ChicoSuave @ ChicoSuave @lemmy.world

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It isn't about race. It's about making sure that all perspectives are taken into account when making a decision. That's it. The think tanks against it are against having rules put upon them. Removing DEI is the same as stripping out market regulation.

#Box office receipts are not an indication of the movie quality.

Box office is a combination of how many theaters it was played in and how much marketing is behind it.

Gaw damn, we need a chili map

He's taking the picture

Another way to see that 15% drop is hinted at in the article:

EA FC generates around $2 billion annually, Reuters reports, with around $800 million of that made up by Ultimate Team.

Loot boxes made EA $800M last year. It's easy to see why EA and other publishers demand MTX in games. Can we amend "Don't preorder" with "and ignore micro transactions"?

At the same time, social networking is built into the most popular Chinese online shopping platforms, like Taobao, Tmall, and JD.com. They feature livestreamed videos of shopping influencers, and robust chat and photo-sharing functions, blurring the lines between social media and e-commerce.

The model has delivered: In 2023, TikTok’s Chinese sister app, Douyin, said its platform sales exceeded 2 trillion yuan ($2 billion). Xiaohongshu doesn’t disclose detailed figures, but the app’s aggressive expansion into social commerce in 2023 coincided with the first year it turned a net profit to the tune of $500 million.

So China has several profitable social media companies and a model that works regardless of the platform. It feels like Insta has tried this and doesn't quite understand the mechanics but imitates showing influencer driven decisions. The difference is that western influencers sell their exposure while TikTok (et al) use influencers as their product and charge to alter the algorithm to expose the product to a targeted audience. It's insidious because people will be shown something that they didn't know they wanted and led to believe that they made the decision to get this thing. It's Inception, but with our hobbies and interests.

The ramifications for niche porn are tremendous. Both weird categories of pornography and the idea that small groups will be fed a constant stream of their own unique interests. Imagine if you didn't know this was happening and had an expensive hobby. Social media wants you to buy things and will give you the connection to spend instead of pursuing the hobby.

The hobby may soon not be about what we do but what we bought to show we are hobbyists. Consumption as participation. I guess we already do this with streaming entertainment, so why not?

Hopefully this is a sign that hurricanes will be record setting for the next decade and that this is absolutely the best time to move out of Florida. Let a corporation buy your house for all cash with the expectation to rent or AirBnB it. Their loss hurts no one.

Folks understand "police state" and "secret investigations" better than fascist country. Fascism means secret police like Stasi and KGB.

Why you should never talk to the police

Know your rights. Stay quiet. Stay safe.

All the tech bros' are trying to change the very environment that allowed them to become successful because it "doesn't work". What a bunch of idiots. A bunch of well financed and driven idiots.

This is actually used to prevent kids from stopping clergy while God groping goes on. The cross makes it a sign from God so it's okay.

10k steps a day is roughly 5 miles. $4k a day would be the disability insurance at that point.

If you die (in the) fighting, Odin can count on meeting you in Valhalla!

Just because they have money from a private partner doesn't mean it's valid or built on actual science. Steven Jones was working catalytic hydrogenation that were formed around a real idea for cold fusion but was beaten to the punch by Pons and Fleischman. In the end, none of what those people had was real science or technology and yet had millions of dollars poured into it from real companies.

And what, lose another 3 years and a third of the country's young to losing the fight for Estonia? Russia is absolutely incapable of successfully invading anything. They couldn't even stay in Syria when a bunch of untrained militia said they might show up later. Russia is weak.

The new chess has movements across space and time. Elon isn't ready for 5D chess. Donald can barely keep up and he does 4D chess all time.

As the shaky old laptop plays it quietly passes a note along, "Can I please update?" You deny the request. The old laptop fan spins a little slower, like it was disappointed.

Liberalism is a poison. We live in Authoritarian vs Community times now.

A little Luigi action. Love seeing killers get their reward.

Great Value Morgan Freeman