ery 137 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (3 children)

I use AI to apply for job. The recruiter uses AI to sift the applications.

Who needs humans.

[–] d00ery 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

And Friday, the highest-ranking career official at the Treasury Department, David A. Lebryk, reportedly resigned after refusing to hand Musk’s lackeys the keys

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Lebryk

People like this are giving up life long careers to stand up for their principles and what is right.

[–] d00ery 23 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

"Since 2021, we have returned billions of dollars from repeat offenders and other bad actors, implemented dormant legal authorities and long-overdue rules required by law, and given more freedom and bargaining leverage to families navigating a complex and confusing financial system," he wrote.
"If civil society does its job, every person unnecessarily taken advantage of by a financial institution will attribute the blame to the right person—Donald Trump."

Chopra also touted the CFPB's regulation of junk fees, inaccurate medical bills, and digital surveillance by Big Tech. Under Chopra, the CFPB sued major financial institutions such as Bank of America and JP Morgan Chase and finalized a rule to strike around $49 billion worth of medical debt from credit reports, according to CNN.

With Chopra in charge, the bureau "has fought against junk fees, repeat offenders, big tech evasions, and corporate deception. It has championed competition, transparency, accountability, and consumer financial health," Adam Rust, director of financial services for the Consumer Federation of America, said in a statement reported by NPR.

[–] d00ery 14 points 4 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (3 children)

They've sent these letters to all federal employees, just like musk did when he bought twitter; switched off the important servers, destroyed trust in the blue check mark, started charging people, pissed off lots of advertisers, and destroyed the company's value.

[–] d00ery 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Great you're raising awareness, but is there a link to something I can read ..

[–] d00ery 8 points 4 days ago
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While beneficial to consumers who are able to take advantage, for example by charging an electric car or running appliances, it also threatens to undermine the viability of Europe's renewable energy projects, which are critical to hitting net zero targets.

"It's akin to a hara-kiri," said Bjarne Schieldrop, chief commodities analyst at Swedish lender SEB "Everyone knows that if you produce too much oil, the price will crash and producers lose money. And there's nothing different in renewable energy and power either."

I almost can't believe the absolute shitiness of this. I suppose the implication is why would producers build power stations (no doubt with govt. subsidises!) if they can't make a profit!

 

The Fen Raft Spider is roughly the size of an adult male’s hand, and can spin webs as big as pizzas (25cm).

They are also semi-aquatic and can run across the water’s surface to capture their prey.

 

I personally have a huge backlog of games I'm happily playing through on the deck. And, having been burnt a few times (Cyberpunk, No Mans Sky ..), I very rarely buy new full priced games anyway (better to wait for a discount and some patches!)

But according to this rather clickbate article ...

In the last month alone, we’ve seen three disappointing examples of games that are too demanding for the Deck. Star Wars Outlaws is unplayable on Low settings, even with FSR set to “Ultra Performance.” Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 can’t reach a steady 30fps at the lowest quality setting. And based on the demo, Final Fantasy 16 is unplayable without FSR and Frame Generation, and afflicted with stuttering and horrible frame pacing with those scaling features enabled.

 
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I'm not sure I remember the part where Indy is buried chest deep in sand with one fist defiantly raised ... It looks more like a character model glitched under the map!

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/indiana-jones-and-the-great-circle-devs-say-an-indy-game-could-never-be-a-shooter-should-never-be-a-shooter-so-they-re-embracing-his-signature-whip-improvised-brawls-and-disguise-based-stealth-instead/

 
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Ubisoft Exec Says Gamers Need to Get ‘Comfortable’ Not Owning Their Games for Subscriptions to Take Off

Ubishit's showing what's most important to them as a company (Suprise suprise it's not about making games)

Shareholders want those regular subscription fees rolling in.

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