I think all schools in Brazil have uniform, even private ones. No such thing as “physical education uniform”, tho, you sweat on the same shirt you stay in class, so everyone is kind of forced to have 5 fucking uniform shirts and 2-3 pairs of pants and shorts, which makes it feel more like free money extortion rather than anything else.

I don’t know enough about school history in my country to really tell whether this is some form of authoritarian bullshit or not, since there was some sort of education reform during the dictatorship (1964-1985) which led to a significant increase in private schools since, as “public school” became synonymous with “shit education”, but I wouldn’t be surprised if it originated from that line of thought. I mean, schools here operate on assembly line logic, so uniforms make perfect sense.

MAH KRISSHAN VALUWS!!!

A word that starts with X in those languages will have the “sh” sound, so “Xit” will sound exactly like you’d expect to hear “shit”, without having to worry about whether the letters are representing the sound decently. I mean, pinyin fucking sucks, who the fuck thought that a good stand in for “j” or “dj” sound would be “zh”? Or that C alone is a good representation of “tz” sound??

Works better if you think in Spanish or Portuguese

Tangent: Jami is p2p, so the only risk of going offline is if everyone in the groups go offline. It does lack several quality of life features, though.

Capcom is 100% betting on their Japanese viewers, the west is just a “sad casualty”, so to speak. If this ends up working in their favor, expect this shit to expand to other companies and tournaments, just like pay2win did.

I feel joy when I play boardgames or tabletop RPGs. With a good table, lots of banter and shit talking happens and that’s perfect.

Never had weed. When I drink, I get more talkative, but it’s a fine line before I get sleepy and depressed

Considering how dependent on M$ servers and products the 'murican government is, Microsoft could easily push for a MAD standoff against them

That’d be funny as hell

Can you make fences out of stone or metal, or just wood, in SV? Because I recall Harvest Moon DS allowed you to make stone fences, which were a lot more likely to survive hurricanes and snowstorms

Ah, Castlevania Lords of Shadow 2, where you, Dracula, start off wimpy and weak, are forced to do shitty stealth. Near the end of the game, fully powered up, you still cannot take those forced stealth enemies head on

Purely in game mechanic is just looter-<genre>, like Diablo or Borderlands.

* Except the Old World Blues stuff if you arrive there at a high level, then those fucking lobotomites with fuckloads of health will engage you from a mile away even if your entire build is stealth based

It’s Xiaomi, of course the app will not work without internet access

So you’re telling me M$ will kill the xbox division for good?

An Xbox spokesperson said in a statement that they take a long-term view of their business and that success “doesn’t look the same across every project or priority.” - “We look at the business as a whole, balancing creativity, innovation, and sustainability across a diverse portfolio of offerings,” the spokesperson said.

HAAAAAAAAAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH AHHAHAHAHAHAHA
Oh my fucking god, these corporate stooges

To account for the lost sales, Xbox offers its developers a credit, which it calls “member-weighted value” and is calculated based on several factors, such as the number of hours that Game Pass players collectively spend on a particular title. The opaque formula seems to favor games in which players can spend the most amount of hours, such as online multiplayer titles, according to people familiar with the calculations.

Interesting, that explains why some studios are getting fucked out of that deal

In July, Hood said on a call with investors that operating income in the Xbox division rose 34% for the quarter that ended in June due to “continued prioritization of higher margin opportunities.” The company is due to report earnings again on Oct. 29.

I’m sure M$ can keep cancelling projects and firing people ad infinitum to ensure a continual rise of operating income /s

Interesting. I looked around what Lula has said and found that, in 2023, he did suggest Ukraine to “cede Crimea in order to stop the war”

In 2025, during a press conference where someone asked him about the Russo-Ukrainian war, after making the case for a ceasefire and negotiating peace, he asked back: “Do you think Putin will leave Crimea?” - although he never supported Russia’s claims for other territories, stating “you don’t always get what you want”.

I can see how that can be taken as support for the aggressor.

My favorite conspiracy theory is that the stock market serves a real economic purpose that isn’t just “cryptocoin bullshit, but before they were invented”

The purpose is to create a space for nations to talk to each other, and to organize collective action on issues that the majority of members agree on.

Save for anything the USA says “nope”, like actual action against climate change, putting an end to the trade blockade against Cuba, etc - then the majority can go fuck itself

Not really supporting, but mostly turning a blind eye because Russia is a significant ally and the main source of refined diesel fuel.