So not being able to download any of the games you have purchased ever again?
Article says you can still play those, just not re-download on the same system it seems.
Readit Newsnonchalantsui commented on The patterns of elites who conceal their assets offshore home.dartmouth.edu/news/2... · Posted by u/cval26
There is no particular correlation between value creation and energy consumption. Your theory is likely unique. I could burn a log, releasing a lot of energy, and no value would be created. I could carve a figure into a log and create value.
Your examples disagree with your initial statement actually. How did you get the log? How did you carve the figure? Both of these require energy consumption, as we aren't at the stage where we are magically planting trees and teleporting them into our workspaces for carving/burning.
Switch 2 is a hard pass for me if Nintendo can brick on a whim
Just to be clear, this isn't brick on a whim, this is disabling access to online services on a whim.
Seems a lot of commenters are getting that confused due to not opening the link.
nonchalantsui commented on Alberta separatism push roils Canada nytimes.com/2025/05/22/wo... · Posted by u/paulpauper
As a born Albertan, it's not unpopular. The current separatists aren't popular politicians per se, but the idea we should push for a new plan with the feds like Quebec and the idea of separation itself is more popular than ever.
And yes, the people funding it have deep pockets. It's the oil industry. You know what else though? The oil industry bankrolls nearly everything in Alberta. Oil royalties are the reason we don't have PST. It employs hundreds of thousands. That money then supports construction, services, etc...
Anyone who was in Alberta when oil was booming knows exactly what it does for the province.
Also, it's Canada's #1 export. It keeps the dollar at least almost respectable. And billions get taken from Alberta to pay for the welfare of Canadians in other provinces. Alberta's GDP per capita is literally 35% higher than Canada's... And that's with them kneecapping us...
Alberta does not pay for the welfare of Canadians in other provinces, it has never paid towards any equalization systems. It has taken billions in debt though, including during COVID when oil flatlined.
The reason Danielle et al were cozying up to US politicians at private events, pushing narratives like embracing America's new direction, isn't for independence or a new federal plan - it's to become the 51st state.
nonchalantsui commented on Alberta separatism push roils Canada nytimes.com/2025/05/22/wo... · Posted by u/paulpauper
That's like saying Bernie was unpopular because he couldn't win the primary. He was very popular.
That's not at all similar. We know exactly how many voted for Bernie.
The only actual test of separatism in albert has been support for the pension plan and that has been so abysmal they've put the entire push on hold.
nonchalantsui commented on Alberta separatism push roils Canada nytimes.com/2025/05/22/wo... · Posted by u/paulpauper
As an outsider with no horse in the race, and pays little attention to domestic affairs of foreign nations - has Brexit actually been that awful for people?
For all of the doomsday talk, hand-wringing, and sky-is-falling bluster, nothing substantial/consequential seems to have materialized.
I mean if you don't pay attention to foreign affairs, of course nothing seems consequential?
You can begin here:
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2025/may/19/how-has-bri...
nonchalantsui commented on Alberta separatism push roils Canada nytimes.com/2025/05/22/wo... · Posted by u/paulpauper
The UCP (who seem to have no official opinion on separation) have already begun some of this, with an Alberta pension plan and a new Alberta police force.
(Edit: to be clear, these are just proposals the government is exploring at this point.)
> test whether their low-tax haven will survive leaving Canada.
The math already makes sense from a tax perspective. Alberta is a net contributor to the rest of the country, mainly due to resource royalties.
But to me, the question is whether that would still hold when it has to work out trade deals with two neighbouring countries, while small (pop. 5 million), and landlocked.
There is no Alberta Pension Plan that exists today. All provinces also already run their own police forces. So there has been no movement on this in Alberta.
nonchalantsui commented on If nothing is curated, how do we find things tadaima.bearblog.dev/if-n... · Posted by u/nivethan
I am not sure if I agree.
I feel like social media trough its amplification has lead to a global sync in topics and experiences.
I’d argue a kid growing up India or China shares much more culturally today with a western Kid than 30 years ago.
Take the news for example. Last weeks it was tariffs. The entire world was talking about the same thing.
To the contrary I feel like we are living more and more in the same global reality going from one headline to the next every week.
I heavily disagree with this one. On first glance what you say feels true, but there are so many mega popular people now that you will never know of despite even being from the same country. People with dozens of millions of fans, selling out arenas doing multinational tours and you won’t know them at all.
But everyone knows Britney Spears, even if you were never in her target demographic. This sort of global fame now requires so much more to reach because of how many are really locked into hyper personalized online experiences. I used to be able to reference the latest big movie or show and people would know, now that’s mostly turned into an explanation that the movie or show even came out and exists.
nonchalantsui commented on There are two types of dishwasher people theatlantic.com/family/ar... · Posted by u/JumpCrisscross
For me, moving away from pods to a dishwasher liquid (cascade 3x from Costco) made the most difference. I add some liquid in the prewash and some in the main compartment. I had to figure out the right amount to add in each via trial and error. I don't pre rinse or run the hot water beforehand, my dishes come out clean.
I'm surprised you made the switch to liquid and not to powder. It's so much cheaper and not as fussy as liquid. That plus a tiny bottle of rinse aid that lasts forever winds up giving me the cleanest dishes.
So just keep buying used. Pretty easy workaround.