catloaf

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catloaf,

Hamas did actually fire mortars at the beach before the pier was anchored, targeting the IDF. I don’t think they’re going to fire at the pier itself or any other militaries.

catloaf,

For old games, I’d lean towards GOG. They try to make sure they actually run, and run well. On Steam, it’s up to the publisher.

catloaf,

Not exactly. A big part of that was the web of treaties and alliances. Today it’s mostly just NATO or Russia.

Chinese police were allowed into Australia to speak with a woman. They breached protocol and escorted her back to China (www.abc.net.au)

Chinese police hunting international corruption targets were allowed into Australia by the federal police and subsequently escorted a woman back to China for trial, in a major breach of Chinese-Australian police protocols....

catloaf,

Why don’t you quote that whole paragraph:

The name’s origin came from the propaganda Molotov produced during the Winter War, mainly his declaration on Soviet state radio that incendiary bombing missions over Finland were actually “airborne humanitarian food deliveries” for their “starving” neighbours.[13][10][better source needed] As a result, the Finns sarcastically dubbed the Soviet incendiary cluster bombs “Molotov bread baskets” (Finnish: Molotovin leipäkori) in reference to Molotov’s propaganda broadcasts.[14][10] When the hand-held bottle firebomb was developed to attack and destroy Soviet tanks, the Finns called it the “Molotov cocktail”, as “a drink to go with his food parcels”.[15][16]

catloaf,

Not as many know it was only achieved through nuclear holocaust.

catloaf,

Then why even engage in the first place?

catloaf,

First time on the Internet, then?

catloaf,

Nah. I’m just surprised that you’re still engaging. It’s not good for your health, dude. When I find myself arguing with idiots, I put down my phone and go do something else. I find it’s much better.

catloaf,

And you get paid by the ellipsis?

catloaf,

If men don’t have breasts, how do they get breast cancer?

catloaf,

Rake?

catloaf,

Yes, that’s the joke.

UN denies Gaza death toll of women and children has been revised down (www.theguardian.com)

The UN has denied that the estimated death toll of women and children in the war in Gaza has been revised downward, pointing towards a confusion between the total numbers of dead bodies recorded, and the number of those who have so far been fully identified....

catloaf,

Any number greater than zero is still too high.

catloaf,

No, I think Hamas knew to expect this as a possibility. I think they decided that it was do something now, or continue to slowly die under Israel’s oppression.

catloaf,

I’m not saying that.

catloaf,

Yes, also upsetting.

catloaf,

Google translate gives it literally as “make the goat a gardener” which doesn’t have an equivalent, but it translates the phrase as “to make a scapegoat”, meaning you pin the blame on one person, they get all the consequences, and everyone else gets away with it. I’m not sure that’s what you meant.

catloaf,

Sometimes open war comes upon you, whether you risk it or not.

catloaf,

Not as far as I’m aware. NDAs are pretty common.

catloaf,

You can’t “just start” a class action suit. You need to sue, get other people to sue, coordinate, and apply for class action status. That’s more time and effort than an individual suit.

catloaf,

That’s not the fault of OP, that’s Lemmy mangling the preview.

catloaf,

No, I do the same. I don’t really have backups at all. Some stuff I have in the cloud, but for convenience more than anything else.

I have my Windows drives encrypted with bitlocker, and I put the recovery keys in the cloud. I recently wiped the OS partition intending to retrieve the keys after reinstall, only to find the cloud provider is having an extended outage… So those drives are inaccessible for the time being. Maybe forever. I’ve barely missed them.

The biggest part of my data by byte is just media that I can redownload. I don’t have anything life-or-death critically important.

catloaf,

en.wikipedia.org/…/List_of_Israeli_assassinations

They have multiple in-house teams.

catloaf,

That’s by design. It’s meant to be a forum for members to argue with diplomacy instead of going right to killing each other.

catloaf,

Is that really surprising to you?

catloaf,

Even the preview mentions pools.

catloaf,

Switzerland says Russia must be involved in the process, but justified its lack of an invitation next month on the grounds Moscow had repeatedly said it had no interest in taking part.

Seems like a non-story to me. Russia is causing all of this themselves.

catloaf,

Bad news, Germany, because immigration is about to increase because of climate change.

Right-wing media has really done a number on critical thinking.

