Huh, wouldn’t have thought number of chess players would be growing.

Green vegetables

Funny how they suddenly think IP laws are bad ehh

In terms of civilization, then yes, but humanity live much longer than agriculture.

The best that civilization had to offer is definitely better than hunter gatherer lifestyle.

But also:

The worse that civilization had to offer is definitely worse than hunter gatherer lifestyle.

So it all depends what part of civilization you’re talking about, even though on average it’s better.

I thought we all agreed that real life is the game “outside” but the graphics are really good so it tricks most people

Yes, this is all assuming you have a way to get all the media files you need.

Some of us have been collecting it for years.

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So when you use Spotify and Netflix, what your doing is streaming from their computers, which costs money hence why they charge you monthly.

They also add profit and licensing costs and all that to it so it adds up.

But what if, you used your own computer?

Very easy to do using just your wifi, some more complexity if you want to steam over the internet.

You can do that with VPN. I’m using Tailscale, just had to make an account and install it on the computer I mentioned and on my phone.

I’m surprised no one has mentioned it yet:

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With just a cheap computer you can have your own Netflix and Spotify.

Yep, things changed, but it’s more like it’s all mask off now.

Before covid it was all like this, except the majority could pretend things were fine.

Now it’s part of the common zeitgeist that things are not fine.

I like to say that we are now in the endgame.

The thumbnail made the think Nix from Hades had gone evil.

Yes there is throwaway work but that doesn’t mean it doesn’t need to be done.

Every line of code a programmer does is written so it can benefit the company or make the coder’s life easier.

We are trained to not do busy work if that makes sense, and it’s not busy work if management honestly tells you that they need X, regardless how right or wrong they are.

I agree, I was very careful to say tries to ಠᴗಠ

I just searched it on Amazon and didn’t find any, Amazon Canada is different than the US version

I did find a $50 one for $206 but I don’t count that

Oh I should have mentioned, I’m in Canada

Given how python tries to be as readable as possible with its controversial stance on using indentation, is it really neutral?

Idk if moral alignment makes sense for languages, at least not as much as weapon metaphors.

Given what movies have taught me, Morse code will keep being used in the most random scenarios cause what else are you gonna do if you have just an on and off switch to communicate? Use binary?

Man, I wish they still sold these, I would love to get one for a birthday.

the higher the number the more engaging the post is. Or in other words how many people were pissed off enough to comment

Omg, I’m so glad there isn’t any entity trying to boost this KPI like it’s the only thing that matters in the world.

Jazz hands!