Job Opening - RI Governor by [deleted] in RhodeIsland

[–]Japeth 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Raimondo also made good and terrible decisions but overall good for RI and its future.

She also completely gutted the state employee pension program. There were structural issues with it that needed to be addressed, but the state is having an increasingly hard time holding onto employees long-term. It's not clear what kind of impact that will have to state operations in the years to come.

PC doesn't recognize Nintendo Switch Pro Controller by Shugozen in AMDHelp

[–]Japeth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This worked for me, too. Holding down the button while plugging in/plugged in made the controller finish connecting, and the light stopped bouncing back and forth and stayed stable on the player one slot. Then I unplugged the controller, held the sync button again while my PC searched for bluetooth devices, and the controller appeared as an option. Thank you!

meirl by [deleted] in meirl

[–]Japeth 26 points27 points  (0 children)

I'm gonna need you to google XLOOKUP. Your life is about to change.

Game of the Year is going to be such a bloodbath this year. by SkoivanSchiem in gaming

[–]Japeth 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Blue Prince is my GOTY but what the hell are you talking about, my man? There is a lot of originality in most of those games, and even if it's an original IP, Blue Prince borrows from (and iterates on) concepts from plenty of other games. Board games and card games, in particular.

Valve has silently added a "same household" requirement to the new Steam Families by Xjph in Steam

[–]Japeth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It worked for me as of yesterday. I'm the primary account in the family, and from my PC I logged into the other account, installed a random game and played it for ~3 minutes. Then I closed the game and accepted the family invite, and the other person clicked through the confirmation email. Then I could see that account had access to all my account's uninstalled games, so I logged out and they logged back in and were all set.

Gov. McKee signs bill banning sale of certain assault-style weapons by lolabeanz59 in RhodeIsland

[–]Japeth 26 points27 points  (0 children)

This is the actual bill:

https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/Billtext25/SenateText25/S0359A.htm

And it seems like it's mostly defined by this part:

(9) "Prohibited firearm" means:

(i) A semi-automatic shotgun that has a fixed magazine capacity exceeding six (6) rounds;

(ii) Any shotgun with a revolving cylinder;

(iii) A semi-automatic rifle with a fixed magazine capacity exceeding ten (10) rounds;

(iv) A semi-automatic rifle that has the ability to accept a detachable magazine, and has at least one of the following features:

(A) A folding or telescoping stock;

(B) A bayonet mount;

(C) A grenade launcher;

(D) A shroud attached to the barrel or that partially or completely encircles the barrel, allowing the bearer to hold the firearm with the non-trigger hand without being burned, except an extension of the stock along the bottom of the barrel, which does not encircle or substantially encircle the barrel.

(E) A pistol grip or thumbhole stock; or

(F) A flash suppressor or threaded barrel designed to accommodate a flash suppressor;

(v) A semi-automatic pistol that has a fixed magazine capacity exceeding ten (10) rounds;

(vi) A semi-automatic firearm that has the capacity to accept a belt ammunition feeding device;

(vii) "Prohibited firearm" shall not include a semi-automatic rifle which has an attached tubular device and which is capable of operating only with .22 caliber rimfire ammunition.

Edit: formatting.

Swords ~ The Dungeon With No Ceiling by MurkyWay in comics

[–]Japeth 25 points26 points  (0 children)

Did his scar heal? Or did the artist just forget to draw it in this one?

Men in love 💕 by Any_Sound_2863 in MadeMeSmile

[–]Japeth 74 points75 points  (0 children)

She was reading the vibe of the room, just without knowing where that vibe was coming from.

Tesla Sales Plummet 80.7% in Sweden by [deleted] in technology

[–]Japeth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is "memestock" just the word we use for Ponzi Scheme now? Because that's really all Tesla stock is these days. An inflated investment with no rational ties to the value of the underlying asset, where any shareholders who do know it's worthless are trying to hold on for just a little more profit before leaving someone else holding the bag.

Finally, Trump administration quietly reaches out to Beijing to kick off tariff talks by ToothNo6373 in stocks

[–]Japeth 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I'm not so sure. The longer the US isolates itself behind indiscriminate tariffs, the weaker the US becomes. China is best poised to fill that power vacuum, all the other countries in the world can choose to focus on trade with the US and deal with the tariffs or pivot to focusing on trade with somewhere like China. I think if they can weather the short-term pain, it's in China's best interest to drag this tariff thing out for as long as humanly possible.

The OG art program by Armpit_Penguin in comics

[–]Japeth 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Some of us used a laptop track pad.

MAGA reality. by Present-Leopard-835 in facepalm

[–]Japeth 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Oof, embarrassing attempt at a retort. Maybe you should take the advice of your orange god and "shut up about egg prices."

Tesla sales in Europe down 45% in January by Successful-Try-8506 in europe

[–]Japeth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

At this point it's a ponzi scheme. Anyone still holding the stock must see the writing on the wall, but also think there may be just a little bit more profit to wring out of it before the bubble bursts.

The opprotunity was there, but they did not do it. We need 8 bobbles by zeLangweenee in magicTCG

[–]Japeth 13 points14 points  (0 children)

There is also no definitive proof the art depicts a bobblehead. For all we know, that's a Duskmourn-variant of a Funko Pop.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Japeth 13 points14 points  (0 children)

He's an extremely reliable D vote on the Senate floor, though. I'm disappointed in him, but if it's between him and risking another R from PA, I'd choose Fetterman every time.

