i will not say that Steam has a lot of pro-consumer functionality. but in this particular case, the thing that sony is being critizied for is something Valve has already done, 20 years ago
This meme is a pet peeve because sony is doing exactly the same thing that valve did when they released steam, of going digital-only and tying game ownership to digital accounts.
Leverage buyouts are just a symptom of the problems in the system
In theory, leverage buyouts make perfect sense, kinda like a mortgage. You get a loan to buy something with that same as a collateral.
The fact that these usually ends in worse conditions for everyone is not because leverage buyouts are the problem, but the private ownership. Toys r' us should have been owned by the workers, man utd by the fans, as so forth
I have to counter this.
Yes, the 5 books are amazing, top notch low fantasy. 4 and 5 start to lose the plot a bit, but still good.
But at this point it is unlikely that we will get an ending, and the 5th book ends with massive cliffhangersand unresolved plots.
Hard for me to recommend it to someone until/unless it gets finished.
Legally emigrating to a new country takes a lot of effort, but even doing it illegally (by buying a ticket and overstaying your tourist visa) would take at least a few thousand dollars, for the flight plus expenses for a few months while you find some income
I think your timing is wrong. AI exploded after the staying at home was over.
ChatGPT was released on Nov 30, 2022, and that is the point when AI came into mainstream (even if gpt 3 or midjourney had been available already). By that point, stay at home restrictions had been gone by about a year, if not a bit more. For reference, the fifa world cup, with full attendance, started 10 days before
Yeah, if you keep saying "no matter how much you hurt me, i am still going to keep voting you into power", then you shouldn't be surprised that they hurt you as much as they can.
Having a limit on something that you see as a deal breaker is necessary and good, yet these people see that as a weakness
well, it is the same prediction. SpaceX IPOed as an AI company mostly