flying_mechanic

joined 1 year ago
[–] flying_mechanic@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

They never said it wasn't, just that we should start with the 1% and only once they are back down to a realistic wealth level do we start taxing people who are working class. At a decent pay rate (100k/yr) a million is achievable over a career, a billion is not and can only be had through consolidation of wealth.

[–] flying_mechanic@lemmy.world 12 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Trump is a figurehead and mouth piece only, it's clear the backing and power behind him is pushing him, not the other way around. If Trump is dead or unelectable then they will sub in someone else. Trump's "saving grace" is that he was good at speaking in a relatable but obfuscating way which worked to foment the masses against imagined grievances, but that's not a trait unique to him. He is unfortunately replaceable with not much loss in momentum.

[–] flying_mechanic@lemmy.world 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

They never will because then they would need to give valve a cut for the micro transaction purchases made in the ubisoft launcher. Also they lose that advertising platform

[–] flying_mechanic@lemmy.world 11 points 1 month ago (2 children)

They meant you see video evidence of it on YouTube, not go yourself.

[–] flying_mechanic@lemmy.world 43 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Breaking news ground here Capernicus

[–] flying_mechanic@lemmy.world 3 points 3 months ago

Aircraft Maintenance Controller, I coordinate and advise on the maintenance operations for a fleet of cargo 737's and 767's. It's a lot of auditing and making sure everything is done right, but also troubleshooting advice and on the operations side it's a lot of making a plan to keep the flight schedule as intact as possible while still handling maintenance issues.

[–] flying_mechanic@lemmy.world 2 points 4 months ago

Revolution 1 by the Beatles

[–] flying_mechanic@lemmy.world 6 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Dishonored series was pretty good at offering and rewarding a peaceful playthtrough. It was definitely the more difficult option but usually worth it.

[–] flying_mechanic@lemmy.world 9 points 4 months ago

Exactly my experience as well, I work in a very conservative industry and everyone who mentions rank choice voting blames the R losses on it. The first vote with it, it was clear that they had their head in the sand about how it worked because they thought it would fail, then came the "Rank the red" which didn't work. It's very surprising to them when people don't vote the way they think they should. Their whole attitude is very childish and tribal.

Also it's cool to see another Alaskan on here.

[–] flying_mechanic@lemmy.world 16 points 4 months ago (3 children)

I'm not sure it would survive a repeal measure vote, any conservative support it seemed to have has eroded because it hasn't worked in their favor and their team keeps losing. I've even heard it blamed for elections that weren't ranked choice like the Anchorage mayoral election. We'll see how long it lasts but I'm not hopeful

[–] flying_mechanic@lemmy.world 9 points 7 months ago

Pleads the filth*

[–] flying_mechanic@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

While I can't say I've paid more for less as a whole, I've definitely had a higher fun to dollar with SC than many other more finished, flashier games. It's what you make of it and the people you meet along the way, just like any other MMO. It definitely has its warts and issues, but I think a lot of people also hate it because they were told it was bad and evil and I don't think that's really true. It has the trappings of any large game service products which people call greedy but it does cost a lot to run. I think a lot of the criticism boils down to that's a lot of money and not a lot of fast progress, and that's fair but this game is also unique in being public from a far too early point of development and many other games with smaller scopes are just as slow when developing a new engine/IP (relative to the scope) but the public doesn't see much until we get to just about this point in development.

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