The cynic in me says these articles are all about fear mongering to permanently increase spend baselines in the MIC. Another part of me is saying that the industrial shortcomings are great to highlight and beef up now to ensure a deterrence and capacity for any conflict where the US is obligated to participate in (such as Taiwan).

Considering that all of the platforms have the “non-transferable” clause in their EULAs… It seems to be an industry issue, not a Steam one.

Paradox has recently gotten hammered on their recent releases, both Golden and Early Access. I wonder if that was part of the reason.

If you feel safe and stable now, then keep doing what you’re doing. There’s no shame in just living the life you enjoy. And I hope you didn’t need to feel like you have to defend your lifestyle and relationships to me.

I just wanted to come from angle where my perspective is both from a potentially different upbringing and life experience and what having a romantic partner means to me.

All anyone should want for another person is for them to be happy.

So I see where you’re coming from. If your group of friends can collectively address all your needs, you would really feel like you don’t need a romantic partner. And maybe you don’t, which is perfectly fine.

I don’t know where you are in your life. Personally, I’m in my 30s, and I’ve had close friends that have come and go. I grew up with making and losing friends constantly like any kid who had a military parent. All of this is to provide a bit perspective for when I say that (at least in my experience) friends don’t stay. There isn’t a reason for them to put you first in their lives. As they get more involved in new or existing relationships of their own, romantic or otherwise, there will be drifting and shifting of priorities. And unless your really good at making friends, it gets harder to make friends as you get older.

A romantic partner is supposed to put you first on that list of social priorities and for a very long time. And it’s that feeling of counting on someone to be there for you when you need it that provides a sense of safety and comfort when your overall social network changes.

Paywall on the article. Does it say why?

Just like Y to post a click bait, non-informative post. Here’s an article that has more info.https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/israel-news/2280460/shockingly-inept-us-missile-defense-system-had-75-failure-rate-in-iran-attack-on-israel.html

The rate is only for SM-3 missiles that targeted ballistics. Israel also had significantly fewer targets and better preparation for their interceptions.

Do you want current regime or it’s history? Because… Lol if you think that number is 0 for either.

Likely this. If they need to be FIDO2 compliant, then OTP and TOTP will be blocked. Personally, I would demand a company-provided phone for work.

I remember initially getting downvoted on Reddit when the announcement trailer was posted because I mentioned that this was going to be the case and that I was going to wait a couple years.

Paradox has focused hard on releasing games with DLC planned every 6-12 months as has been the case for almost all of their recent titles. And I play a lot of their games. Cities 2 should have released with at least some of the dlc content already released in 1, on top of being optimized for performance. Paradox should be the poster child for patient gamers.

It’s also going to get a pretty big update at the end of the month. So it’s a good time to buy.

The ‘let Blizzard be Blizzard’ quote comes from the opinion and point of view of the Executive Producer and Vice President of World of Warcraft and their meetings with the folks from Bethesda and Mojang and comparing notes. It doesn’t appear to be an official stance of Microsoft to not shake things up, but rather World of Warcraft itself is doing just fine that no one seems to want to intervene in its development.

“There’s no one asking us to do anything,” she continued. “World of Warcraft is doing very well and they’re very proud of what it’s been able to accomplish, so it’s almost like just let it be, and let it keep being awesome. They’ve been tremendously supportive and it’s like ‘let Blizzard be Blizzard’.”

In September of 2023, I was prepared to vote blue in my State of Virginia, where we had a Red governor, a Blue Senate, and a Red House with the legislature seats all up for grabs. Now the legislative branch is Blue and the Governor is kept firmly in check and unlikely to run for President any longer.

And I never acknowledged Biden supported genocide; merely pointing out your fallacy in supporting actual genocide. In fact, the actions of the Biden administration to Palestinians in the US is contrary to your claims of the administration supporting genocide: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/biden-protects-palestinian-immigrants-in-u-s-from-deportation-israel-hamas-war/

How is Trump who supports genocide abroad AND at home better?

It’s lazy “development” in the interest of saving time and therefore cost of development for Ubisoft.

That’s all there is to it. They probably aren’t even trying to train it in the context of the game world, just take existing models and run a few phrases to show that it “works”.

It’s likely he pulled it out of his ass, much like a lot of the headlines he throws up.

The mission-capable rate is 55 percent, but that definition is for a single-task mission. Considering the F-35 is meant to have multiple missions, the report is a bit damning on the supply issue. However, the report is meant to highlight the issues so that the military can take over supply and maintenance in 2027. And a lot of the issues are lack of supply and depots for maintenance.

The $1.7 trillion is an estimated cost over the lifecycle of the entire F-35 fleet of 2500 planes. The F-22 first flew in 1990 and entered service in 2005. So 20-30 years would be a decent lifecycle. The math for the F-35, using 20 year lifecycle, comes out to about $65 billion/yr for 2500 planes or $26 million/yr per plane. Part of the report is also providing recommendations on lowering maintenance costs.

It’s still a lot of money, but when we’re talking decades, we need to put that into perspective when healthcare spending in the US is $4.5 trillion per year.

You should learn context clues to know I was directly commenting on the previous poster about China’s bullying of Philippine fishermen.

As for Kinmen island itself, it is Taiwan’s. The main Kinmen island is 7km from the mainland. The article doesn’t say where the fishermen were in relation to the island.

No… Because China is claiming an island that is nowhere near their internationally recognized borders and on an island they don’t even have people on…

In this case, Chinese fisherman were within Taiwans EEZ. And their boat capsized as they tried to flee.

I would say so. Those hands look weird.

We play with at least the datapacks from VanillaTweaks. Lots of quality of life features there.