I believe they meant that China will become the dominant power after the US finishes torpedoing itself.

It honestly should have had another 2 years in the oven to make the lore and universe more interesting.

I don’t know, I don’t think it would have changed anything. They might have had an interesting quest or two more, but their writing philosophy of not keeping track of anything and working in isolation would not have made a decent, coherent lore in even 10 extra years, just more unconnected shit with extra tonal dissonance.

Nah, not really, it’s only shit if you only play AAA suit-driven slop. There’s a ton of awesome games being released and the older ones are still there to (re) play.

Everyone should get out now because Plex has started to ruin things and you should seek alternatives now, while you have time, and not wait until they finish shitting the bed.

And no, jellyfin won’t do anything like this because they don’t have control over how you use it and don’t force their cloud on you.

Lol not a chance. Maybe there’s been some work in the public sector, but remove Amazon and MS and you’ll remove the vast majority of companies.

The EU should push for their own cloud and “encourage” (ie “there’s a chance that in 5 years you won’t be able to use anything that’s not in the EU, better prepare”) companies and the public administration to migrate.

That’s why they want Greenland.

Most of these are not really a problem though, even less for the kind of psychos that run the EU. Sanctions can be lifted, and Ukraine shouldn’t be able to do much against both Russia and the EU. While renewables and nuclear are increasing, Russian energy could help until they are 100% ready. Voters won’t do much if they are told “see, the US is trying to scam us, and in these trying times we’ve struck a deal with Russia and you’ll be paying less for power and heat”.

The problem with striking a deal with Russia is that it’s not the most reliable partner right now (your 3rd point), but the people in charge can ignore the rest and have no problems sleeping.

Edit: this is not a defense of Russia but a critique of the powers that be in the EU.

Yes. I love the cold, lack of sweat, comfy clothes and being cozy at home while it’s cold outside.

I dislike that hanging clothes tomdry takes forever unless it’s an exceptionally dry day.

Nah, his shittiness goes way back. We shouldn’t accept anything less than seppuku.

The Steam Deck is… not significantly cheaper?

Maybe, but I already have a large game library and free online play, and can get new games for much cheaper.

And you can play online for free.

I think this is the first time our society has been subject to a state-backed propaganda campaign since the widespread adoption of the internet

We’ve been propagandized for decades, what are you talking about? Both from our different governments and from foreign ones.

the loss of the free/cheap third spaces, lockdowns, and social media

I think that the growing push towards individualism and the dismantling of any kind of reciprocal relationship network are the main cause of this. I feel like years ago people could form sincere bonds and relationships but now everything is as atomised as possible and sincere interactions have been replaced with ironic performances to try to maintain as much distance as possible, even if unconsciously.

This obviously is great for the rich and powerful, so it’s encouraged in media, pop culture, workplace regulations and organization, etc.

Welcome back!

Sorry but this is dumb. I am the one who decides if a label applies to me or not. I won’t call myself an anarchist because my beliefs are not described by this word. I will call myself a communist because it describes what I think is true, even if I need to specify (“I’m a communist but…”).

There’s no one telling me what I believe in, and if a label changes meaning over time or my views change and it no longer applies to my thinking I will just stop using it.

It’s the same when you use any other word to describe yourself. “I’m a musician” until I stop playing. “I’m not a painter” until I pick up a brush. “I’m long haired” until I cut my hair.

But you have to use their app, right? You can’t just use thunderbird or whatever

I got my own domain. It’s still a ton of work because you have to switch everything, but once you’ve done this you will be independent: if you dislike your current provider you can make a copy, switch providers and every account keeps working.

Now my old Gmail accounts redirect everything to my new email and this way I can switch whatever I forgot.

Doesn’t most of the world already work like this? I have to identify myself to vote in my country, it’s the obvious way to prevent people from voting more than one time.

Op cant because he’s using 2 different filesystems

He’s been a known union buster for a long time tho