It says they’re at full price to me; it’s the HL2 anniversary, after all. The Orange Box as a whole is 90% off though.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/darn#Etymology_2

the government telling you that we are indeed fighting isis forces and not for oil

I was about to say this and how it went in the book. Do not give up our fight. If the world is full of darkness, then we shall be the burning light.

However, the hacker(s) indicated, that should Schneider publicly admit to this latest data breach, the ransom would be cut in half. Thus, the ransom demanded would decrease to $62,500 worth of baguettes, we would presume. Even with a 50% deduction, that’s still a lot of dough.

firstly I was joking
secondly, cautious ≠ squeamish. we shouldn’t be setting masculinity as an example

energy is converted and never destroyed so it’s true

WILL NOT TOLERATE THIS TOM SCOTT SLANDER

are you okay

The very second website in the file they use to track recently-moved websites uses substack (now).

Meanwhile, Automattic’s response to WP Engine’s lawsuit claimed the company “failed to plausibly allege specific financial harm.”

The footer says the site is operated by Automattic.

At least certain courts may interpret “official duty” differently…

Yes. Constitutionally, the threat of impeachment is supposed to prevent that.

where funny

I don’t get what you mean by Harris being more racist and sexist, but I agree that the campaign failed to change perception of failure despite how much they succeeded.

Fuck no, fuck the system.

these lemmy users who were insulting all russians in the “expulsion of russian maintainers” thread because according to them the majority back putin

I don’t think much people said that; at most that any Russian can be forced their hand by the state.

270towin

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Could you elaborate on the Tencent part? I understand they have a large stake, but why is it their collab and not Epic’s?

It sets an absolutely obscene precedent that a government can globally restrict information

Again, the information is still everywhere.

Even global terrible actors like Russia and China haven’t succeeded at that.

Actually, the Chinese Wikipedia used to have a systemic bias in favor of the CPC before China blocked it, after which the bias was changed.

because the entirety of Wikipedia is open source and would be mirrored in the country instantly

It’s a bit elitist to restrict information—weapons of revolution—to those who know how to find a mirror website. Why don’t you survey the Chinese nationals in-person to see if they know how to get on Wikipedia? Plus, to avoid block evasion, no mirrors would be able to edit Wikipedia.