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So mostly good Vorin men and some women a little below average?

They are a private company, so they don’t have to disclose that.

This is revenue not profit. They need to pay their operating costs with these funds. Their operating costs are probably pretty high considering their global network and distribution. Hiring more people would likely have a minimal impact on their operating costs and each new person may not contribute much to their revenue considering their business model.

I think Steam already presents a large enough market to be enticing for indie devs.

A quick check shows that Steam likely has more monthly active users than Xbox, PS5, or Nintendo. I’m sure a large portion of those groups overlap too. So indie devs are likely to develop for PC first.

While I’m excited for what they just announced, I don’t think it will significantly change these numbers.

It is not portable in the sense that you need bitwarden installed on the device you are trying to connect from.

Passwords can be plain text, which means I can copy, paste, and dictate them to a device that does not have additional software installed.

They were surpassed by password managers and 2fa.

Oops, meant passkey manager, fixed it.

Sure, they probably work great when you have your *passkey manager on the device, but that’s not when I need to have backup routes into my accounts. When using a new device, or someone else’s, having even a complicated password that can be typed or copied-pasted has way more functionality.

As far a I can tell, using passkeys would only risk locking me out of my accounts. Everyone else is already effectively locked out.

While the lock-in issue is annoying and a good reason not to adopt these, the device failure issue is a tech killer. Especially when I can use a password manager. This means I can remember two passwords (email and password manager), make them secure, and then always recover all my accounts.

Passkeys are a technology that were surpassed 10 years before their introduction and I believe the only reason they are being pushed is because security people think they are cool and tech companies would be delighted to lock you into their system.

Can’t think of any like you’re saying, probably because if that were to happen then there are no more antagonists in the story, so it would be kind of boring.

There are of course stories where you think someone is the antagonist, but it turns out they aren’t. They usually end up joining the protagonist, so that doesn’t really fit your requirements.

Other than being north Korean and using a fake identity, this sounds like the Key and Peele sketch when their plan to rob a bank involves getting jobs at the bank and collecting a salary, and then doing that for years. Full stop.

Learning how to do remote IT work seems like a good living for anyone with a decent internet connection.

In a functioning government, that is not a structure that we would want because then judges would not be a neutral 3rd party (at least as intended).

There may be merit in the idea of moving the Inspector Generals under the Judicial branch however the but even that would require rewriting the constitution.

In reality, congress is supposed to have this responsibility, but our current congress is broken for a number of reasons.

It usually means that 300 people were involved in the project at different stages of its lifetime. It probably also includes the people involved in sourcing the material, tools, people, workspace, etc. That’s probably 20 people who likely never touched the final product. There likely was also some marketing and business people involved. They did probably put hands on the final product for a photo op.

Any replacements? I’m looking for a traditional launcher that let’s me put apps and widgets on screens, let’s me choose the grid size, and which let’s me set a search bar that is not chrome.

The minamalist ones or the ones with everything in a list aren’t what I need.

With the plug in models that’s about the biggest you’ll find. Full range cook tops will offer larger diameters.

If you’re searing or pan frying, then a 12 in might have some cold spots towards the edge, depends on the quality of the pan. A 10 in or less should be fine as long as the pan is decent quality. For something like deep frying, stewing, boiling, etc the size won’t matter so much.

Get a decent counter top induction plate. Don’t get a fancy one, because they are all limited to the same power. So get one that has the basic features you might want to try. Also try to get one with a reasonable size heating zone.

Then get a good solid stainless steel or cast iron pan.

It won’t be quite the same power level as a full cook range, but it will show you how the heat can be managed. It will probably be able to boil water faster than gas, but not quite as fast as a modern electric. Try something that requiresgood heat control, like pancakes.

These induction plates are also just generally useful for doing stinky/messy things outside or adding another burner to the kitchen during big holiday or family events.

Absolutely, there’s no way I’m leaving the 3 buttons by choice. The navy gestures conflict with too many other actions.

I’m on a pixel 9 now and still have problems, it’s inherent to Android. They are less on this phone, but the 3 buttons are longer part of Google vision for how to use our phones. They are going the Apple direction.

I think people generally agree with you, but there are limits to what people will tolerate anywhere. For instance if Rwanda made a law requiring Hutus to murder of Tutsis, most people would say that’s unacceptable even in Rwanda.

There’s obviously a bright line between ok and not ok in that example, but for marriage it could be a little more unclear. Sure, maybe a 17 year old marrying a 19 year old is ok in some places and not others, but overall no one will probably be that upset about it. However, a majority of the world has a problem with a 50 year old marrying a 10 year old. Where exactly the line is crossed is open to debate, but pretty much everyone agrees there should be a line. Most countries are picking 18 as that line because it’s better to have an imperfect choice rather than none at all.

Adding a VPN step would be a good choice too.