I mean… Just look at the news. We don’t have to imagine it because that is what is going on.

Look at your own map you posted. Then think about how much influence the non voters could have had. Given the fact that it’s apparently more than half the population it would have made a huge difference. Possibly with a very different election outcome. just because it feels like it doesn’t matter doesn’t make it true. Every vote changes the result after all. Even in a system that has flaws.

While it’s not great to pick a side that you don’t quite believe in it’s still better than not voting because that only helps the side that you really don’t want to see win. Which is exactly what happened. That is in my humble opinion the real shortsighted and naive thing Going on here.

There is this saying : if you didn’t exercise your right to vote, you don’t have the right to complain about the election results either.

Not voting is effectively saying : “don’t care, either is good for me.” So… Yes you did choose this result by virtue of not making your opinion heard when you were asked for your opinion.

“I was not very happy with that. I think in this country, we have to work very hard because there is no substitute for hard work even if you’re the most intelligent guy,”

Dude… If you work hard despite the fact that you claim to be intelligent… You are not intelligent.

Work smart, not hard. The smart thing is to take breaks so that you can focus on what you are doing. Not working till you drop.

There were some rather in detail answers already to which I could add. But instead I am going with a more simple answer that is hopefully also good.

Basically, bad actors want to stay undetected if possible. Like staying in dark places with dark clothing and not making noise. trying to get your own subdomain is more like wearing a high Vis jacket, having Christmas lights on you and broadcasting your presence with a loudspeaker with something like “catch me if you can!” on repeat.

Or even simpler: getting detected is bad for bad actors, doing that is one great way to get detected, they know that so they don’t do that.

Or metaphorically: a drop of water in the ocean won’t get noticed, rain in the desert will.

At the end of the day it’s not about what you can do but if you should do that.

The crazy part isn’t that people want to be able to disable that. The crazy part is that they want to pay to disable them…

No you guys, that should just be an option, no questions asked. Included in the options menu for… Well, whatever the asking price of the base game is. Also known as included in the base game.

Right. AI music? Hopefully not, it is likely going to lead to generic slop that may infringe on other artists copyright. AI Podcasts? OH GOD NO! factual news isn’t working with AI and you guys think that opinions with AI is a good idea? Are you crazy?

Now music recommendations? That might just work given that algorithms are already doing a decent job at presenting new ( to the particular user, not by actual age) music that the user may enjoy. The question really is if that is actually better than what we already have. And there is only one way to find out, which is by testing it and then being honest about it.

Arguably. The worst part about that is that you don’t get to know how that story ends…

Dark Souls.

You need to play NG+ and a fair bit of NG++ to be able to get everything on one character.

The hottest year on record… So far.

“beset on all sides, with idiots”

Probably 5 minutes or so. 10 if I include the time spent driving there. Usually it’s quiet enough that it’s not waiting in line but rather waiting to have everything sorted out.

TL:DR:

Government contracts and the money that it brings with it. As well as tryingt to be on a certain politicians good side should he win the election in the US.

Obviously… Ubisoft

Come on… Shitty safety measures have never, ever, in the history of mankind led to catastrophic events with a lasting fallout. -some government that collapsed

After all after some point safety is just pure waste of money. -some dead CEO

It doesn’t take enshittification for something real bad to happen. All it takes is time. Add the mentioned enshittification and corner cutting and we know for sure what will happen…

Or how the saying in EvE online goes : it’s not a question on if your ship gets blown up but a question of when it gets blown up.

He’s so boned… Done goofed up now!

“prison warden advocates for locking everyone up for their own safety”

The network providers know full well that the market is saturated and that they have to make a better offer if they want to gain market share. The only thing device lock in does is improve their bottom line since they can force you into a shitty contract for longer. It has NO benefit for the consumer whatsoever.

Money. That’s why.

People double dipping and people that buy it on pc release for full price when that is just too much to ask at that point.

I waited years and years for RdR2 to be at a reasonable price, only bought it because I had a gift card and only needed to pay what amounted to a candy bar. Still managed to get disappointed with the start of the game. In hindsight I should have gotten a refund for it because a candy bar would have been the better choice.

Blocked instance… They can figure their stuff out without me because I don’t want anything to do with them.

Cool. But I can’t help the fact that it feels like a potential security risk to me. It is not unknown just how low they can stoop to get their way so I would expect that to be no different there.