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  • The distinction between defensive and offensive weaponry is a bit of political theater. Like the first boots on the ground in Vietnam were “military advisors.” Sure, a missile shield is more defensive in nature but its rockets or drones would not refuse to go on the offensive, if so ordered, on philosophical grounds. A rifle may aid in repelling an attack as well as participate in it. So the premise of your strategy is on shaky ground.


  • If you can’t read Japanese, one of these options disqualifies itself. You used euros a a currency so you’re probably on 220V or thereabouts and the Japanese one will not be. But I don’t know if you could recycle older switch 1 cables and the dock if you have those already.

    The EU model will probably not be hot swappable and what I heard on the rumor mill you’ll still need to unscrew the back of the console. The idea is that users can replace the battery so the manufacturers can’t drown it in glue or use proprietary fastenings unless they provide you also with the tools. But it won’t be like mobile phones when Nokia was the shit.

    In the interest of longevity of the device and to save yourself a possible inflated battery replacement bill in the future, I’d get the new EU version.





  • FriendOfDeSoto@startrek.websitetoAsklemmy@lemmy.mlShould I vote?
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    Voting is better than not voting in my opinion. That being said, this is a topic I would not throw to the internet to help you decide. The way you have written your post you’re opening yourself up to a lot of partisan replies from the good people of both sides that will probably not aid massively in your decision making process.




  • and they’re also easier on the eyes

    I found that’s the ultimate decision criterion for me. If you’re fine reading on your phone, i.e. you don’t lose sleep because of the extra light spectrum you beam into your face, just stick with the phone. It’s always there and you are already trained to keep it charged around the clock.

    Reading ≠ reading; people have different concepts in their heads. There are people who need the haptics of an actual book. Some may think reading on your phone kind of cheapens the experience. It’s where the diarrhea stream of social media also comes through. Or work emails. I’ve talked with a colleague once and she insisted on a reader device because she didn’t want to give the impression she was on Instagram while reading at the airport. So you need to figure out these preferences as well.






  • 47, like his erstwhile buddy Epstein, deals in favor/counterfavor. The sheiks who paid for the jet scratched his back in exchange for a US favor, possibly pushing the repeat Nobel peace laureate runner up into war on Iran. And if he and his own can get rich in the process, no, wait, that’s plan A. All the rest is just theater and headline generation. I suspect the ballroom is just helping direct tax funds into construction companies that are owned by his former fixer’s neighbor’s third cousin’s dog’s groomer’s husband. The NYT will enlighten us in time.

    I think the US military will be able to inspect the plane and discover any hidden bugs. You don’t really need to track the plane; it’ll be on the news. As for the White House, even if a republican wins the next election, I’d fire the entire staff and send the military counterintelligence outfit through there with a fine toothed comb. A Democrat incumbent will probably sleep somewhere else for a while, pointing to “necessary” renovation work. I don’t think that that would be paranoid.


  • There is a lot of talk about bringing back the wooly mammoth that way but they are collecting funds and not delivering so far. I think some celebrity cloned their dog but IIRC they took samples while the OG puppy was still around. To be fair, I am not sure about that story.

    Technically, it’s probably possible with a human but the science isn’t quite there yet. They like to test this first on other creatures before they graduate to bringing back Napoleon or whoever. And that is saying nothing about ethical and legal restrictions on top of that.



  • I think it’s the same everywhere in the developed world. There are things that will just keep virtually forever, like honey or tea bags, but they come with an expiry date of some sort. Because at some point, allegedly, ol’ moneybags himself lobbied for legislation like that to make people buy more stuff.

    I’m in Japan and if I didn’t blatantly disregard the dates and guidance they print on bread I’d never finish a pack.