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Microsoft Finalizes Activision Blizzard Acquisition
mjtsai,
Dan Milmo (Hacker News, MacRumors): Microsoft has completed its $69bn (£57bn) deal to buy Activision Blizzard, the maker of games including Call of Duty and World of Warcraft, after the UK’s competition watchdog cleared the acquisition.The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) had moved to block the deal in April, citing concerns that Microsoft – the […]
Weiss tells lawmakers he's the 'decision maker' in Hunter Biden investigation
Politico,
Swift Proposal: Pack Iteration
SE-0408: Currently, it is possible to express list operations on value packs using pack expansion expressions. This approach requires putting code involving statements into a function or closure. For example, limiting repetition patterns to expressions does not allow for short-circuiting with break or continue statements, so the pattern expression will always be evaluated once for […]
Justices Alito and Thomas Unsurprisingly Argue That Domestic Abusers Have the Right to Own Guns
Jezebel,
On Tuesday, the Supreme Court heard arguments over whether a Texas man under a domestic violence restraining order has a Second Amendment right to own guns. We’re in this hell because the court decided in June 2022 that modern gun laws are unconstitutional unless there’s a historical basis for them—meaning, would a… Read more...
Confusion reigns as House GOP inches toward shutdown deadline
Trump’s Recipe for a Shockingly Raw Power Grab
Politico Picks,
The former president and his allies are reportedly planning to lay siege to the rule of law.
Trump Was as Courteous, Professional, and Respectful as We All Expected at His Fraud Trial
On Monday, former President Donald Trump took the witness stand in New York City Civil Court to testify in the civil fraud case brought against him by New York Attorney General Letitia James—and his testimony was a shining beacon of courtesy and professionalism. JK! Trump predictably used his time on the stand to… Read more...
https://www.manton.org/2023/11/07/first-world-problem.html
Manton Reese,
First world problem, but I made the mistake of buying the digital download of Mario Wonder instead of the physical card. Every time the game opens, it has to check the internet, and when traveling sometimes there’s no good wi-fi. So I have to tether to my phone just to open the game? Not great. 🍄