Do I have to belong to a group to defend them?

That by definition is not a centrist.

So what’s with the anti-centrist rhetoric?

Decisions are made by those who show up. If you don’t, you better have a lot of reach, because otherwise you’re giving up your decision making power. And if you did, I don’t want to hear a word of your moaning.

Not everybody lives in a two-party hell-hole. Being able to choose a little bit of A, B, and C is possible.

Same goes for people who can “see the framerate”.

Don’t believe the ads. They are just trying to hype something that is too early for its time.

VR tech can, and it will, revolutionise gaming. It’s just a question of when. Headsets are too heavy and require wires which impedes movement. VR glasses are developed by big tech and are perfect for privacy invasions, plus their batteries don’t last anywhere near long enough.

Smartphones had already been invented nearly a decade before iPhones came out, but they were too early. The tech wasn’t ready. Look at where they are now. Solar panels were invented nearly a century ago but didn’t take off until then entire supply chain and manufacturing chain was built nearly 80 years later. The friggin helicopter was invented centuries ago and so were planes. You will find countless other examples.

Right now, we’re trying to make it possible to conceive children without any sex and to grow them in external wombs. This has been a quest for decades and we might not see it bear fruit for a few decades more.

Just because they have failed so far doesn’t mean they will always be failures. Every failure narrows the problem space to points of success.

How so? I’d expect getting people willing to publish their games there, regardless of the payment system, to be the problem.

What we need is an alternative store where opensource games can make money. That would change the business.

ps: You are already not buying games when you pay for them on Steam.

True, use GOG.

What? The land of the free? Whoever told you that is your enemy!

La Marseillaise, the French National Anthem.

We need another revolution against the rich. This song should be blasted in front of the houses of rich fucks and whenever they show up in public.

And here, a perfect example. “there are only two sides, hurr durr”. Thanks for proving my point.

And, of course, just in case you’re the type of centrist hack

I grow weary of limited USAian “there are only two truths” viewpoint. It’s high time we cut the cord from US media and all the bullshit opinions that come with it. They have managed to make being rational and level-headed a curse word. “centrist” 🙄 People who unironically use that word in a derogatory fashion sound like those who still believe in things like the disney portrayal of the world. “real love”, “true love”, “forever and ever”

why?

No. There’s no guarantee they won’t get greedy and start selling my data anyway. They’d have to have a really good pitch and some way to back it up that would get me to pay. I yet know what it is, but I haven’t seen it yet.

Would be easier to just call Luigi often enough.

People have other things to worry about. It’s concerning but there is a barrage of shit going on that this barely registers. And companies will always choose what’s cheap in the short term. They believe the risk of something going wrong is small enough to warrant the possibly large impact. It’s like that everywhere: in the car industry, chocolate industry, clothing industry, and so on. There’s always one seemingly small decision that could fuck up the entire company but isn’t worth investing in in the short term.

I wish cloudfare (whatever it is and whatever it does) had more reach and went down for longer. For so long that competitors would be considered. But alas…

Modern films are like that because of money. Bland is closer to the common taste than eccentric.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_involvement_in_regime_change#2002:_Venezuela

Look on the page for all the crap the US has pulled. Iraq is but one of many . And Venezuela too.