I wonder why they are gearing up ATACMS production when PrSM, the replacement for ATACMS that uses the same launcher, is already out.

That said, ATACMS is a good missile and I’m happy to see Germany getting their ass moving.

I have personally logged two support tickets with Microsoft, support tickets that use paid-for tokens my company gets a limited number of per year. Even when providing a reproducible to Microsoft support, they just waste my time. Round and round goes the support ticket until I give up and they close the ticket. I have some friends who report the same experience.

Pretty effective on their part. They get paid to do jack shit and get a nice ‘ticket closed’ in their logs. Probably great for advancement, just look at those KPIs!

The biggest issue is they take years between seasons. People lose interest.

The first two shows they mention coming out with a season 2 recently had their season 1 release in 2023!

Yeah, our lab is excited every-time one explodes. When we do backyard fireworks, the main concern is holding her back so she doesn’t shove her face in them.

The insane manufacturing control laws in the article are passed by Democrats in Democrat-controlled states. Blaming this on the right is laughable.

See also: NY’s manufacturing control laws that restrict not only our 3D printers, but all computerized manufacturing, including CNC machines and lathes.

The dumbest part is: it is perfectly legal to make a gun for 99% of Americans. The entire ‘ghost gun’ attack angle is doomed to failure.

And it isn’t just 3D printing; the New York bill includes all computerized manufacturing; it very explicitly includes CNC machines, for example. They are taking down entire manufacturing sectors to go after an unwinnable goal.

Yep, you could also put any portable SFTP program on a thumb drive and SFTP it to your box from any computer you are at.

This would probably land as a fun PR move if Microsoft wasn’t so shitty themselves. As it stands, just seems cynical.

Also, XBOX…is Microsoft…

Saving tons of money on game purchases easily makes up for that. Particularly since games that you have owned for decades just work, no repurchase required. Have you seen how expensive Nintendo games are? Even on sale they are extremely expensive.

That said, I do understand why the up-front cost can hurt.

If you already have a Switch, there isn’t much point in buying the Switch 2. If you don’t have either, I would highly suggest looking at the Steam Deck, which has a significantly more vast library of great games and has the ability to play media and other things on the go that the Swtich 2 cannot.