#general-chat

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tranquil pebble
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Is it just me or is every Xbox first party title broken or trash recently? Its kinda sad.

hoary zodiac
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Or a freakishly long ethernet cable

lone mango
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Yeah we are all wifi so not worth

hoary zodiac
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I've thought about getting a crimping kit for really short lengths

lone mango
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If I do go wired then I will be the only one that is wired

hoary zodiac
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But like

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I don't have enough devices

north crescent
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Valve doing actual human reviews on refunds is so nice given how everything is now-a-days

hoary zodiac
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Spending $30 on a crimping tool for just cable management is pretty expensive compared to zip ties

lone mango
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I got mine processed same day

velvet summit
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i think it helps that most people don't know that you can refund past 2 hours
or they just don't care

hoary zodiac
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Wtf?

lone mango
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Actually in like 2 or 3 hours

hoary zodiac
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Valve employs people?

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Based?

velvet summit
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so they have less volume relatively

hoary zodiac
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I propose we create a job creation machine

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Clanker hunters

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Kill all clankers

lone mango
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Short circuit all clankers

hoary zodiac
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Clanker collaborators will be punished

lone mango
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Snap all springnecks

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Crush all rustbuckets

hoary zodiac
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Clanker collaborators will be springlocked

lone mango
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Destroy all constructs

north crescent
hoary zodiac
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Constructs are a social construct

lone mango
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I forgot if I needed 50 feet or 75

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Damn

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But that overnight delivery tho catwhatsup

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I need to figure out fast

hoary zodiac
gleaming sedge
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what would be a decent nvme m.2 drive maybe around 4tb? looking to put games on it so when updating games me computer does not want to freeze up badly at times

hoary zodiac
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LMAO

misty sparrow
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I think this was the deal theo got, it's actually cheaper than the one I posted. I stand corrected

proud jackal
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i bought 8tb

misty sparrow
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I know

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I was wondering why you were buying a wireless charger with it

proud jackal
misty sparrow
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Turns out it's this deal

hoary zodiac
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Has anyone heard the news about Jozef Mutter

tranquil pebble
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Reddit moment, also funny enough it did not block the request.

misty sparrow
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normally it brings you to that screen where it stops you lmao

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vpn crackdown

tranquil pebble
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apparently my actual IP is a VPN then if that is what they are doing

hoary zodiac
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That's stupid

tranquil pebble
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Reddit doing something stupid is hardly surprising

hoary zodiac
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Sounds like they just want your data

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Definitely some shenanigans going on

tranquil pebble
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they are very clearly being dishonest about that message

lone mango
hoary zodiac
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It does not relate to network security yeah

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It just means they can't track your location

lone mango
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It will show you really old posts if viewing an account and you can’t see any comments

hoary zodiac
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Who uses twitter anyways

misty sparrow
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better yet who calls it "X"

tranquil pebble
atomic current
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twitler,,,

tranquil pebble
hoary zodiac
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The only people who use twitter are politicians and commentary youtubers

misty sparrow
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and the random clip that goes viral for no reason

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i'm still tired of hearing about that cheating BF6 streamer

hoary zodiac
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Who

misty sparrow
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exactly

nocturne flicker
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Some very crass folks who don't like a lot of people derpyBlob

hoary zodiac
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Does it relate to a certain organisation in the 1930-40s

nocturne flicker
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Yes Oh_No

hoary zodiac
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I think it's ridiculous that they can have a platform

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And then peddle "free speech" nonsense when they break the rules of the platform

nocturne flicker
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We live in a world where public discourse can be on platforms owned by private individuals

hoary zodiac
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There is censorship and then there's freedom from consequence

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It's sad how the moderation of these platforms often lean to one end

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Or just... Do nothing

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That's one of the reason why the twitter audience tends to be... Unhinged

nocturne flicker
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Nah, they've practically deleted moderation

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Facebook too

hoary zodiac
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No

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The moderation is whatever the CEO doesn't agree with

nocturne flicker
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Just a bunch of AI bots being told to delete things Elon doesn't like

hoary zodiac
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It's a rich boy's sandpit

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But it's full of piss

nocturne flicker
hoary zodiac
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Elon Musk is genuinely one of the saddest manchildren on the internet

nocturne flicker
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I'm just glad the Tony Stark based cult of personality is dead

hoary zodiac
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Elon Musk is no Tony Stark

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That would imply that he is a genius

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Which he is not

nocturne flicker
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I know

hoary zodiac
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He's more like

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Mysterio

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Or whatever his name was

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The spiderman guy

nocturne flicker
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He cultivated one painting himself as Tony Stark

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Which is why now that everyone finally agrees he is an idiot it is dead

hoary zodiac
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It's good that the US administration agrees too

nocturne flicker
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Well

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Most people

hoary zodiac
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I think, no matter who's in charge

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Having Musk in government would be a disaster

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Regardless of the ruling party

nocturne flicker
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He's just going to go back to influencing public policy via his economic influence in the background

hoary zodiac
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That's where his influence lied

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Always

nocturne flicker
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He won't be as effective but he gets to go hide away from the spotlight

hoary zodiac
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Tesla, SpaceX

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It's all

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Throwing a crap load of money at the problem

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He doesn't know the first thing about cars or rockets

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He just pays people to do it and then takes the credit

nocturne flicker
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Money is power in the world of influencing public policy

tranquil pebble
hoary zodiac
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If only we had rich people that are actually uhh

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Useful

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Most of them are useless twats

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Grifters if you will

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Or con men at the very worst

nocturne flicker
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The ultra rich inherently are deleterious to the health of civil society, regardless of how benevolent they arederpyBlob

tranquil pebble
hoary zodiac
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Then they would invest in the interest of the people

