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Nestle can go fuck itself with a rusty rake.

The family tried to keep the stories of her “night hunts” suppressed, but the truth wants to be free.

Years ago, when this policy was first being contemplated, someone at google plugged a number, likely larger than this, into a spreadsheet analyzing the cost/benefit of spying on their customers.

This is just post-activation operating expense from their perspective.

Pseudo-intelligence

Based on the photo yes. The reality is a bit more nuanced and interesting if you ask me.

Insane how quickly the HBO brand went from penthouse to basement.

Hold my beer.

Very much yes.

I am among the aged ones.

Surely this soul wrenching image displaying mankind’s inhumanity to innocent children will wake us from our stupor.

My only quibble would be to swap “pay” for “invest” which captures both the dynamic of up front expense and expected savings from ending recurring subscription fees. That’s how I look at it. Every penny I put into my own digital sovereignty is an investment that will yield returns both financial and otherwise.

Ah, right! Thank you. Great reference and now I want to rewatch.

The love toilet. Fantastic Phil Hartman skit. And I can’t recall who the other star was.

This is the right take.

I’m not sure how long you’ve been here - not assuming how long you’ve been lurking, or that this is your first account, but I think it really is easier not to care here. All kidding aside, try it. You don’t have this whole upvote/award dopamine cycle here, and in many cases, anyone can see the number of downvotes a comment has vs upvotes - something that reddit long ago “fuzzed” along with actual vote counts.

For instance, the comment I’m replying to has 3 upvotes (one of them mine), and 1 downvote as of right now. This ratio may stay the same, but I wouldn’t be surprised if you got more downvotes, because your comment was a kind of dismissive reply to a comment that probably represents what a lot of folks who’ve been here a while feel, which also came from a user that is very active and generally well liked. I could not begin to tell you their upvote count (can’t even see my own) as a proof of their popularity, so I just have to go by what I observe in my day to day, and this place is still small enough that you see familiar usernames in a variety of communities.

This is still kind of a small town, and you may come to see this bug as a feature in time. I did.

Found a way!

I don’t even care if this is true, I just fucking love cats.

I want to pay. I want creators to be fairly compensated for their work. I just want a structure that doesn’t require a predatory middleman that adds no value.

The seas are truly splendid. I can only but pity the landlubbers.

I say this quite a bit. Whatever the opposite of buyer’s remorse is, that is how I feel about the Steam Deck. Hands down the best purchase I made last year, and that is continually affirmed.