I have fallen into a fanfiction addiction and I can't get up!

A "playable state" would be something like an offline mode for previously always online titles, or the ability for people to host their own servers where reasonably possible just to name some examples.

I don't think I need to tell anyone that having something you paid for being taken from you is bad, which is a thing that routinely happens with live service and other always online games with a notable recent example being The Crew which is now permanently unplayable.

Any EU citizen is eligible to sign the initiative, but only once and if you mess up that's it. You can find it here. (https://citizens-initiative.europa.eu/initiatives/details/2024/000007_en)

Bulgaria - 35% Croatia - 45% Cyprus - 12% (!!!!) Czechia - 47% Greece - 27% Italy - 41% Latvia - 43% Luxembourg - 20% Malta - 11% (!!!!) Romania - 48% Slovakia - 47% Slovenia - 38%

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this is a vegetarian potato curry recipe that's about 75% spices; once you get the potatoes in there you can really do whatever you want with it

this is literally just pasta, broccoli, and cheese babey and you can live off that shit for DAYS it makes such a big portion

bro this spinach/pesto/3 cheese flatbread is so fucking tasty bro

also you can make the flatbread yourself it's super quick!!

oh hey I'm eating this white chickpea chili right now, much like the curry it's mostly spices and you can do p much do whatever you want with it

don't let the name fool you these potatoes are delicious any time. not just breakfast.

Garlic butter rice

While it's boiling, tear up two big handfuls of spinach and put it in a Tupperware with a lid along with a tablespoon of butter, about half a cup of shakey cheese, and spices - salt, onion powder, garlic powder, herbs de Provence, idk.

Drain the gnocchi but don't shake it a lot, just drain it and toss it into the container.

Chuck a handful of shredded mozzarella in if you want.

Put the lid on the Tupperware.

Shake the shit out of it. No, a little bit more.

High school illiteracy is at a near all-time high. Grammar is nonexistent in social circles. They don't have the patience to write a research paper. If they do get away with cheating like this in college, they won't have the skills or knowledge to make it in any tech, medical, or academic field.

My cousin teaches at a nursing school. She failed over 70% of her students last term because they used AI for their papers. How did she find out? She tested them on their own papers. Most of them failed. When they admitted to using AI, she failed them out of the class and told them to come back when they were ready to be an adult. The school agreed.

There HAVE to be regulations set on AI usage before these dipshit kids kill people because AI told them that fluconazole is safe to administer to a patient who is currently on dabigatran.

Half of my clients are parents whose teenage/adult kids claim the work is "too boring" or "too stressful" because they aren't willing to learn how. They want to play on their phones instead. Too many kids just... can't learn.

Education does not need to be externally motivated. This isn't a carrot on a string thing. This is a bunch of kids in a situation they don't want to be in, asked to do shit they don't want to do, lacking any sort of real understanding of why any of the things they're being asked to do matter at all, and lacking the support they need to actually do the things they're being asked to do. AI isn't a carrot on a string; it's an escape route.

Creating an environment where kids understand the importance of learning these skills, and feel supported and encouraged enough to apply themselves, is a genuinely monumental task. There is an entire body of research on this topic. There are lots of people doing it successfully, too, and many of them are doing it in public schools (yes, even in the US).

Just to touch on a few of the actual systemic solutions here, from someone whose degree is in this:

Higher teacher:student ratios, so teachers can form individual relationships with students, understand their needs, and better support them.

Better pay for teachers, so pursuing a career in education isn't dooming yourself to a lifetime of debt.

Transformative coaching methods for teachers, so they are challenged and supported to improve and update their methods-- and in ways that are actually backed up by research. Unlike one-off and largely self-directed professional development.

Culturally inclusive and justice-oriented education methods that center the needs of underserved populations, especially BIPOC students, who generally receive the least amount of support- and even less support that is actually relevant to their unique needs.

Culturally-relevant and culturally-responsive education methods that address the needs of all students, and naturally motivate them to learn based on what's already interesting and important to them.

More funding for schools, so they can actually do these things.

No more standardized testing, so students can focus on actually learning and understanding things.

Effort-based grading, rather than accuracy-based, so students can focus on authentically learning and growing.

Lower requirements/competition for college admissions, so students can focus on learning instead of one million extracurriculars.

Lower cost of college tuition, so students don't need to work in order to save up.

Better options for careers that don't require a college degree.

Higher wages and lower cost of living, so students don't need to work to support their families.

People naturally want to learn. Forcing them to learn when they don't want to actively kills that instinct. Overloading them with other stressors and pressure makes actual learning impossible, even when they do actively want to learn.

Yeah well, when I checked the price just now (12 MAR 2025 @ 1:31 PM EDT), TSLA is currently trading at $250.85. That's down 48.6% from the high.

Babes, we're already nearly two-thirds of the way there.

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I remember that Twitch stream, and to hear Trev talk about it made me get all sentimental. I remember them inviting him to stay and hang out like they weren't even on camera, just bros being bros!

A small glimpse into the current day, they are probably my favorite trio, besides them with Ian.

What is their trio name, by the way? I don't believe I've ever heard it before? Do they even have one?