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For that would secure not only the economy, but also their image

nocturne flicker
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Their position by default gives them significant sway over the entire society. That sway will naturally pull society in a direction according to their biases and desires. They can never serve a truly benevolent role in any society

hoary zodiac
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And there's very few instances of true benevolence in the rich

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If there ever had been one

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One does not accumulate such wealth without screwing someone over

hoary zodiac
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Napoleon didn't become the emperor by being benevolent

nocturne flicker
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Expecting or considering anyone of the ultra rich to be truly benevolent is like believing a dictator can be truly benevolent. It contradicts itself naturally

hoary zodiac
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cough Napoleon cough

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proceeds to plunder half of Europe after overthrowing the government

upper rain
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how tf do i manage to find two servers discussing napoleon and why must it be on a night when i desperately need to go to sleep

nocturne flicker
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I wasn't discussing Napoleon, that came later

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I'm on my eat the rich soapbox

lone mango
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Wow even has its own cable clips

nocturne flicker
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On a privately owned social media platform in a server for a private ecommerce company

lone mango
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Crazy

hoary zodiac
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It is ironic how Napoleon claimed to "protect the revolution" and then proceed to enrich himself beyond anyone's imagination

upper rain
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everything went downhill for france after 1872, Napoleon was a proto-LARPer who wanted to play Caesar but was just another mediocre Aurelius.

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this is my take, goodnight chat

hoary zodiac
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Napoleon was a massive hypocrite

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Much like Augustus

lone mango
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Case swap

upper rain
nocturne flicker
upper rain
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Augustus was in many ways a petulant child but a wildly effective one

hoary zodiac
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Napoleon plundered Europe and then wondered why everyone want to stomp France

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His attempt of diplomacy is to blow it up with artillery

upper rain
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he was a remarkably average man with a remarkably above average millitary

hoary zodiac
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He was more restrained when it comes to purging people

lone mango
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What a mess

hoary zodiac
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Still a tyrant

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But less so

upper rain
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I agree, he out-generaled the entirety of Rome, and even more impressively out-politic'd Cicero. he was an impressive man who knew the stakes. i dislike him on a personal level but i feel he would have made a better leader

hoary zodiac
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Julius Caesar is more tactful when it comes with dealing with the senate

hoary zodiac
upper rain
nocturne flicker
hoary zodiac
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That's a trait both of the Caesars had

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Although

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I'd say Augustus wasn't so much of a good military leader

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But he didn't need to

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He had Agrippa

nocturne flicker
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Wait am I still talking about Aurelius or did I jump in on Augustus

hoary zodiac
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Augustus was a politician at heart

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And a very skilled one at that

upper rain
upper rain
hoary zodiac
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I'd argue that his military achievements should be attributed to Agrippa

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They were a hell of a team really

upper rain
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he famously took a nap while Agrippa crushed Antony, so this is an appropriate take i woukd say lol

hoary zodiac
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Augustus was also remarkably lucky that Agrippa was loyal

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Such men were hard to come by

upper rain
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Augustus's skill was that he knew his weaknesses and had the social prowess to attract the people he needed to compliment his personality

hoary zodiac
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Especially in that era

nocturne flicker
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I don't know where I am. I am going to go back to space where I know more about where I am

hoary zodiac
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If it was Pompey

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Well

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We know what happened with Pompey

upper rain
trail nest
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chat i need help. idk why the back cover of my samsung galaxy is bulging between the middle. it's making my phone pop out of my phone case

hoary zodiac
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Battery

trail nest
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so is it because my battery is bad?

hoary zodiac
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You will want to get that replaced

upper rain
hoary zodiac
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That is a fire hazard in the making

upper rain
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take a nibble you will
surely not regret it

trail nest
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so i need to replace the battery then?

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if i take it to a phone shop they might charge me like $100

hoary zodiac
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Preferably as soon as possible

trail nest
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should i just do it myself?

hoary zodiac
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If you are confident about your own skills yes

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I've done it before

trail nest
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i looked on amazon and a battery and tool only cost $18

upper rain
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you can usually get ifixit kits for like $40 for that sort of thing

hoary zodiac
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As long as it's not soldered

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It should be pretty straightforward

upper rain
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if it's soldered write a letter to your congressman about right to repair and then cry yourself to sleep

trail nest
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is b-7000 safe to use to glue back my back cover on?

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this is what i ordered

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i was gonna take it to a phone repair shop but then i'm like nah they gonna overcharge me

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when i can do it myself for $20

nocturne flicker
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They have a higher chance of listening

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Marginally

weak cedar
fair onyx
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Omg a long time friend of my mother's just offered me a potential job working for her company, and it could be soooo amazing 😭

It's working with 7th-9th graders on extracurricular after school education and enrichment. I can bring my own curriculum, and it's incentivized for it to be STEAM based, and unique

I have so much experience with 3D modeling, 3D printing, sound design, 3D rendering, local AI for text generation, sound generation, image and video generation. I feel like I could do such a good job there, and it's very ideal hours

Pay is meh, but at this point I just wanna have a job, and something like that where I can have an environment would be sooooo coooool

craggy shoal
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I put root beer in a square cup. Now it's just beer

hoary zodiac
royal crow
hoary zodiac
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🗣️ Come cheer up my lads, 'tis to glory we steer 🗣️

novel ferry
icy ore
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What the heck

upper rain
tranquil pebble
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9/9 Cirno day

nocturne flicker
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Discover literally pulled a please contact us via the messaging service during work hours. The work hours: 1 minute from now 😐

nocturne flicker
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...And this was not the server I was having this convo in. Whatever I'm going back to bed

tranquil pebble
bitter ridge
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Apparently Apple supposed to be announcing new line up of phones soon

