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Comment Chinpokomon (Score 1) 67

Dude, if you collect Chinpokomon you can complete the Primary Main Objective. What's the Primary Main Objective? The Primary Main Objective is to destroy the Evil Power. United Statesuh government is the Evil Power! It hasa taken Japanese Americans! It hasa broken Japanese spirit! And what do Chinpoko Masters do to Evil Power?! Destroy it!

Comment Law of the Land (Score 1) 112

Any company with operations in a country are required to comply with the laws in said country. The EU has different laws than the United States and the EU enforces their laws regardless of the companies headquarters. Trump is essentially threatening to arbitrarily chastise EU companies operating in the United States. Same thing happens in China where US companies are subject to local laws that are not necessarily found in the US.

Comment Re: yes and... (Score 1) 265

For Russian casualties in the war with Ukraine, CGIS which is an American group so nothing to do with Ukrainian propaganda. https://www.csis.org/analysis/... For Russian casualties in the war with Afghanistan, Wikipedia. Casualties in war are not solely those killed in battle. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/... For a hypothetical war with the United States and Russia, the number of nuclear weapons does not mean you win a war. Russian nuclear capabilities are less advanced but more numerical compared to the United States. Russian conventional military power is far less powerful than the United States. https://www.globalmilitary.net...

Comment Re: yes and... (Score 1) 265

Russia is no where near being a peer of the United States much less the European Union. China certainly is a peer of the United States and surpasses the EU. Finland along with Sweden only became NATO members after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine has been seeking closer ties to NATO almost immediately after the dissolution of the USSR. Understandable since Ukraine along with most of Eastern Europe became colonies of the USSR after WW2, were horribly extorted for their resources and were violently suppressed anytime they expressed a desire for freedom from Soviet rule. Then Ukraine ousted their pro Russian leader due to massive corruption and replaced it with one that is more pro western. Russia followed that up shortly by invading Crimea. Given no international resistance to said invasion, Russia proceeded to invade Ukraine. Russia does not have a hope of winning a war with the United States much less the EU. The only goal of Putin is to remain in power in Russia so he found a scapegoat to divert the Russian peopleâ(TM)s attention from all the horrible things he had done and continues to do to their country. The only advantage for Russia is that they are facing completely divided opponents. Then he has an ally with Trump who idolizes Putin for his ruthlessness and absolute power while Putin thinks of Trump as a pathetic weakling. I just hope that EU member states will ramp up their support of Ukraine while American support dwindles. Ukraine has already inflicted almost 1.2 million casualties to the Russian army in the war. That is half of the Russian casualties during their war of aggression in Afghanistan. The Ukraine will win this war as Russia has no hope to continue their aggression for long before going bankrupt or more hopefully the mass loss of support of the population.

Comment Re: Proving a not (Score 1) 317

Nope, youâ(TM)re wrong. It is scientifically accurate that vaccines do not cause autism. There are many studies that show no change in autism prevalence whether you are vaccinated or not. Itâ(TM)s a simple study of children who are or are not vaccinated and both these groups have an identical number of cases of autism.

Comment What a Horrible Joke (Score 5, Informative) 317

There have only been two studies that concluded there was a link with autism and MMR vaccines which have both been retracted after being found to be critically flawed. There have been numerous studies concluding there is no link between MMR vaccines and Autism since children that had MMR vaccines and those who did not have the same prevalence of autism. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a complete nut bar who is completely unqualified for any role in government much less being the secretary of health. https://www.chop.edu/vaccine-e...

Comment Fashion (Score 1) 67

I have no plans to buy the iPhone product but I can understand an exuberant price for a fashion accessory designed by a legendary designer and made in limited numbers. The same can be said for a myriad of fashion accessories. If that is how you want to spend your money, then go for it. I will spend my money on electronics instead. It is all a waste of money for anything beyond food, shelter, healthcare and other necessities of life.

Comment Not Really (Score 1) 164

Steam has a vast majority of the market but there are alternatives such as GOG and Epic. Not to mention direct sales from the developer or publisher. Minecraft, Elite Dangerous and Dwarf Fortress are examples of games that made a lot of money compared to their budget with direct sales. You have to provide 30 percent of each sale if you want access to Steams market place and the benefits it offers. 30 percent seems like a lot but all software is overly priced with overly large profits compared to almost any other industry. A moderate of that is based on the overall risk such as a product that completely flops just like a movie or other entertainment medium. Developers have plenty of options in the end but they always look a gift horse in the mouth. Sell your game using a website and process system you create if you want to. Plenty of examples of developers making a lot of money and selling lots of games but that usually requires you make an excellent game instead of the average game most developers end up making.

Comment A Bail Out Would be Excessive (Score 2) 149

Open AI has about 7,000 employees compared to General Motors which has 162,000 and Chrysler which has a little more than 71,000 employees then around 980,000 employees amongst their suppliers and dealerships. Immediately loosing a couple of million jobs would have obviously been very practical detrimental to the US economy. Loosing 7800 jobs and many large investments may have a large indirect detriment to the US economy, though I would hardly say Open AI is too big to fail.

Comment Pardon after a jail sentence? (Score 1) 92

He was sentenced for 4 months in prison, so he was released from prison back in late summer 2024. It does not seem he had any restrictions after he served his sentence so I do not understand how a pardon more than a year latter does anything beyond potentially being an opportunity for political gain. He was convicted of money laundering based on internal emails describing transactions by Hamas and suspected criminals. 4 months in prison for laundering money for a terrorist organization seems like a light sentence. Like if someone was cleaning the money of the Taliban or ISIS I would hope they would be sentenced to a longer prison sentence. Trump has and continues to make money off these crypto exchanges so pardoning someone with a large financial conflict of interest is suspect at best if not corruption more likely. It is equivalent to Ford pardoning Nixon of his crimes of illegal wiretapping and using federal agencies to ensure his reelection.

Comment Re: I still don't see how there's a basis to compl (Score 1) 37

Well actually courts also enforce laws so it seems you do not understand English but not a surprise since you are American. Within the first paragraph, congress dot gov states⦠several federal district courts have enjoined enforcement of some of the challenged policies. https://www.congress.gov/crs-p...

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