Talcosis

No, they’ll move their money to the next company soon. Plus, I’m guessing Microsoft is one of those companies 401(k)s are legally required to invest in, so every American with a retirement account is a bagholder.

I’m sure copilot wouldn’t mind taking over for a bit

It is, but there also was a lot of malice going around at the time. You know how shortly after the Hamas attacks on Israel, everyone that wasn’t vocally in favor of Israel killing everyone immediately got asked “do you disavow Hamas?” And regardless of answer was viewed with suspicion?

I ran into the same thing in '22/'23, as I am Russian. Even though I don’t support Putin, don’t support the invasion, and haven’t lived in the country for 20 years.

Interacting with Russian media, hell, even speaking to my family led to immediate suspicion. Now that the zeitgeist has moved on, I don’t get that as much.

Edit: in retrospect, I just did the same thing above, right after saying I’m Russian.

Yep…which makes me think that the relative lack of popularity has less to do with the game itself, and more the circumstance surrounding its release. There are much worse games that have much bigger audiences.

Hell, the entire ‘controversy’ section on Wikipedia is basically “yeah, this game was made by Russians”

Better than most modern shooters

Doesn’t change the reality that it didn’t leave the hype circles because All RuZZia BaD

Its a Russian studio releasing a game in 2023…there’s a reason you’ve never heard of it and it has nothing to do with the game.

From what I have seen, it’s a pretty good game.

Edit: this is why I like to remind Americans that nobody in other countries will care of you personally didn’t vote for trump.

Seems to me that it’s much easier to create a single cohesive nationalistic identity by destroying every other place where people can find identity. Which often involves groups of people interacting and finding ways to work together.

Bit like how people with few real life social connections are much more likely to fall into parasocial relationships.

Also a bit like the isolation step before the abuse starts.

Pretty minor. If they picked up the whole data center and soaked it in a large jug of 10% acetic acid for about nine months, the concrete would lose about 20% of its strength.

Not sure about the civil engineering side, but I assume there’s enough safety factor in your average construction to account for 20% strength loss.

I mean if we’re looking at pure economics, it’s probably not even worth running power lines to your parents. Matter of fact, they probably wouldn’t even have electricity if the government didn’t force electrical companies to build power lines to everyone, with the electrification act of 1968.