n1ck_n4m3

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[–] n1ck_n4m3@lemmy.world 6 points 1 day ago

Sure, but it had an offline mode and had a base level globe that was downloaded when the game was installed that you could use immediately and didn't require live cloud connectivity in order for basic functionality to work. Additionally, it allowed you to pre-download large chunks of high detailed land for offline use as well.

[–] n1ck_n4m3@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Precisely this -- I don't remember anyone complaining that the FS2020 install size was too large, even if its install size was the butt of a few good-natured jokes. They've solved a problem that didn't exist and in doing so have turned FS into an always online internet-connected live service instead of a game. I'm not touching this game with a 40 foot aileron until an offline mode of some quality exists.

[–] n1ck_n4m3@lemmy.world 13 points 2 weeks ago (9 children)

No but realistically, it would be logistically impossible to round up eleven million people.

laughs in Holocaust numbers

[–] n1ck_n4m3@lemmy.world 52 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Fuck off Biden, now's the time to use that presidential immunity you just got to attack enemies of the state before your term ends. It's legal!

[–] n1ck_n4m3@lemmy.world 27 points 1 month ago

If him standing up physically mocking and verbally mocking a disabled veteran didn't backfire, I'm past the point of thinking anything he does at all will alienate a single member of his base.

[–] n1ck_n4m3@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Watterson created a masterpiece with that series, that's for sure.

[–] n1ck_n4m3@lemmy.world 49 points 1 month ago (3 children)
[–] n1ck_n4m3@lemmy.world 42 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (1 children)

He doesn’t intend to win this election by votes, he intends to win this election through actions like this.

Johnson will refuse to certify the results of the election that put Democrats in the House, claiming some kind of bullshit irregularities with no proof, leaving the House controlled by the Republicans. They’ll then claim irregularities in the presidential election and force a contingent election where they have a 100% chance of electing Trump no matter what the public votes.

More people need to be made aware that this is 100% legal for them to do (this is a perfect example of them making it even MORE legal to completely subvert election certification in a battleground state with no proof), and more people need to be aware that it is almost certainly what they will try. The only thing that can possibly stop it is significant awareness by the mass population of Americans and significant publicity (similar to how mass awareness of Project 2025 turned it into a poison pill).

[–] n1ck_n4m3@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (3 children)

We'll be lucky if he disappears for 4 years when he loses (more likely Johnson will refuse to certify election results or enough red states will claim irregularities to move to a contingent election where he wins even having significantly lost the electoral college), but there's a 0% chance he won't be back in 4 years to try again even if he does actually shut the hell up for 4 years after losing.

EDIT: Oh look, they’ve already started making it super-legal in battleground states: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/aug/06/georgia-local-election-boards-allowed-withhold-vote-certification

[–] n1ck_n4m3@lemmy.world 69 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I mean, let's be real -- 50% of the USA's SSN is on a dark web site due to the Equifax breach.

Freeze your credit, it's the only way to protect yourself. All of the ID protection services are just overpriced insurance and don't actually prevent ID theft.