Nobody stays dead except Uncle Ben.

It’s not just smart features. Some lock HDMI 2.2 features behind the Internet, or the highest resolutions

Most will have basic functionality without an Internet connection, but they now lock full performance behind connecting to the Internet.

Government is not the solution to our problem; government is the problem.

Someone Lemmy hates.

Tribal police can arrest non-natives on tribal land, but they can’t prosecute them. They get transferred to state or federal authorities as needed.

Native Americans can do some things off of tribal land as well. The big thing natives can do is hunt and fish without a license. They can’t trespass on private property, but the state has little authority to stop them even on non tribal land. Another is the possession and use of peyote.

It’s complicated, they are citizens in most cases, but they also have distinctly different rights in some cases. It works out to them being a sort of hybrid citizen, as they are ultimately subject to most federal laws, but can’t be subjected to state laws. They are allowed to vote in elections though suppression is common. This status has resulted in them running casinos in most states, as the state can’t prevent them from doing it on tribal land, it’s also expanded to betting apps.

They have a demo available for free, which was enough to let me know I’m too dumb for the game.

Spec Ops the Line is probably what you want. It’s not open world, but the story is excellent.
Bard’s Tale is old, but the story is fun and you aren’t really a good guy.
Scarface is a GTA reskin that retcons the end of the movie to have Tony Montana live to build a cocaine empire.

Most bonds or tax increases I vote on say what they are for, and the money has to be spent that way. I can’t decide the specifics, but I can vote yes or no on road maintenance, or school funding, or whatever.

The Euro has a few problems that keep it from being a reserve currency. A big one is that it’s not a centralized currency, since each EU member has their own fiscal policy. This creates a lot of risk with limited upside.

Europe also doesn’t make enough stuff at the international level to need to get lots of Euros. Europe also doesn’t seem culturally interested in being a global reserve and is more content being regional.

Natural selection 2 doesn’t have cheaters, but it’s a small player base with a large learning curve.

I didn’t notice a ton of cheaters on halo infinite, but I’m not crazy about most their game modes.

What the law says and what happens can be very different unfortunately.

Legal right to the property, no. Legal right to financial support for the child assuming they have custody, yes. That could potentially result in sale of the property, or an agreement to get the property in lieu of other assistance.

This should be the same regardless of which parent owns the house, but it is less common for fathers to receive child support.

Alternate details that could make it a bit more grey.
If the other parent lived in the house for a significant time while pregnant, tenancy laws could get complicated.
If the parent owning the house dies, especially without a will, the child would have a legal right to some inheritance, even with a will there could be arguments for some level of inheritance.

Fact is a defense for defamation/libel, but it can still be costly because anti slapp laws aren’t very effective. The big companies can afford to hire an attorney full time to send notices to and sue any site they feel is overly negative about them.

There’s a number of problems with a site like that.

1. The need to have some level of ranking for bad and good things is very problematic.
2. Even if it’s true, being a catalog of all sorts of negative things a large company does will likely come with a lawyer bill that makes it not worth it.
3. Game companies change a lot, is it fair to carry over bad deeds if a company gets acquired? What if a large amount of people leave company A and found company B, is that a clean slate or should the harassment concerns be noted for them as well?
4. Should there be a forgiveness period on bad things or a forget period for good things?
5. Does good things with tax incentives or in the midst of scandal even count as good?

Courts and juries are somewhat good at identifying bureaucratic incompetence. Prison is unlikely, but the fact he will have to appear in court likely a few times to resolve this is still not great.

The US system mostly works for a lot of people. There’s not a lot of people willing to risk things getting worse for them so 10-15% of people get something better.

There’s also massive doctor shortage issues that will only get worse with healthcare reform. Even if cost wasn’t an issue, there wouldn’t really be access.

I really hate how they destroyed the loot system from 2 onwards. The core fun of anything being able to drop something awesome was a big part of the fun.

Asteroid impacts are a bit disturbingly common. It was only 8 years ago that one about twice as powerful as the nukes used on Japan hit earth. Smaller but still over a kiloton have hit in the last two years.

That’s an interesting take when there’s generally no rules preventing women from competing in professional men’s leagues.