The Nazi regime did not typically "buy" stakes in German companies in the conventional sense, but it exerted significant control over German industry through various means, including state intervention, nationalization, and the forced transfer of assets.

Beamer wrote on Aug 20, 2025, 23:43:

Seivardian wrote on Aug 20, 2025, 22:47:
Hopefully, ‘Fremont’ is the Steam Deck 2. The article says that it could be the Steam Console and to me, it doesn’t sound like the speed over the current Steam Deck is high enough to be what I would call a console.

There was a guy on my flight that complimented my Steam Deck and said he was waiting for the second one just announced. I said yeah, then told my wife there was no second one and probably wouldn't be one for a while. "wouldn't it be funny if he knew something and an announcement comes in the next week "

Tipsy McStagger wrote on Aug 18, 2025, 10:40:
Pulp Fiction is better than Inglourious Basterds
Reservoir Dogs i think is btter than Inglourious Basterds.
I would say it's probably #3.
Hateful Eight is also pretty good.

I haven't watched Once Upon a Time in hollywood but i hear its good.

Burrito of Peace wrote on Aug 7, 2025, 19:49:
Never dial 911. You have a problem, call 911, and the cops show up? Now you have two problems. You have a medical emergency, call 911, and a five minute ambulance ride to the nearest hospital? Now you have a $30,000 bill.

Jivaro wrote on Aug 7, 2025, 12:11:

ZeroPike1 wrote on Aug 7, 2025, 06:37:
Having been to a couple zoos in my time, I feel they, unless given a solid scientific reason for keeping animals, should all be shuttered.

Having seen Zoochosis more then enough times makes me pretty pissed. I’ve been to nature preserves and they can be ok. At least the animals are given space to live, enrichment and mostly natural environments. But no to zoos.

If someone said "Zoos or No Zoos" and that was the only two options....I would agree, zoos can go. That said, I don't think it's that black and white. Using more open layouts like the San Diego zoo and picking species that lend themselves well to the system of a zoo makes all the difference. At the other end of the spectrum we have something like the Eureka California Zoo, which had (maybe still has, I am not sure) the worst, tiniest, most abusive zoo I had ever seen.

It is a tough subject though, even if a person isn't a "bleeding heart animal rights activist". You only have to have functional eyes to see that some zoos are clearly mistreating their animals....either due to a lack of resources, a lack of training, or all of the above. I have seen zoo animals that clearly had preventable issues and it does make you question the entire premise. Zoos have an educational and entertainment upside, but that doesn't excuse the other stuff in my view.

I would like to say however, as it relates to this particular article, the Aalborg zoo seemed pretty cool when I went there 25+ years ago.