[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 18 minutes ago

I agree with all this, but I think it is all to say: ISPs support Net Neutrality when it behooves them.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 28 minutes ago

At this point I could give up a lot in terms of budget. Give me text without audio all day long if the writing is good. I think we've lost our way on RPGs.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 32 minutes ago

Anyone else notice a trend? All of these companies being called out for low wages. Reports of stagnant wages at a national level for decades. Constant pushback from government while the C-Suite makes more and more and buys up politicians.

You don't fix this without taking to the streets.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 52 minutes ago

All language is arbitrary.

Cf. Ferdinand de Saussure.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 52 minutes ago* (last edited 47 minutes ago)

I live here too. I've seen it many times.

PS- the post title is written? I guess I don't see your point.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 38 points 3 hours ago

The right has tried to censor video games for years.

I'm old enough to remember Doom being blamed for Columbine.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 4 hours ago

Translation: Arnold is too old even with de-aging, so the suits have agreed.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 25 points 4 hours ago

Yeah, they jumped the shark with that shit a while ago.

Note that it will also have an effect on the quality of reviews. Glassdoor is only worried about number of accounts at this point. It's unfortunate, since sharing this kind of information is constitutionally protected, but it isn't necessarily profitable.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 12 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago)

Many are childless because they have been beholden to corporations and rich people far more than their parents were. They never had an opportunity to give their kids at least the life they had, so they opted not to have them. It's not that they didn't want them. They responded to the situation they were given.

I see these folks with generational wealth who have 16 children. It must be nice, but they're just another side of the same problem.

Chiding people for being childless is possibly the most tone-deaf take ever, and even more so from rich, corpo pawns.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 13 points 4 hours ago

What a cop-out.

Bethesda didn't have trouble making games when they cared about making games. Now, they care about making money. Yes, devs should get paid for their work. But design decisions based on anything other than making a good game poison the well.

This is why small devs are absolutely killing it with indie games on PC at the moment. AAA titles fail over and over again, because they're designed for C-suite pockets first and gamers second.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 17 points 4 hours ago

"Calif." is one of the two traditional abbreviations for California.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 43 points 4 hours ago

Weird, it's been down for me since June of last year.

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(This post was intended for politics@lemmy.world, but as it seems they don't allow text posts, I'm posting it here)

This post will likely not go over well with everyone and some people may not agree with the premise of the question. Mods please remove if not allowed.

I am curious if the MAGA-esque approach to politics is new for the US, or if there have been other examples of similar political movements which may be considered "cult-like". To better define what I mean, here are some examples:

  • Large amounts of signs bearing a candidate's name being shown by single individuals (e.g. big trucks covered in Trump signs everywhere)

  • Use of a candidate name over the US flag

  • Use of a kind of supporter uniform (e.g. the red MAGA hat)

  • The "alternative facts" of MAGA, where debate can be impossible because supporters believe anyone who is a detractor must be lying

  • In some cases, voter intimidation or coercion from staunch supporters

It seems to me that some of this is new but I'd love to hear other thoughts. I have heard and seen many relatively obvious parallels to German politics in the 20s-40s, but I'm specifically wondering if anything similar has ever been seen in the US before.

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