Is a million dollar drone really a worthwhile use of police funds, when compared with buying multiple cheaper drones with that same money ?
Though it does mean that anyone who shoots it down will have a greater impact.
You're not going to be looking at one or two ICE thugs breaking into your home. There will be more of them.
Do you really think they will let you live long enough to get into a courtroom ?
I can't see anyone making two different versions of a game, one that complies with this and one that doesn't. So I'd expect a price increase worldwide.
Though it will be tricky to separate this price increase from prices going up for other reasons.
How often do you see AAA publishers going bankrupt ?
Because the EU has one trick they use to enforce the GDPR and other laws: They don't just go after the subsidiary that violated the law. They look at the entire structure of linked companies and treat them all as a single entity.
To use a gaming example, if Blizzard broke this law by killing a game, the EU would be able to go after Activision. Maybe even Microsoft.
Games sold must require no further connection to the publisher or affiliated parties to function
This point conflicts with a publisher who decides to leave the servers on permanently and requiring that copies of the game connect to them. Which has never been something that Stop Killing Games opposes.
The movement is focused on making sure that games remain playable if the server is shut down.
Yes. That's my worry as well. Trump wants to invoke the insurrection act.
Someone who uses lethal force in self-defense that he can spin as something else might be enough justification for him to give the order.
Oh, they might want to. But they can still fail at it.
Take too long to realize that they should throw the agents under the bus and there will be too many statements of support from the Trump administration to deny that it's policy.
Get a few other agents smart enough to realize that they might get the next bus, and they can turn whistleblower. Either from enough of them saying that they were told the same things or from something like this memo coming out.
That might have been the plan. But part of throwing them under the bus would be taking swift action to punish the agents involved. To give the appearance of punishing those agents.
Now look at Good's murder. How quickly the Trump administration moved to protect the murderer and prevent any local authorities from investigating.
Do you really think the Trump administration would be capable of throwing the agents under the bus ?
Because it seems more likely that they would say and do a lot of things that would be used as evidence that the policy of breaking in without a judicial warrant exists.
What is legal about ICE disrupting a criminal prosecution because they detained a lawful permanent resident, until he agreed to deportation 4 months later ?
https://cdllife.com/2026/case-against-men-in-infamous-massive-jewelry-heist-brought-to-a-halt-after-one-is-deported/
Another reason for calling AI slop slop is just how bad GenAi is at doing what people want it to do.
For example, the agentic AI Microsoft wants people to use, while they admit that it might install malware onto your computer if it comes across a website that tells it to.
If Microsoft wants to stop people calling it Ai slop, they shouldn't be trying to release the Ais when they are so bad. If that's not possible for the money they are willing to spend, they need to be willing to cancel the project.
Instead, they had Recall skip their internal testing.
But somehow it's out problem when we call slop slop.
I wasn't thinking of the extortion angle.
I was thinking more about members of the GOP who suspect that some of their major donors are in the files. But don't know which ones. Right now they can deny specific knowledge* and keep getting their money.
But as soon as those names come out, they need to choose between losing that donor money or losing the votes from people who don't like them supporting a pedos agenda.
*Even if they know for sure that a specific donor is on there, they can still deny it.
Telling us that powerful people are in the files doesn't hurt them that much. People paying attention already guessed that, and people not paying attention probably still haven't worked it out.
The thing that the GOP are afraid of is if the public knows exactly who was involved. Especially if they aren't sure which of their donors are in there.
Just wait until someone sues the DOJ over their refusal to comply with the law. Which will keep the Epstein files in the news until the lawsuit is resolved.
Probably after a long slog that goes all the way up to SCOTUS.
Is a million dollar drone really a worthwhile use of police funds, when compared with buying multiple cheaper drones with that same money ? Though it does mean that anyone who shoots it down will have a greater impact.
You're not going to be looking at one or two ICE thugs breaking into your home. There will be more of them. Do you really think they will let you live long enough to get into a courtroom ?
I wonder how many things these political appointees did before the grand jury that will render the indictment invalid.
I can't see anyone making two different versions of a game, one that complies with this and one that doesn't. So I'd expect a price increase worldwide. Though it will be tricky to separate this price increase from prices going up for other reasons.
How often do you see AAA publishers going bankrupt ? Because the EU has one trick they use to enforce the GDPR and other laws: They don't just go after the subsidiary that violated the law. They look at the entire structure of linked companies and treat them all as a single entity. To use a gaming example, if Blizzard broke this law by killing a game, the EU would be able to go after Activision. Maybe even Microsoft.
I think that you are wrong on this point:
This point conflicts with a publisher who decides to leave the servers on permanently and requiring that copies of the game connect to them. Which has never been something that Stop Killing Games opposes. The movement is focused on making sure that games remain playable if the server is shut down.The only problem there is that I think Trump wants dead ICE agents. Because that will help him invoke the insurrection act and send in the military.
Yes. That's my worry as well. Trump wants to invoke the insurrection act. Someone who uses lethal force in self-defense that he can spin as something else might be enough justification for him to give the order.
Oh, they might want to. But they can still fail at it. Take too long to realize that they should throw the agents under the bus and there will be too many statements of support from the Trump administration to deny that it's policy. Get a few other agents smart enough to realize that they might get the next bus, and they can turn whistleblower. Either from enough of them saying that they were told the same things or from something like this memo coming out.
Which also means he hasn't thought about how easily the regime could ignore his rights when they find it convenient.
That might have been the plan. But part of throwing them under the bus would be taking swift action to punish the agents involved. To give the appearance of punishing those agents. Now look at Good's murder. How quickly the Trump administration moved to protect the murderer and prevent any local authorities from investigating. Do you really think the Trump administration would be capable of throwing the agents under the bus ? Because it seems more likely that they would say and do a lot of things that would be used as evidence that the policy of breaking in without a judicial warrant exists.
What is legal about ICE disrupting a criminal prosecution because they detained a lawful permanent resident, until he agreed to deportation 4 months later ? https://cdllife.com/2026/case-against-men-in-infamous-massive-jewelry-heist-brought-to-a-halt-after-one-is-deported/
Did they even pay for the food ?
The difference there is that none of the major companies were calling asset flip slop a good thing.
I'm thinking "worse than we have guessed"
I take it that you weren't impressed when Microsoft produced an Ai "Minecraft" where the terrain would change when your back was turned.
Another reason for calling AI slop slop is just how bad GenAi is at doing what people want it to do. For example, the agentic AI Microsoft wants people to use, while they admit that it might install malware onto your computer if it comes across a website that tells it to. If Microsoft wants to stop people calling it Ai slop, they shouldn't be trying to release the Ais when they are so bad. If that's not possible for the money they are willing to spend, they need to be willing to cancel the project. Instead, they had Recall skip their internal testing. But somehow it's out problem when we call slop slop.
I wasn't thinking of the extortion angle. I was thinking more about members of the GOP who suspect that some of their major donors are in the files. But don't know which ones. Right now they can deny specific knowledge* and keep getting their money. But as soon as those names come out, they need to choose between losing that donor money or losing the votes from people who don't like them supporting a pedos agenda. *Even if they know for sure that a specific donor is on there, they can still deny it.
Telling us that powerful people are in the files doesn't hurt them that much. People paying attention already guessed that, and people not paying attention probably still haven't worked it out. The thing that the GOP are afraid of is if the public knows exactly who was involved. Especially if they aren't sure which of their donors are in there.
Just wait until someone sues the DOJ over their refusal to comply with the law. Which will keep the Epstein files in the news until the lawsuit is resolved. Probably after a long slog that goes all the way up to SCOTUS.