Seems like there are a number of issues with this.

1. Not defining “reliability challenge” in a meaningful way. (How many of these are problems that are expensive or time-consuming to repair? How expensive and how time-consuming? Are these problems that prevent the car from driving safely, or are they inconveniences that can be put off?)

2. Not controlling for manufacturer. (Toyota has long-been regarded as a reliable manufacturer, but they make 2 plug-in hybrids and 1 EV, all of which are new this year. Meanwhile, they offer about a dozen different traditional hybrids. I can believe that the Tesla Model 3 is less reliable than the Toyota Camry, but is a full-electric Hyundai Ioniq less reliable than a Hyundai Sonata?)

3. Including plug-in hybrids and full electric vehicles as one category. (Plug-in hybrids combine the old breakable parts such as transmissions with the new breakable parts such as lithium batteries. This is the trade-off that buyers make to get the efficiency of an electric vehicle at short ranges and the convenience of an ICE at long ranges.)

Important to note that this is a workaround. Solidarity strikes (which normally include general strikes) are illegal, but there’s no law that prevents every union from happening to strike on their own behalf at the same time.

American unions are kneecapped by the government. The 1947 Taft-Hartley Act made solidarity strikes (and several other forms of labor protest) illegal. It also opened the door for states to enact “right-to-work” laws.

This law is still standing in part because US courts have been anti-labor for their entire existence, aside from a brief period during FDR’s administration.

“Your hands don’t look right!”

• AI models in 2023

Pikmin 4 is built on Unreal Engine, so it’s already something of a unicorn in Nintendo’s library.

But those unions are negotiating against employers who have immense market power. State governments essentially have the last word on teachers’ salaries, and a lot of the country has consolidated to the point where there are only 1-3 major hospital networks in any area.

Without the ability to switch employers for better pay, the unions are the only way that those professions have to improve their pay and working conditions. (This may explain why travel nurses get much better pay than most nurses.)

They stopped publishing youth unemployment because it was useless data, the job of the youth is to become educated, not to work in the economy. Having a low youth unemployment means your youth are either not getting educated, or are being forced to work during their education.

At least in the US, unemployment is almost always defined defined as people who want to work but can’t find work. Students are generally excluded.

I don’t think the drive actually failed. The article said that the files disappeared from the drive one-by-one, which sounds like a firmware bug to me.

You could theoretically have the same problem due to a buggy RAID controller or driver.

I bet with current knowledge and technologies, humanity could afford to lose 99.999% individuals, and the remaining million would still be better off than those primordial 10 thousand. Society is not likely to collapse.

There’s a line of thinking that if we backslide far enough (i.e. lose the Internet, lose electronics, and lose electricity generation), there’s no coming back to this point. The industrial revolution wouldn’t have happened without easy-to-extract coal and oil. Today’s reserves require a fairly high level of technological advancement to access.

For what it’s worth, I don’t think that humanity is going to hit that point of no return.

The idea has definitely come up that there’s an association between the “globalist” pejorative and anti-Semitism (globalism -> conspiracy that secretly controls the world -> Jewish conspiracy), but it’s not as cut and dry as I thought.

Relevant Wikipedia entry about new anti-Semitism

Not sure how I forgot Stardew. I also have two copies.

Nintendo’s exclusives are where the Switch really shines. Unfortunately, they’re expensive. I’ll echo the DekuDeals recommendation for finding sales.

Other Nintendo titles that are worthwhile, aside from the obvious Breath of the Wild and Tears of the Kingdom and depending on your tastes:

• Super Mario Odyssey
• Mario Kart 8
• Super Smash Bros. Ultimate
• Animal Crossing New Horizons
• Splatoon 3 (2 is good too, but 3 is an improvement and more active)
• Donkey Kong Country Tropical Freeze
• Pikmin (the whole series)
• Metroid Dread
• Metroid Prime Remastered
• Fire Emblem Three Houses
• Pokemon Legends Arceus

There are also tons of great indie games that play well on Switch (especially handheld):

• Hades
• Dead Cells
• Hollow Knight
• Slay the Spire
• Into the Breach
• Shovel Knight

Firstly, the term “globalists” is an anti-Semitic dogwhistle. Beyond that usage, it’s meaningless.

Secondly, YouTube is riddled with disinformation. This is primarily due to the algorithm which drives receptive users to extremist videos (and skeptical users who might refute those videos away from them). It’s also because it’s a lot more difficult to fact-check spoken language than written language.

To my knowledge, Reddit is owned by private companies and investors. Blackrock and Vanguard have no ownership stake, or a very small and very indirect ownership stake.

For what it’s worth, a significant percentage of every (reasonably liquid) public company on Earth is owned by Vanguard and Blackrock, because those companies manage trillions of dollars in assets (many of which are middle-class people’s retirement investments). They aren’t a conspiracy. They’re asset managers, and mostly passive managers at that.

Into the Breach’s soundtrack is also outstanding, by the same composer for the same developer.

I’m extrinsically motivated, but my definition of “extrinsic” is pretty loose. I’ll do things that aren’t necessary to beat the game (I don’t even need the game to be “beatable”). As long as I’m finishing something and getting a reward for it, I’m content.

I’m having a great time doing side content in Tears of the Kingdom: completing as many shrines and side quests as I can, hoarding materials for armor upgrades, etc. Those are optional objectives that you can truly complete. However, I don’t spend much time experimenting with Ultrahand.

Similarly in Minecraft, I liked accumulating resources in survival mode, but I bounced off of creative mode.

EDIT: apparently my Lemmy app went haywire and posted this about 8 times. Very sorry.

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