That car has found itself in quite the predicament

Appreciate the correction; I got lost in the publisher shell game. Updated my original statement to the intent behind it, not me being wrong about who published the games lol

Halo 1-3 were 2001-2007, which counts as early- to mid-2000s. Halo 4 was 2012, in the early 2010s

When they say “the lowest 20% of incomes”, that’s referring to, if you were to plot the incomes of every American on a graph and then drop some dividers down every 20%, the people in the bottom one of those bins. It’s not relative to the highest income dollar amount. The wealth inequality in this country is so bad that probably 75-85% of the population is making under 20% of the highest income by pure dollar amount.

Yeah exactly FromSoft is turning out bangers, and somehow Activision is involved? Maybe just to the extent that they aren’t involved so can’t fuck anything up?

The games you mentioned ring in my head as mid-2000s highlights, with nothing more than blatant money grabs published in the last decade. Not very indicative of a healthy studio imo. They may have once been capable of turning out good games, but that was roughly in the era 343 was turning out good games too good Halo games were being released as well

Activision in charge of Halo? That’s a deathblow if ever I heard one.

An AI camera in a self driving car is absolutely not a citizen, so therefore cannot do a citizens arrest, even if this fits into that definition.

So yeah fuck Microsoft/Xbox and this late stage capitalist hellscape we find ourselves in

That’s more because children are minors, and the parents who are ultimately responsible for the conduct of their children agree to the forms of punishment the school uses. A school can’t detain a child indefinitely if a parent shows up to take them home.

Yes, and, the precedent it sets is scary. What if a waymo camera spots what it thinks is a bag of weed in your pocket in Texas and calls the cops while locking you in? Isn’t that false imprisonment or kidnapping? No private citizen or company has the right to retain someone else against their will.

No Taxi/Uber driver would pull over and lock the kids in while calling the cops either.

For anyone struggling with tying a truckers hitch knot, please see this instructional video

Valve has been setting the conditions to have your account have made a purchase before sometime in April and be in good community standing, which are pretty reasonable imo.

As long as this is opt-in (i.e. disabled by default), then sure. Otherwise, I’ll just have to find a new browser.

Fairly thin magnetized case and thin screen protector on S26 Ultra. The built-in privacy filter means I don’t need anything beefier for a screen protector. Also have an OhSnap on the back for holding, which also helps even out the camera bump(s)

Is credit score as big of scam in other countries as it is in the US?

As long as you don’t own an LG TV

I came across a very narrow, 5 story store in Japan, a bit off the beaten path in Akihabara, selling exclusively N scale model trains. They had a floor or two dedicated just to the models, another one for scenery, and at least one just for repair parts for your trains. It was really cool to get to see a store that was pretty clearly a passion project for the owner(s) apparently doing well, and filling quite the niche in the hobby (I imagine)

I spent about 6 months living in Japan in the last year, and had zero trouble getting Yen. There are plenty of ATMs around, especially inside the konbinis, and the fee was rarely more than $1 or $2. At the time, ¥10,000 cost me roughly $66. My debit card barely (if at all) stacked any foreign transaction fees, and I was able to pay for a fair amount of things with my credit card, again with zero foreign transaction fees.