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I heard it is actually a big design change this time

tranquil pebble
hoary zodiac
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Yeah they're changing the shape

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From 11cmx5cm to 11cmx5.1cm

tranquil pebble
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just enough to force you to buy a new case

frosty sinew
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whys it so hard to get an og powerplay mousepad

lethal jasper
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Antec f12 good?

craggy shoal
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I personally the AsiaHorse Unifans

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Like the Lian Li Unifans but way cheaper

tranquil pebble
pliant berry
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bro im still on pcie gen 3

tranquil pebble
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Id have put Gen 2 in that caption if I made it

dusk knot
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Get with the times, old timer

tranquil pebble
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Gen 2 is definitely ancient by now

unreal trail
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bro didnt have a chance

dusk knot
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Oh my god 😭

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They're soo ruthless

tranquil pebble
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they'll be repaying for the rest of their life

dusk knot
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I would presume they're just an ordinary person

proud jackal
dusk knot
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RIP

tranquil pebble
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not even the first time Nintendo has sued someone into the dirt

dusk knot
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Brutal

tranquil pebble
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There was a guy with the last name of Bowser that faced it too

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Gary Bowser

dusk knot
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What the

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😭

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That's just stupid

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He was born with that name

tranquil pebble
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he also went to prison for it

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40 month sentence

dusk knot
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It's just a name. Wth

tranquil pebble
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and then theres this

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yeah Nintendo doesn't care about the name lol

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Gotta respect a man named Bowser working for Nintendo though ngl

dusk knot
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These companies are so inhuman in their actions.. yuck

tranquil pebble
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the courts are to blame too

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They are literally being used and abused by these corps

dusk knot
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What that man did ...was illegal with the modding, but 2 million dollars ...come on

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I would try to fake my death and get out

tranquil pebble
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Yeah the prosecution is not what I take issue with... its the punishment

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This stuff should be income based to prevent this kind of nonsense

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hit the rich guy with 2m fine, not some normal dude

sinful blade
craggy shoal
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His superhero name is Pizza Man

royal crow
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I just did a minecraft thermal test and my 9060XT got to 52° c

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Bliss 2.1.1 shaders, DH render distance 128 chunks

arctic lily
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bliss looks weird

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like its cool but it gets messed up when paired with physics mod

nocturne flicker
# tranquil pebble There was a guy with the last name of Bowser that faced it too

Gary Bowser didn't get sued because of his name, he got sued because he was a salesperson of Team Xecuter, which sold mod chips, copyright circumvention software and licenses for that software. He and one of the leading members of that were both charged. The second guy is still pending extradition and will likely get a more severe punishment and there is another leader would likely be in the same position if he wasn't a Chinese national and was never going to get extradited.

craggy shoal
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Gary Bowser lol

nocturne flicker
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The dudes from Xecuter aren't people who deserve to be defended after the fact

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Literally sold modded firmware and required you to pay license fees if you wanted to actually use it

tranquil pebble
nocturne flicker
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Bowser was only a sales person, but the other two guys made millions on it

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But Bowser still made a couple hundred thousand iirc

tranquil pebble
nocturne flicker
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Compared to the fact that the judge who sentenced him said he wanted to sentence the other two guys to over a decade in person? Bowser got off well with 40 months and a 25-30% wage garnishment

tranquil pebble
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I still think the monetary amount was excessive

nocturne flicker
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The most they can take is 25-30% of his wages in the agreement

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The normal garnishment if you can't pay a lawsuit's fines

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If they really wanted to they could've pushed for a lien on any home he has, seizure of all of his cash assets and the seizure of physical assets and their sale

tranquil pebble
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wouldnt that make him less able to make money to keep paying though?

nocturne flicker
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Doesn't matter. Those are the standard options available to debt collections if you lose a lawsuit and can't pay the fines. If you are low enough income you may be able to get some relief during debt hearings, but you can be much more ruined by a lawsuit than what Bowser got

tranquil pebble
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oh so the media just blew the case out of proportion then? I shouldnt be surprised

dusk knot
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Breaking news: pizza-man vigilante shot 24 times while defending elderly woman from burglar.

royal crow
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makes me motion sick fsr

nocturne flicker
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The fact that Louarn is still sitting around in France with no worries because he is well off so the extradition can just wait

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Is more unjust

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It isn't like he is a dude who is quiet about what he does either, the dude has been doing stuff like this since the 90s and has had multiple lawsuits over it

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Gets out of jail in Tanzania, take a private jet back to France and brags about how they arrested and tried the 'broke' guy instead of him

upper rain
upper rain
nocturne flicker
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Don't sell hacked Switches and Nintendo won't be able to sue you. Just quietly leak the software and don't try to profit off of it like everyone else derpyBlob

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Though in reality, they sued because the dude agreed and signed a document to stop selling his stuff and proceeded to continue to sell it derpyBlob

upper rain
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i am of the opinion that people should be able to do what they like with their property

nocturne flicker
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That wasn't the issue

upper rain
pliant berry
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the second money gets involved they will come after you

nocturne flicker
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If I made an illegal modification to a PS3, sold copies of it loaded with illicit versions of games and required buyers pay me a license to use that illegal mod to its fullest extent to bypass copyright, is that doing what I want with my property?

