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Apparently using the simple reader view in Firefox allows one to partially bypass the block. Anyway, the article says "Social science research has found that three important factors behind a country’s level of social trust are corruption, ethnic segregation and economic inequality." This makes sense to me, as such a decline surely is down to systemic issues and not due to the more or less recent actions of specific actors.

That article is behind a paywall, unfortunately.

https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2020/12/trump-betting-markets-sportsbooks-offshore-2020-election-gambling.html Fun with gambling!

You weren't working from home already? Also do you still work for Weyland Yutani?

I keep thinking of all the available time for mining my computer had for years and years back when mining was relatively quick.

There is no such thing as trumpism

Cancel the plans, of course.

Just therapist with benefits instead?

You guys are just dead set on not saving money, so no chance.

Things appear to be going well in Ohio:

Stars: Supernova Genesis, a sequel to Stars!, which didn't even get a publisher. Here's a wiki page about it: https://wiki.starsautohost.org/wiki/Stars!_Supernova_Genesis

Despite what says on the left I actually live in Partille, a suburb of Gothenburg that is actually its own municipality. Partille proper is a nothing of a city, but within the its area there are actually a bunch of nice places to visit and walk around in. Essentially Partille is in the middle of the woods. Here are some pictures taken by some guy who knows what he is doing: https://www.mikaelsvensson.com/photo/tag/partille-kommun/ And here are some pictures taken by some guy who does not know what he is doing:

That card will definitely be a bottleneck, perhaps even at 1080p.

A 3600 should be more than fine for a good long while. In any case you will really feel the upgrade. I upgraded to one from an ivy bridge in the summer, and it was quite the difference in gaming. What's your GPU?

https://hintaopas.fi/ This is the website that actually works. Ryzen 5 5600x: https://hintaopas.fi/product.php?p=5588360

Ah, not lifting sanctions but not wanting to put new sanctions in place. That I remember somewhat. Trump just didn't veto the legislation because it would have been passed anyway. There isn't a huge problem in the US regarding illegal immigration, it was a fake issue used for campaigning purposes. The problems with immigration that do exist ares more driven by businesses that rely on illegals and the lack of reasonable ways to legally immigrate to the US, and a wall has nothing to do with those. The original intention was to drum up xenophobic feeling among rally goers when on campaign. The post election goal was to have something tangible to point at when challenged on campaign promises. No good intentions were involved anywhere. 3 out of 50 senators is not "several".

Well, it's somewhat easier to stand on principle when you are absolutely sure your stand won't actually change anything.

First, other than McCain's vote on ACA at the 11th hour there was no Republican push-back to his presidency. Ever. The bit about Trump's intentions is hilarious because if you think good intentions were anywhere involved you haven't been paying attention. When did Trump try to remove Russian sanctions? Was it in 2017 or something? There was no push-back from the GOP on Trump's attempts to dismiss the results. They have passively allowed American Democracy to be put into question, how that is not terrible for the US?

Short of civil war, or of Trump having his opposition imprisoned or something, how could it have been worse?

It is not just Guard Dog I've seen recently promoting the idea that America has somehow escaped Trump's shenanigans unscathed. I've seen pundits on network news, especially Republicans, claiming the same thing. Trump demonstrated time and again that the checks and balances system Americans like to tout is utterly toothless as long as the same party is in charge of two branches. Given that demographics have all but ensured that the GOP will hold the Senate for the next few decades, and that the US is irrevocably stuck in a two party system, I don't see how this is in any way fixable in the near future. Personally, I think the institutional weaknesses exposed by Trump will just become the new normal.

Well, it's actually a 980 ti so it should be playable at a level that the game looks not potato, even if that would be fitting with playing a polish game while in Sweden. Anyway I have been following that link since you posted it and it's looking terrible. I guess I'll be able to get one sometime next year...

I really want to order a 3080 to drive my UW on Cyberpunk. Hopefully my 980 won't suffer too much.

*adds to list*

You were here a few months after the forums got started. If you check your profile you can find your join date, and if you check your username number you can see how small it is(yours is 1981). The forums started February 2004, on the 7th. Gromnir, Amentep and I are some of the ones still active who actually joined on the first day. I wonder if there are full blown lurkers still around. Mr Brown perhaps?

Partly I'm still here cause I'm a mod, partly inertia, partly because I still very much enjoy Obsidian's games. The heyday of the boards to me was when people like metadigital, allanschu, llyranor/nickiam, dark_raven, darque, thepixiesrock, musopticon, baley, launch, hades or schmart were around. That's when I had a lot of fun just posting, both here and at the other place. Things were fun, felt fastpaced, and hijinks were had. Among the leftovers from that time are people like me, Gorth, Gromnir, kirottu, Guard Dog, hurlshot, Amentep, humanoid, malc, shadysands, numbersman, gorgon and others I'm not remembering. A lot of these have been around as long as I have. Some were even regular posters in the BIS days, where I only lurked. Anyway I am old, and I have an enduring emotional connection to this place and Obsidian itself, so I am here. Also, sometimes I get loot from Obsidian, which nowadays is a source of angst for my kid, because he wishes he could get Fortnite stuff from Epic Games. That's certainly a perk.