TheDemonBuer

@TheDemonBuer@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How can you oppose tariffs, while supporting a hardline against China on Taiwan?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree, rebuilding a US manufacturing base will require competent planning and management, but those are bad words here in the US, when it comes to the economy. To many Americans, competent, central economic management, direction, and planning is tyrannical rule by elites. To those Americans, Trump is the antidote. You might point out that there is significant irony in that. I agree, it is ironic, but that irony is completely lost on many millions of Americans.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How can you oppose tariffs, while supporting a hardline against China on Taiwan?⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩:

  the US relies heavily on imports and doesn’t have a strong manufacturing base for most products

  And that’s the problem Trump is seemingly trying to fix. I agree he’s not going about the right way. His approach is a kind of clumsy shock therapy, that will cause chaos in at least the short term and may or may not produce the desired result, eventually, but reshoring production and rebuilding a strong manufacturing base for the US is a goal shared by the Democrats, as well.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Switch 2 Rollout Was So Convoluted It Made Us Want A Steam Deck.⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree that Nintendo was ahead of the curve when it came to expanding portable gaming, but the only reason the switch sold so many units, and ultimately got so many games ported to it, was because of Nintendo first party titles. If you look at the best selling switch titles, the vast majority of them are Nintendo games. Without Nintendo first party titles, the switch would have been far outsold by better devices.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Switch 2 Rollout Was So Convoluted It Made Us Want A Steam Deck.⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  It’s not convoluted at all. It’s extremely simple: if you want to play first party Nintendo titles (or other exclusives), you MUST buy a switch. If you don’t care about Nintendo exclusives, there’s absolutely no reason to own a switch. That has been true of every, single Nintendo console ever released… except for the Wii. People bought a Wii so they could play a motion control game with Grandma once or twice, and then just let the console sit and collect dust.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Arkham aslume⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Just your typical Ammu-Nation.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨From the trailer of Wolfenstein: The New Order (2014)⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I recently played through New Order, Old Blood, and New Colossus again. God, I love those games.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨8BitDo Has Announced The Successor To Its Ultimate Wireless Controller | Time Extension⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I have the original ultimate wireless controller, and it works flawlessly for me on Fedora 41.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Silicon Valley’s ultra-individualist philosophy wants to conquer the world⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  I don’t agree. I think these people are acting out of what they believe to be self interest, even if it is an unenlightened self interest. Why else would they desire to be at the “top of the collective?” What do they gain if not special, INDIVIDUAL, privileges, opportunities, liberties, etc?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Silicon Valley’s ultra-individualist philosophy wants to conquer the world⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  The centralized monopolies are built to serve the interests of, and to consolidate the powers and control of, a relatively small number of individuals. There’s nothing more freeing an individual than total power and control over others.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Experts say high food prices are here to stay. Here's why⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Because we’ve passed peak agricultural land. The land committed to growing crops and pasture used for grazing livestock has peaked. The global population, however, continues to increase. There are methods for maximizing yields from farm land, and we haven’t exhausted those, but there’s only so much food that can be produced on a hectare of land. We also have to deal with top soil depletion, the risks of monoculture, the effects climate change could have on crop yields, and many other problems.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Sonic Galactic Is So Good "It Could Stand As An Official Sega Product"⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That looks too good to be an official Sega product.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Beautiful stories like this just make you smile⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  women are untrustworthy sluts!

  Some are, especially many of the wives and girlfriends of American servicemen.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo Is Now Going After YouTube Accounts Which Show Its Games Being Emulated⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nintendo doesn’t want you to play their games if you’re not willing to follow their rules. Ok, that’s their prerogative, but that means I will not be playing their games…at least not their new ones.

  I prefer playing on my Steam Deck these days, and I really don’t want to buy another handheld just to play Nintendo first party titles. I’m going to play some of my favorite classic Nintendo titles on my Deck using emulators and just not play the new stuff. I’m sure they’re great games, but so what? There are lots of great games. I’ve got a huge backlog of great games already in my Steam library, and 20 more on my wishlist. If Nintendo some day decides to make their titles available for Steam Deck or PC, I’d consider buying them, but since that’s extremely unlikely to happen, I think I’m just done with Nintendo.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Nintendo Targets YouTube Accounts Showing Emulated Games⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Nintendo has burned through all the good will they developed with me when I was a kid in the 80s and 90s. I doubt I’ll ever buy another Nintendo product again. Not that it matters to Nintendo, though. I’m many years removed from their target demographic. They make products for young people and that ain’t me. I’m sure those younger Nintendo fans will keep supporting the company, but, as for me, I’ve got the classic Nintendo games I want and I’ll keep playing them on whatever device I want. If Nintendo doesn’t like that, they can kiss my whole ass.