I’m leaning towards AI slop coding.

US and China have a completely different mindset and culture on innovation. Here is an old Bunnie Huang's TED talk video explaining the differences. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S39fhrGjr4U

Yeah true. That's a shame because Destiny game made by Santa Monica Studio could be pretty good. They have some top talents over there.

They absolutely milked the living shit out of the Destiny franchise until it died unceremoniously. They also funneled that pile of cash into exotic cars and Marathon.

The part that blows my mind is how there are Destiny 2 fans out there that want Sony to greenlight Destiny 3 and let Bungie make it. They expect Sony to give $500M to this group of devs and leadership that managed to kill the franchise through repeated mismanagement and under delivery over the years? Destiny 2 fans want more of the most aggressive FOMO driven anti-consumer microtransactions to nickle and dime them for another decade? Seriously?

Probably the best thing that can happen for Destiny is for Sony to give Destiny IP over to another studio like Insomniac, Guerrilla, Sucker Punch, or Santa Monica. Perhaps they can make a better non-live service Destiny game.

There are only nine meals between mankind and anarchy.

No problem. The list was very easy to make since I just went through the process. Yes I agree that it's crazy practically every married women have to slog through the gauntlet of bureaucracy. I'm genuinely surprised I haven't heard more complaints from married women about it.

I hope I haven't discouraged you from going through the steps of changing your name. Social Security Card and Driver's License are the two that takes some time and effort but it's all down hill after that. Everything else is just tedious and not difficult at all. When you eventually hold your new documents with your new name in your hands, it will be well worth it. I won't spoil it for you but you'll feel it. Good luck!

Just something you should be aware, getting your name changed could be a royal pain in the butt and takes a long time, fair bit of money and a lot of patience. I recently went through the process and it's quite the journey. First thing you need to get is a signed paper from a judge in your state. Here are the list of things you have to do afterwards. There are some dependencies so you may not be able to get them done simultaneously. Social security card and state drivers license are the two most important and everything else comes afterwards.

• Social Security Card - Depending on your location, an appointment could take few months.
• Driver's License - In my state name change doesn't require an appointment however if you're upgrading to Real ID then it may require an appointment. Appointment could take several weeks to several months depending on your state.
• Car registrations
• Car titles - This could cost some money
• Car insurance
• Passport and Passport Card - This could take some time and may cost some money depending on your situation. https://travel.state.gov/en/passports/renew-replace/change-correct-passport.html
• Your employer
• If you own a company then there may be some paperwork to be done.
• If you are renting then you'll need to talk to your landlord or property manager
• If you own a house you might need to talk to your city
• Utility (Electricity, Gas, Internet, Mobile, etc.)
• Your healthcare provider
• Health/Life insurance
• Property insurance
• Voting registration
• Bank Accounts - This requires new drivers license as ID
• Credit Cards - Same as above.
• Investment accounts (Broker, 401K, IRA)
• Local public library card
• Memberships like AAA, Costco, AARP, etc.

EDIT: There are several more additions I just thought of.

• If you own a house or condo with home owner's association, you'll need them to update their records
• if you have children, your daycare center or school will need their emergency contact updated

EDIT: The following don't pertain to me personally so I really don't know what is involved with name change. You should to do more research to find out for sure if they pertains to you.

• If you are a certain licensed professional like doctor, lawyer, accountant, real-estate agent, electrician, plumber, etc. you may need to update those records
• Firearm registration may need to be updated
• if you are in your family member's will, those may need to be updated

I bailed on Destiny 2 after Shadowkeep when they announced content vaulting and I never looked back. The writing was on the wall back then that the game will end up in a ditch. My experience with Destiny 2 is basically frozen as of Shadowkeep so it's relatively positive but I just can't understand how anyone could tolerate player hostile decisions Bungie has made over the years. Here is Aztecross' video explaining some of them including pay to win elements. His video is already two years old so I'm sure even more nonsense has been added to the game since. Destiny franchise started out as something special but it died as a horrific heap of anticonsumer garbage due to unchecked greed of a corporation. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nsIdPWB2_JA

Sony seems to be completely out of touch with the reality. During the time when the console prices have skyrocketed to the point it's no longer an option for entire segment of the population, they decide that it's right time to go back to console exclusive games? It also baffles me that there are fully grown men that are actually celebrating the return of console exclusives. What a bizarre tribalism at work here. I think I'm just going to slowly work through my back catalog until some semblance of sanity returns.

I don't know which is worse for Digital Foundry. Did they actually not know it looked awful or they knew it was awful but decided to tow the nvidia's marketing line to maintain good graces with them for future access. I guess I could watch this video but watching more AI slop will makes me physically ill. I think I'm going to just unsubscribe and move on.

Considering Windows has become a complete dumpster fire recently, this $600 laptop could be a really appealing option for some if they're mostly browsing the web.

Gucci and many other so called "luxury" brands aren't sold to the wealthy but rather middle class buyers that are desperately trying to project an image of wealth. It's why they have tacky giant logo plastered all over them to scream "Look at me! I've spent a lot of money on this!" To me that just screams insecurity.