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Amazon has pulled the beginning text from the 2010 Robinhood Movie which says the outlaw is a nessesity against tyrants and injustice Delete Prime

This is a international variant of the video. The intention is to have the text rendered as a forced subtitle so that it can be localized without having to serve a different video for every language.

They don't have the English version doing that, likely because it was assumed it would serve the original video instead.

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All four major web browsers are about to lose 80% of their funding | by Dan Fabulich | Apr, 2025

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Nobody can make a successful browser that is simpler. The moment a user hits a website that no longer works, they are going back to their old browser.

All these new features exist because websites replaced every single program most people used. Web browser now have to be capable of doing anything pretty well. It's not some grand conspiracy to take over the internet, it's providing the features devs want so they can deliver the things they want in the modern multiplatform no-install world.

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Washington wants your 3D printer to spy on you - here's the bill

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How do you block firearm parts at the printer level without analyzing and judging the files a user provides?

Even if this was possible (it's not), most printers don't have the kind of processing power needed to reverse slicing back into the solid object so that it can be compared with banned parts. They'd either have to put in much larger computers and spike the cost per unit or do it server-side and be always-online.

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In line with Francis on migrants and the poor. He thinks social elements like position on LGBT issues should be set at the regional level and align with local cultural acceptance.

In other words, slightly progressive from a Catholic leadership standpoint, but conservative when compared against Western Europe.

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Ex-Warner Bros. Exec Reveals the Real Reason Shadow of Mordor's Much-Loved Nemesis System Was Created

Summary: They were seeing a disconnect between Arkham Asylum player stats and sales, indicating a large portion of the playerbase blasting through the game then selling it back to retailers. WB studios were directed to explore ways to lengthen player engagement, preferably enough to keep the game forever.

The nemesis system gives some light procedural flair to an otherwise-deaigned experience. I don't think it did what they hoped it would, but it was still a great mechanic.