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  1. Comment on Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit appears more than a thousand times in new Jeffrey Epstein files, meanwhile her son was arrested again and faces thirty-eight criminal charges, including rape in ~news

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    Our current king is doing a great job, and I really like the crown prince, so it doesn't really make sense to abolish the monarchy at the moment. We know pretty much what we're going to get with...

    Our current king is doing a great job, and I really like the crown prince, so it doesn't really make sense to abolish the monarchy at the moment. We know pretty much what we're going to get with Haakon, and we have no idea what we'd get with a president. There's a decent chance we'd get president Sylvi Listhaug at some point, and that thought makes me feel icky. But now the thought of queen Mette-Marit also makes me feel icky, so yeah.

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  2. Comment on Norway’s Crown Princess Mette-Marit appears more than a thousand times in new Jeffrey Epstein files, meanwhile her son was arrested again and faces thirty-eight criminal charges, including rape in ~news

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    https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00922809.pdf She knew what Epstein was about from the very start of their relationship, and she didn't seem to mind at all, maybe even...

    Googled u after last email

    Agree didn't look too good : )

    https://www.justice.gov/epstein/files/DataSet%209/EFTA00922809.pdf

    She knew what Epstein was about from the very start of their relationship, and she didn't seem to mind at all, maybe even approved.

    I was a monarchist until this weekend. Now I'm not so sure.

    10 votes

  4. Comment on Weekly US politics news and updates thread - week of January 26 in ~society

  5. Comment on Syria's defiant Kurds vow to 'fight until last breath' despite government push in ~society

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    This was posted while I was still reading the BBC article, so now I feel slightly foolish. This is important, considering many Kurds were displaced from the border areas near Türkiye by the...

    This was posted while I was still reading the BBC article, so now I feel slightly foolish.

    The agreement also includes "civil and educational rights for the Kurdish people, and guaranteeing the return of the displaced to their areas," the SDF said in a statement.

    This is important, considering many Kurds were displaced from the border areas near Türkiye by the Turkish military.

    9 votes

  6. Comment on Syria's defiant Kurds vow to 'fight until last breath' despite government push in ~society

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    Syria: Kurdish-led SDF and government agree integration deal (DW)

    Syria: Kurdish-led SDF and government agree integration deal (DW)

    According to the agreement with the Syrian government, the SDF will withdraw from the front lines. Then, government forces will enter the cities of Hassakeh and Qamishli, and the process of integratiion would begin.

    3 votes

  9. Comment on Elon Musk says Tesla ending Models S and X production in ~transport

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    Tesla's timelines tend to be complete nonsense, but "this quarter" is a lot sooner than their usual "next year", and if they're already rebuilding a factory, maybe they're telling the truth for...

    The company said in the release that it plans to unveil the third generation of Optimus this quarter, its “first design meant for mass production.”

    Tesla's timelines tend to be complete nonsense, but "this quarter" is a lot sooner than their usual "next year", and if they're already rebuilding a factory, maybe they're telling the truth for once.

    But are we actually there yet, where we have the technology to build a humanoid robot good enough for mass production? I doubt it. This could be another Cybertruck-level disaster, where they dedicate an entire factory to churn out a product no-one wants.

    10 votes

  10. Comment on European nations issue warning to Russia-linked shadow fleet in ~transport

  15. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I had to look up a walkthrough to figure out how to win the final battle. Turned out it's not that hard, but also not at all intuitive, at least to me.

    and some annoying QTE events where the button you need to hit is not particularly obvious

    I had to look up a walkthrough to figure out how to win the final battle. Turned out it's not that hard, but also not at all intuitive, at least to me.

  16. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    It's the kind of franchise that doesn't really allow for decisive victories. You can have stories where if you lose, some other faction takes over the galaxy (or whatever), but if you win, it has...

    I certainly achieved some military objectives, saw some cool visual spectacle moments, and proved to my allies that I'm the real deal. But I still kind of have the feeling that nothing really mattered.

    It's the kind of franchise that doesn't really allow for decisive victories. You can have stories where if you lose, some other faction takes over the galaxy (or whatever), but if you win, it has to return to the status quo, so the eternal war can continue.

    I played on normal difficulty, and I felt like I never truly got the hang of parrying telegraphed attacks or dealing with ranged attackers properly while getting swarmed.

    Did you play with a controller? I first played with mouse + keyboard, and was completely unable to do any meaningful parrying (I even struggled to get through the tutorial). With controller, the game was actually playable on above easy difficulty.

    1 vote

  17. Comment on What games have you been playing, and what's your opinion on them? in ~games

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    I can't believe they added a way to escape Tarkov in Escape from Tarkov. :-o Do they still do the progress wipes, even after version 1.0? For a while I played Call of Duty DMZ a lot; possibly my...

    I can't believe they added a way to escape Tarkov in Escape from Tarkov. :-o

    Do they still do the progress wipes, even after version 1.0? For a while I played Call of Duty DMZ a lot; possibly my favourite multiplayer experience of the last decade, but the wipes were frustrating. And in that game, the wipes didn't really feel necessary; they could have just added a bunch of new missions on top of the old ones and kept it going.

  18. Comment on US to stop processing visa applications from seventy-five nations in ~society

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    Maybe it's based on some statistics of how large a percentage of immigrants from each country seek public benefits. Though more likely Barron asked ChatGPT to write a list of countries they should...

    The cable, sent to U.S. missions, said there were indications that nationals from these countries had sought public benefits in the United States.

    "Applicants from these countries are at a high risk for becoming a public charge and recourse to local, state and federal government resources in the United States," the cable outlining the move which was reviewed by Reuters said.

    Maybe it's based on some statistics of how large a percentage of immigrants from each country seek public benefits. Though more likely Barron asked ChatGPT to write a list of countries they should ban immigration from, like he did with the tariffs last year.

    12 votes

  19. Comment on K-pop drum duet between Japan and South Korea's leaders caps off summit talks in ~society