Yeah you can tell the installer just had a time limit hard-coded, like it took them about two minutes on their test machine,

Literally shuddering. RIP The epic Doom megawad I was working on for two years 😥

Sounds like my ideal coworker tbh

Yeah hitting “save file” and not actually hearing the sound of the file being written to disk was enough to give you a chill

If you’ve got 2 000 worth of V S M, I don’t see why not

Well shucks, that sucks

That sounds very much like the valourisation of what would eventually morph into “disruptive innovation.”

Older money loves feeling like it’s hip and cool for investing in the promising young upstart. They get to rage against the machine while driving it

Wow I can see all that in the movie, but didn’t know it was an explicit choice! This Cameron guy sounds pretty cool

My dad has been that guy! We sure ate a lottt of Silver Wok during that time 😋

Yeah if investors can’t make cartoonish returns for doing literally nothing what’s even the point of gouging customers??

Obligée?

People will be laid off
Spoils will be enjoyed
This great economy… it will endure
The working class will survive!

I’m happy that no matter how bad things were for you that you had the wherewithal to feed yourself properly. It doesn’t sound like you’ve experienced a lot of privilege, but that is one area where you can count yourself fortunate.

Similarly, I’ve been homeless but I always made sure that I could get some food into me somewhere. Usually shelters, soup kitchens, food banks

I didn’t even grow to that poor, but knew people who ate worse just because the battle of everyday life took every last ounce of gumption they had.

Luckily my ma knew about food and cooking, so we did alright, but I had a lot of little friends who were totally totally lost when it came to feeding themselves.

Hell right now I know middle aged men pulling six figures who are hurting nutritionally, and it’s like impossible to educate them to a better way to take care of themselves, despite money not actually being an issue

My wife has been telling me this and I find it really upsetting. Like what am I supposed to use for stir-fry? Good, damn… fresh? steaming rice?? 🤢

Also prescribing orgasms!

Makes sense since his cereal turns to goop after being in contact with milk for like three seconds

I think people miss an important point in these selloffs. It’s not just the raw text that’s valuable, but the minute interactions between networks of users people.

Like the timings between replies and how vote counts affect not just engagement, but the tone of replies, and their conversion rate.

I’ve could imagine a sort of “script” running for months, haunting your every move across the internet, constantly running personalised little a/b tests, until a tactic is found to part you from your money.

I mean this tech exists now, but it’s fairly “dumb.” But it’s not hard to see how AI will make it much more pernicious.

Plural, pants. Actually, since there are 5 of them, that would actually be pantsssss

Sorry I don’t make the rules

I dunno looks like a hair away from a silly billy to me