How could this statistic be determined if the quitters couldn’t confirm if there’s a good post after logging off? Seems like a lie from Big Data.

Meanwhile the Big Beautiful Bill which this rider was attached to passed 51-50 in the Senate.

She has zero sympathy from me. Let her denounce Trump all she wants but I have no desire to consider her an ally. She knew exactly the kind of man Trump was the first go around and still decided to ignore it all to either hurt the people she doesn’t like or believe the bullshit he said about improving the economy. If Trump weren’t around she’d still have the same nasty values that’d make her vote Republican.

The one constant with China is change. There have been plenty of dynasties whose power waxed and waned over the years. Much of the current Chinese territory is being held through force, like East Turkestan or Tibet. As long as the people keep experiencing better living conditions they’ll tolerate the tyrannical governance of the CCP. The government’s betting big on censorship and shows of force, but I doubt it’ll suffice if enough civil discontent rises at once. China’s not a very resource independent country and all it takes is a shortage of food or oil to quickly destabilize its economy and its hold on power by extension.

Since much of the world still relies on China’s factories for so many general goods there’s a balance on its power through trade. As production and logistical chains continue to diversify outside its territories though, it’ll have a harder time keeping its citizens in check through economic growth. It’ll either have to start shifting into a service economy with good relations on its trade partners and neighbors for goods, or it may start to take a more nationalistic path. There’s an argument that both paths are actively being followed.

China heavily investing in trade and infrastructure with African countries may keep things peaceful as it continues to grow economically. This prosperity will only delay the inevitable though. People will eventually want to move away from factory work into more lucrative but limited service jobs as inflation starts to take hold due to an ever increasing amount of money in circulation. Its expected population decline will also start to kick in as the much higher population of older citizens would burden the comparatively smaller one child policy generation that would be needed to take care of them.

China promoting nationalism will distract the resentment of its people from the government to outside powers instead, but it would come with some severe geopolitical consequences. It’s already pissed off all its maritime neighbors by trespassing and overfishing in their waters, along with intentionally using its navy to attack fishing vessels. It’s also trying to claim vast swathes of international waters by dumping a bunch of sand and establishing forts on them all over the South China Sea. China and India routinely fight in border skirmishes using sticks and stones to try to keep the conflict from escalating. Eventually all the regional countries might decide to form a coalition and starve China out of its oil via a few strategically placed blockades either on the Strait of Malacca or along Sri Lanka. The economic damage over something like this might provide enough domestic unrest to force the government to change.

I ended up making a rather large amount of purchases from GOG: the entire catalog for Prince of Persia, Crysis, Crysis Warhead, Vaporum, Hotline Miami 2, and Men of War: Assault Squad.

I hope you feel better soon Perfect Dark!

The CCP can’t hold its iron grip on power forever. One day HK will regain its ability to choose its own destiny. I only hope these people will still be around to see it.

That used to be a common design in Southern California called a dingbat. Unfortunately the local authorities considered them to be eyesores and now they’re becoming very rare. The few that are still around are an excellent source of affordable housing to its tenants.

I’ve used some non-OEM expanded cell batteries back in the netbook days and they worked okay for about two years before drastically losing their ability to hold a charge. I’d recommend just sticking to OEM parts with proper electrical certifications just to help lower the chance of thermal runaways or things like that.

Just wait for COMAC to have their 919 and eventually 929 planes flood the Asian market. Boeing barely had any competition when it was being run by business bros and soon it’ll be an even harder battle to regain market share and confidence.

The parking lot in Driver for the PS1. I had no idea wtf was a “slalom” back in the day.

Pray to Heavenly Father as you clutch your Magic Underwear^TM at your local temple. Seriously though, Mormonism sounds like the pyramid scheme of the Christian faiths. You die and become the god of a new planet where you then have to recruit convert those who live there to worship you so they too can become gods? I’d be laughing if only the Latter Day Saints organization didn’t have so many financial holdings all over the world.

That’s what we get for having farms downstream from livestock. Now that we have fewer EPA regulations you’d best start scrubbing your veggies real well before eating (if you’re American).

To be fair I kept buying models that cost $20 to $30 so maybe the higher end ones would last longer. That said, my Moondrops wired headphones cost the same but are way more reliable.

Step 2: Blow out your ear drums.

Same. I can’t find any Bluetooth headphones whose batteries don’t die in 4 or 5 months anyway. Meanwhile my Moondrop wired headphones have been going strong for almost 3 years.

No bugs to cuddle up with? Try snakes!

From beautiful 19th century architecture to boring modern office lounge. Not everything needs to be updated for current trends.

I think the correct term is xenomorphobic.