Agreed bc I hate holding that thing! I only needed it to be a handheld for me to carry around the house and the ergonomics killed that possibility. Even with a grip on it giving it more bulk it’s still awkward to use the thumgsticks and hold the system

They’re certainly colluding to screw workers and consumers as much as possible. It benefits them to work together against the working class.

I’m playing Palia. It’s a cozy single/multiplayer survival-ish game. I love that it has very low friction. So far I’m having a great time playing while I listen to podcasts or YouTube

Yeah feature parity made sense in the beginning so the S didn’t get left behind but at this point its place feels secure to me. It’s the cheap option. I think most gamers understand that and accept the trade-offs that are inherent in that choice.

Every time we get more horsepower they mostly devote it to graphics that look slightly more spectacular. Booooooring

It’s plenty sane, just not built for the success of regular people.

Individual consumer decisions will not fix climate change

No paywall: https://archive.is/VjQuZ

Today I learned that IBM is still a major thing

It’s corporate-speak that means nothing. The same company “focused on it’s core business” today will buy something unrelated sometime later and say it’s “poised for growth in a growing market”.

I think the poll question was about support of the new government’s policies. I can’t answer the second question as I have no idea how this poll was done.

The world is way more exploitative than you seem to recognize. I suggest researching unequal exchange.

“Beyond this, outright corruption has also played a part in maintaining the postcolonial order. Françafrique has comprised countries notorious for human rights violations, including Niger. Subservient puppet leaders ignored democratic progress in return for massive aid programmes. Bribes have been paid via arms deals and other help with security, and – of course – in hard cash that has been laundered.”

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/aug/05/niger-crisis-france-empire-africa-coup-colony

It seems to me that neither side deserves support but the west deserves less. The people of the country seem to support to coup by a wide margin.

The difference is that the west outsourced the war to the Africans. It’s probably costs more than direct intervention but they get a compliant country that they can use for profits and whatever else, and none of the risk to human life. I wouldn’t call that progress, just neocolonialism

Total agreement. His message was revolutionary.

Exactly! Both parties are owned.

Did you expect different? Biden ran as an centrist establishment candidate and he’s been exactly that. Anyway, in general, trashing the environment is something both parties agree on but it’s more acceptable for Dems to do. They get to claim “we had to do this but I promise we’re gonna incrementally slow it down, next year…”

The other thinks it’s important to get along with the book burners. They think the book burners are decent people who are just misguided on a few issues. They act like civil debate will solve all problems.

I think they’re talking about the rainbow thing. Or maybe “pic collage”. Either way, I think you’re fine.

It’s capitalism. Driving the economy by profit means that each company has to race to obtain as much profit as possible, or risk losing to their competitors who are trying to do the exact same thing.