upper rain
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yes

nocturne flicker
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Is it done in a legal fashion

upper rain
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if you purchased the device and did something you desired to do, you are in fact doing what you like with your property. not even as an argument of idealism, like actually literally

upper rain
dusk knot
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The legality is the problem and the breach of trust.... mostly the trust

nocturne flicker
# upper rain changing the goalposts

I'm running on 2 hours sleep and on mobile, sue me. I'll just sign an agreement before hand saying I won't and then do it anyways later so you can legally sue

royal crow
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once the device is in the consumer's possession, they should be free to do whatever they want, the only responsibilities the company has are to fix it and/or provide replacement parts

pliant berry
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I think its much different when a device that once supported x software or x feature takes it away and a device that never supported or endorsed such feature

nocturne flicker
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I work in an hour peepoSadSip

upper rain
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tragic

nocturne flicker
royal crow
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sure

nocturne flicker
royal crow
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if you made it it yourself

pliant berry
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you didn't design it though

royal crow
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and you're not passing it off as being sold by an official retailer

nocturne flicker
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That doesn't matter

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That is illegal

pliant berry
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imagine someone spends years developing a game for someone to just attempt to perfectly recreate it and also sell it. "but I made it myself"

arctic lily
royal crow
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lol

upper rain
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or xbox 360

pliant berry
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how is this relevant?

nocturne flicker
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It would be one thing if the item in question is something that isn't or is unable to be patented or copyrighted

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Those can be legally copied and imitated and resold as something new

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Which is why there are 10000 cola varieties

upper rain
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did they sell well or not?

pliant berry
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I have no idea

nocturne flicker
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Some did, some didn't. You can't make copies of PS3 games and sell them though

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If you do, the company responsible for distribution will be well within their rights to sue you

upper rain
nocturne flicker
upper rain
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you could jailbreak your ps5 and run scanned discs on it. xbox 360 was even easier iirc. 23 million GTAV sales on xbox

sinful blade
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I love getting dropped from my college class because they won’t give me my financial aid so I can’t afford my class work book

upper rain
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i'm not really concerned about a small fringe of people getting a free game. even when this stuff is incredibly available people still buy games because most people are fairly reasonable

sinful blade
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I hate lazy ass teachers

pliant berry
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you try asking other students for scans?

sinful blade
nocturne flicker
pliant berry
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oh fun

sinful blade
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Not everyone can afford a $200 book in a single week:)

upper rain
nocturne flicker
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Selling jailbreaking software is not a couple people just getting free stuff

upper rain
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you run a genuine risk of getting an unplayable disc if you buy cheap 360/ps3 games. a lot of them are cloned discs that only run on modded consoles

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people sold a lot of those discs for cheap

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and yet, 55 million GTAV sales

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like i said, i'm not really concerned

nocturne flicker
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I'm concerned that people making profit on piracy will make an incentive for companies to crack down harder on normal piracy

upper rain
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totk has sold 10 million copies and you can download the emulator and the rom for free in like 5 minutes

pliant berry
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its the redistribution that is the real problem. I have hundreds of CD and blue rays scans but im not trying to sell it to people. I own all of them and the scanning is just for my own convenience

nocturne flicker
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Or selling jailbreaking software

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Or selling modded consoles that require licenses from the modder

upper rain
upper rain
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ultimately it doesn't really affect anyone meaningfully

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so like what's the point in caring

nocturne flicker
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It does when companies lobby the government to pass copyright protection laws which then in turn affect normal people not trying to profit off pirating and leeches into everyday internet use

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Insert DMCA strikes here

upper rain
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unless the pirates are doing the lobbying, take it up with the companies

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i don't buy games that require certain kinds of drm

pliant berry
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I mean if it happened to me as an artist, i would be pissed. why should i let someone else profit on my own work

nocturne flicker
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Depends on the type of art and how the artist owns the work

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Sometimes it is completely managed by like a record company and they have little actual share in the sales

upper rain
nocturne flicker
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Iirc some people dealing with record labels really didn't care because the record labels shafted them anyways

upper rain
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also have to keep in mind that most of the poeple doing this weren't going to buy the game to begin with

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full disclosure, i had no intention of purchasing totk at full price so i legally acquired it and then boight the game when it went on sale. nintendo lost exactly $0 because i would have just waited and played the game later if legal acquisition was not possible

nocturne flicker
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But we are talking about profit driven piracy

upper rain
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sure, but the actual consumerbase for such a thing, the people buying the pirated games, is 1) extremely limited, and 2) many of them probably wouldn't have purchased the game anyway

nocturne flicker
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Joe Bob Jimmy Boy buys a single copy of X game, copies it onto some homemade discs and sells them for 2/3rds the price is what we would have a problem with

upper rain
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it's a niche within a niche that actually 'harms' the game producer in terms of opportunity cost

upper rain
nocturne flicker
proud jackal
nocturne flicker
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Was there a thriving blackmarket of discounted copies of GTA V I've never heard of?

upper rain
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we're just talking past each other at this point lol

nocturne flicker
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Yes. I think your point is piracy is fine when my point is profit driven piracy hurts piracy

rigid sinew
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good morning

sinful blade
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According to Fairy Odd Parent lore, one of Cosmo and Wanda’s kids caused ww1

lethal jasper
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Are gigabyte gpus worth getting

upper rain
lethal jasper
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Like if theyre at a good price

sinful blade
sinful blade
sinful blade
upper rain
lethal jasper
sinful blade
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Cuz 7600xt is mid

lethal jasper
velvet summit
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Fall is the season of suffering

lethal jasper
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But its enough for me i think

velvet summit
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Because it's the season where my allergies flare up

sinful blade
velvet summit
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(it is starting)

lethal jasper
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so

sinful blade
lethal jasper
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In this convo it doesn’t exist

sinful blade
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Then just get it

sinful blade
lethal jasper
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Also whats with the 9060 non xt

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Wasnt amd going to release that or something

sinful blade
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No idea

sinful blade
lethal jasper
lethal jasper
idle nexus
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unreal trail
sinful blade
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@lethal jasper what is your budget for an upgrade and what country are you in

lethal jasper
idle nexus
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B770 32 Xe2 cores v. B580 20 Xe2 cores hmm I wonder how that'll perform

lethal jasper
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Its like a 150 dollar difference between the 16 gb of both models

idle nexus
#

better than, like, 3080?

lethal jasper
idle nexus
#

supposedly ya

sharp zodiac
idle nexus
#

it's only rumors now

lethal jasper
lethal jasper
idle nexus
idle nexus
lethal jasper
#

Sounds like intel hq is having fun

nocturne flicker
#

Don't worry Celestial by 2033 derpyBlob

#

Source: My Dad's Cousin's Neighbor's dog works at Intel derpyBlob

sharp zodiac
# idle nexus 64gb of memory is pretty overkill for that setup. Intel 265K isn't bad but you m...

