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It doesn't imply that he's technical. The Merriam-Webster definition of scion being used here is "a descendant of a wealthy, aristocratic, or influential family".

His family is wealthy because of technology (Oracle) and he's the descendant.

I think I'll wait for the third or fourth 1.0 release, just to be safe.

While the article focuses on Mercedes-Benz, as a Volvo owner, I was immediately concerned about what will happen when my lease is up.

Buried at the bottom of the article are these three paragraphs:

Volvo, which is majority-owned by Shufu’s Geely, said on Tuesday that it received specific authorization from the U.S. government to bypass federal bans restricting connected vehicle software and hardware linked to China.

Volvo confirmed its special authorization but did not immediately respond to questions about the other bills and their potential impact on the company. 

Volvo Cars sold 121,600 vehicles in the U.S. last year. Mercedes-Benz sold 303,200 passenger cars and 12,400 vans in the country during the same period.

Clearly, the correct answer is Dr. Acula.

The shareholders of the Ontario Medical Association? I guess those would be the taxpayers of Ontario, maybe. Or the doctors perhaps.

The article is not clear about what specific visas are affected, so I'm not sure what's changing.

To give two examples, my sister and I are both Canadians living in the US.

My sister met a guy online twenty years ago, did some cross-border trips to visit each other for a year, then he proposed while she was visiting him one time. Since she was now planning to move to the US, she could not move towards getting a green card from a tourist visa. So, she and her new husband traveled to Canada and reentered the US, declaring her intent to become a permanent resident (and probably had a bunch of paperwork, including their marriage certificate). I believe she was allowed to stay in the US while the green card process played out. Maybe this is the part that's changing?

In my case, I was working for a US company abroad, and transferred to headquarters on an L1 visa (highly skilled internal worker). About six months after moving, the company's immigration lawyers kicked off the process to get me a green card and I received it a little shy of two years after moving. Changing this process would mess things up, since (by definition) I was in the US for my job and would have had a hard time leaving the country for over a year while the green card process played out.

The distinction is the "intent" of a given type of visa. The tourist visa specifically implies "I'm here to visit, then get the hell out". The L1 visa (as well as the TN, the H1-B, and a few others) is specifically designated as a "dual intent" visa, meaning "I might plan to stay permanently". If they're changing the rules for dual intent visas, that's messed up. If they're not, I'm not sure what exactly is changing.

A lot of people don't think I can act

Inconceivable!

Whoops... I saw a grainy promo photo and listened to the song and jumped to conclusions. Thanks for the correction!

As someone commuting to the city from the Eastside (now taking the train every day), I was unfamiliar with the sad state of the 8 line before this post.

There's a dedicated website: https://fixthel8.com/

I learned from that site that all-girl punk band Tacocat wrote a song called F. U. #8: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRFlROqgFwo

The sound of a dog drinking from a sprinkler?

Usually the "trick" is the fact that the ring fits through the hole.

I think I managed to win my first run after about 40 tries, where I got lucky with a really good build. I think it was with the rail and a couple of the bomb upgrades from the Daedalus hammer -- the rocket and the 5-shot. I probably had a boon that increased special damage (Aphrodite, maybe?).

I didn't win again until number 55-60, but then I started winning every three runs or so. Eventually, I started winning every run, regardless of weapon. Then I started dialing up the heat and winning without using Olympian keepsakes. I eventually hit 100% on Steam.

A year later, I replayed it on Xbox when it was on Gamepass, and I think I won on my 11th run. (I needed a bit of metaprogression and time to relearn the enemy patterns after being away for a while.)

My opinion is that it's a near-perfect roguelite in terms of luck and metaprogression helping beginners, but there's still a definite skill element. Builds that I hated when I first started eventually became some of my favorites. I feel like the learning curve wasn't punishing, but the game wasn't "easy" for me.