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Full tower PC cases
https://www.antec.com/product/case/p101-silent I bought one of these last year and I am really happy. Quite big and roomy, sturdy, not a window in sight.
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Radeon Thread
The 6750 seems weaker for the price, but the 6950 is great?
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Obituary thread
George Pérez, another acclaimed comic book artist. Cancer. He was 67.
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The All Things Political Topic - Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.
I'm going to disagree with Gorth. There's a rough rich/poor division in support for the EU. In rich countries, support for the EU among the masses is not high. In poorer countries, however it usually is somewhat higher. This is, of course, entirely selfish. The notion in poorer countries is that the EU helps monetarily. Also, there's a degree of prestige associated with foreign investment. In Portugal, specifically, the left supports the EU. The far right, not so much. The idea in richer countries is, of course, the converse. The population there often feel the EU syphons away money to poorer countries, that would be needed internally. The argument is also put forth that the money is mismanaged in poorer countries. This is not entirely untrue. This is not to say that there are not exceptions. Greece is poor and hates the EU due to the austerity measures from 10 years ago.
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Funny Stuff Cantina
Actually Florida.
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The All Things Political Topic - Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one
Every republican is afraid of getting primaried by someone trumpier than them. Voting for abortion would make that very, very easy, and every senator is very aware of that. Same is true of Manchin. Sinema I still don't really get, but she seems to be trying to become the new Manchin.
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The All Things Political Topic - Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one
Not a single Republican would vote to pass such a bill. A couple would maybe "voice concerns." I would be immensely surprised if Sinema and Manchin voted to pass too.
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The All Things Political Topic - Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one
The Senate.
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Obituary thread
Neal Adams' influence cannot be underestimated. Many of the greatest comics artists that started out in the 70s and 80s, could be said to have begun working as Neal Adams imitators. George Pérez, Gene Day, John Byrne, Bill Sienkiewicz or Alan Davis all owe an enormous debt to Adams. Even today, the artists that pencil in a more "realistic" style are riding Adams' coat tails. It's also astounding the immense gulf in quality between his 60s work and that of his peers. It's an interesting exercise to compare X-Men #55 by Werner Roth, a competent artist in the 60s, with X-men #56 by Neal Adams, both from 1969.
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Ukraine Conflict - Alle Dinge unterliegen Interpretation je nachdem, was Interpretation zu einem bestimmten Zeitpunkt herrscht, ist eine Funktion der Macht und nicht die Wahrheit
It was a Dane, so ask Gorth.
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Are you ready for Win 11?
I'm now using a 49" screen at work with windows 10, and having everything in the middle would be kind of a meaningful option, at least.
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French Election, why it matters
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/May_you_live_in_interesting_times
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Are you ready for Win 11?
This might help.
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The All Things Political Topic - Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one
I assume uncontrolled is in inverted commas for a reason. I went and read the article. He argues that Musk's words are dangerous demagoguery, not backed up by his actions.
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Funny Stuff Cantina
When I was a kid I was told it was for coins, poor miners 100 years ago used them, so I guess it checks out. I remember it being a problem to get out any coins I placed in them.
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The All Things Political Topic - Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one
Jazz Jackrabbit sequel confirmed
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The All Things Political Topic - Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one
See? You get it.
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The All Things Political Topic - Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one
That takes time and effort, so I'm going to recuse myself. For my sanity and my job.
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The All Things Political Topic - Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one
That's frankly ridiculous and shows a glaring lack of understanding as to what made Trump successful.
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The All Things Political Topic - Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is an absurd one
Curious as to what point was made, exactly?
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Ukraine Conflict - Das Himmelfahrtskommando
Creative Assembly press events in German must be awkward.
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Ukraine Conflict - Drei Kameraden
Nothing in the words you took from the Codex comes across as sarcastic.
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Ukraine Conflict - Drei Kameraden
This is currently the problem and what worries me the most. I don't think Putin is willing to lose face, and it seems like he is increasingly placing himself in a situation where every outcome will look badly on him. Be it a war loss(unlikely), an eternal war of attrition(likely), or Russian economic collapse (maybe?). So he is painting himself into a corner, and I have to wonder how much of a raving idiot/lunatic he can be? Is scorched earth an option for him?
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Ukraine Conflict - Drei Kameraden
To give myself as an example, as a Portuguese dude living in Sweden, I will defend Portugal if a Swede criticizes it, while I will defend Sweden if the converse happens. I can and will criticize both myself though. In other contexts.
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Ukraine Conflict - Der Weg zurück
It's all relative. Just because things are better in the EU than in Russia, it does not mean the situation is not in need of some deep changes in the EU. I mean, I moved to Sweden from Portugal, because the issues with Portugal were big enough that I felt it wasn't worth it to stay. But on the other hand a bunch of Brazilians have recently fled to Portugal in search of something better, partly because of Bolsonaro, and the fact that I left Portugal does not mean that the Brazilians who moved to Portugal were wrong or unwise. Too often the choices we are faced with are several ****ty ones, and we have to make do with whatever is less bad. Even if the less bad is a bunch of easily hate-able klepto/technocrats.