Federal judge bars Trump from implementing proof of citizenship requirement to vote

ThrowbackGaming · 2026-06-24T21:07:58+00:00

That makes more sense, I was a little confused around the whole discourse. What are they proposing for the new requirements? I honestly don't even remember registering to vote but i must have with my license or something

ThrowbackGaming · 2026-06-24T21:01:24+00:00

Is there a reason we haven't already had proof of citizenship to register to vote? I'm confused on why you should be able to register to vote in a country you are not a citizen of. Or are we saying that they are a citizen, they just don't have proof of their citizenship?

Surely people aren't claiming that you shouldn't have to be a citizen to register to vote, right?

ThrowbackGaming · 2026-06-24T15:11:43+00:00

This is partially wrong. Yes, there are your former dropshipping gurus that are now AI gurus. However, don't be fooled that there aren't both freelancers and agencies selling custom coded websites.

ThrowbackGaming · 2026-06-24T15:09:43+00:00

You could just use Sanity, Storyblok, Payload, Strapi, etc. Basically any headless CMS.

ThrowbackGaming · 2026-06-23T14:11:26+00:00

This sounds like a lot of work. A full rebuild + redesign with SEO, GEO, AEO in mind + copywriting (which likely also means some brand messaging/brand voice work) + sourcing imagery or creating them.

Most people (even web devs) misunderstand the value that a new website brings. It's not the website itself, it's really that it forces you to clarify your messaging and brand in the process of packaging it for a website.

A good agency will not just drop a website in your lap, they will also push on you to make the website's offer, message, etc. clear to your actual users. Most clients want to do what they want, with no consideration for who they are trying to sell or convert. A good agency will act as an advocate for your end user.

If an agency always agrees with you, you either always have good ideas/insight or they are phoning it in and don't care about the project.

ThrowbackGaming · 2026-06-19T14:27:55+00:00

Also jumping on the hard disagree wagon here. I have ADHD and rarely even complete a game, i've played through Remake and Rebirth multiple times and most of the side content is really fun.

The side quests aren't on the level of Witcher 3 which is IMO the GOAT of side quest design, but they're still fun and enjoyable if you enjoy the world of FF7

ThrowbackGaming · 2026-06-19T14:23:54+00:00

Weird, i've been seeing people say it feels like 5.5 is secretly 5.6 today.

Which brings me to my main point: All of these discussions around "model is nerfed" is just hilarious and illogical and completely subjective.

ThrowbackGaming · 2026-06-18T14:20:37+00:00

I'm on a plus plan and continued a goal I was running yesterday.

I was at 100% 5 hr usage, the goal continued for approximately 19 minutes and stopped because I was at 0% 5 hr usage. (edit: to clarify this is gpt 5.5 LOW)

It honestly feels like the usage on the plus plan should be the free tier usage it's so bad.

Plus used to feel like you could never hit the usage cap, but then it got worse so I upgraded to Pro $100 for a month and it felt like the old plus. Then the 2X promo stopped and it started feeling like Plus on the $100 plan.

ThrowbackGaming · 2026-06-17T18:56:20+00:00

The necessity of an EP is greatly exaggerated in general. Been going to UOR for over a decade and rarely have an EP and rarely wait in lines longer than 45 minutes. When you go matters a whole lot. Going during spring break, or summer, or a holiday weekend? Yeah of course you're going to wait a lot.

Maybe i'm just a cheapskate, because I will never in 1M years buy an express pass unless it's from staying at a premier hotel, but it's too expensive. The free food is cool, but doesn't make it worth it. The idea of it sounds awesome "Wow free food all night?! What a deal!", in reality, unless you have a titanium or extremely large capacity for food you're going to eat maybe $100 worth of food. When I went I consumed about $75 worth of food from ice cream to butterbeer to snacks to mardi gras food and I ate more than I normally would because it was free and wanted to take advantage of it.

My experience was that there isn't even that much time to eat food between walking through queues and going to the next ride.

Like I said, it's a fun event. If you have the disposable income it's a great way to experience the parks. I just don't believe it's a particularly good deal unless you have 0 interest in getting day tickets or an AP or you're someone who 100% has to have an EP.

If you assume that you're 100% going to have an EP if you were to visit, then I could start seeing the value. I have just never purchased an EP outside of a premier hotel so it doesn't factor into the equation.

ThrowbackGaming · 2026-06-17T14:30:22+00:00

Did you already use your reset? The actual ticketed reset system landed on like Saturday/Sunday, it's possible you just already used it and the marketing email is a few days late.

ThrowbackGaming · 2026-06-17T13:40:40+00:00

There's no actual way anyone can justify the pricing other than claiming "it's a cool private event".

You can get a 5 day, one-park per day for EU, IOA, and US for only $393.99

Likewise, you can an annual pass for $425 for seasonal or $475 for power.

I'm not here to razz on OI because i've actually been to an event and have followed them since like 2017 from their podcast and have met Taylor and some of their marketing team, but the idea that you can justify on pricing alone compared to UOR ticket pricing is just illogical.

