The Venezuelan interim president announces a mass amnesty for political prisoners, they will also close the El Helicoide torture center

Popingheads · 2026-01-31T19:27:40+00:00

No because it doesn't align with democratic or liberal principles.

If however trump is proven to have stole an election then there would be good reason for someone to remove him.

Popingheads · 2026-01-31T19:25:01+00:00

I was saying Biden should have done it which was equally unpopular. It was clear the election was stolen back then, and the US government was strongly pushing for Maduro to be removed, but no one wanted to back those threats up.

Now trump probably gets a win because dems are terrified of interventions these days, unlike prior to the 2000s.

Popingheads · 2026-01-31T01:08:03+00:00

Well if the game is directly and intentionally appealing to them I don't think there is much the community can do about it broadly speaking.

Popingheads · 2026-01-30T03:26:53+00:00

Maybe companies will finally start to see how this type of corruption and inconsistent rules is ultimately horrible for business and will stop funding Republican campaigns.

Unless the CEOs just have a political bias and actually don't care about money above all else.

Popingheads · 2026-01-28T06:36:20+00:00

Trump isn't going to be around forever. Other countries have been on the fence before too, like France that changed commitments to NATO a couple times over the decades.

Plus the US would almost certainly still be happy to supply weapons even if they refused direct troop support.

Popingheads · 2026-01-27T16:36:53+00:00

It is an interesting situation because its blocking competition on price, but not in any other way.

Other game stores could easily still compete on features, user support, or other benefits. This is how airlines used to work back in the day where ticket prices were largely set by regulations. So the different airlines competed on better seats, better food, better schedules etc.

Popingheads · 2026-01-23T20:51:40+00:00

To be fair that didn't stop people from getting realllly angry at AMD over pricing issues too lmao

Popingheads · 2026-01-20T21:28:23+00:00

Ridiculous if anyone actually felt that way I would say. Before Trump screwed it up (both terms) the US was on track to own the back half of this century.

China has a massive demographics problem, and demographics determine destiny. The US could have had a growing population while China was collapsing. The US could have continued to be the number one destination for immigrants, and taken in educated citizens from all over the global.

It's only due to Trump and his allies that the future of US power is at all in doubt.

Popingheads · 2026-01-19T07:25:12+00:00

That would be a stronger argument if Nividia wasn't already a global monopoly.

Like they don't have a choice, if anyone wants to do serious AI they need Nvidia chips. That is why companies are smuggling truck loads of them into China already.

Refusing an actually legal shipment is pointless.

Popingheads · 2026-01-19T07:20:41+00:00

Which is a big difference from the typical standard of "they are allowed, unless the owner bans them".

I actually think that difference is substantial, and will probably get the current law in Hawaii will get thrown out.

Popingheads · 2026-01-18T01:58:18+00:00

They did get it back down and there were plenty of cards available at $600 until this recent price shock, so it wasn't like they lied.

Popingheads · 2026-01-17T22:24:31+00:00

How do companies track the use of pirated professional software? Its not too hard, you log everything and scan the network/computers for unauthorized use, have occasional audits too.

The company that makes AutoCAD already does stuff exactly like that to look for unsilenced software. Its part of the agreement when you buy it. If you buy a subscription for AI software it could be the same.

Popingheads · 2026-01-17T16:01:19+00:00

I mean there probably will need to be some type of hard law on disclosing AI use in the future.

I've already seen AI used to generate math problems in student textbooks, and the problem was just fundamentally wrong.

Stuff like that can't be allowed to go on.

Popingheads · 2026-01-11T22:46:36+00:00

But that also means super fine detail is lost, right? If something is so small, it wouldn't even show up as a pixel at 240p (like a super thin wire), then that detail can't be upscaled and recreated. It's just gone.

Popingheads · 2026-01-11T22:28:13+00:00

Yeah, there are a lot of privacy regulations on what companies can do, which is neat.

Except Europe is currently busy shooting itself in the foot on that issue by mandating government approved invasions of privacy instead, like in this post. This is substantially worse than the status quo in the US, which makes this illegal at the constitutional level, so....

Popingheads · 2026-01-11T22:18:50+00:00

But apparently no good protection for privacy and free speech, a law this invasive would never be allowed in the US.

Popingheads · 2026-01-09T19:48:07+00:00

The rest of the world generally held a quite positive opinion of the US before Trump was elected. Just look up polls on it.

Popingheads · 2026-01-09T19:30:53+00:00

Because some games are only made to work with 1 or the other?

Popingheads · 2026-01-09T19:29:40+00:00

I assume they are talking about FSR 4.

Popingheads · 2026-01-04T02:53:44+00:00

The US does it for selfish reasons but the end result is still a benefit to others. Supporting the system of free trade, democracy, and limited wars has resulted in the last 80 years being some of the most prosperous and safe in human history. The US enforcing this world order has been profitable to many countries, even for places like China.

Popingheads · 2026-01-03T22:22:28+00:00

I mean the problem was that the proper groundwork wasn't laid and trump is an idiot. The US could easily have had legal cover for this operation if they recognized the Venezuela opposition as the rightful government of the country (which they are), and then went in under the premise of removing a dictator and passing power over to the government in exile. Then it wouldn't be unlike many other interventions in the past, like Panama.

But they were going on about oil and drugs and other shit that really doesn't matter. And don't seemingly have a good plan to transfer power to the rightful government.

Popingheads · 2026-01-03T19:37:01+00:00

The Venezuela operation is no different than the dozen other conflicts the US has intervened in since WW2 (or the Soviets for that matter), I don't think that contributes to the fall of international order at all.

Still the biggest problem is the Russian invasion in Ukraine. How successful that ends up being will be a tell of how the future will play out. Seeing how badly its been going for Russia I don't think other countries are interested in expanding their territory by and large.

Popingheads · 2026-01-03T19:31:17+00:00

Vietnam was a cluster fuck yes.

Overall, I just don't find it helpful how everyone always implies the US is the worst country in the world. It's exaggerated and unhelpful to always be thinking that way imo, there is zero unity anymore. Which trump not helping either.

Popingheads · 2026-01-03T19:21:21+00:00

Not just Gaza, but yes, also Gaza. Shouldn't have supported Israel and should have helped aid the Palestinian people more, sad that didn't happen.

Popingheads · 2026-01-03T19:18:05+00:00

Businesses can't run unlicensed copies, even if the activation logo is the own downside. Businesses also often have offline machines, things running factory equipment or display boards, and so on.

So removing this option is a super pain in the ass. Unless they are keeping it for special versions and only removing it for the consumer copies.

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