soyagi @ soyagi @yiffit.net

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Mickey Mouse. He never has money troubles and barely seems to age.

...Taco John's would be pledging a $40,000 donation (roughly $100 per store) to the nonprofit organization of Children of Restaurant Employees (CORE), which provides financial support to restaurant employees and their families when facing crises like serious illness, injury, or natural disaster.

Wait, what? They are supporting a charity to help people that are essentially their victims? If they paid their workers better such charities wouldn't need to exist.

I know this isn't the focus of the article, but I can't believe what I'm reading! They are really donating to a charity for their own underpaid workers? Can someone clarify this for me if I'm wrong?

You're right. I'd suggest changing your last question slightly: why bother worrying anymore? If you can acknowledge these problems, recognise you're powerless, and instead focus on your own personal happiness and wellbeing, you might find a bit more purpose and a little less doom and gloom in your life.

From this Kotaku article:

But fixing Flash-based games isn’t all the team plans to do. It also “took a long, hard look at community feedback on Neopets Metaverse” and NFTs, two recent initiatives which Neopets fans almost uniformly hated. “It quickly became clear that the game just didn’t line up with everything that made Neopets…well…Neopets,” the team wrote. Instead, the team is abandoning that venture (thank god), and focusing instead on an upcoming mobile game called World of Neopets, “a social life-simulation game in which you live your ideal Neopian life from the perspective of a Neopet.”

and

The devs promised that World of Neopets will not just be a rebranding of the maligned Neopets Metaverse. “There are no NFTs in World of Neopets, and the game is NOT built on a crypto model,” they wrote. Blessings!

This was really sad to read :(

Does this mean nearly all arts degrees will be eliminated because the graduates don't earn much money? What a sad stage of affairs. I didn't realise the point of having an education is to make as much money as possible.

You can easily do it in Photopea. It works in the browser on mobile and computer - no download or installation needed! If you're familiar with Photoshop, you'll have no problem with it.

Is it really a note-taking app if it's a system that reads documents and answers your questions about them?

Blog post from Google about NotebookLM: https://blog.google/technology/ai/notebooklm-google-ai/

I wonder what the exact terms of the deal are. For example, if Tunisia takes the money and does very little with it to stem the flow of migrants to the EU, will there be any consequences? How could it be monitored?

For sure! See "Total Eclipse of the Heart".

Link without the reddit bullshit: https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/finland-phone-mobile-free-island-b2361499.html

Archive link: https://archive.is/XGjEj

Other sources: https://www.euronews.com/travel/2023/06/22/phone-free-zone-finland-introduces-worlds-first-digital-detox-tourist-island

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/finnish-phone-free-island/index.html

I do nearly all my clothes shopping at second hand stores. I love finding just the right items to make up great outfits to go out in. It can sometimes take months to piece together an outfit, though I do also mix and match things. It doesn't matter to me how long it takes; I enjoy shopping around, I enjoy a bargain, and I enjoy the challenge and reward of making my own great outfits at a tiny cost.

Could you get yourself one of these Finnish can openers ("tölkinavaaja"). It's the most simple design and works perfectly.

I can't believe Photopea (https://www.photopea.com/) is free. It has nearly all the same features as Photoshop and works in just the same way. But it runs in the browser! Super quick, regularly updated, and free. Amazing.

I didn't realise this until earlier today. I think this is the solution OP is looking for.

Oh wow, it's hard to keep up with who owns what and who's buying who!

Although he could retire, he'll probably move on to another company. Who wants to guess where? I'll say a mobile gaming company like King.

He could comfortably retire now, but I'm sure he'll move on to some other company. Anyone want to place bets where?

Yes, exactly! Frustrating to see this kind of double-speak.

Because forums fell out of favour.

Long answer: internet services became easier to use for non-technically savvy people. It's no coincidence that as internet access broadened, sites like Facebook gained popularity because they gave people premade, customisable pages that could allow them to express themselves to others and engage in discussion.