There are easy and clear differences between economic regulation, like the pigs, and content based regulation of speech, and the Texas law in particular goes way, way beyond a normal claim an unfair economic burden (which, let’s face it, every industry will always say in response to any regulation of that industry).

There are potential second levels to this. One way to use an NFT would be as a naked asset - this receipt is one of a kind and impossible to copy. That’s the value. It’s stupid.

Just to burst peoples’ bubbles even further, even if there wasn’t a silicon shortage and crypto mining, you still wouldn’t have gotten a 4k Switch this year. GPUs capable of rendering 4k 3D at acceptable levels of detail cost >$600 by themselves (at MSRP, >$1000 in real prices) and are twice as large as a Switch.

At what point did MagLev become unfashionable and we had to resort to literal slingshots?

It wasn’t that. But I still found that scene mildly off-putting because it looked on screen like it came about exactly how the explanation said it did.

I realize it’s a somewhat delayed reply, but you actually answered your own question.

There’s actually terms for this. It’s called a parasocial interaction (PSI) or a parasocial relationship (PSR). It can encompass any instance where a person feels like they have a personal relationship with a public figure, who is largely or entirely a stranger to them.

RE: Not Just a Kink Dispensing Machine

Plus, for those partial to PC, the addition of Bluetooth saves you the $21 you would otherwise spend on a separate, proprietary Xbox Wireless USB adapter. (Though, for the improved range and latency, you might still want one.) Oh, and did I mention it has wireless charging?

Plus, for those partial to PC, the addition of Bluetooth saves you the $21 you would otherwise spend on a separate,…

How many times have the Flash or the Arrow had the “no more lies” conversations with their teams? There’s always some dark secret that drives the team apart just two episodes before the climax, requiring everyone slowly comes back together through the power of love. My struggle to finish out the backlog of Arrow began…

The always-connected functionality of these games is only one way these games break, and it’s not any worse than other ways.

RotSW did, like, 3 cool things. I hope they manage to put them in a movie one day.

The evolution of the connection between Ray and Kylo was a really, really cool addition to Jedi lore. It was a great effect. It was a great plot driver. And it was developed really well over the course of the movie so that it was easy…

I think it’s silly to expect games to always have a male and female option, and even sillier to expect a patch that adds the choice to a two year old game...but the way the people’s request/concern was handled here, was very poor.

The NYC trend I’ve been seeing is towards this sort of really crisp, flawless, brand new leather that could easily be mistaken for vinyl. The more expensive it is, the more it’s supposed to look like you only just pulled it out of the pouch for a generic “greaser” Halloween costume.

GoGP: Bleed off some of that anger somewhere. Because God damn, son. Go work out until you can’t feel feelings. Shoot some guns into a hillside. Make something shitty out of wood. Stand in the shower and just cry and scream until you go hoarse. Or talk to a professional. I haven’t tried the last option, but the rest…

Sayings that work equally well after your third shrimp cocktail, or your second shooting victim.

This was almost certainly the greatest, laziest, hackathon project from a bored dev that I’ve seen.

Part of the pitch for Fox News was not to be political, but to be a reaction to news that seemed to stress objectivity and neutrality even when it got in the way of “truth” as they saw it. They believed news should be able to call the murderer a murdering scumbag. News should be able to say that the politician’s…

Under New York law, alimony can be negotiated or waived, but child support can never be. So no matter how rock-solid a pre-nup is, once you have a kid, you get a passkey to the vault that doesn’t expire for at least 18 years.

When intent is a factor, you’re talking about the intention to do the thing you’re accused of doing, not the intention to commit a crime. So, for instance, you can’t get away with murder by saying, “yes I shot him, intending him to die thereby, but you can’t arrest me because I didn’t know that was a crime!” The…