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  • What do y'all think about Halo coming to PlayStation?

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  • Console exclusives always seemed stupid to me. That said, I always preferred Xbox controller layouts.

    After 3/ODST, Halo was effectively over once Bungie sold off the IP. I've heard the new version is using AI in some capacity. If I really wanna play it, I'll just play MCC on PC.

    2 and 3 are where the story really got exciting. It's fun to play the games in strictly chronological order, where you play all of Reach and 1, 2 for a bit, switch ODST, finish 2, then play 3. Extremely satisfying.

  • Nike says its first ‘powered footwear’ is like an e-bike for your feet

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  • Interesting! I want a fall damage reduction boot, just like Portal.

  • $96.5 million for Nadella. Microsoft's CEO receives record pay in a year that saw 15,000+ layoffs

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  • Just imagine, for a moment, having your salary even being a million dollars a year. Even with a mortgage and kids, that would be a fuckload of money. 95 times that is insane. Even after buying multiple supercars, a mansion, and a fancy boat, you'd still have more money than you could possibly use, ever. And that's just one year of pay.

    God, even if you invested part of a million a year, you'd be fantastically wealthy.

  • AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright

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  • AWS crash causes $2,000 Smart Beds to overheat and get stuck upright

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  • A one man environmental disaster. J. R. McNeill opined that Midgley "had more adverse impact on the atmosphere than any other single organism in Earth's history"

  • Connecticut Says It's Now Illegal To Ride An E-Bike Without A Helmet But Not A Motorcycle - Jalopnik

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  • I've always found seatbelt laws strange for this reason. Obviously, people should wear seatbelts. But it's odd that it's a ticketable offense in the same world where you are free to eject yourself at 75mph into someone's back windscreen on the highway via motorcycle.

    I'm somewhat surprised that in a lawsuit-heavy world where everything is covered in bubble wrap, and hammers have warnings that tell you to not hit your fingers or swallow the hammer, that motorcycles are still allowed to roll free.

    Same thing with restrictions on sawed off shotguns, shotguns with ammo and laser restrictions, etc in a world where you can have an Steyr AUG with extended mags, lol.

  • I tested the Hayes Dominion A4 vs TRP Evo Pro brakes and the winner proves you don't need to buy Shimano or SRAM | BikeRadar

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  • I have some of the more normal TRP evo DHRs, and they have an assload of stopping power. No brake fade, even at Whistler. Them being on mineral oil is also a huge plus.

    I tend to swear by TRP these days over the big two.

  • has anyone had a gamer partner or been that gamer partner? what helped the relationship despite being a gamer?

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  • Gaming is a hobby, but just that. A hobby. We like to do other stuff like camping, skiing, hiking, etc.

    It may be good to have an open discussion with your gf about doing other things, or a couple's counselor. The latter might be easier if you are unsure about how to really talk about it.

  • Britain BAD

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  • Still, I must point out there was a considerable war. It wasn't exactly sunshine and rainbows when the US rebelled against the Brits. Tens of thousands were killed in a time when the US was less than half the size of Oregon's population, which amounted to 1% KIA, not included wounded. The fighting was brutal, and infections typically resulted in amputation. Captured Americans were viewed as traitors and were starved onboard exceedingly unhygienic prison ships. Smallpox ravaged people in camps and on ships.

    It would be equivalent to us losing 3,500,000 people during a war today.

  • Gavin Newsom’s veto on bill to ban Pfas hands industry a win, advocates fear

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  • “deeply concerned about the impact this bill would have on the availability of affordable options in cooking products”

    This is a terrible reason to veto it, haha. Cast iron can be cheaper and just as effective. I think my cast iron set was cheaper than my single nonstick pan.

  • Uncircumcised penis owners, did you ever wish you were circumcised?

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  • I've seen and talked to some people that have, and they actually did get it back to a natural-looking, uncircumcised penis. But it literally took years of training with a weighted device clamped to the skin that remained. Two years of basically round-the-cock stretching. Suffice to say it's something that should be one's own choice, not a parent's decision unless there's some significant health issue that needs immediate fixing.

  • Americans, what do typically have for breakfast?

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  • Unflavored shredded wheat cereal with frozen berries, toast or vegetarian sausage, and quality tea.

    In summer, I'll sometimes swap the tea for a smoothie if it's been hot.

  • Uncircumcised penis owners, did you ever wish you were circumcised?

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  • I definitely would leave it up to them. It is a very long recovery to regrow that skin if they have regrets or issues later in life.

  • E-bike subsidy study reveals car use down 20%, travel costs 12%

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  • It should help! Adding protected bike lanes induces demand.

  • What's the most blatantly stupid thing you've witnessed someone do?

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  • Someone hopped a nearly 6 foot tall by 4 feet deep construction barrier blocking both ends of an out of service escalator, with multiple pallets or replacement escalator stairs stacked all around it. (The elevator was in service right by the escalator)

    Anyways, they predictably fell through the massive hole in the escalator and cut their shins to ribbons on the exposed stairs. They then got to the bottom of the train station platform and were bitching about their legs. Eventually, they hailed a police officer just to bitch and whine further about their gouged shins. The officer had the grace to just listen to the guy and not call him a dumb motherfucker for hopping the multiple tall plastic barriers and signs. I was just shaking my head in amazement until my train came.

    They're lucky that they didn't fall the 30-45 feet down to the train platform by hopping the construction barrier either.

  • U.S. consumers bearing more than half the cost of tariffs so far, Goldman Sachs says

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  • In people's defense, unless you are taking uni economics classes, you probably aren't getting taught macro/micro + general economics, though it is interesting as hell imo.

    Technically, our representatives should, in theory, be learning this stuff and protecting the average person so that civilians can focus on foresty/rocket science/ R&D/public health/business/infrastructure/etc.

    That's why representatives technically are supposed to exist. Nobody has time to learn the one and outs of everything needed to run an entire country smoothly. Especially complicated stuff, like public health, economics and trade, sewage systems, transit systems, and centralized grid planning. That shit is complicated AF.

  • Those monstrosities should be f*ing illegal

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  • Our buses have extremely great sightlines up front!

  • Those monstrosities should be f*ing illegal

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  • One of my gay friends just got a large truck and is having an aneurysm trying to find parking for it in a city. Stress nightmare, lol.

  • folks with cats and plants that must be brought in for the winter ..

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  • I'd spray the lemon tree with hot sauce mixed with water. Real hot sauce! Reaper peppers. Most animals hate spicy things, especially if it gets on their fur. We use it to protect crops and plants against squirrels, rabbits and raccoons.