Ya I didnt think 64gb is something I need but for that price I doubt I would be saving money if I buy my own parts. That is the only reason I a considering it. The only thing scaring me is that there are no brad specifications on any parts and the memory specs arent available. Would you say that this is a better deal? https://www.newegg.ca/gaming-desktop-pc-amd-radeon-rx-9070-xt-amd-ryzen-7-7800x3d-32gb-ddr5-2tb-ssd-azzacarmel-7800x3d9070xt/p/N82E16883989016?Item=N82E16883989016

upper rain
idle nexus
#

if magically B580 was available at MSRP & B770 ends up being like 5070 ("4090 pErFoRmaNCE") performance (again, magically) at like $450 & is actually available around that price, Celestial can't come soon enough. Unfortunately, we live in reality where this won't happen so I dunno. B770 could flop & kill dGPUs for Intel all together for all we know lol

unreal trail
unreal trail
#

Rebirth did have some blown out lighting tho

lethal jasper
#

Planning phase (since march)

#

But my father is an nvidia fanboy

#

Will probably force me to get an rtx 5060 or something idk

#

If i dont have an amd or intel gpu you know what happened

upper rain
lethal jasper
#

so

upper rain
#

a skylake stan, incredibly stuff in the big 25

lethal jasper
#

Oh he also doesn’t clean the pcs

nocturne flicker
#

Get an AMD cpu, a Nvidia gpu and run the OS on an Intel SSD, it'll confuse him into submission

lethal jasper
#

and doesn’t repaste

lethal jasper
#

Im ripping that soldered storage out of my macbook bruh

lone ibex
#

New article dropped on Newegg gamer community

#

About why PCs cost a lot more when you have them custom built for you

nocturne flicker
#

Until like, 3 years ago

lethal jasper
idle nexus
lone ibex
idle nexus
#

& that list is not optimized, that's just me grabbing random things I'm pretty sure do not suck

#

lol AMD bought ATI

lethal jasper
#

(I wasn’t alive back then)

lone ibex
#

More competition is always better

craggy shoal
#

Competition brings the prices down (this is why we need Intel to be competitive again)

lethal jasper
#

Apple should make gpus fr

#

Overpriced shit thats just nvidia but worse

craggy shoal
#

Technically they do lol

lethal jasper
craggy shoal
#

Just all in their own devices. Not open source or available to purchase alone whatsoever

lethal jasper
#

Yea

craggy shoal
#

Yeah that'll never happen 💀

lethal jasper
#

Steve j*bs

nocturne flicker
#

Apple will get into socketable cpus and dgpus and then require you use only specific model Apple cpus with Apple gpus

craggy shoal
#

Lmao not in our lifetime

nocturne flicker
#

Using WindowsOS I see? 20% perf hit

#

Only one fan on the Apple gpu will spin if Windows detected

lethal jasper
craggy shoal
#

Apple will patent something like decades prior to their own version. Other companies will just release their version like a decade prior to Apple's release (this is basically what happened with VR headsets btw)

idle nexus
#

one extension cable

craggy shoal
#

Tbh the only issue I have with MacOS is that it looks like ass when you're not on a 4K 32" monitor (I still don't know why. But apparently this is a documented thing found in forums. Your 1440p 27" monitor will look like ass with MacOS)

lethal jasper
craggy shoal
#

That makes sense too tbh

lethal jasper
#

Same with the 17 air

frigid stag
#

thats what the imacs are, and 5k 27 inch too

lethal jasper
#

Thin phone testbed to get community support and then release a fold

craggy shoal
#

You basically need a 4K monitor for MacOS to make it look good and it's the stupidest thing 💀

lethal jasper
idle nexus
lethal jasper
#

Or 16:10 like macbooks

craggy shoal
lethal jasper
idle nexus
#

16:10 according to search lol

#

16:10 is kinda better for laptops ig

craggy shoal
#

Here's your answer I guess 💀

idle nexus
#

16:9 kinda too wide

viral heron
lethal jasper
#

Well yea theres 1920x1200 but those are like 60 hz and hp

craggy shoal
#

(You could find the aspect ratio using the resolution and trig but I'm not about to do that lol)

lethal jasper
#

Ig can play 1080p and put discord on top of something lmao

lethal jasper
craggy shoal
#

lmao

idle nexus
lethal jasper
#

I mean to simplify 1920/1080 to 16/10

lethal jasper
idle nexus
lethal jasper
#

just play xga at that point fr

idle nexus
#

my laptop is 16:10 let me check on here lol

#

its resolution rn is 3240x2160

lone ibex
idle nexus
#

1872x1248

craggy shoal
#

what is that resolution 😭

idle nexus
#

1680x1050

craggy shoal
#

HUH?

