That or maybe politics Friday when those posts are allowed?

You can try. All the merchandise is locked in cages.

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I’m not concerned that they followed the best advice of their lawyers to respond to the legal and political challenges that currently exist.

I am concerned that hostile nation states (define those as you will) have made supply chain attacks (remember the xz Utils backdoor) so common that actions like this or worse are becoming necessary and that open source, globally contributed software could be at risk.

Binged the first three episodes yesterday, and wow, it’s like they grabbed most of the various plot threads and twisted them all together into one wonderfully horrible mess that just keeps building.

I skipped the 2021 version, and while my 2019 is still holding strong, I don’t know that it will make it to the mini 8 (if one is even made. Especially if that takes 3 more years.) This looks to be a solid upgrade from 2 gen back. Double the ram and storage, usbc.

I may not buy one tomorrow, but possibly soon.

I think it is 2 cours, which should be enough for the next major arc.

When, given a choice between doing something fun and something necessary that can be easily put off, you default to doing the necessary.

Penny was my default for several plays. I tried Abigail, but she was horribly rude to my character. I accidentally ended up with Leah who i liked a bit more than penny (something about how she is essentially a lifetime movie protagonist), but in the last save i went with Haley, and she really is as great as people say once you get a good relationship with her.

Trump seems to always exceed expectations, so I fear he will almost certainly win unless a health condition forces him out of the race.

However, I have consistently under estimated Harris, so maybe I’ll be wrong yet again and she will be the one to overperform…

Then they briefly acknowledge you before returning to whatever uninteresting topic they were already discussing and tighten the circle so that you could not join in even if you wanted to…

You look around the room and everyone is in tight circles, making mostly small talk, with a few people in each circle dominating the conversations. At best, all you can do is stand outside a circle, essentially eavesdropping, but that’s creepy.

So you just wander the room admiring the art and architecture, look out the windows, etc., before either finding a way to leave or finding a quiet corner and pulling out your phone.

Yes and no. For close friends, family, and long time coworkers. I care that you had a good trip, that mom and baby are healthy, and would not mind a few photos. But that’s it. I don’t need a 500 page travel album or daily baby pics.

Self driving cars and fusion. I’m still optimistic about fusion.

Nice to see they are finally trying to fix the blatant security flaws in UAC.

So far this show has been fun, but I don’t know if this random silliness can carry a whole season.

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I enjoyed this a lot more than I expected. Something about her earnestness about being a villainess was just so silly, especially with the absurd power creep. Not sure that will hold up for long, especially when she is older.

A few years ago I saw them in March ( way, way too early). Have not seen a one since.

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Late and Random Superlatives:

Best Returning & Exceeds already high expectations : Oshi no Ko
No surprise here, the show picked up right were it left off and kept running strong. I still have a few episodes to catch up on, but I’m sure it is excellent.

Most surprising: No Longer Allowed in Another World
Started a bit rough, but once it got the characters and formula established it worked and was easily one of the seasons most enjoyable shows.

Best Trash: Failure Frame
I’m sucker for isekai, level systems, and OP protagonists. This had all that and was generally enjoyable but I would not accuse it of being good…

The Wilford Brimley “diabeetus” award: Pseudo Harem
I love the show, but the couple is just so cute and sweet it hurts to watch. Still have a few episodes to finish.

Bonkers but it works: I Parry Everything
Somehow the central gimmick never quite got old, and the insanity actually sort of made sense.

Most likely to forget I watched it: The Strongest Magician in the Demon Lord’s army was a Human
The show was fine, but nothing about it really stood out to me.

So bad its kinda good: A Nobody’s Way Up to an Exploration Hero
The show was bad, but somehow that worked for me.

Largest Dumpster Fire: Bye, Bye, Earth
An absolute disaster. The setting looked really interesting, but was so poorly developed and threw in so many unexplained situations it just turned into an unwatchable mess.

Most missed now its gone: Dungeon People
This was not the most creative, exciting, or flash anime, but it was solidly enjoyable and I really came to look forward to it each week.

Guilty Pleasure: The Magical Girl and the Evil Lieutenant Used to Be Archenemies

Love the show but forgot it was airing Spice and Wolf

Most Disappointing: Nokotan
I really, really, really wanted to love this. I expected irrelevant and random, often surreal humor. What I got was one joke, told over and over again and drug out to the point that it quickly stopped bring funny.

Most Underrated: My Wife Has No Emotion
This might be my favorite new show of the season. It gets weird at times and there is an element of uncomfortableness about the human/robot relationship, but the show explores that, and does a decent job of it… I especially appreciated how, despite the title, Mina was able to demonstrate so much emotion without the ability to show it on her face at all.