RedEye9 wrote on Jul 3, 2024, 13:51:
On a much more serious note, with Joey Chestnut going all full woke vegan and eating carrot/broccoli dogs.
What does everyone have planned for July 4th, I'd really like to know how people in England celebrate it.
figgy pudding and fireworks?

Prez wrote on Jul 1, 2024, 09:35:
You could possibly make this argument in a vacuum and in a "six degrees to Kevin Bacon" way, but you really need to read over your press releases Ubisoft. I have to think that if you did someone on your team would realize how incredibly stupid it is to say things like this. Because we don't live in a vacuum and many people nowadays don't even know who Kevin Bacon is much less ever played the silly game named after him. 😜

NKD wrote on Jul 1, 2024, 16:36:

ZeroPike1 wrote on Jul 1, 2024, 06:31:
Not sure how less people working at a place makes meeting deadlines or roadmaps in this case better.

But here we are up is down and black is white because some corpofascist says so.

I imagine it's to offset hiring in other positions. Lay off 33 people who aren't needed so you can hire 20 people in more critical positions while still being seen as reducing headcount (something they love to see, layoffs make them hard), but at the same time speeding things along on some project that needs it.

Saboth wrote on Jul 1, 2024, 16:48:

RedEye9 wrote on Jul 1, 2024, 12:09:
Internet speed record of 420,000,000 Mbps
But what’s the data cap?
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The episode where Vought introduces digital product placement/replacement produced a noticeable groan in the audience and in myself. It only makes sense that Amazon and our other corporate overloads will soon make it a reality.
End Stage Capitalism ftw

One reason I've never understood buying 1 GB+ speeds when everyone still has low data caps. So I reach my cap faster and have to pay you more money? With 4K and 8K content and games reaching 100GB+ per game, it's long past time to raise data caps to something like 5 TB, or get rid of them altogether since they exist for no reason.

During the tribunal, CIG branded itself as a "start-up" enterprise—despite boasting over 400 employees—and attempted to argue the claimant had suffered from performance issues related to his remote working setup.

Many Republicans have argued that social media platforms stifle conservative voices in the guise of content moderation, branding this as censorship

ChaosEngine wrote on Jul 1, 2024, 23:10:

Prez wrote on Jul 1, 2024, 22:03:
Very easy answer - simple regulation and a system not heavily weighted towards corporate interests. Without these sensible and very easy to implement controls I have little doubt that the Japanese would make American companies look positively gracious by comparison. They just aren't given the chance, and the results are very obvious. They are far from without problems but they are vastly superior to American companies.

Yeah, but protecting workers is clearly socialism, and then you’re one step away from pogroms, gulags and presidents having absolute immunity.

MoreLuckThanSkill wrote on Jun 28, 2024, 10:45:
I am so far out of the loop on streamer shit it's a little ridiculous... how does ANY streamer have deals with the NFL? Rofl. Also, Turtle Beach is still around? Amazing!

Prez wrote on Jun 25, 2024, 14:49:

ZeroPike1 wrote on Jun 25, 2024, 05:35:

Cutter wrote on Jun 24, 2024, 19:25:
Of course predation is a common thing or we wouldn't have regional and surge pricing on things. Hell, ask anyone who's ever been married in a formal wedding ceremony. It costs you 10 times as much for the exact same shit simply because the word "wedding" is attached to it.

In my first year of nuclear power training in Balston Spa

You got to stay at a spa while you were training? Must be nice.

I wouldn’t call it a Spa. It’s an American „village“ town. Meaning it’s a small population Center. The area is known and named around the water from there.

From Wikipedia:

The village was famous for its mineral water spring used for healing in sanatoria,[10] including the Hawthorne and Lithia springs.
The effervescent water, tonic, and cathartic from this city is also known as Ballston Spa. The liquid contains common salt and carbonates of magnesium and calcium.

In January and February it would get as cold as -30F. When it warmed up to 0F it felt like a heatwave. That's not like any spa I have ever heard of...

Prez wrote on Jun 24, 2024, 22:30:
Oh another story about microplastics. I have decided that I will donate my body to science so I want to consume all of the microplastics that is humanly possible so that they can conduct research on me. If dissection is involved I would prefer that they waited until I was dead though. Unless the money is right...

Mr. McGuire: I just want to say one word to you. Just one word.
Benjamin: Yes, sir.
Mr. McGuire: Are you listening?
Benjamin: Yes, I am.
Mr. McGuire: Plastics.
Benjamin: Exactly how do you mean?
Mr. McGuire: There's a great future in plastics. Think about it. Will you think about it?

Cutter wrote on Jun 24, 2024, 19:25:
Of course predation is a common thing or we wouldn't have regional and surge pricing on things. Hell, ask anyone who's ever been married in a formal wedding ceremony. It costs you 10 times as much for the exact same shit simply because the word "wedding" is attached to it.

In my first year of nuclear power training in Balston Spa

You got to stay at a spa while you were training? Must be nice.

The village was famous for its mineral water spring used for healing in sanatoria,[10] including the Hawthorne and Lithia springs.
The effervescent water, tonic, and cathartic from this city is also known as Ballston Spa. The liquid contains common salt and carbonates of magnesium and calcium.

Prez wrote on Jun 24, 2024, 17:14:
In my first year of nuclear power training in Balston Spa, New York, I was only a hop, skip, and a jump away from Saratoga Springs. I lived off-base in a 4 apartment townhouse. I wondered why I was the only one occupying an apartment for months. Then horse racing season started (in case you are unaware, Saratoga Springs is the Mecca of horse racing in America. Or at least it was in '93 - no Idea if it still is).

For a month or two the rent for the other three apartments went up to 10 times what I was paying, and my landlord asked me not to tell the other seasonal tenants what my rent was, which she kept the same year-round. When I went into town, that sweater that I saw in a store that had previously been $70 was now $300.
This predation isn't a new thing, as that was over 30 years ago, and I have no doubt it goes back much farther than that. I've just been aware of it longer than most. At least in the real world the argument can be made for 'supply and demand' (I still think that is bullshit but at least it is a defense); in the digital world, there is no such thing.