Lol, that’s some dangerous waters you’re treading in.

I use it for DNS and domain hosting, but that’s it, none of their proxying stuff.

Sounds like a tablet, and that very well could be easier for someone to build than a phone.

Force them to jump in the tutorial, and solve the main boss thing through normal storytelling, whichever way makes sense for your game. If the only time you need to know something is late game and there’s nothing to remind you mid-game, that’s poor design.

Why eSim? Does your carrier not support physical sim?

Yeah, I’d totally buy a phone running one of those provided it does all the phone things properly: SMS/MMS, reliable calls, all day battery, etc. I don’t need fancy apps, I just need a working phone.

If I can get that, I could probably donate some time porting apps.

If you’re comparing them, as in you don’t have a strong preference for one vs the other, the Steam Deck wins hands down. You get access to a much larger library of games, repairability is awesome, and you can use it like a PC, because it is one.

The only reasonable reasons to get a Switch 2 are:

• play first party titles - even when emulators come out, the performance probably won’t be there on the Steam Deck
• it’s for someone who wants a very simple experience, and they’re willing to pay more
• the Steam Deck is too big for you - if you have smaller hands, it could be uncomfortable

But I don’t think most people will really be deciding between the two, they target very different markets.

I’ll probably end up getting the Switch 2, and I have a n OG Switch and a Steam Deck.

some article summaries can be quite dense

Well yeah, that’s the point of a summary. If I want something in long form, I’ll read the article.

Yeah, it’s frustrating. We need to end Qualified Immunity pronto.

This already largely works, at least on Android. I use RethinkDNS, which allows me to filter stuff already, and comes included with a host of DNS filters out of the box.

I don’t need MS, Google, or Apple to do it, just make it possible to install a third-party app that does it. That way I get to decide which tool I think works best instead of whatever the OEM decides.

Yeah, who knows. But it’s the first step toward a larger exploit.

Huh, I forgot cake days were a thing. Thanks!

As a parent, I’m with you.

If you want it, that should be your right, but the government shouldn’t be forcing it on you.

Huh, according to the logs, the population of Belgium increased by ~10x, and most people seem to be moving to this area with loss lots of data centers. Checks out.

Idk, their waffles and chocolates are pretty good too.

It’s still exciting. If you can run arbitrary code, you can probe the system for vulnerabilities.

That’s not the highest in the world

I never claimed it was, I merely claimed that it’s substantially higher than the average person pays, which is <10% (after standard deduction and whatnot). The rich pay something like 30% after handling tax brackets and whatnot, so >3x more as a percentage of income.

If you try to increase that substantially, they’ll push hard to stop it in Congress. Do you really want to spend what little political capital you have trying to eek out a bit more from them? Or would you rather spend that on something else?

Citizens United

PACs were absolutely a thing before the Citizens United case, Citizens United just made them more powerful. So even if the decision weren’t made, there would still be special interests.

I disagree with the Citizens United decision, but I really don’t think it’s relevant here. Even if corporations were completely banned from making contributions, they’d still have a ton of power. It turns out politicians generally want to please people who can bring jobs to their area, have a captive audience (shareholders and employees), and bring in tax revenue.

Harris claimed to want to tax unrealized gains, which currently isn’t legal and would be a huge uphill battle to get passed. If she was truly passionate about it, she’d have an actionable plan, but instead, she just seems to say it to get people to listen. The idea has no path to passing and she knows it.

I’m saying:

• we already tax the rich much more than everyone else
• the rich have more influence than lay people in Congress
• Harris seemed to be grasping at straws to find things to say to build hype (also tried “price gouging”)

In short, I don’t believe her, especially when she said she wouldn’t have changed anything about Biden’s term. She’s very much a “business as usual” candidate, and people wanted change.

They did the same in my puritanical US state that passed a similar law.

GOP is the enemy

No, the enemy is the two-party system. The GOP is merely a symptom of that larger problem. The GOP proposing terrible bills doesn’t imply that Dem bills are “good,” they’re both generally quite terrible since most representatives don’t really need to worry about their seat since their district is likely uncontested, so they’re more beholden to special interests than their constituents.

Fix the electoral system and maybe I’ll entertain a discussion about the GOP being “evil.”