Does anyone actually buy games on Epic?
I never have. They're rarely the cheapest, unless it's free. Also DRM, obviously.
Hyperreality
joined 2 years ago
Inevitable, but still better than vox.
Same thing happened a while here in Belgium, with the right wing NVA winning votes from the far-right Vlaams Belang.
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but I wouldn't count the far right out. They're harder to get rid of than cockroaches.
EU chief says Israel was responsible for Hamas' surge to power in Gaza: 'Financed by the government'
Articles:
Yuval Diskin, former head of Israel's Shin Bet security service, told the daily newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth in 2013 that "if we look at it over the years, one of the main people contributing to Hamas's strengthening has been Bibi Netanyahu, since his first term as prime minister." ... former prime minister Ehud Barak told Israeli Army Radio that Netanyahu's "strategy is to keep Hamas alive and kicking … even at the price of abandoning the citizens [of the south] … in order to weaken the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah." ... At a 2019 Likud party conference, Politico noted, Netanyahu said, "Anyone who wants to prevent the establishment of a Palestinian state needs to support strengthening Hamas." ... Netanyahu defended Israel’s regular allowing of Qatari funds to be transferred into Gaza, saying it is part of a broader strategy to keep Hamas and the Palestinian Authority separate, a source in Monday’s Likud faction meeting said ... etc. etc. etc. etc.
You:
where are the citations then?
EU chief says Israel was responsible for Hamas' surge to power in Gaza: 'Financed by the government'
The articles explictly mention sources. You either didn't read the articles (properly), are being disingenious, or you're suffering from cognitive dissonance.
In my experience, this is how a lot of (invariably male) doctors work. If you don't complain enough, they'll tell you to drink more water and take some paracetamol, ie. fuck off. So you end up having to exagerate your symptoms.
Or if you're a man, after going to doctor with a concern like you're told to and basically being mocked one time too often, you only go to the doctor when you're bleeding out of your eyeballs. At which point they mock you for not going to the doctor sooner.
On the other hand, a male doctor underestimating a female patients pain complaints, almost ended up killing my mother.
Mum: Doctor, I'm in excruciating pain. I think I have acute appendicitis.
Doctor: If it was appendicitis, you'd be in more pain.
Mum: few hours of pain Argh.
Doctor: it appears your appendicitis burst. You should have complained more.
EU chief says Israel was responsible for Hamas' surge to power in Gaza: 'Financed by the government'
TBF It's been widely reported on in and outside of Israel.
If you think he'd need to elaborate on the political equivalent of 'water is wet' statement, or think his statement is in any way shocking, that means you're hopelessly out of your depth when it comes to the Israel-Palestinian conflict.
5 second google:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/10/16/how-benjamin-netanyahu-empowered-hamas/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/netanyahu-israel-gaza-hamas-1.7010035
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/world/middleeast/israel-qatar-money-prop-up-hamas.html
https://theweek.com/politics/why-israels-netanyahu-encouraged-suitcases-of-cash-for-hamas
EU chief says Israel was responsible for Hamas' surge to power in Gaza: 'Financed by the government'
5 second google:
https://www.timesofisrael.com/for-years-netanyahu-propped-up-hamas-now-its-blown-up-in-our-faces/
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2023/10/16/how-benjamin-netanyahu-empowered-hamas/
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/netanyahu-israel-gaza-hamas-1.7010035
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/10/world/middleeast/israel-qatar-money-prop-up-hamas.html
https://theweek.com/politics/why-israels-netanyahu-encouraged-suitcases-of-cash-for-hamas
TBF you can turn on an ICE car and let it warm up a bit before you drive it. Some ICE cars also allow you to remotely pre-start or there are after market options so you can use an app to do exactly that. Hell, Russian far east they simply leave the car on for the cold months.
It's just that it's incredibly wasteful/polluting.
From the article:
this data doesn’t adjust for the age of the vehicles. Older gas-powered cars fail at a higher rate than the new ones and electric vehicles are obviously much more recent on average.
Their data and the article's title are highly misleading. No shit a year old tesla is going to be more reliable than a 20 year old toyota corolla. You need to compare cars of a similar age, before you can come to a firm conclusion.
Fuck I can’t remember even diesel engines falling because of glow plugs.
Fun fact/anecdote:
I remember reading an old timey engineer/designer being told not to never route wiring or fuel under the diesel engine of a vehicle. The reason is that in colder climates, if it gets really cold and the diesel turns to syrup, people will/would sometimes light a small fire under the engine to heat the block and diesel up.
Obviously, nowadays there are electic engine heaters for that, but that doesn't help much if you're in the middle of the Siberian wilderness.
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During the cold war, the USSR had nukes in East Germany, years before the Cuban missile crisis. IRC less than 10 miles from NATO territory.
Russia has nukes 50 miles from the Polish/NATO border in Kaliningrad. Been like that for years.
I mean, what's next? Blaming NATO for moving Romania closer to Russia after they annexed Crimea?