Who’s Monica? Is she a friend of Nick?

Really annoys me when people counter with “but they can volunteer to pay more if they want”. How about dropping taxes on the rest of us then and let us volunteer to pay the amount we like? No?

I does create friction for the person who has to enter it into the checker though

People who downvoted this: Was it the opinion on hummus or on peanut butter that you disagreed with? I must know!

Did you ever wonder why so many games have a seemingly unnecessary multiplayer/online component these days? If the server side code is an integral part of the game then it can be used as a form of DRM.

Expect specialist “open” hardware capable of installing any software/OS to become increasingly expensive, while increasingly locked-down, mass-produced consumer hardware remains at current price. You only need to look at TVs for an example of this - try finding a recent non-smart TV at a reasonable price as the cheap models are all subsidised by the revenue from pushing ads into your face.

https://www.nutritiontable.com/nutritions/nutrient/?id=864

Maybe something that could be dried, soybeans could work. Would have to be properly stored to keep it dry.

This affects anyone who relies on American payment processors (Visa, Mastercard, PayPal), so is very much a global issue.

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That wasn’t intended as a correction. Mastered is definitely correct. Tamed is a bit more poetic maybe.

Tamed

Yeah, I don’t think I would be playing the game if crashing had real-world consequences.

No joke I think this is genuinely why conspiracy theories are so appealing

Yes

…And I wouldn’t be surprised if they are using AI to generate the artist backstory and album art.

Probably an instance of Spotify “Ghost Artists”. Spotify pays unknown musicians small amounts to record generic-sounding tracks and sign over all royalties to Spotify.

I used to love the Eyewitness Guides books when I was a kid. Had no idea that it existed as a show as well.

Then I will have my encryption program make the encrypted data look like text/images/whatever…

Taking a stroll past the knife factory.