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And you call them steamed dilithium despite the fact that they’re obviously crystalized.
And you call them steamed dilithium despite the fact that they’re obviously crystalized.
It died in my area when they dropped the amount of spawn nodes to the point where you couldn’t really walk around. You had to drive pretty far at that point, and that kill let most people’s enthusiasm.
I don’t know if it was complaints by local businesses or what, but after that I never saw large groups walking around again.
I have a great business idea - sell a roku-like device for half the price and a .99 cent subscription fee. Then when I’ve captured the market I force them to accept draconian new terms that cost way more or I brick the device. By then it’s too late and I can suck all the money out of it from the people that can’t switch.
And if they don’t like it? Too bad; they signed away their rights to sue.
It’s a foolproof plan! As long as I don’t get shot in the street but justifiably angry customers.
Why would a TV need an update? What’s changed that would require updating to continue to display the signal it’s getting?
I have a Vizio that isn’t connected to the Internet and it’s essentially a computer monitor for my htpc that I control.
If it ever forces me to update I’m getting rid of it.
My real concern is that in 10 years, my htpc loophole will be closed and they’ll datamine me anyway and force me into subscriptions regardless.
This could be a case of them cutting multiple covers at once.
I had the same problem with jeans. I order the exact same style and size, but they don’t all fit the same. When I spoke to a Levi customer service person, they said they have multiple layers of fabric piled on top. Then the cutting blade presses down, and the fabric bends. As the top one is to short on measurements, the bottom most one is to long. So you want one in the middle.
I know paper isn’t fabric, but it could be something similar. It’s speed and efficiency over accuracy.
Interesting, because the inability of people to understand basic concepts continues to disappoint me.
Shoplifting is actually stealing. You’re taking something away from the vendor. Piracy doesn’t actually take anything physically from the vendor.
Besides, if I can’t actually buy it (only a license to use it), then it’s not possible to steal it.
Or you steal someone’s car and drive it to work the day after. Is it yours? Do you pay for the tag and get a title? Or do you awkwardly give it back?
In that case, you should know that a random person on the Internet thinks it’s pretty kickass. It’ll stick with me for a while.
Ok that’s a fantastic quote. Are those lyrics to a song? Where did it come from?
I’d be interested in knowing how you’ve got more experience and knowledge about EVs, if you could share. There’s a lot of misinformation out there but I’m open to hearing about your credentials. We always hear about “gasoline powered cars putting X tons of pollution into the air” but no one I’ve heard mentions replacing the batteries on an EV. I don’t think the general public really even thinks about it. I’d love to know more.
I want this to be good, but Amazon’s track record with Rings of Power, etc makes me think there’s no way it won’t be a disappointment.
Back in 2010 my friend group and I tried. Google kept changing their chat programs and we’d keep having to migrate or change what we did. Eventually we went to discord and it was at least stable.
We tried, Google. We tried. I won’t go back.
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Google Talk, Google Chat, Google Huddle… Some of them even integrated with Gmail.
Seems like a dumb idea to try again, when already established chat systems that won’t vanish in a year exist.
To be fair, they also did a Borders Rewards program that didn’t cost anything. They didn’t change the prices of the books, but they gave them huge discounts. Which meant the 40-50% of can’t from Borders cut. And they pushed them HARD. Everyone had coupons. It was thought that this would get them loyalty over Barnes and Noble. It took maybe a full quarter for them to realize and backtrack the huge discounts, but it was too late. People used them for the coupons, and then bought everything else online or at Barnes and Noble. It was a fast track to profit loss.
Source: I worked there before the Amazon partnership, and after the board admitted they needed to walk back the rewards.
Amateurs making key decisions.
I certainly hope that now he, as Kevin Bacon, walks around telling strangers he loves them. Since now he knows how much it sucks to be a nobody.