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  • As far as I've seen the prices stay the same throughout.

  • Forza Horizon 4 Is Disappearing And It's All Because Of Stupid Licenses [not known if music, real-world car models etc.]
  • Coincidentally it's on sale for $12 right now, an all-time low price.

  • Even wealthy Americans are struggling to make ends meet
  • Yeah people tend to spend what they make. Larger incomes are spent on bigger houses and nicer cars. But larger incomes have more wiggle room to cut back and afford the basics if they have to.

  • Help Finding a Game
  • Are we allowed to tell him?

  • Protecting just 1.2% of Earth’s land could save most-threatened species, says study
  • If I was emperor of the world I'd decree that no more than 50% of land can be used by humans. That's PLENTY.

  • Analysis: The fertility crisis is here and it will permanently alter the economy | CNN Business
  • In the long term perhaps. But it will probably take too long.

  • Trump expects Biden to be a 'worthy debater' after spending months attacking his mental fitness
  • Are we finally seeing a crack in the Trump ego?

  • Why the heck aren't all the "old" series/movies available to buy anywhere?
  • Some series were available on DVD but are no longer. Places like eBay, thrift stores, and used book stores sometimes have good selections of TV on DVD.

  • Steam users have spent $19 billion on games they’ve never played
  • Most of my unplayed games were part of bundles, or giveaways. But I am guilty of buying games and only playing them a small time before moving on to the next new different thing.

  • Man accused of attempted murder in hammer attack over online gaming argument
  • New Jersey Man attacks Florida man, I could see that.

  • *for 1 week's worth of groceries but yea..
  • Biden has lived much more like a regular person than Trump.

  • anyone had luck with these fly-by night cell carriers?
  • I'm using Visible unlimited for $30 a month. As soon as I signed up Verizon bought them, but it's been fun for a couple years now.

  • Rep. Neil Friske released from jail amid investigation into sexual assault, gun charges
  • "Friske is always exercising his 2nd Amendment right."

    ...to shoot at strippers?

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    What's you favorite song lyric of all time?
  • And every breath that is in your lungs is a tiny little gift to me.

    -The White Stripes

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    What's you favorite song lyric of all time?
  • And the band members were in their 20s when they wrote this song. Old souls.

  • YouTube Seems to Be Cracking Down on a VPN-Powered Discount
  • They are so poor and so small that they can't curate the content and ads, it's just too much with only billions of dollars of profit to work with.

  • YouTube Seems to Be Cracking Down on a VPN-Powered Discount
  • VPN plus cheap YouTube is probably less than YouTube. And VPN is useful for more than just YouTube.

  • What is the best movie to watch without sound?
  • The Wizard of Oz while listening to Dark Side of the Moon.

  • Scientists Propose New Way to Find Aliens: Detect Their Failing Warp Drives
  • If that doesn't work then reverse the polarity.

  • 60 Percent Of Playtime In 2023 Went To 6-Year-Old Or Older Games, New Data Shows
    kotaku.com 60 Percent Of Playtime In 2023 Went To 6-Year-Old Or Older Games, New Data Shows

    A report shows that while the industry is growing, its biggest competition is Fortnite, GTA, Call of Duty, and Roblox

    60 Percent Of Playtime In 2023 Went To 6-Year-Old Or Older Games, New Data Shows

    This data will probably only lead to more live service games. :|

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    Florida Middle Schoolers Arrested for Allegedly Creating Deepfake Nudes of Classmates
    www.wired.com Florida Middle Schoolers Arrested for Allegedly Creating Deepfake Nudes of Classmates

    In what appears to be the first criminal case of its kind, two teenage boys were charged under a 2022 Florida law for allegedly creating AI-generated images depicting middle school classmates.

    Florida Middle Schoolers Arrested for Allegedly Creating Deepfake Nudes of Classmates

    This is strange to me. Did the students create the deepfake nudes or did software create those nudes? A normal image editor program won't just create explicit material on its own, the user has to do it with a mouse/tablet/whatever. But AI algorithms will. Even if the kids were giving the instructions to AI, why isn't the software and/or the company that runs it at least somewhat liable for creating child porn?

    Suppose the students drew the nudes themselves, but they were really bad stick figure drawings with a name beside them to say who it's supposed to be? Is that illegal? What if they were really good artists and the drawing looked like a photo? At what point is the art considered good enough to be illegal?

