Ugh, greedy Valve making you spend $0 to buy the base game

[Edit] ok I read the article after making that joke and I see that it applies to several other valve games, not all of which are free to play

Sorry to nitpick but the word in the quote is “rhymes”

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Certified shoulderoforion? Certified pedophile

I assumed we were just talking about the decision to run Harris but I guess nobody said that!

If we’re talking about as the INITIAL candidate, I wholly agree with you. That would have been plenty of time for her to campaign and gather support. I think she would have done very well because the issues she fights for were VERY relevant last year. She’s not perfect but she’s the closest thing to the “voice of the people” next to Sanders. I’ll bet she would have even picked up more votes from center and right.

The biggest mistake the Democrats made wasn’t running Harris, it was running Biden. Even considering how he fumbled some things (Gaza for one), he was a decent president… But everyone knew he was too old for it.

The one dude looks like someone generated an AI image with the prompt “hyper realistic clay sculpture of a fucked up cartoon bully” and didn’t bother to fix the eyes

You’re thinking like a techy, put yourself in the layman’s shoes.

The Kindle was a pretty big deal as the first widespread e-reader. My tech-challenged mom got one and she loves how easy it is to get a book and have it there.

Given that this change won’t really affect her, she probably doesn’t care. There’s a lot more people like my mom than you or I.

It’s almost as if fusion is a significantly more difficult problem to solve than powered flight

Build bridges with the voters, not Mike Pence or any other Republican politicians who changed sides too late.

I completely agree. The most common “complaint” from guests in my old home was that the lights weren’t turning on. They had turned it down to 0 by holding the button so clicking it was toggling between OFF and 0. Not really a smart home issue but it made me realize that the new system I’m speccing out needs to be invisible - it’s a priority that things need to work “traditionally”

I will have a few NSPanels for the bonus controls (HVAC and audio mostly) but the lights need to make sense to a layman - even without enabling a guest mode.

Zwave, zigbee, and VLANs

Because to the people who say that, “emotional” only refers to being sad

True but a LOT of Trump voters aren’t MAGA. They voted for him the same way I’ve voted since 2016 - begrudgingly.

The next election would be a really good time to campaign on ranked choice/approval voting. We’re reaching fever pitch with voter disillusionment.

I don’t think she would have won. She’s surprisingly unknown to the voters who don’t really follow politics.

Outcome aside, I’m kind of glad she didn’t. I think she’d really shine on the campaign trail if she had the time to explain WHY X, Y, and Z are good. Too many people don’t know who she is or what she stands for - and too many people have only been exposed to her through unflattering pictures in memes

I’m not advocating for parading Pence around as one of us. Any republican speaking out against Trump is a good thing, we need the party to fracture as much as possible.

I’m not interested in building a bridge here, it’s too little too late for that.

But hearing the other team’s fans booing their coach? I’m here for it.

Bernie is too old now, I want AOC to run for president.

Nah, I’ll happily take a disillusioned Republican who want to fight. The more the merrier, really. They’re in no position for a redemption arc but still it’s good to have them on our side right now

“and I saw one of the babies and the baby looked at me”