I mean, I’ll still be doing that too, I’m just more nervous now.

Upvoted because there is a good possibility that this thing crashes and burns. The hybrid idea isn’t a bad one, but it is Xbox we’re talking about. It’ll be interesting to see how this all plays out.

At the same time we’re getting news that the new PC-compatible Xbox will cost $1,000 to $1,200 and is astronomically more powerful than both the Steam Machine and Series X, with a release in 2027.

I gave Valve so much benefit of the doubt and really wanted to support this project, but unless they take the Steam Machine as a loss leader or somehow ships it before June, it’s dead in the water next to Project Helix. I knew that eventually the Steam Machine would be unable to keep up with AAA games, but that may happen just months after launch now.

If you can’t compete with Sony, just pick on the little guy, right?

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My wife and I need to discover how to harness this power as a renewable energy source. We’d save so much on our energy bill 🔋

Rose. For better or worse, it definitely feels like all of Doctor Who distilled into a single episode, in addition to being the first New Who episode and establishing the core themes and concepts well. The Doctor being mysterious and charismatic, the feelings of adventure, the great character moments and thought-provoking concepts, and yes, that the show is often incredibly hokey.

I kind sort of just think that Doctor Who isn’t for everyone, and I promise I don’t mean that in a gatekeeping way. Different eras resonate more than others, and that’s awesome, but most of New Who has the same campy DNA. Some people will find the camp and low-budget effects endearing, some will be completely turned off by it and stop watching, and others will be willing to look past it because they’re sold on everything else.

There’s some good one-shot episodes that probably don’t do a good job representing what Doctor Who is, warts and all, or in a ways that establish continuity and theme. I’ve known quite a few people in my day who were introduced famous self-contained episodes, but then fall off quick after trying to watch the show.

-Transition, if not then and there, then at 18 when I’ve moved out. And see a therapist to manage depression and anxiety either way.

-Don’t fall out of touch with the friend who would pass away in four years’ time.

-Do everything I can to make sure my best friend doesn’t make the choice that ruins the rest of his life.

-Choose a degree for a field that won’t be replaced by AI and definitely don’t consider grad school for that same field.

Welp, this was a sad thread.

I’ve been waiting years for this!

The Tsunamods devs (the minds behind the 7th Heaven mod manager) said on their Discord that they’re working on mod support for both the new Steam and GOG releases, but that most mods aren’t working out of the box at the moment. I don’t mind waiting a little bit longer to finally experience the graphical mods and A New Threat, DRM-free.

Sharks are my friends too. Except for those 65 assholes in 2025, but all the rest seem nice. 🦈

Okay, this is the start of an interesting question: Man or shark?

Although I’d hate to use that line only to find out the guy in question was, like, into that.

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My first name rhymes with my deadname lol. It’s been in my head for most of my life.

I got more creative with my middle name, and it’s a reference to two inspiring video game characters who share a name in Resident Evil 2 and Final Fantasy XIII.

That’s fair. I was asked to consult the internet on this lol. Obviously it’s just input and Lemmy isn’t getting the final decision.

Actually, after reading this and doing some research, I think Keychron would be a good choice. Thank you for taking the time to write this!

Are you looking for a specific type of shoes, or companies in general?

Thursday Boot Company has wide options for a lot of its inventory (only up to EEE though from what I can see); many of their products are resoleable, but Everyday Gear did a 3-year test on the non-resolable low-top sneakers and had good things to say. And YMMV, but my Jim Green Razorback boots are extremely wide despite not being labeled as such. Solovair’s Last 5400 boots are said to be wider, but there aren’t any specific size conventions lifted. And you can customize pretty much everything with Nick’s boots, but get ready to spend $800.

Hope others can provide better suggestions. I struggle with this myself in the women’s section now that I’m no longer shopping fast fashion. Red Wing has D sizing (which is the women’s wide and men’s average E width) that stops one size below mine, and that’s just one example, so I’m stuck with W width for most shoes and brands. So I just live with the pain until they’ve been broken in 🙃

I should push back on the idea that naming cultural patterns equals blaming victims, or that only people inside the worst possible historical analogy are allowed to analyze trajectories.

You can absolutely analyze cultural patterns. I’m just saying “you’re a violent culture” wasn’t the right choice of words. It’s also important to, while analyzing cultural patterns, to consider the role of privilege, and that words and actions are two different things, especially when the critic is looking in from the outside. I’m not talking about you specifically, but I’ve seen a lot of European/Canadian schadenfreude in left-wing online spaces (like Lemmy) over the situation happening an America. While they aren’t wrong that America is brash and needed to be taken down a peg, and there is a place for analyzing the political trajectory, sometimes these people forget the millions of people who aren’t gun-blazing, beer drinking, flag-waving patriots who are in danger, and that if they had the bad luck of being born somewhere else, they themselves might be in the exact same situation. The idea that “America tore itself apart” makes less sense the more you think about it, but seems incredibly plausible to an observer. I think the issue at hand is that, yes, it’s good to analyze cultural patterns, but America was never a monoculture.

In both situations, I ask: How does it help in these left-wing spaces to make blanket statements about Americans, when most of the posters in these spaces are the exception to Americanism and not the rule? Who is the “you” in “you’re a violent culture”?

You don’t need to already be in a Holocaust to talk about escalation dynamics. In fact, if you wait until everything is unspeakable, analysis is already useless.

I agree with this. But the message is everything. OP was just trying to make plans for a worst-case scenario and probably not jumping immediately to violence. While it indeed is important to recognize the spectrum of resistance, it also isn’t wrong to prep for the worst in addition to that. Currently, the people of Minneapolis, Minnesota, are resisting non-violently, and the Administration is still assaulting and murdering people and Trump is still threatening the Insurrection Act and martial law. For you, it’s a golden lining, but for us living it, we’re questioning whether that will work this time and bracing for impact. Is continuing nonviolent resistance the thing that save America? Maybe. Maybe the regime still won’t give us that chance. Maybe they will just make up lies to cancel elections and enact martial law. And if all options are extinguished and violence breaks out from that, it won’t be our fault for not being nonviolent enough.

Again, there’s nothing wrong about your underlying point – nonviolent resistance is important – but how it was worded.

You missed mine. Until you find yourself the victim of an authoritarian state you live in starting a Holocaust, you don’t get to make blanket statements about an entire country that lumps the oppressors and the oppressed into the same category.

You have barely tried non violent resistance (not the same as peaceful!) but you’re such a violent culture that you jump straight to military solutions.

Most Americans are victims of a violent regime and not violent themselves. They’re scared and going through something most Canadians and many post-WWII Europeans will never have to deal with in their lifetimes. People are being murdered, and you’re telling the victims it’s their fault and that they’re violent for trying to prepare for a worst-case scenario.

Yes, of course there are other ways to confront this. Yes, I wish the country I was regrettably born in was culturally more like the EU and Canada. But it’s not that simple and I can’t help but feel that this comment is in poor taste.