idle nexus
#

these are available resolutions on my 16:10 laptop screen

lethal jasper
#

Oh yippe im being bombed again

idle nexus
#

here's a list of them in Display Settings lol

frigid stag
#

wat

craggy shoal
#

Being bombed is great :D

tranquil pebble
#

zoom zoom

idle nexus
#

here are more

lethal jasper
idle nexus
#

this is a laptop

lethal jasper
#

Oh ri

#

Forgo

idle nexus
#

a terrible one but a laptop nonetheless

lethal jasper
#

2100 nis is 620 bucks btw

idle nexus
#

Microsoft Surface Book 3

lethal jasper
tranquil pebble
#

more likely real cringes

idle nexus
#

it has some weird thing because the top part can detatch

#

which also means 90% of the computer is behind the monitor

craggy shoal
#

monitor setup btw

tranquil pebble
#

its a 2 in 1?

idle nexus
#

Effectively making it a volcano

#

only the 1660ti max-q & an extra battery are in the bottom part

frigid stag
#

it lets you adjust where the monitors are?

surreal kernel
#

is it me or is apple cooking

idle nexus
#

ya just move them lol

surreal kernel
#

with their event

frigid stag
#

what does it do though

idle nexus
#

aligns the mouse movement

frigid stag
#

ah

idle nexus
#

it's hard when the displays are different resolutions tho

craggy shoal
frigid stag
#

yeah they are for most people

idle nexus
#

I use a 4k 43" in the middle & had this brilliant idea to put two 27" 1440p monitors on the side in portrait

#

I could never line up the mouse or picture properly :(

#

so spanning never worked well

#

even with Custom Resolution Utility

lethal jasper
tranquil pebble
tranquil pebble
surreal kernel
#

waiting for the 17 pro max

lethal jasper
lethal jasper
craggy shoal
craggy shoal
lethal jasper
#

G

craggy shoal
#

Still don't know wym lmao

idle nexus
#

lol my setup looks like a Microcenter blew up rn

trail nest
lethal jasper
#

Oh wait its xeneon

craggy shoal
lethal jasper
craggy shoal
#

bruh 😭

frigid stag
#

it costs like 600$

craggy shoal
#

ew

#

Corsair moment

lethal jasper
frigid stag
#

its for r/battlestation users

lethal jasper
#

I holy PPI

idle nexus
#

2560x720... isn't that like a phone?

lethal jasper
pliant berry
idle nexus
#

ya that was a stupid move I should've known better

#

only Roblox kinda lined up

misty sparrow
#

I don’t think I can get out of my house

lethal jasper
#

Why

misty sparrow
#

they’re doing a political rally outside

#

what the hell man

pliant berry
#

im running a 27" 1440p and a 24" 1080p in portrait

lethal jasper
craggy shoal
#

bruh

misty sparrow
#

I don’t have a grenade

atomic current
lethal jasper
#

Or any flammable liquid

#

And a glass bottle

misty sparrow
atomic current
#

Gulp

misty sparrow
#

I ain’t joining them

pliant berry
#

I just want to upgrade to something like a single 5k ultrawide or a single 32" 4k or 6k panel

atomic current
#

"join" them (get in the way)

lethal jasper
misty sparrow
#

Yeah

lethal jasper
#

thats optional btw

misty sparrow
#

no

lethal jasper
#

Do you have any previous criminal record

craggy shoal
misty sparrow
#

Some dude in plants vs zombies costume showed up too what the hell is going on

atomic current
#

Trolling

#

Join the trolling

#

No violence only trolling

misty sparrow
#

No

#

No one’s fighting thank god but I ain’t gonna join in on that

nocturne flicker
proud jackal
nocturne flicker
#

Totally innocent question no reason to pepehmmm it derpyBlob

misty sparrow
nocturne flicker
#

Absolutely 100% innocent

nocturne flicker
cedar compass
sinful blade
#

@lone mango @dusk knot check out new d2 stuff

sinful blade
#

Tower is getting attacked tho

misty sparrow
#

that one rick and morty episode except its destiny2

dusk knot
sinful blade
sinful blade
#

@misty sparrow also Mida and drang got new “partner” weapons

#

Mida also got big buffs

misty sparrow
#

I don’t play destiny 2

#

what are you talking about

sinful blade
#

Dang

#

F

misty sparrow
#

They fell off with D2

sinful blade
#

Go play d2 rn

misty sparrow
#

No

#

I don’t even know what’s going on

#

I don’t wanna read 5000 pages of lore to find out

sinful blade
#

I’ll give you $6 in 12 years if you play rn

sinful blade
misty sparrow
#

I don’t wanna buy the expansions

sinful blade
#

You learn a lot from it

frigid stag
#

how many fps do you get

sinful blade
#

You don’t have to

sinful blade
frigid stag
#

nice

sinful blade
#

With 200 render resolution

frigid stag
#

damn so 4k

nocturne flicker
misty sparrow
dusk knot
#

lol

sinful blade
#

But it makes it look smooth

frigid stag
rancid juniper
#

what is this?

dusk knot
#

I sleep

misty sparrow
#

it looks like shit

dusk knot
#

Apple is boring

lone mango
#

Attack bungie hq instead

rancid juniper
#

good choice fr

misty sparrow
#

what even is that bump on the cameras

elfin mural
#

i like the copper color for the 17 pro

#

but i prefer the 17

#

it has 120hz now

dusk knot
#

I’m dying of boredom. Someone save meeeeeee

elfin mural
#

no point to buy a pro

rancid juniper
dusk knot
# rancid juniper 😂

The Presentation was so boring. I couldn’t really watch all if it. Can you summarize these revolutionary iPhones?

elfin mural
#

120hz all across the range

#

better camera

#

bigger batt

#

das about it

rancid juniper
misty sparrow
elfin mural
#

iphone air is a joke

misty sparrow
#

and not 128GB

elfin mural
#

ignore it

rancid juniper
elfin mural
#

normal 17 also has 256gb now

misty sparrow
#

just pros or all the iphone 17s

elfin mural
#

all

dusk knot
misty sparrow
#

okay so whats the point of buying the pro now

elfin mural
#

all iphones this year are pro motion

rancid juniper
#

so no node improvements?

elfin mural
#

1-120hz adaptive

#

well there's new chipsets

#

a19 and a19 pro

dusk knot
rancid juniper
#

Tired of these "pro"

elfin mural
#

dual video mode

#

you can shoot vids with front and rear cams at the same time

#

vlog type shit

misty sparrow
#

they couldn't do that on any other previous iphone?

