KoboldCoterie

That's an awful lot of words describing a device which is still worse than the Steam Deck as a portable gaming tool purely by virtue of running Windows. I feel like all of these companies trying to cash in on the Steam Deck's success just don't understand what makes a portable gaming device useful to the majority of players...

The article doesn't specifically say it runs Windows, but it claims it's an upgrade to the GPD Win 4, which runs Windows, so I think we can assume.

Imagine how different the response would be if this was a different firearm-carrying profession that had done this, or a regular citizen with a permit to carry. It's disgusting how much police get away with just because they're police.

Jesus, I legitimately thought this was satire but it seems that it isn't. This is unreal, even for American police.

From the other (linked) article:

[Okaloosa County Sheriff] Aden said the [Okaloosa County Sheriff’s Office] must work to protect both officers and anyone accused of a crime. [...] “Though his actions were ultimately not warranted, we do believe he felt his life was in immediate peril and his response was based off the totality of circumstances surrounding this fear. Just as we have an obligation to protect our officers so they can go home safely to their families, law enforcement has the same obligation to any citizen being investigated for a crime.”

Well, if he pulls this off somehow and drains their funds to pay his legal bills, that wouldn't be the worst outcome...

Oh, wow, good call - it was a couple months before. I completely glazed over that.

I came here to comment that this was the first sane abortion-related ruling to come out of Texas in a long time, but after reading the article...

"I do not believe that 180 days is justice for attempting to kill your child seven separate times," Catherine Herring said.

Texas law dictates a civil fine of at least $100,000 and a felony with the potential for life in prison for anyone providing or attempting an abortion. Wild that they're not using that law here. I guess if you're going to get or perform an abortion in Texas, you should get someone to use this method rather than a medically accepted one, because the penalty seems to be far less severe.

Jesus, it'd be easier to list the parts you don't have to remove.

I'd assume it's because you see yourself whenever you look in a mirror, and that image matches what a picture of you looks like. However when you talk, what you hear doesn't match what other people hear, so hearing a recording of the 'external' sound of your voice sounds more foreign, and that can lead to discomfort.

This is the exact case I was referring to there. Having a public option for internet access, even if it was relatively slow compared to the big name brands, would be a huge step forward in terms of guaranteeing internet access for everyone. So of course the big players are going to go to whatever lengths they can to avoid it ever seeing the light of day. :(

Alternately, they could introduce more pricing regulations and antitrust crackdowns on internet providers, introduce legislation to explicitly allow municipal internet access, etc.

We have the 6th most expensive internet in the world; if we had cheaper internet (on par with what other first world countries offer), we wouldn't need these subsidies because it'd be cheap enough anyway.

I had that job in high school. When I first started, someone who'd been doing it for years was showing me the ropes, and he pointed out that sometimes people who live nearby the store would just walk to the store, then walk home with the cart, and leave it at the apartment complex, so he would (and thereby I should) periodically walk down there to collect them.

I initially thought this was complete BS and I hated that I was being asked to do it. After the first week or so, I realized what was actually up: He was inviting me to take paid breaks every hour or two, during which I got to take a leisurely 20 minute walk down the street and back, and not have to deal with customers or managers or anyone else, and he'd managed to sell this to management as a benefit to the company. He was an awesome co worker.

We can't do that; it might harm The Economy. Best we can do is a stern scolding and a gentleman's agreement to not do it again.