Meanwhile:

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/world/israels-leader-claims-no-one-in-gaza-is-starving-data-and-witnesses-disagree

“Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says no one in Gaza is starving: “There is no policy of starvation in Gaza, and there is no starvation in Gaza. We enable humanitarian aid throughout the duration of the war to enter Gaza – otherwise, there would be no Gazans.””

Of course reality begs to differ, with the starvation campaign having started back in the 90s:

https://imeu.org/article/fact-sheet-legal-status-of-israels-siege-blockade-of-gaza

“Starting in the early 1990s, Israel made it increasingly difficult for Palestinians and commercial goods to enter or leave Gaza, which along with the West Bank and East Jerusalem has been under Israeli military occupation since 1967.”

From 2018:

https://www.oxfam.org/en/timeline-humanitarian-impact-gaza-blockade

“Today, one million Palestinians in Gaza don’t have enough food to feed their families, despite receiving food assistance or other forms of support.”

2023:

https://euromedmonitor.org/en/gaza

“Under international law, Israel is an occupying power although it already ‘disengaged’ from the Gaza Strip in 2005; it still continues to control entry and exit from Gaza by land, sea and air. Likewise, it controls Gaza’s population registry, telecommunication networks and many other aspects of daily life and infrastructure. Rather than undertaking its duty of protecting the civilian population in the Gaza Strip, Israel has been placing Palestinians under a suffocating blockade, which constitutes an unprecedented form of collective punishment in a stark violation of international humanitarian law.”

Ah, yes, I too remember AOL/Time-Warner…

Afraid I have news for you…

It’s slow. Interminably slow. You think you might be prepared for how slow it is, you are not.

Google “Red Dead Redemption 2 slow” if you doubt this.

Second, the controls absolutely suck. Not sure who decided the same button should be either “talk to NPC” or “shoot NPC right in the goddamned head” but that never should have passed play testing.

Again, Google “Red Dead Redemption 2 controls” if you doubt this.

I LOVED RDR1. Played the hell out of that game, was really looking forward to 2.

Then I had to walk through snow for an hour before anything happened.

Got through that godawful opening sequence, got to a bit where we’re going across a prairie, hear a call for help, ride over to talk to an NPC to see what’s going on and shoot them right in the goddamned head instead, prompting a fugitive run.

That’s when I realized I could re-start the game and try again, or just say “fuck it” and cut my losses. I cut my losses. I’m not going to fight bad game design AND the plot.

Right up until you hit a job portal that doesn’t work because it doesn’t recognize Linux.

There are all sorts of things that just don’t work with Linux, which requires thinking for yourself to either figure it out or work around it.

Figuring out how to do the install yourself is the equivalent of “You must be this tall to ride this ride.”

I don’t say this to be cruel, I really want you to think of this more as harsh encouragement. :)

If you can’t figure out how to install Linux on a random laptop, you probably shouldn’t be running Linux. :)

When I got started, oh, 30 years ago, I got a Slackware installation that could be booted from floppy disc.

The installer created a Boot floppy and a Root floppy, and there were 5 variations on each, 25 combinations.

So I made the first combo, booted machine, and found it all worked except the CD-ROM drive.

I went through all 25 Boot/Root combinations looking for one that would work with the CD-ROM.

There wasn’t one. The CD was some custom SCSI drive that wasn’t supported under Linux. :(

So I pulled the SCSI card and drive, replaced it with an IDE drive, and it worked on the first try.

The OG film is the best, the rest are pretty disposable.

Only shows cutscenes, no actual gameplay. Can’t tell if you’re playing the people or the Cenobytes… Not impressed.

Grapes and raisins are potentially fatal to dogs.

https://vcahospitals.com/know-your-pet/grape-raisin-and-currant-poisoning-in-dogs

Always the ones you most expect…

Reminder:

https://www.ign.com/articles/ubisoft-exec-says-gamers-need-to-get-comfortable-not-owning-their-games-for-subscriptions-to-take-off

“One of the things we saw is that gamers are used to, a little bit like DVD, having and owning their games. That’s the consumer shift that needs to happen. They got comfortable not owning their CD collection or DVD collection. That’s a transformation that’s been a bit slower to happen [in games].”

I’m totally OK not owning Ubisoft games… but not in the way they would prefer… Where I hand them money and still don’t own anything.

Or any of the accented letters…

No Zìõñïsts.

Ooh… This could be fun… No Zionißtß

It allows “Zionist” though so could you do “Zionist” or “Zionists” 🤔

“I want men to be open with their feelings.”

“Men who are open with their feelings are a burden to me.”

🤔