#

so incredibly revolutionary

elfin mural
#

nope, it's apple for ya

#

better for me tho, im eyeing an iphone 15

lone mango
elfin mural
misty sparrow
#

there's literally no point lmao

#

okay how much is the base iphone 17

elfin mural
#

800

#

same price as 16

misty sparrow
#

wow

dusk knot
#

Promotion….

misty sparrow
#

what a scam man

dusk knot
#

Wow

elfin mural
#

i mean

#

samsung s25 is also 800

#

pixel 10, 800

misty sparrow
#

if they offered a 128GB version it'd be like $700

#

it used to be $700 for base iphone

elfin mural
#

all phones are 800 now sadly

rancid juniper
#

too expensive bruh

dusk knot
#

Someone topple Apple already

misty sparrow
#

the budget iphone is $600 too

#

crazy world

rancid juniper
#

id hit $300 max on a phone and i find that a bit much

#

seriously

lone mango
misty sparrow
#

lmao

lone mango
rancid juniper
#

decent device

elfin mural
#

if you trade in thru apple you do get good value

misty sparrow
#

i remember getting a pixel 3 and it was just as good as the current iphones at the time

dusk knot
#

3000 nits…cool

misty sparrow
#

actually better

#

and it wasnt the best model

elfin mural
#

i don't wanna buy the latest iphones anyway

rancid juniper
elfin mural
#

ill stick to older ones

dusk knot
misty sparrow
#

its funny too, my old pixel 3 looks like it takes better photos than my iphone 14pro

#

i dont know how

#

with all that fancy pro shit they put in the cameras they cant beat a 2018 phone

rancid juniper
lone mango
# rancid juniper

Yeah idk why people love brightness so much because even old phones can still be readable in the sun

rancid juniper
#

yall out here cooking your eyes

dusk knot
elfin mural
#

i had a 500 nits phone

misty sparrow
#

discord light mode

elfin mural
#

it was nowhere bright enough under a sun

#

brightness is good but that's why adaptive brightness exists

misty sparrow
#

oh yeah BTW

elfin mural
#

that way you don't burn your eyes

misty sparrow
#

do any of you find it crazy how you can't get any of the basemodel colors on the Pro

#

the basemodel colors are so much better than whatever they have on the pro iphones every year

elfin mural
#

i mean, the pro is meant to be professional i guess

#

according to apple

#

idk why apple couldn't offer more colors

dusk knot
misty sparrow
#

and then they have one color for one gen's pro iphone and they never use it in subsequent gens

#

iphone 11pro i think had some camo green color for the pros

elfin mural
#

if the base iphones are colorful, and are pro motion

#

why buy pro

misty sparrow
#

if you wanna flex like an andrew tate wannabe

rancid juniper
#

basically this

#

everything so freaking bland

dusk knot
lone mango
#

Yes

rancid juniper
lone mango
#

The growth of npcs

dusk knot
tranquil pebble
#

non playable corporations

unreal trail
upper rain
#

made chicken and mash. feeling very comfy cozy

dusk knot
#

Me too, fed

dusk knot
#

Nooooo

upper rain
#

have you seen the graph of color distribution in modern cinema/art?

lone mango
#

Bungie doing whatever they can to keep the hamster wheel going

upper rain
#

it's all gray, black, white, pale blue, etc.

#

incredibly suboptimal, degrading to the soul

misty sparrow
#

99% of the time it's not the car

#

it's the color

dusk knot
#

Did they announce an iPad m5?

lone mango
upper rain
#

i drive red because i want to bring color to the world not because i'm broke and it was the cheapest thing that had working ac

misty sparrow
#

I drive

tranquil pebble
lone mango
#

Civic si

dusk knot
#

Mmmm

#

Me want

#

But in blue

lone mango
#

Turbo kit

misty sparrow
lone mango
#

Should have trailbraked lighter

#

Nvm

misty sparrow
#

wow

#

this is highly illegal

lone mango
#

But the city is empty so it goes hard

misty sparrow
#

it does

lone mango
#

Sometimes you gotta rip it when nobody looking

elfin mural
#

infiniti g35 dorifto

misty sparrow
#

i'd get a deep purple

#

as a color

elfin mural
#

mitsubishi mirage had a deep purple option

misty sparrow
#

was it a good car though

elfin mural
#

meh

#

it's just a small econobox

misty sparrow
#

hm

elfin mural
#

gets you to point a and b

#

but it's uninspiring

#

may require full throttle if you're in a hurry

#

it has only 80hp

tranquil pebble
misty sparrow
#

i know roomba has a pretty good car

elfin mural
#

and don't know how to merge safely

misty sparrow
#

@sinful blade car pic?

elfin mural
#

it goes okay even if you're rushing

#

gets to 80 in a timely enough manner

tranquil pebble
misty sparrow
#

to be honest i don think mitsubishi is a big brand in the US

#

i never see any ads for them

elfin mural
#

at that point a versa is better

misty sparrow
#

do they just not make good cars?