Perfect Dark Reboot Is Allegedly In Bad Shape (www.gamespot.com)

I don’t think big companies know how to make a good FPS campaign anymore, let alone hone in on classic deathmatch multiplayer. The last FPS I bought was Half-Life: Alyx four years ago, and the first one to come along and interest me since then was Phantom Fury, but I’m letting that one iron out bugs for a few weeks before I...

catloaf,

You assume it’s being properly staffed, funded, and managed.

catloaf,

I don’t see a single word in this article about how Argentinians are are benefiting.

Maybe the bit about falling rent prices, but if they’re really building that quickly, I have deep concerns about quality. The residential buildings I’ve seen in central and southern America look like deathtraps in a fire or earthquake.

catloaf,

in honor of the 132 hostages — 128 of them abducted on October 7 and four who have been held for nearly a decade — still in terrorist captivity in Gaza

Nothing about the Palestinians in captivity in Israel.

catloaf,

The argument is that it delays crackers long enough that some day-one pirates buy the game instead.

It’s impossible to test this experimentally, so we can’t say if it’s true or not. But that’s the claim. I’m sure there’s some truth to it, but some pirates will just wait until it’s cracked or removed.

catloaf,

It also has some fairly tall mountains: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pico_Bolívar

catloaf,

It’s legal for illumination and smokescreens.

catloaf,

People have lives outside Lemmy.

But it doesn’t seem reputable to me. Rather new outfit, a lot of stuff unattributed, and clearly slanted, though I wouldn’t say they’re actively pushing an agenda. Also, most of their articles just seem to be reporting on other orgs doing the actual journalism.

catloaf,

Yeah the crosspost source is gone, but the post link itself is still there. Your Lemmy client shouldn’t have any problem with that, but here it is again: thecradle.co/articles-id/24770

catloaf,

Tap the post thumbnail placeholder (grey chain “link” icon).

Since the war began, entire areas of the West Bank have been emptied of their communities (www.haaretz.com)

One of the largest communities expelled in the months since the war began was from the village of Wadi al-Siq, which is separated from Maghayyir A-Dir only by a beautiful green wadi. Next to the ruins of the village, which are still visible, cows from the nearby outpost that was established only about a year ago are grazing...

catloaf,

“It’s free real estate” --Israel, literally

Israel launches Rafah offensive it says is start of mission to ‘eliminate’ Hamas (www.theguardian.com)

Israel has launched a major military offensive against Hamas forces in Rafah, Gaza’s southernmost city, seizing control of a key border crossing and cutting off most aid into the territory a day before indirect talks on a ceasefire deal are due to restart....

catloaf,

Doesn’t matter. Nobody is stopping them, so they can say and do whatever they want.

catloaf,

Canned green beans are great. I love them mushy, hate them crunchy. No idea why.

Frozen veggies are good, but they don’t always cook the same. Frozen Brussels sprouts fry up great, but I tried roasting them on the grill last night and they just turned mushy. Not sure if it was them or me, but I’ve done fresh ones on the grill just fine.

catloaf,

Cool but most indie devs don’t have the capital to fund the development. They want to make those games, but they have to partner with publishers so they can afford to buy stuff like food and rent while developing before they make any sales.

catloaf,

People still care about Call of Duty? I haven’t heard people talk about playing it for years now. But I don’t know if that’s just my friends or what.

catloaf,

In a televised address, Benjamin Netanyahu once more rejected Hamas’s demands for a definitive end to the war in Gaza, saying that any permanent ceasefire would allow the group to remain in power and pose a continuing threat to Israel.

So they are saying it’s genocide now, or genocide in a month. Not much of a choice.

catloaf,

That would probably be trademark, not copyright.

Ana Piquer, human rights activist: ‘The militarization promoted by the government of Mexico has not improved security’ (english.elpais.com)

The new director of Amnesty International in the Americas has criticized the use of the military and heavy-handed measures to combat crime in the region: ‘The Armed Forces are not trained to ensure public safety’...

catloaf,

It’s almost like guns don’t solve socioeconomic issues.

catloaf,

I’m sure they don’t.

catloaf,

I’m sure they do. I mean this is for Sony to pad their numbers for active paying accounts.

catloaf,

I’ve never played BG3 but I do play D&D and yeah that sounds about right for eldritch blast

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