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I didn’t believe you, but was surprised to learn this is actually true.

The goods inside these stores — Doritos, sunglasses, lotto tickets, energy drinks — only account for ~30% of the average gas station’s revenue, yet bring in 70% of the profit.

https://thehustle.co/why-most-gas-stations-dont-make-money-from-selling-gas

released with an MSRP of ¥29,980 in Japan, US$299.99 in the United States, £279.99 in the United Kingdom, and A$469.95 in Australia; with standardized pricing for the European market varying.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_Switch#:~:text=The%20Switch%20was%20officially%20released,for%20the%20European%20market%20varying.

Not disagreeing with your core point but infrastructure is never paid off.

Upkeep on a mile of asphalt is way more than I expected and I live somewhere temperate.

Everyone should have to sand a piece of wood to within spec at least once in their life.

Measure twice; consider a finer grain of sandpaper; sand once.

Repeat 500 times.

By that same logic, the customers are also at fault because the requirement has been in the terms of service since day 1.

Not taking sides obviously this sucks, but blaming Arrowhead seems arbitrary.

I think the most likely outcome is one of:

1. Sony pays to reimburse people who lost access
2. Sony pays to reimburse anyone who demands a refund
3. Sony removes the requirement entirely
4. Nothing happens

edit: #3 it is apparently https://twitter.com/PlayStation/status/1787331667616829929?t=NhwAEm4fGpVJj-UyI1lrXA

It’s exactly a money thing.

Publishers are usually responsible for all the shit people get angry about, but they’re also footing the bill to build the thing years ahead of time.

Have you considered one of the alternative brokers which offer pay as you go liability coverage?

One example: https://www.withhugo.com/

The law does apply to social media posts.

The social media company has to mark sponsored content and give users the means to do so themselves (when the partnership is between the user and a third party rather than the social media company).

Unfortunately it’s hard to prove and profitable to lie.

Just fyi:

• performant == effective
• performative == related to artistic/dramatic performance

I don’t have nearly enough tinfoil for this

Don’t blame the devs.

It’s the execs and PMs who have other priorities.

I’ve been asking why cars don’t have more obvious visual indicators since I was like 8 years old.

It’s pretty weird that we’re basically just working with 2 sets of lights and blinkers at this point.

For AV’s specifically, a pretty significant/obvious missed feature is some indicator that the car “sees” you. Pedestrians make eye contact with drivers to check if crossing is safe. How is there no equivalent for AV’s??? It’s such an obvious miss.

It’s okay. I’ve misspelled “peek” as “peak” multiple times in the last week.

English just be like that.

Lot of armchair philosophists disagreeing with you, but you’re right.

Sure, some people make art for art’s sake. But it doesn’t put food on the table. Like it or not, most popular media is created at least in part as a source of income for the creator.

It’s fine to pirate things if you actually can’t/wouldn’t otherwise engage with the media. But at least be honest with yourself and recognize that you’re stealing income from the creator.

Doesn’t it warn you on your laptop from like 20% down?

I always laugh at how early it starts warning me to charge mine.

It’s a goofy design but I agree. It would be cool if I could plug it in to charge while using it but it barely affects me.

It will also contradict itself and make the same mistakes even if you point them out.

Can be useful as a starting point, but you basically need to fact check everything it says.

You don’t need to go back.

That game falls firmly into the “formative/great for its time” category.

Your memory of it is better than how you’d react to it today, I assure you.

Wait… am I an AI?

Might have to block this bot if it posts puff piece CEO bullshit under the guise of “technology.”

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