elfin mural
#

it's got 120hp

elfin mural
tranquil pebble
#

My Civic is 138 to 142 iirc

elfin mural
#

ppl just look at kias

#

mitsu is doing well in asia however

#

just not in america

misty sparrow
#

i wonder how mitsu is doing against toyota in asia

sinful blade
#

Car

elfin mural
#

diesel

#

that's basically the reason

#

and cheap mpvs

#

minivans

misty sparrow
elfin mural
#

trucks and suvs

sinful blade
misty sparrow
#

mmm

sinful blade
#

2.4L v6

#

No idea about anything else because I’m not a car guy

proud jackal
misty sparrow
#

would you change anything about the car or get a new one

tranquil pebble
#

2.4l is a TINY V6 lol

elfin mural
#

iirc that sonata uses mitsubishi drivetrains

#

mitsubishi used to make even 1.6 v6

#

but it was offered in a lancer in japan

tranquil pebble
misty sparrow
#

do the gas-conservative cars have small engines or

tranquil pebble
#

generally yes

misty sparrow
#

what's considered small?

tranquil pebble
#

depends on the type of vehicle

#

like 3L would be small for a truck, but not small for a coupe

misty sparrow
#

i've never heard of a gas-saving truck before

tranquil pebble
elfin mural
#

trucks here range from 2-3 liters

#

granted they're diesel

tranquil pebble
#

diesels do not do very well where I live in the winter

elfin mural
#

reliable workhorses with torque

tranquil pebble
#

imagine a diesel-electric hybrid truck

misty sparrow
#

i wonder if theres ever been an economy car that got to like 600miles on a full tank

tranquil pebble
misty sparrow
#

granted, the way you drive can change its mileage

tranquil pebble
#

also look up hypermiling

misty sparrow
#

I think I already do some of these strategies without realizing

#

noticed that on my current tank of gas that i drove 200miles and it's not halfway done yet

#

probably around 3/4 of the way so i guess i'm doing something right

nocturne flicker
#

My full tank of gas gets me 200miles derpyBlob

#

Well more like 210. With 15.5 gals

#

Shorts rural drives are agony for mileage

#

And my work is very close. So 4 or 5 mile drive and then done

elfin mural
#

to get good mpg

#

you gotta be gentle on acceleration and use as little brakes as possible

#

look ahead, plan your speed

nocturne flicker
#

I yearn for an EV because it won't impact my range as much but am broke peepoSadSip

elfin mural
#

don't go very fast or you won't be able to coast

elfin mural
#

braking and acceleration uses gas so yeah

#

gotta get those parts as smooth as possible

nocturne flicker
#

It still does it just less impact. And if I am getting a new car I might as well spend more on an EV so I spend less on fuel period

misty sparrow
#

don’t you have to pay to use charging stations

elfin mural
#

ye

misty sparrow
#

and what if there are no nearby charging stations

nocturne flicker
#

I drive 4-5 miles to work and never leave a 30mile radius from home

elfin mural
#

with a high range ev you can just charge at home every night you come home from work

#

or with this use case

#

maybe even only charge once a week

atomic current
#

If you can

elfin mural
#

no gas, no oil changes (still need coolant changes but that's besides the point)

#

less brake wear because of regen braking

atomic current
elfin mural
#

don't idle in a modern car too yeah

#

there's no fuel when it's in gear and there's no throttle input

upper rain
#

have to replace tires way more often tho

elfin mural
#

i mean, yeah

#

the instant electric torque

#

and the weight

atomic current
#

When accelerating hard and braking hard?

upper rain
#

mhm

atomic current
#

Get light weight ev and use regen :)

#

Smaller battery capacity

nocturne flicker
upper rain
#

for sure, electric is definitely cheaper when they work

elfin mural
#

isn't a full set of good tires only like $400?

upper rain
#

i like my trusty old mid 2000's japanese cars more than anything though

nocturne flicker
upper rain
#

by the time i upgrade from my current, electric will probs have the range and reliability i need

elfin mural
#

im spot on then

nocturne flicker
#

I can get 4 for my current car for about $456 without the labor, labor is like, $18. More than $400 but eh

elfin mural
#

cheaper than gas

nocturne flicker
#

EV tax is like 250, so even if I got new tires every year I'd still save quite a lot

frosty sinew
#

correct me if im wrong, thats powerplay 1 not 2

#

cuza the 2 doesnt have a removabkle cable

nocturne flicker
proud jackal
#

How is this $10

sinful blade
lone mango
#

I forgot which way fp usb c goes in

misty sparrow
craggy shoal
sinful blade
nocturne flicker
#

Your application for identity theft a job has been pushed forward

#

Please provide the last four digits of your SSN and the number on your Debit Card and the security code for further processing

craggy shoal
#

Sending it to my mom so she doesn't get insanely nosy lol

nocturne flicker
#

Everyone knows that Cloudflare is a nebulous presence that spawned from an abyss one day and just exists derpyBlob

#

(They also have negative income kekw )

#

20% of all websites but they were in the hole 155mil last year

atomic current
# proud jackal How is this $10

Food isn't actually expensive, they just jack up the price in 98% of avenues that you can get food from and make the 2% seem like a deal

#

Farmers can't even stay afloat from how cheap middlemen want to buy food off of them

misty sparrow
#

recursion

nocturne flicker
#

Breakeven is estimated to be $4.75 and expected sale price is $3.90

tranquil pebble
nocturne flicker
#

It isn't. Which is why there is crop insurance and government subsidies to keep farms in business while also keeping corn cheap

atomic current
#

Farmers are dying and they vote for more dying

lone mango
#

I actually can’t believe this right now

#

That is ridiculous

nocturne flicker
#

Don't worry half of their workforce will be gone by next year's picking season so the prices will shoot up dramatically derpyBlob

#

Ban he

#

Thank you

atomic current
#

True

nocturne flicker
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I mean, there has already been agriculture labor shortages for years. Grocery bills going to go brrrrrrr again