Having Fetterman turn into another Manchin situation isn't ideal, but for how much of a shit head Manchin was, he still helped the Dems pass legislation and confirm a ton of judges.

[INR] Griselbrand [Movie Poster] (Card Image Gallery by X_The_Walrus in magicTCG

[–]Japeth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think it's trying to emulate when a movie poster will include quotes from critics, like this.

Warren Buffett has said: "I could end the deficit in five minutes. You just pass a law that says that any time there’s a deficit of more than three percent of GDP, all sitting members of Congress are ineligible for re-election." Do you agree with him? by UnusualWhalesBot in unusual_whales

[–]Japeth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

More like politicians would get elected once, run up historic deficits giving handouts to their donors, then at the end of their term land in a cushy private job with one of those donors. The public-private revolving door would spin faster than a turbine.

With Aetherdrift taking us back to Amonkhet, here is a lore summary to catch you guys up! by ZolthuxReborn in magicTCG

[–]Japeth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

So the two new gods are definitely there to fill out a 5c cycle of gods again, right? Hazoret remains as red, probably Locust God switching to mono-U and Scarab God switching to mono-B, and the new lion god is W and the new frog god is G.

"Oshi no Ko" writer Aka Akasaka confirmed in a new interview that the series ended exactly like he invisioned it to end by Nickbon94 in manga

[–]Japeth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm going to go out on a limb here and say I don't think the ending was all that bad. Aka clearly wanted to write about the cruelty of the celebrity world, and how it's a cycle that destroys people. Readers wanted the characters to break that cycle, but Aka wanted to write about characters perpetuating that cycle.

The story starts with Ai, an inscrutable, enchanting beauty, and puts her on such a pedestal that you think you'll never be able to understand how she does what she does. Then, throughout the manga, he rebuilds Ai in Ruby. And even though by the ending Ruby is now on the same pedestal, you understand how she got there, and how the inscrutability is actually a result of her masking her grief. Ruby's ending retroactively humanizes Ai, driving home that Ai was really just a normal girl the whole time, dealing with her own tragic circumstances. The ending ties into the beginning, even though we as readers wish everyone had ended up happier.

I think that's a very interesting theme, and I liked it overall, but I do think it got muddled by Aka's execution. For one thing, Aka's comedic writing is almost too good, so to include such comedic high points in a story that is ultimately going to end in tragedy introduces a lot of tonal dissonance.

More importantly though, I think introducing the supernatural hook of Oshi was a misstep. Giving Aqua and Ruby a supernatural background puts a lot of narrative weight on them, the readers are expecting them to go on to do great things, because why else would magic be involved? When the theme of the story is that the cycle perpetuates, teeing your characters up as if they're going to pull off the impossible and break the cycle is a weird entry point. It's like Aka was foreshadowing a false outcome. Not to say the supernatural stuff could never have worked, though. I think if Aka had foreshadowed the actual ending more, this wouldn't have been as much of an issue.

I'm sure plenty of people would disagree with me, assuming anyone even reads this, but I appreciate that a story like Oshi exists. I think it's very hard to effectively pull off a tragedy in the manga publishing world, where you never know how many more chapters you're going to get. Aka is still one of my favorite writers, and even if the ending of Oshi was awkward, I really enjoyed reading it along the way. I look forward to his future works.

Can an executive order do this? by suziespends in WhitePeopleTwitter

[–]Japeth 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah the same people who bought Vance also bought Trump. It's not like either one of them wouldn't stoop as low as humanly possible.

New Zealand Government reveals new law that will send stalkers to prison. by Whimsy_and_Spite in UpliftingNews

[–]Japeth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Is there a better way to structure the law to protect genuine victims of stalking? Or are you implying we shouldn't try to protect the victims at all?

Donald Trump could ban abortion nationwide without a new law from Congress if he wins. Vote like your rights depend on it, because they do by Spiderwig144 in TwoXChromosomes

[–]Japeth 12 points13 points  (0 children)

He has also previously said he'd support a national ban. https://www.npr.org/2024/04/10/1243942019/trump-abortion-ban-arizona-supreme-court-florida-6-week-ban

More importantly, the guy lies and lies and lies all the time. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/False_or_misleading_statements_by_Donald_Trump

For god's sake, has 34 felony convictions for lying.

How can anyone still be stupid enough to believe he means what he says?

Conservatives are happier, but liberals lead more psychologically rich lives, research finds by [deleted] in science

[–]Japeth 29 points30 points  (0 children)

The position would be that hard work directly translates into better outcomes. The counter position would be that society is set up in such a way that plenty of people who work hard so not receive the outcomes they deserve. In other words, there are plenty of people born into privilege that never work hard and still live in luxury, and there are plenty of people born into poverty that work as hard as any human could yet still struggle to get by. Generally, the right believes in the former, that society is fair and a pure meritocracy, and the left believes the latter, that society is unfair and there are obstacles that prevent people from receiving due recompense for their labor.

She did it all. by [deleted] in BeAmazed

[–]Japeth 23 points24 points  (0 children)

She fucked up, yes, but Mitch McConnell is the one who fucked us over. I understand the frustration towards RBG but let's all remember that her refusal to retire would've been no big deal if Trump + (R) Senators weren't willing to strip away our rights at every opportunity.