Have you considered just making your own? It is pretty simple HTML/CSS to build the framework (and it can look as good as you care to make it look) and then just plug modules where you want. I'm sure there are plenty of places which would provide stock and weather widgets and I use rss.bloople.net to put RSS feeds into my homepage.

And before my life got crazy busy this spring, I used Game Pass to play Streets of Rage 4 ($25 on Steam right now), No Man's Sky ($60), one of the Gears of War game ($20 on MS), OOTP 21 ($20), and Subnautica ($30), all within a 3 month span (~$155). I beat SoR4 multiple times (though I didn't finish unlocking everything), grew bored with No Man sky and Subnautica, and got too busy to play Gears and OOTP.

We can swap anecdotal evidence, no doubt, but to ignore the incredible value it has to gamers who wish to take advantage of it would be rather narrow-minded, especially when there is nothing in the subscription model which prohibits you from outright purchase (and, with Stadia at least, the subscription can provide a discount on purchase).

I'm not sure if they've released the cloud gaming titles for PC, but they have a fairly robust collection of games on Game Pass for PC and the current Android cloud catalog. And the "capabilities" will depend on what game you're playing. For example, I have PGA Tour 2K21 on Stadia, and it plays flawlessly.

But then you have to have the hard drive space required to hold it and you can only play that title/saved game on the machine you've downloaded it. Take Stadia's service, for example. Anywhere I have a Chrome web browser (which is everywhere, whether I like it or not), I can play PGA Tour 2K21, the same saved game.

I'm not trying to convince you a subscription model is better than a more traditional model. I'm just trying to show you it has its advantages too.

This is all 100% true and it certainly is a valid argument. On the flip side, however, if you average playing a game for 14 days (and play no other game during those 14 days), you can play roughly 2 games a month for $15. That comes out to 24 games a year at $180/year. Using the "old days" system, that $180 would be 3 games at new prices (~$60 a game) or 6 games at half price (~$30 a game).

In other words, you can play far more games at the same price, which is nice if you like playing a variety of games. And if you ever find one you REALLY enjoy, there's nothing stopping you from purchasing it independently of the subscription service. After all, think how much money you saved by not buying the "E.T. the Extra Terrestrial" Atari game on release day.

How did the rest of the quote go?

I think you all know that I've always felt the nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help. A great many of the current problems on the farm were caused by government-imposed embargoes and inflation, not to mention government's long history of conflicting and haphazard policies. Our ultimate goal, of course, is economic independence for agriculture, and through steps like the tax reform bill, we seek to return farming to real farmers. But until we make that transition, the Government must act compassionately and responsibly. In order to see farmers through these tough times, our administration has committed record amounts of assistance, spending more in this year alone than any previous administration spent during its entire tenure. No area of the budget, including defense, has grown as fast as our support for agriculture.

Oh, that's right.

Source: https://www.reaganfoundation.o...

Mindgeek had a legal contract with the abusers.

From at least 2011 until the end of 2019, MindGeek contracted with GirlsDoPorn to be partners in MindGeek’s Content Partner Program and Viewshare Program. In so doing, MindGeek created dedicated channels for GirlsDoPorn’s videos on MindGeek’s Tubesites containing trailer versions of the victim’s videos.

Source: https://assets.documentcloud.o...

You should read the complaint again. According to the complaint, they did not "willingly do porn". They were tricked and coerced, oftentimes while under the influence of alcohol and/or marijuana. They were initially told it would be for modeling, even signed a contract that said "beginmodeling" at the top of the contract. They were repeatedly lied to and exploited. They were bought tickets to fly to the location and then were told they would have to reimburse the flight and hotel rooms (when they obviously didn't have money in the first place). They were told the videos they shot would not be made publicly available and it was posted online in multiple locations. The company that lied to the women and abused them (to the point there are criminal charges against them) even purchased a website which was dedicated to doxxing them, which led to harassment and stalking. And Mindgeek actively courted a relationship with the abusers and even looked to purchase the company (and backed out when they learned just how much abuse was happening).

The women may be lucky in the sense they are not dead, but to say they are "lucky" is just untrue.

It's not, at least not to me

Obviously government and business are two separate issues with regards to free speech, so please understand I address only the latter. A business holds no responsibility to allow/promote deliberate falsehoods. It is not "bias" to try and reduce violent rhetoric or deliberate disinformation designed to cause harm. Censoring what you acknowledge is BS should not be concerning, so long as it is, in fact, BS and not just different ways to look at the same situation.

Why not do it now? Why is 2005-2012 somehow better than now? There is nothing in Dr. Who lore which says a Time Lord male cannot regenerate into a female (in fact, quite the opposite given The Master/Missy). So...aside from her being a woman, exactly what problem do you have with this?

Casting actresses in a show is a "progressive ideology of the elite"? Perhaps in the 1700s, but it hasn't been for quite some time. You should look into making the leap into the 20th century. Being only 100 years behind the rest of us seems as if it would be an improvement for you.

Off-topic but my father-in-law is a fireman. He's said many times that the best way to ensure total destruction of your home and property in a fire is to have a metal roof.

I'm not an expert, but basically the metal traps all the heat and forces it downward and most firefighters (at least in my area) won't go into a building with a metal roof on it except only to save human life. And, even then, the chances of saving someone are lower.

Just something to think about.

Wow, nothing like using misleading statistics. Violent crime went up the first year or two in Australia, but (at least until last year, haven't checked 2013 numbers) had declined significantly. Chicago had some of the most stringent gun control laws and their murder rate dropped by half in roughly 20 years. I'm sure you knew those things and meant to post them in order to give a fair argument, but just forgot.

And if you cannot see the difference in a device intended for transportation and a device intended to hurt and kill, then I suspect you're probably not the person who should take up the flag for the pro gun cause.

I'm sorry, but your opinion is silly. Why are you interested in making everyone mediocre? How about we push ALL kids, not just the ones at the bottom? Whether it's publicly acceptable to say or not, the fact is most of the kids at the bottom will never advance past subpar. They'll be the manual labor, the janitors, the cooks, etc. And there is absolutely NOTHING wrong with that, any person providing for their family is okay in my book.

But the gifted children, they are the thinkers, they are the ones who will change the world. We need to be giving them every opportunity to succeed we can, and to hold them back simply because there are some kids who are not intelligent seems a completely backwards outlook on life. You're saying we should not provide assistance to the children who will change the world so we can instead focus on those who will work fairly unintellectual jobs. That makes no sense.

I hear the French have invested heavily into the Acme Corporation. You've been warned.

My guess would be 20 miles.

If you wish to be technical, technically, we were never at war with North Korea. And yes, I'm being pedantic. :-)