Intelligence is good at motivations and trends but recently there’s been some major failures in projecting outcomes.

USA turning isolationist was predicted, it was however a faster and harder turn than projected.

Ukraine I think was projected to just turn out much like Putin wanted. A quick grab of the territories he considered disputed, he gets a nice show of force meanwhile Europe gets to suffer treaties to play nice with Russian economy again until next time that hopefully is in the far future while gearing up their own military might yet under USA’s wing.

The reality where Ukraine didn’t fold and Russia was exposed as a Paper Tiger and the majority of Europe as a Steel Garfield was in neither’s interest.

And the unjust thing is that who suffers is largely the smaller neighbours of Russia that have done their part and more, but are still globally seen as investment risk because the major players have shown that they’re quite willing to break rank in the name of self-interest.

I actually have a gaming laptop I got for fairly cheap as a desktop replacement and a separate thinkpad that works as the screen beside my bed when not out and about.

Ah, so your porn is fine and everyone outside your kinks is a perverted freak who should be ashamed of themselves? Eat a dildo, hypocrite wanker.

Feminists continue to lobby for priviledges in the west in aspects where they are already clearly ahead. They’ve stepped firmly into the side exceptionalism and supremacy.

I thought vampires didn’t urinate or defecate? Touching up your hair also seems tricky.

I’m pretty sure most ornithologists can tell electric noise from birdsong.

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It’s lucky that my dad’s supplier is sensible about these things, my family has I think 5 refurb Fujitsu laptops at €50 and €70 for the last one. Perfectly fine machines for study, browsing 3D-print terminals, vehicle diagnostics and such daily usage.

The plateau of processing power and modern energy efficiency means far older machines are viable users for years and years.

Steam forums are about game mechanics, advice and tech support right? Or am I being filtered the on-topic stuff?

The real movement, especially if you insist on moving your glasses constantly for some reason, taking off the glasses and slightly adjusting each pad in your hand before placing them back is a lot less cool.

Well they’re of the same cloth, both have always prioritized themselves and their personal status and used the people of Bajor to that end without hesitation.

What episode of Mythbusters is remotely inappropriate for a 12 year old? It’s a family program.

See, I’m a humanist, I believe they could all do better. They’re garbage people who deserve this and more.

He was encouraged by his work bestie.

Well you don’t get to go home those days so it needs to be balanced out.

Perhaps they’re trying to welcome you to workaholism.

Well getting to go home is huge upside. No free meals and you have to pretend to do something anyway though. Win some, lose some.

ICE for me.

And now we can coax some matter to convert back into energy to produce power.

Well, with a supermajority the next election would most likely be when it legally has to be.