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    Why Teslas Totaled in the US Are Mysteriously Reincarnated in Ukraine
    www.wired.com Why Teslas Totaled in the US Are Mysteriously Reincarnated in Ukraine

    Ukraine’s fearless and expert EV mechanics bring electric vehicles declared unfixable in the US and Canada back to life on the other side of the world.

    Why Teslas Totaled in the US Are Mysteriously Reincarnated in Ukraine

    The Ukranian guy in this article didn't like spending $400 a month on fuel for his Jeep. So he spent $53,000 getting a wrecked Tesla imported and fixed, so he could pay about $50 a month to charge the Tesla.

    Now he just has to drive the Tesla for 12 years to break even on fuel costs. Good move. :|

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    How do you feel about valet parking?

    Valet parking seems to be getting more common at some city locations that don't have a good parking situation.

    How do you feel about valet parking? Doesn't bother you in the least, will do it if you have to, will never do it, something else?

    Personally I don't like some random person driving my car.

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    What does cigarette smoking do for people?

    I've never smoked, but I've been around people that do. What do people feel during/after smoking? It doesn't seem to make people high or hallucinate or anything. It maybe mildly relaxes them?

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    UC Vanguard and Freestar Rangers questlines question

    I've been getting diverted on sidequests, capturing ships, and exploration too much.

    But I really don't want to do the Constellation questline yet, I've seen some spoilers and I'm not ready for that . I'm thinking of concentrating on the UC Vanguard or Freestar Collective questlines. Can I complete those without interfering with the Constellation questline?

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    Crimson Fleet Captain ship

    Just went through a Starfield experience that sort of awed me. Wanted to capture some pirate ships, I took a mission from Freestar Rangers mission terminal to destroy a "Crimson Fleet Captain." I thought it was a person, but that's the name of a ship.

    Engaged the ship, battle was fairly easy, took out their engines with EM weapons and boarded the ship. I was immediately blown away by how big and full of stuff the ship was. I've got a couple class B ships, but this one was probably 5 times the size of my Aegis. There were rooms after rooms, a few big open areas, several kitchens and sitting areas, a medical bay, storerooms, weapon rooms, armor mannequins, and a medium size trek-like bridge. The ship had at least 3 levels, and had probably 10-15 pirates to fight. Got to the captain's chair and was able to sit in it because I had leveled up my pilot skill enough. The ship was mine! I did this sort of thing last week with a smaller but impressive ship, but wasn't able to sit in the chair because my pilot skill was too low, so I had to abandon it.

    All the time I was fighting my way through the ship I was saying "oh my god" to myself as I saw how much bigger this ship was than the ones I was used to.

    For all it's shortcomings Starfield really nailed the ships, they are very unique and even compare very favorably to ships from Space Engineers, Empyrion, and Elite Dangerous. Elite Dangerous ships might give them some design competition but you can't walk around in them IIRC.

    ETA: The ship is apparently originally a Crossbow III, it's not all that huge but compared to the starter ship it's massive: https://inara.cz/starfield/ship/1984/

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    Biden administration/NHTSA supporting Mass. right to repair law again
    www.wired.com A Controversial Right-to-Repair Car Law Makes a Surprising U-Turn

    The Biden administration has changed its mind about a Massachusetts state law giving mechanics and car owners access to more diagnostic data.

    A Controversial Right-to-Repair Car Law Makes a Surprising U-Turn

    >Car manufacturers could comply with the law “by using short-range wireless protocols, such as via Bluetooth,” to give owners or independent shops authorized by owners access to the information they need to diagnose issues with and repair vehicles, the letter says.

    Hopefully no manufacturers are allowing changes to the vehicle wirelessly. It should be read-only.

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    Scientists reconstruct Pink Floyd song by listening to people’s brainwaves
    www.theguardian.com Scientists reconstruct Pink Floyd song by listening to people’s brainwaves

    Breakthrough raises hopes that musicality of natural speech can be restored in patients with disabling neurological conditions

    Scientists reconstruct Pink Floyd song by listening to people’s brainwaves

    Sound clip is pretty creepy.

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    Our entire existence may be a sort of stable spacetime bubble that can pop at any moment.

    Like ants nesting on a river bank, some only live a few days. A colony could live for many ant generations on a riverbank but when a big flood comes their entire world is wiped out.

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