ChairmanMeow

They're on a different list that allows limited trade afaik.

Yeah but that's out of incompetence, not malice. You're in most cases not allowed to trade with Russia due to sanctions, so what is there to tariff?

Russia is already on its own "special list" of countries that have very heavy trade restrictions. Like North Korea.

I don't think tariffs would've made a difference there.

Screen size, resolution, the APU, storage size, controller connector, buttons, the lot. They did state that they worked on the stick drift issue and found ways to mitigate it, but they weren't specific unfortunately.

It's so weird, I was actually kinda hyped seeing they improved almost everything on the original Switch. Hardware-wise it seems good. But the software after really just became this turn-off? The Mario Kart gimmick of riding between tracks looks dull, the 24 players is cool but offset with the wider tracks it seems less impactful, and then all the prices...

I'm holding off I think. Maybe when there's better games out it becomes a better deal. Or when Nintendo does an OLED refresh (if we don't have a Steam Deck 2 by then that is).

Probably part of some base template Microsoft uses.

Normally if someone enters on a wrong visa, they get informed and sent back (often at their own expense). She was willing to do so once she figured out her mistake, but instead she was thrown in prison for weeks for no real identifiable purpose. She was treated like a criminal who tried to purposefully illegally enter, whereas she just made a mistake on her visa. Her devices were confiscated too so she couldn't really make contact with friends or family for help.

And if this happens to someone making a mistake, it can happen to someone where border patrol makes a mistake. Fuck that, if that's how y'all want to treat your guests, I ain't visiting.

The solution to that historically has been urbanization, which allowed people to become specialists in a chosen field. They get to absorb all the knowledge in a specific field of expertise, and then a select few are smart enough to push it further.

Unfortunately we haven't really managed to apply this to politics yet, because those who are specialists in getting elected aren't necessarily specialists in governing either. Nor are they likely good at governing everything, maybe just a specific part. But picking who is suitable enough is not done by specialists but by the general public, which is both democracy's strength and weakness.

Those plants were very old and already had their lifespan extended a couple times (for a lot of money). Ultimately they were decommissioned before the next end-of-life date, which perhaps was a bit early, but keeping them open indefinitely just wasn't feasible.

Nuclear can't be built fast enough to fill the gap. It's likely better long-term to invest in additional renewables + gas plants instead, until the gas can be phased out as well. It's still fossil for a bit, but since nuclear nearly always is over time and well beyond budget, it's likely to be a net greener option. Gas is pretty cheap and above all very flexible, making it more suitable for baseline power than nuclear.