“Why do I criticize Democrats” “…because both parties are terrible in every way, but the dems are terrible in a bonus way too.” I don’t see how that first bit changes the meaning of the rest.

Do you consider the two parties to be equally bad, or do you consider one to be worse than the other?

So you agree with the statement? Or are you saying the dems are meaningfully worse so people should participate in opposition to them?

Could you explain the context? I am clearly missing something, because most of what I see here reads like dems are the greater threat.

Here’s an example: “They are not equally bad, the side that poses as an ally and a protector of is the marginalized while actively causing them harm is by far worse.”

Would you agree with this statement? “Both sides are irredeemably bad, people should not vote or participate in American politics”

“Both sides bad” is a thought terminating cliche designed to deter people from honestly comparing the two parties and seeing the gulf between them. I’m not defending the dems. I’m not defending the two party system. I’m not defending any of it.

There is an active authoritarian takeover of our country, which is right now taking away people’s rights. Harassing them for what they say, and shipping them out of the country without even the token gesture of checking their legal status. They have already tried to prevent a peaceful transfer of power, and confidently talk about ending term limits.

For some reason supposed leftists have no interest in this, and would rather do the far right’s work for them. Do you think these things would be happening no matter who was in power? Push the party left in primaries and local elections, fight for ranked choice to make third parties viable, call out the dems when they do something bad. Don’t pretend the two sides are the same, and don’t imply that voting is a waste or counter-productive.

RE your edit: Why are you so antagonistic to people saying it’s important to vote against the far right? Mamdani was the clearly better option, and I hope his proposals are proven effective. This is the kind of local election win that can nudge the party to the left. Just don’t disown him the moment he is seen working with dem leadership.

Yes it does. “They are both terrible in every way, but the dems are also dishonest gaslighters.”

Still doesn’t make both parties the same. People saying they’re the same are trying to convince you not to vote, which consistently benefits one party and absolutely does not move our government to the left.

“Both sides are the same but the dems are worse” - said by nobody who is paying attention. There is a reason ‘both sides’ is exclusively weaponized towards one party and not the other.

Take a look at their post history and it will make more sense. My guess is they’d rather see America give up and fail already because surely their idealized government will then rise from the ashes.

It sounds like smart tests are still there, they just use a different scheduling model.

EDIT: looks like you are right, the scheduling and results interfaces are being removed. The migration is for existing tests only. It will still generate alerts for failed smart tests

I wonder if this is the start of another effort to defuse a term by throwing it at everything until the definition gets dulled down to ‘something I don’t like’.

IMO it’s the opposite, what exists now is less than a server browser. I’d call it a custom games browser instead. Whichever one you pick will be on the official servers.

I agree it isn’t how the industry is now, but it isn’t going to improve if everyone just accepts it.

Nice! This looks like it will be much more convenient next time I’m looking to get a new drive.

Cool to see how quickly this progressed! I really hope the dream of LEGO Island on the Wii does happen.

4K77 is based on a theatrical print, official releases are almost always based on the actual camera negative. Theatrical prints are generally a few copies removed from the negative, and were optimized for making lots of copies quickly rather than maximum quality or long-term preservation. The negative would have more detail and color than even a pristine print, and will better maintain it if taken care of.