bassomitron

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[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 5 points 2 days ago (2 children)

We're just now doing phased roll outs of 23H2 at work, so haven't paid any attention to 24H2. What issues is it having that you've noticed?

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 1 points 5 days ago (3 children)

True enough, but toxic toys aren't super common in the US. It certainly happens, but they eventually get detected and recalled. That being said, with Trump's plans for gutting regulatory bodies even further, I'll be much less inclined to order cheap toys from online.

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 12 points 6 days ago

Yeah, wtf? I thought they were sanctioned to the extent that it made it so most US/EU companies literally couldn't continue doing business with Russia?

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 24 points 6 days ago (11 children)

Tons of people. My wife bought a $7 digital camera off of there for one of our kids and 2 years later, both of our kids still love playing with it and it works perfectly fine. We've bought a couple of other toys off of there without issue. But yeah, the majority of the products on there are typically garbage.

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 19 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Straight representation? Lol, what? Like every major branching choice RPG with romance options offers plenty of hetero choices (Witcher, Mass Effect, Dragon Age, Baldurs Gate, Cyberpunk 2077, etc). Even in Veilguard, the first AAA game I've played that offers nonbinary choices, still has plenty of hetero representation. Culture wars are so god damn exhausting and unwinnable.

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Police may be leaving phones online in case it continues receiving relevant evidence (texts, emails, etc).

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 22 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (6 children)

Is this a real screenshot or just an out of context meme? I've never seen this prompt when installing other browsers on any of my PCs running Windows 10 over the last 7+ years of it being out.

Edit: It seems to be real. That is craziness. I also realized that all my licenses are Professional or Enterprise (those only on my work-issued devices), so I'm assuming that's why I've never seen it. Like the other comment pointed out, they had their feet put to the fire over simply bundling Internet Explorer in the late 90s, yet nowadays they get away with this shit.

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 6 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I disagree. There are a number of Coromon creatures that also heavily resemble some pokemon. I mean, it's to be expected, there are only so many variations of creature designs before they begin being similar to each other, especially with how long Pokemon has been at it, having like 1000+ creatures now.

Anyway, Nintendo is a greedy shitbag of a company. I love many of their games, but they're the absolute worst when it comes to being extremely litigious and/or consumer friendly. I truly hope they lose this legal battle

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 15 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (9 children)

How tf does Coromon get away with it? I'd say that's waaaay more of a rip-off than Palworld. E: typo

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

They like it because they either work for it or hope to work for it and be in a position of power.

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I was referring to Google banning ad blockers more than Opera's move to bypass the block in chromium. I should have clarified that in my original comment, but I was quite sleep deprived when I wrote it.

[–] bassomitron@lemmy.world 122 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

They've been actively fighting libraries over the years, with renewed fervor in the last decade. As numerous others have pointed out before--including the article I linked--if libraries hadn't already been such a long-standing concept for centuries, they would 100% not be allowed to come into existence nowadays. Hyper greed has poisoned every facet of modern society.

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