My main gripe is Windows Defender. I have an app that integrates with Home Assistant and Windows keeps flagging a component as a Trojan virus. Makes sense, as it’s supposed to access admin level functions to read some sensors and enable remote power control.

But for years I’ve seen MsMpEng.exe, or the antivirus, constantly scan my 4TB HDD, either looking for viruses or doing some stupid NTFS remapping thing. It’s loud and only spun up when idle on Win10, but became more aggressive on Win11 with less time to start scanning and not stopping when I move the mouse.

The latest development with breaking my app just means I’m more vigilant in turning the entire antivirus off when it turns on and starts scanning.

You right. I’ve highlighted before how the Jewish were at fault by rebelling against the Romans’ disrespectful rule several times (albeit violently), and each time losing more of their rights within Judea, but I’d be remiss if I didn’t acknowledge that if the same thing happened today, I’d be in favour of the oppressed rather than blame them for rising up.

Oh damn, the US is already at Atlas Shrugged Part I?

For reference Atlas Shrugged is a book about the impending collapse of capitalism from the perspective of billionaire CEOs of corporations, with some magic involved but we don’t talk about that, and the primary focus is that now the public is made irrelevant by poverty etc. the government start to sanction the corps and effectively destroy them. It was adapted into a movie trilogy, which plays out like an NBC drama.

Reminder that while law can be used to attack people, nature cannot be overwritten or defined by any law. It’s a constant, undeniable. The only real effect of the government’s stunt is open opposition to life. The government can disrespect the citizens, the citizens can disrespect the government.

When the market doesn’t have exactly what you need, the most powerful thing you can do is build your own version.

At least the US is big enough that you can still fuck off to live outside of governance if you wanted. Free life is a pipe dream

According to the very last quote in the article mentioned here:

“As someone who works in them… we do it 100% on purpose!” one man said.

Yep, it’s Bridgford. There is a rather hilarious article about local complaints.

The fact that this is a news article about a mundane social media post is another issue I won’t go into lol

Petition to rename these beetles Lemmiwinks

I found an article, an interview between Teen Vogue and “N”.

Yes.

Sorry, at the moment I can only get numbers of their games, and that between now and last December itch.io have many less games. They have 1,200 less games tagged LGBT, and 1,000 less NSFW games tagged LGBT (separately categorised as far as I can tell)

Well, it does outline where we seem to be heading. Unfortunately not enough is being done to overhaul how we all live and grow in population, and this is definitely one of the critical issues that drive us toward an unstable crescendo of unsustainability. Well said!

I’m right with you there - freedom of expression is fundamental, I feel, and freedom of autonomy is not only a privilege to us as conscious, self-aware beings, but also a constant. Imagine a couple billion international people being told they can’t have nice things or freedom by a thousand extremely conservative people from one country. This whole thing is a joke, but if it’s any consolation the people will always fight back. We will always find a way to reject the doctrine of some buffoons. Chances are some people are already compiling a catalogue of every game removed from Steam in order for them to be available. The most low-effort controversial titles may not be much of a loss, but everything following them will be.

Clickbait doesn’t explain properly - the reason queer games were removed from Itch.io is because (and this is another issue) they were one of many media hosters who labeled anything LGBTQ+ as NSFW. The tag itself gets improperly used but anyway. They were still banning under 18s from learning and experiencing diverse life. Romance ≠ sexuality ≠ identity but some people don’t understand that.

Guys I need to ask something. The special physical edition of SR2 is hosted by iam8bit.com, and among the bonus material is something they call an “O-sleeve” -

There are no images of this on the site. Aside from sex toys or armwear I have no clue what this could be. Searching it hasn’t clarified anything. Does anyone here know what an O-sleeve is? Is it something O shaped?

Edit: the only thing I can find related to sleeves and discs are these, but this’d be weird to include…

Many places like itch.io blanket tag LGBT under NSFW, so it’s already affected. Despite sexuality, existence and personality not being taboo

A ship is, by definition, a large vessel for navigation purposes. Spaceship is an adaptation from spacecraft to specify that it is ‘manned’, and spacecraft is a vehicle designed for space. ‘Craft’ means power, strength, skill or requiring skill, and as well as originating from the items that skilled craftsmen would create, was later used as a nickname for original ships, possibly for a multitude of reasons, such as the skill required to build the vessel, to control it, or the general importance and power of using it for trade between communities.

The poem sounds like extremist drivel. While based in some truth, it is disproportionately balanced and most likely is just used as fuel to make people’s worldviews more polarised or, rather, passes black and white to just become black.

Propaganda is dangerous. Unbiased information and education of related subjects is far more powerful. Be careful with what you consume, OP

TL;DR: 10:17 in the video

TL;DW: To align with the Europe, as the UK was the only market in the world in which Snickers was called Marathon, and when TV broadcasting began to include transnational channels, advertising on that channel had to refer to the bar by the most commonly known name for simplicity.