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Steam just had a free weekend so I’ve been playing it. I like it a lot and I do think it’s worth playing, but it’s definitely a clunky console port, the added latency of forced multiplayer doesn’t do it any favors, and the amount of QoL locked behind microtransactions or a $13/month subscription just feels bad.

I occasionally see those types of ads in subs downloaded through the Plex UI, but usually it’s in an intro or at the end. Haven’t seen them in the middle of a dialogue yet.

About 20 years ago I was so outraged by Bonsai Kitten that I asked a friend’s mom to help me write letters to ISPs and law enforcement to try to get it taken down.

It was a site with pictures of cats in glass jars, but it had very graphic details about how they supposedly kept cats alive in jars and grew them into weird shapes… I still think it’s pretty tasteless, but it was clearly someone’s idea of satire. It felt like a big deal back then, but these days it would be nothing more than a bad meme.

It works most of the time, and they sort of addressed the main complaint I saw, which was with the infamy system. Definitely still has some major problems, but a lot of the hate is pretty overblown.

It’s been a terrible launch and there are still major issues that need fixing. Too little content, bad progression system, bad matchmaking system, mostly boring skill tree for loud… But I’m still having a lot of fun with it despite all of that. I wanted more out of a finished game, but at least most of the heists that it shipped with are interesting and fun. 99 Boxes can go to hell.

I like that his slippers are avocados.

Well… It’s at least playable now, but there are still bugs with matchmaking. Sometimes when you ready up, it locks you in but still shows you as “Not ready.” The only way to continue at that point is to leave, or for everyone to wait the 5 minutes for the game to start.

Also, full lobbies occasionally just empty out during the ready countdown and I end up stuck in a solo game. Hard to tell if a lot of people regularly leave at the last second, or if that’s another bug.

Payday 3. Having fun learning the heists when matchmaking actually works, but it’s been a bumpy launch.

SPEEDO SPEED BOY. WIND IS ON MY FACE!

I think the entire point is to smokescreen and deligitimize Trump’s legal situation by trying to show people “look, we’re doing the same thing they are doing to us!” Doesn’t matter if it’s completely different, or if it even goes anywhere legally. A lot of people will either not take the time to follow both cases or they’ll be disenfranchised enough to tune out altogether, which is exactly what they’re hoping for.

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Excellent read. And now compulsively back to endless scrolling.

Not saying you’re wrong, but I never had to create an account on my TCL TV running the Roku TV software. You can even choose an input to start up to, so I never even see the home screen ads.

Wouldn’t surprise me if it varies by model, but I’ve had no issues just having mine start up to a Fire Stick connected to my home Plex server (though Fire Stick comes with its own problems).

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My understanding is they’re a Bluetooth device that do not have direct Internet access on their own; how is their location being updated if you’re not pairing with them to allow them access to your device?

Apple allows them to connect to any device in the “Find My” network and phone home, regardless of who it belongs to. Presumably that includes you driving next to someone with an iPhone if the tag is in your car. It’s supposed to also alert you f it’s determined to be travelling with you and the owner is not nearby, but I think that requires you to also have an Apple device, or install and actively use Apple’s Tracker Detect app for Android.

https://www.apple.com/airtag/#:~:text=How does it work

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