well, it is true (afaik), except it's stale 2 weeks old recycled news. the overall reaction here is both depressing and hilarious, as was to be expected, but much more so than usual. maybe a side effect of the increasing desperation in europe and the anticipation of the mid-terms in the us, "democrats" seem to be by far the most rabid rusophobes.

Not into the annual mindless CoD/FIFA/NBA etc myself BUT that mindless interaction with friends is what many people are looking for. If that does it for them why should they expand their horizons? gaming is their to entertain and whether that is a ball on a string game or complex games with indepth stories comes down to whatever fulfills the persons needs.

The original Xbox was sold at a serious loss to gain market share. component cost wise it would have been around $450 or around $850 today. They may still do something similar

What a polite way to characterize the torture beam

It is a good couple of years off and even current gen is not far off these prices. As long as it is not crippled spec wise it will probably be fine, Sony will be releasing in a similar price bracket as well unless something happens like an AI collapse to reduce component costs (unlikely in the timeframe)

retro gaming is little more than a rounding error and that is unlikely to change even with these ridiculous prices.

yeah not likely, even Sony's 6 year old console is at $900 as it is so expensive for components now. These prices are likely at the lower end of their new incoming console costs as well.

PHP has been a running security clusterfuck since inception where security took a backseat to ease of use and adoption. It always astounded me it became so popular despite always being insecure.

If it was a teams decision then it is that teams boss/leader that is responsible or everyone involved in that team decision should be held legally accountable. The bullshit of "no one person made that decision" is just bullshit to try and avoid legal acountabiulity, they have been shown to have known what they were doing was not legal so they have zero defense.

"Yeah we stole that shit, but uh, we didn't give out to these other leeches, not like we're communists or anything so we all cool right judge?"

if you mean this video: https://ancillary-proxy.atarimworker.io?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.indiatoday.in%2Fworl...

6 blurred blades can be seen at the end, in any case it's not a cross form. it might have been ofc something different. however, iirc several little birds were destroyed in that same operation, along with the transport planes that got them there.

this doesn't make much sense? it would mean europe has no defense. if you are european i wouldn't say that in public, you might get made into an example.

actual combat troops are estimated at 200-300k. a smallish portion of that are veterans, rest is constantly replenished (at a rate of 27k per month, per zelensky's own admission).

ukranian defense industry is pretty much done already. europe has long not had any of note.

you wish. as things are going i would have not much problem with russia taking over decrepit europe. as a bonus you could keep using your own language (unlike, e.g., in present day ukraine). but i'm afraid russia isn't interested. if we go too far they will just nuke us.

drones have become conventional warfare now.

that's the catch. drones can create mayhem and kill zones, but you can't really control ground with them (yet). meat is still needed for that.

pens are very much used in warfare, have always been. it's the preferred weapon to kill the truth, the first victim. the counter to killer pens has tratitionally been diplomacy, but it's totally out of fashion for some folks, an alien concept.

what about a match of rollerball?

It is not about the federal government. Like all these bans it is an easy way for Trump to block competition from companies that are surpassing US companies, declare them a national security risk and it effectively blocks commercial use in the US.

All the AI companies are shady as hell but Meta takes the cake. Why do people continue to believe Zuck and friends? They have been shown, time and time again, to ignore privacy in the place of profits, people are fools.