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The SEC is the regulating body for the US stock exchange. Numerous companies on the stock exchange are heavily involved in Bitcoin. And if I recall correctly, Bitcoin is also exchanged through platforms regulated by the SEC. There are other things the SEC oversees that could be directly/indirectly related to crypto as well.

True enough. Though, Russia has adapted tactics in various domains since their initial invasion, e.g. their drone defensive/offensive tactics. Regardless, if NK is simply sending grunts to the frontline without their own senior officers and/or company commanders/sergeants, there won't be much useful combat experience to take back home to their own military.

I wouldn't think so, since Mastadon isn't inherently "owned" by any one company and doesn't rely on an advertising business strategy.

Or they did and are now enduring giving birth to a turd football.

I view it as NK getting real world combat experience. It helps both countries out. This isn't good for multiple reasons.

Did you read the article? They're suggesting he has dementia/significantly decreased mental faculties. There were 2 medical emergencies, yes, but those were done and over with and he still chose to declare he wouldn't be taking questions after all and made his staff put on his favorite playlist for the rest of the "townhall." To me, that's the sign of someone who has broken down and just straight up isn't fit to lead anyone, let alone a country (his horrible policies aside).

So... why wouldn't he just continue afterwards, like what happens at any other public event that has isolated medical emergencies? Or even cancel/reschedule? Heh.

Yeah, this is such a silly move, lol. I mean, sure, SK wouldn't be able to use them. But, neither would your army... In a sense, you're admitting that if it came to a war, you're not strong enough to launch an offensive campaign and are preparing to immediately go on the defense. Which isn't necessarily a bad thing, unless your government's propaganda is constantly talking up how glorious and powerful your leader and military are.

The death of local journalism is a tragedy. It's resulted in far less local accountability for city/county governments and businesses. There is no easy solution, though. I mean, there is, but getting everyone to give a shit and support local journalism is apparently not an easy endeavor.

Most people didn't really hate the HBO ending that much after reflecting on it. What we hated was how God damn rushed and sloppily it was done. We were also furious how poorly the Battle for Winterfell was done. If they'd done the proper arc for Daenerys descending into madness, more of Bran being positioned for taking the throne, etc etc, it wouldn't have fallen nearly as flat. Instead, the show skipped all of that development and so all the character choices felt completely random and stupid.

Anyway, I agree with you that that's why he's lost motivation for it. Iirc, he initially supported D&D and said that was the intended ending. It wasn't until later that he backtracked and said that it wasn't. But, yeah, we're never going to get the last books.

That's one review from Steam Deck. Game just might too resource hungry and/or unoptimized for it at the moment. The user also didn't state what Proton version they used. I'm going to install it on my other Linux PC and report back later.

Edit: Works fine on my PC, running latest version of Nobara (Linux distro focused on gaming) and Nvidia drivers. I also used GE Proton 9.11 in Steam.

I had it auto-detect graphics quality (seemed to be about High settings) @ 1080p, and enabled Fur Shadows. I set DLSS to Balanced. Averaged 60-70FPS, dips down to 45ish when I entered an area with heavy rain. Played for about 15 minutes and entered the open world area after the intro. I was playing on my HTPC hooked up to an older spare TV, so I apologize for those that use 1440p or 4k since I cant test the performance at those resolutions.

My specs are:

-Ryzen 5700X

-RTX 3070 FE

-16GB DDR4 3200

-1TB nvme SSD

Edit 2: Played for another 30sh minutes, no issues. Performance did dip a bit in some open world areas, but I never saw it go below 45 FPS.

My quick review: The game has some interesting ideas, but the combat and presentation are pretty jank. Many of the early monsters just ram you like a goat, which launches you in the air and gravity is kind of floaty, so you can end up getting repeatedly tossed around. Their animations are very stiff, so sometimes it looks as though the monsters are just gliding at you versus running. The aesthetic/style of the world looks great, though. The giant tree/Ent thing stomping thru the forest was intense and surreal, I enjoyed trying to hide from it and failing.

The UI is not good, not awful. All of your important information is in the inside of your bow shaft, but it isn't presented in a clear and easily understood way. Not being able to easily tell how many arrows you have in the middle of combat is frustrating. I also think the wind direction should be easily referenced without needing to hold down a button, sort of how Ghost of Tsushima did it.

Lastly, and this is subjective, the music is not very heavy metal IMO. I was expecting something like Doom 2016, but with Cannibal Corpse, Cradle of Filth, or even Slayer type heavy metal. Instead, it's more ambient and slower; not intense at all.

Eh? I have a Steam Deck and I rarely ever run into a game that performs badly or has issues. Proton and GE Proton have done amazing things for bringing mainstream gaming to Linux.