can i say, as a euro, that (in general) letting foreign payment processors regulate what we can buy and cannot is extremely cucked on our part and we should not let this be possible lol
context but this is not the first time/not the only reason this happens since they can decide pretty much on a whim and probably won't be the last:
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/itch-io-latest-in-platforms-pressured-by-credit-card-companies-as-well-as-activist-group-collective-shout-which-has-successfully-caught-an-award-winning-indie-and-more-in-the-crossfire/
context but this is not the first time/not the only reason this happens since they can decide pretty much on a whim and probably won't be the last:
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/itch-io-latest-in-platforms-pressured-by-credit-card-companies-as-well-as-activist-group-collective-shout-which-has-successfully-caught-an-award-winning-indie-and-more-in-the-crossfire/
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Itch.io deindexes NSFW games after becoming the latest target of skittish credit card companies and anti-porn group Collective…
An absolute mess.
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Windows hasn’t been halfway decent since around when it stopped using progression bars as the boot animation
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i have been using endeavouros on my laptop for the past 3 months for everything except video editing and music making and honestly the experience has been such a breeze compared to windows i can definitely see how desktop linux will probably take over in the next few years
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The polycarbonate body, translucent blue casing: not plastic, polycarbonate, reinforced for both durability and aesthetic precision. Not afraid of looking like a toy because it knows exactly what it is: a precision instrument, a rugged tool disguised in playful irreverence. Survival gear posing as a child's plaything. A glance at the cover page of its quick guide reveals the tasteful off-white background, bordering on eggshell, minimalistic yet assertive. Notice the sans-serif font choice: but the true craftsmanship? The monochrome LCD screen: sharp, stark, obsessively pixel-perfect. Each graphic, each digit, arranged with the calculated austerity of a Saab fighter jet’s cockpit instrumentation. No superfluous detail, just cold numeric precision. Coordinates, bearings, distances, all displayed with the uncompromising clarity of Swedish aerospace engineering. Pure function. Pure efficiency. Pure confidence.
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The polycarbonate body, translucent blue casing: not plastic, polycarbonate, reinforced for both durability and aesthetic precision. Not afraid of looking like a toy because it knows exactly what it is: a precision instrument, a rugged tool disguised in playful…
i am sorry to all the people that are now looking these up on ebay or whatever i just think they are neat
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my completely baseless hot take based on nothing but thin air is that due to the current political tensions and just because i know how stuff usually goes in my back yard
if huawei manages to get the price of these down/starts selling them at a loss some EU countries are going to partially shift to these/similar systems mostly as posturing after what's going on with the US lately and if that happens then we are going to see yet more polarization and idk this is kinda based on nothing but also like exactly what i think is going to happen (we are still regularly buying huawei stuff for telecom networks after all)
if huawei manages to get the price of these down/starts selling them at a loss some EU countries are going to partially shift to these/similar systems mostly as posturing after what's going on with the US lately and if that happens then we are going to see yet more polarization and idk this is kinda based on nothing but also like exactly what i think is going to happen (we are still regularly buying huawei stuff for telecom networks after all)
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working on the next video and it’s going to be about the PS2 and the IEEE 754 technical standard it’s actually interesting ok trust me on this one
quick update:
this is taking more time than i expected because some stuff came up and i also want to check technical details again SO
i am going to post another video first, connected to a topic that i have ranted about here a lot and that is very dear to my heart :) stay tuned since i plan on this being out quite soon actually
this is taking more time than i expected because some stuff came up and i also want to check technical details again SO
i am going to post another video first, connected to a topic that i have ranted about here a lot and that is very dear to my heart :) stay tuned since i plan on this being out quite soon actually
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a friend just told me about this because it happened near where he lives and it's so insane i have to share
TIL that in the 1997 - 2000 period there was such a huge traffic in smuggling cigarettes from Albania to Southern Italy that that gangs deployed “monster” cars on the A16 highway (armored with steel plates, reinforced bumpers for ramming, fake blue police lights, rear lamps to blind pursuers, spike and oil dispensers even silicone-filled tires) forcing the Italian government to send over 3,100 officers and spend 4.45 billion lire (≈ €2.3 million) on equally modified vehicles to stop them
TIL that in the 1997 - 2000 period there was such a huge traffic in smuggling cigarettes from Albania to Southern Italy that that gangs deployed “monster” cars on the A16 highway (armored with steel plates, reinforced bumpers for ramming, fake blue police lights, rear lamps to blind pursuers, spike and oil dispensers even silicone-filled tires) forcing the Italian government to send over 3,100 officers and spend 4.45 billion lire (≈ €2.3 million) on equally modified vehicles to stop them
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something that is funny and that most people don't seem to know is that in virtually every european country (UK, Norway, France, Spain, Germany, Italy and many more) the state has automatic petroleum rights so if you strike oil on your own land you don't get anything lmao
not that finding oil should be a priority right now considering the whole climate thing but yeah this is how you kill the dreams of your friends saying shit like "can you imagine if i somehow find oil on my own land?" yea, i can imagine you getting nothing
not that finding oil should be a priority right now considering the whole climate thing but yeah this is how you kill the dreams of your friends saying shit like "can you imagine if i somehow find oil on my own land?" yea, i can imagine you getting nothing
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