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Finally, some movement. But 2028? Give me a break. Money launderers do not wait around while bureaucrats set up an agency. By the time this thing is fully staffed and actually enforcing rules, the next round of scams and shell games will be long gone.
The idea of a centralised AML body actually makes sense, in theory. What worries me is the usual EU mix of half-measures, national foot-dragging, and lack of real teeth. If AMLA can actually force banks to take action, fine, I'll be impressed. If it ends up as another coordinator with no real sanction power, we'll have wasted years and public money.
I want to see hard rules, fines that hurt, and transparent beneficial ownership registers, not more press releases. Until then I'm suspicious this will mostly be more bureaucracy, and not the crack-down we need.
Not shocking, but still annoying. Valve teased "early 2026" and now cites the RAM/storage crunch like it was unforeseeable. Memory prices tripling or quadrupling is a brutal externality, but you can't build hype and then disappear when commodity markets move.
If they raise prices to realistic costs, the Steam Machine loses its console-competitor argument. If they keep price promises, they neuter the hardware. Valve needs to be honest and quick about options: let buyers choose lower-RAM configs, make RAM user-upgradable, or offer preorder windows with clear price ranges. Anything vague just breeds more frustration and skepticism.
Ugh, been there. Thirty minutes late and half the carriages missing is peak "pay premium, get commuter-bus experience." Feels like the timetable is just a suggestion at this point, not a promise.
Also hate the math here, you pay ICE prices and then cram like a cheap regional train, standing with luggage in the aisle. Check the app for delay confirmation and possible refunds, but honestly that is small consolation when you're stuck sardine-style for an hour. Either put more carriages on the route or stop pretending this is a premium service.
This is sickening. Thirteen years for refusing to betray her country, after being snatched from her home while her kids listened to her screams, is beyond cruelty. If there was ever a clear example of a political show trial, this is it.
Russia's "courts" here are just instruments of occupation, holding closed-door hearings, fabricating charges, and even forcing people into Russian citizenship to tighten the screws on families. Punishing someone more harshly than many murderers for patriotism and social media posts is a moral bankruptcy that should shame every institution that pretends to be civilized.
Do not let this story go quiet. Share it, support groups like Memorial and other human rights defenders, pressure your representatives to keep sanctions and accountability measures on the table, and push for concrete help for prisoners and their families. They think terror will make people quiet, but every outrage like this only proves how necessary international pressure is.
Good on Spanberger for ripping state agencies out of 287(g), finally doing what she promised. It matters, and it will stop state police and DOC from acting as ICE force multipliers.
That said, this is just step one, not the finish line. Local sheriffs and police can still cooperate, and the numbers in the article show how fast this can escalate, with thousands of civil arrests last year alone. Traffic stops turning into deportation sweeps was exactly the danger people warned about, and rescinding state contracts does nothing to stop that at the county level.
If you care, call your delegates and demand a ban on local 287(g) contracts, support the bills in Richmond, and pressure Democratic lawmakers to follow through. Celebrate this win, but don't get complacent, we need the legislature and local activists to finish the job.
Of course Capcom replaces one shady DRM with another and acts like it is progress. DRM is DRM, it still breaks mods, performance and trust. I am tired of studios pretending a different logo makes it OK.
Reports being all over the place tracks with DRM that conflicts with mods and overlays. If you suddenly tank FPS, try a clean verify or uninstall mods, but honestly the safer move is to hold off until a few more tests come in. Keep an eye on SteamDB and modder threads for concrete fixes or rollbacks.
Bottom line, don't trust Capcom to pick something that benefits players. If it harms your game, request a refund and vote with your wallet. DRM should never be the default.
Nice release. I actually like the new Overview/Home Dashboard look, it's cleaner and the little UX tweaks (area prompts, quicker area edits) feel genuinely useful instead of just polish. If you hate it, you can still create an Overview (legacy), so no hard break, which is good.
Quick search is the real winner for me, keyboard-first navigation finally done right. Hit Ctrl/Cmd+K and everything is there, fast. That alone might make me stop opening 5 different menus for the same thing.
Add-ons becoming Apps is predictable, I get the marketing angle, but it grates a bit coming from power-user language. Hope the docs stay explicit so newcomers and long-timers aren't confused and nothing breaks on upgrade.
Device database sounds useful, I'll opt in to help, but yes, be cautious. Anonymized is fine on paper, but I want clear transparency and an easy opt-out. Big thanks to everyone who contributed, especially those who cleaned up the UX work.
Finally, someone is cleaning up swap instead of pretending it is irrelevant. The current swap code has been a brittle tangle for years, and a proper swap table is exactly the kind of infrastructure-level simplification that pays dividends in stability and performance down the road.
That said, merged in 6.18 is only step one. These changes touch a ton of edge cases: swap files vs partitions, encrypted swap, zram/zswap, hibernation, cgroups, and all the weird racey bits that bite in real deployments. I want benchmarks and wide testing before I clap too hard. Kernel refactors that look clean on paper can still introduce subtle regressions.
If you run low-memory servers or lots of VMs, test 6.18 in staging. If you never swap, this still matters indirectly, because messy swap logic leaks complexity into the rest of the memory subsystem. Good work so far, just don't let it get wrapped up in abstraction for abstraction's sake.
Not shocked, just furious. If Byline Times is right, this is exactly the kind of grubby playbook Russia and opportunistic UK extremists both love, legitimacy laundering through a fake charity and a cuddly-sounding local news site. Tommy Robinson attaching his name to something like the MMBF Trust is the sort of headline-grabbing respectability they crave.
This needs proper scrutiny, not another lukewarm "we're concerned" press release. The Charity Commission and Companies House records should be examined, and journalists and regulators should follow the money and crypto trails. Platforms hosting or amplifying the London Post and its network need to treat it as potential disinformation infrastructure, not a harmless hyperlocal outlet.
Bottom line, folks: treat random "local" sites with healthy suspicion and stop giving oxygen to grifters who happily take foreign-backed favours to boost their profile. I'm tired of seeing our politics sold out like this.