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WildRikku

Do left-handed people use their mouse buttons switched, like, right button to click on links etc? I think I somewhen saw options to switch the functionality of the buttons. It just came to my mind when I considered excluding the left mouse button from the possible buttons to set controls to, but then decided nah, why, might be useful. #controls #accessibility

btw, I am currently coding all the controls and control settings for our game so if you have thoughts you'd like to share, feel free.

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Chuck Darwin

Trump and guns loom large as scandal-hit supreme court gets back to work

The US Supreme Court embarks on its next nine-month term on Monday

with public confidence in the court still reeling
following recent extreme rulings
compounded by the ethically dubious conduct of some justices.

As the new term begins, the dust cloud kicked up by controversial opinions delivered at the end of the last term has barely settled.

In particular, the July decision of the six-to-three rightwing majority to grant Donald Trump substantial #immunity from criminal prosecution for actions he carried out as president astonished even seasoned observers of the country’s top court.

“That ruling was shocking, it was a rip to the constitutional fabric, and it gave vast new power to presidents to break the law,”
Michael Waldman said at a recent webinar by the Brennan Center, the progressive thinktank, of which he is president.

Despite the ructions caused by its actions, the increasingly hard-right court shows no signs of reining itself in.
The first big case of the new term that will be addressed on Tuesday takes the justices back into the vexed area of #gun #controls.
The case, 💥Garland v VanDerStok💥, concerns “#ghost #guns”,
kits that can be assembled at home that are increasingly used to skirt around basic gun regulations
including serial numbers and federal background checks.

➡️The Biden administration imposed restrictions on ghost guns in 2022 that were promptly blocked by a lower court, sending the case to the supreme court for adjudication.

The case has potentially huge implications for gun control.
⚠️A decision that exempts ghost guns from basic regulations would punch a giant loophole in America’s already lax approach to firearms.

As it is, US courts are wrestling with chaos and confusion in the wake of recent supreme court gun rulings.

In his #Bruen judgment, the hard-right justice
🔥 #Clarence #Thomas invented a new rule that any handgun ban must comport with the country’s “history and tradition”
– a phrase which has set federal judges scrambling to try to make sense of it.

The ghost gun case has emerged out of the fifth circuit court of appeals,
which has the distinction of being the #most #rightwing appeals court in the US.
Six out of its 17 active judges were appointed by Trump.

theguardian.com/us-news/2024/o

The Guardian · Trump and guns loom large as scandal-hit supreme court gets back to workBy Ed Pilkington
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Pablonius Monk 🇺🇦

Touch Screens Are Over. Even Apple Is Bringing Back Buttons.

Product designers are embracing how users actually feel after years of pushing flat & sleek

15 years of watching designers & engineers cram touchscreens & capacitive buttons down our throats, only to be outflanked by a new generation of thinkers who recognize that true luxury is the considered weight of a dial, the reassuring click of a physical key.

By @mimsical

🎁 🔗:
wsj.com/tech/personal-tech/tou

A newer BMW Mini has physical controls on the dashboard. BMW GROUP
#Buttons#TouchScreens#Controls
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They still sell these arcade sticks, but they are expensive and they are only really good for arcade fighters and platformers.

There's a ton of old arcade games that used funky controls like steering wheels, trackballs, handlebars, etc.

It would be neat if someone built a controller for all those oddball knobs and switches.

8bitdo.com/arcade-stick/

www.8bitdo.comArcade Stick 8BitDoArcade Stick is a feature-packed joystick designed specifically for Switch and PC.
#retrogaming#mame#arcade
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Chuck Darwin

Economist Isabella Weber suggests storing grain to prepare for next global emergency

Weber, who linked corporate profits to inflation, shares how to prevent food shortages
– and price gouging

#Isabella #Weber, who ignited controversy with a bold proposal to implement
#strategic #price #controls at the peak of inflation
and identified corporate profits as a driver of high prices,

has proposed a new measure that could prevent food shortages and price gouging
in the wake of another disruption of the global supply chains.

Weber’s new paper, published on Thursday, looks at how grain prices spiked in 2022
as Covid snagged supply chains and Russia invaded Ukraine.

The price hikes helped to drive record profits for corporations
while pushing inflation higher and increasing global hunger.

In the paper, Weber and colleagues call for the creation of ⭐️buffer stocks of grain ⭐️that could be released during shortages or emergencies to ease price pressures.

Such a system would quell the volatility that is a hallmark of the grain market and keep food prices down,
said Weber, the paper’s lead author and an associate professor at the University of Massachusetts.

“Literally 👉the worst of times for global hunger seem to be the best of times for the companies managing the global trade in food staples👈,” Weber said.

“It might seem utopian in the current environment, but there is such clear benefit in terms of economic stability that it’s not as utopian as it seems.”

Weber’s previous work on #inflation went viral after the Guardian published her opinion piece.

Her views were pilloried by some leading economists and rightwing media
but have since gained support from policymakers and other economists.

A new entity proposed by Weber and her co-author, #Merle #Schulken, would work similarly to how the #Biden administration has wielded the 🔸Strategic Petroleum Reserve 🔸to try to limit price spikes and collapses in the oil market.

When demand for oil is strong and prices climb, the government can use its oil reserves to help bring prices down.

When demand is weak and prices fall so low that pumping more oil becomes unprofitable, the government buys and stores barrels in its reserve.

In effect, 💥a grain reserve could set a ceiling on prices to protect consumers, 💥while establishing a floor to shield farmers when grain prices collapse.

theguardian.com/science/articl

The Guardian · Economist suggests storing grain to prepare for next global emergencyBy Tom Perkins
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kurtsh

Enterprise management for end user-enabled Microsoft AI is well-documented:

✅ Manage Copilot for Windows:
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✅ Manage Copilot for Microsoft 365:
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✅ Manage access to web content from Copilot for Microsoft 365:
learn.microsoft.com/en-us/copi

✅ Manage Copilot for Microsoft Edge:
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✅ Manage GitHub Copilot:
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...and more.

learn.microsoft.comManage Copilot in Windows - Windows Client ManagementLearn how to manage Copilot in Windows for commercial environments using MDM and group policy. Learn about the chat providers available to Copilot in Windows.
#copilot#ai#management
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