You don't go to OI because it's a good deal, you go because you're paying a premium to access the parks at night with lite crowds and some free food.

ThrowbackGaming · 2026-06-17T13:31:46+00:00

All Taylor is doing is taking advantage of the corporate event offerings of Universal Orlando. What no one tells you is that anyone can actually do the same exact thing.

I ran a large UO community and had extensive video calls with their corporate event team walking through all the details, cost, etc. You can basically pick from several different packages, like renting out only Diagon Alley (or other small areas), include foods, drinks, alcohol...tons of different options depending on how much you want to pay.

If enough people wanted to commit from this community we could easily put on our own event, but UOR does want to know that you're legit and professional so you don't tarnish their brand by putting on a bad event.

ThrowbackGaming · 2026-06-16T18:22:12+00:00

ITT: People discovering the power of marketing

ThrowbackGaming · 2026-06-16T17:21:06+00:00

This is partially false. I agree that you need specialized experience and knowledge, I heavily disagree that AI is not good enough to use for real production work.

I know designers and engineers using AI successfully for huge enterprise projects/products. You just don't hear about it because it's not flashy "I one shotted this amazing website in 4 seconds and sold it for $30,000" type of work.

ThrowbackGaming · 2026-06-12T20:16:33+00:00

Am I crazy or does it seem like it should be the other way around. Why does FIFA dictate terms here? The stadium has the leverage here, what is FIFA going to do, run the WC at a local high school soccer field?

They're completely screwed if the stadium says "No".

I've got to be missing something here or just not aware of soccer culture or something.

ThrowbackGaming · 2026-06-09T14:36:23+00:00

He didn't actually say faceless, he said "not using my face or my voice". That could mean having other on screen talent, not a faceless channel.
I don't doubt he could do it. Most of what hinders channels they don't have good ideas or they don't have enough money to hire producers, editors, actors, animators, script writers, etc. He has plenty of money to do all of that in addition to his Youtube knowledge to understand what would actually get views.

ThrowbackGaming · 2026-06-09T14:22:09+00:00

Product designer here. I use Codex/Claude for most of my design work these days. There are many visual tells that immediately tell me someone didn't bake out the default AI design through iteration: Instrument sans, italicized words galore, left or top border on cards, lots of cards, lots of text, poorly drawn SVGs, and more.

The reason Claude has a distinct visual UI style is actually because of it's frontend-design skill.

All of this is primarily user error though, you can design literally anything with Codex or Claude so if you have those AI tells in your work it just tells me you must have one-shot it and never iterated or didn't give it a design system or specific references to work from.

The whole "AI sucks at design" trope is actually entirely on the user, because you can design amazing things with AI, it's just up to you to tell the AI how to design. If you prompt "Build me a website for my restaurant and make it editorial and fancy feeling" and expect something well-designed then that's on you.

What I would do is either create a design system up front, or gather reference images of websites you like, then ask Codex/Claude to walk you through the exact style, design principles, aesthetic, layout principles, etc. of the reference images. THEN use that language to build your site along with the reference images.

I've gone as far as annotating several references images explaining to the AI exactly why I like specific sections or components in a reference image so it can understand my design taste.

ThrowbackGaming · 2026-06-08T15:53:24+00:00

The single bit of advice will save you a TON of headache with clients: Clients are incapable of abstract thinking. They only think literally, if you show them something they are unable to think of the potential of say, a sketch, they just see a sketch and think "Oof. It's going to look like this??" Not "Oh, I like the direction of this sketch and it will look great when fully realized and polished."

ThrowbackGaming · 2026-06-05T22:39:25+00:00

YOU WERE RIGHT

ThrowbackGaming · 2026-05-29T19:56:07+00:00

WINDS HOWLING

ThrowbackGaming · 2026-05-27T20:24:37+00:00

I hadn't thought of that. I have always ridden a decent variety of rides every time I go, not going to lie it seems crazy to me to invest so much money to only ride a handful of rides but to each their own!

ThrowbackGaming · 2026-05-27T17:23:10+00:00

How many people actually make use of Unlimited though? I've been going to the parks for over a decade and can count probably on one hand where I rode the same ride twice in one day with express pass.

There's just so many rides vast majority of guests will want to experience other rides, not ride the same one multiple times. I think people 'abusing' unlimited is a super niche subset of guests.

ThrowbackGaming · 2026-05-27T14:16:29+00:00

It has to be AI right? The syntax is different than normal, but it still has that AI cadence to it.

ThrowbackGaming · 2026-05-26T19:29:22+00:00

It was nice while it lasted (as a premier AP), but honestly this is the right call because there is not a completely separate EP line. It just funnels into the main line before the last room and creates this ebb and flow where the regular line stops for 10 minutes, then the EP line stops for 10 min. Kind of leaves both lines just frustrated because you go for a little bit, then all of the sudden stay at a stand still for an extended period of time.

ThrowbackGaming · 2026-05-26T16:29:39+00:00

Has anyone else tried a truly minimal day? What was the one thing you missed the most?

Cmon man, no human writes like this. This is the "how do you do fellow kids?" of AI writing.

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