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• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For Warhorse's 15th birthday, we chatted with its co-founder about the demand for 'grown-up' RPGs, AI, why games are too cheap, and his role in the collapse of communism⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Sure, but that’s just natural in economy. There’s growth and then there’s decline. Constant development of games that are too large is not beneficial to anyone but few that actually have the time to play them. It will definitely be interesting to observe how this will play out.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For Warhorse's 15th birthday, we chatted with its co-founder about the demand for 'grown-up' RPGs, AI, why games are too cheap, and his role in the collapse of communism⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Bonuses certainly aren’t meaningless. CEOs (or at least one case) are trying to fake their employees out of bonuses. Billion value acquisitions aren’t helping either, these values all have to be recouped.

  If market has stopped growing, it may also have to do with those living cost crisis.

  Cash gravs from major companies aren’t working either (Sony and others). Those 400m holes again need to be recouped.

  In the end I seriously hope that gamers won’t just swallow the expected increases. I know for a fact that I won’t. There’s plenty to play, I can wait years for the one game I wish for.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨For Warhorse's 15th birthday, we chatted with its co-founder about the demand for 'grown-up' RPGs, AI, why games are too cheap, and his role in the collapse of communism⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago⁩:

  Games aren’t too cheap. Market size since the old days has grown astronomically. Execs appetites for 10’s of millions of bonuses are their problem, not the gamers. And that’s with current prices. The other problem is sheer availability and slop. Maybe also lack of being critical when consuming videogame content.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I get unblockable pop-ups from my carrier⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Or be the same problem. Best to check before. My experience where this is done is that all providers tend to do it. Naturally there may be exceptions.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Can you purchase a burner phone anonymously in the US?⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  Plus eSIM and you’re golden?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨This drip coffee is now $5 dollars, up from $2.50 3 years ago⁩ ⁨⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I didn’t like coffee until I happened to try some literally home grown and home roasted. Was super nice, smooth and fruity. Since then I like that one and those similar to it. Coffee also objectively tastes different depending on where it was grown (Colombia/Mexico is acidic, slightly) and how it was roasted.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Your email is almost full...⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Use aliases and retire them when they’re “leaked”.

  I’ve still got an active Gmail account and I don’t fully trust it with spam either. You’ve always got to check.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨92% of American adults aren’t going to a doctor because they cannot afford it. The health insurance industry must be dissolved & all of its executives criminally prosecuted for murder, conspiracy, an…⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago⁩:

  Just think of all the missed revenue in both insurance and medical sectors /s

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨500,000 households cancel TV licence putting BBC future in jeopardy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I’m guessing that’s the reason they’re pressing to to in and inspect. Even though at the end they didn’t go. So they weren’t justified at all.

  They’re just pressing so that people cave in and think "well they must be in the right, they have the law (policeman) on their side.

  I seriously doubt that they’ve ended up suing the guy.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨500,000 households cancel TV licence putting BBC future in jeopardy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I actually remember seeing this before. But if not a warrant, what did they have then? Just a pretend paper? Because if it was an actual warrant, they would have gone in?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨500,000 households cancel TV licence putting BBC future in jeopardy⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  And that’s a legal tactic? That’s basically spying on people and what they do in their houses.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨End of an era?⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  So are bicycles and kitchen knives. Ffs

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨⁩ ⁨⁨3⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  A theoretical trillion or a real trillion though?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The Art of the Deal⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Instead, TotalEnergies will now spend the money on the development of a new liquified natural gas plant in Texas that will help export US LNG overseas to Europe, CEO Patrick Pouyanné said in a statement.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨meat honey⁩ ⁨⁨6⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  While I would agree on the surface, it’s not really depravity. We’ve got to do away with rotting meat somehow. Hence why vultures are so important.

  Still upvoted though.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The right FUCKING time to get TWO ram sticks damaged⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That’s neat, I’ll definitely have a look about the topic.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨The way my fuck-ass pharmacist makes up the remaining pills in my bastarding prescription⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I hear you. They should be on a roll, like film 😁

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨If God (or any creator of the universe) exists would he be made out of atoms?⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Except that one can’t have weather as a phenomenon without atoms.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We'll probably never see a Grand Theft Auto set in a futuristic city like GTA 2 because the team "hated it": "People didn’t connect with the game or its city"⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Boy oh boy, you’re right 😂

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨We'll probably never see a Grand Theft Auto set in a futuristic city like GTA 2 because the team "hated it": "People didn’t connect with the game or its city"⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Man, what memories. I’ve also enjoyed the London(?) version.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I need to vent about plastic milk jugs⁩ ⁨⁨8⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  That guy REALLY should have put an explanation there. Afaik there’s one province in Canada that still uses bags. Historically (30 years ago) many countries have used bags. Today most use either tetrapak, smaller bottle style plastic (0.25, 0.5, 1.0 litres) or actual bottles.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨How do you sleep at night? Please respond with a number⁩ ⁨⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  😳

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just opened a new jar of jam, only to find mold in it.⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  If you see it it implies that there’s orders of magnitude larger concentration.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Just opened a new jar of jam, only to find mold in it.⁩ ⁨⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Actually this can be risky. Mold might be cut from hard foods because it usually doesn’t penetrate too deep, if not too overgrown. Soft foods tend to have “tendrils” all over that are often not visible to the naked eye.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Phones may come without bundled USB cables in the future, if OEMs have their way⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Yeah. But they should literally charge less then. Even if only 5 buckaroos.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Do you think The Boys is an accurate representation if real people had superpowers?⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  Isn’t it about the same in the series?

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨1919 (correctly)⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I hate it… When you actually need a person you can’t reach them. Is it really so hard to toggle DND? I really haven’t got any issue with that.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨New Arizona law to restrict online porn access; Pornhub will block state⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Because they’re providing services over there and they’re subject to local laws.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨VW introduces monthly subscription to increase car power⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  They’ve had this before, but you’ve had to change chips. Was also hacked. Except that it was a one-off payment now upgraded to subscription.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨I just dont seem to ever learn⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Surface tension at its best. And its max.