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Cake day: June 11th, 2023

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  • This article should be Exhibit A in any class on “correlation does not imply causation.”

    1. Gambling was made more accessible in the US because of a SCOTUS case in 2018. Starting later that year, Delaware became the 2nd state to allow sports betting (after Nevada). The list of states allowing access to online sports betting keeps growing, with Missouri the latest to join less than 3 months ago. 39 states now have gambling in some form, with 7 more considering legislation in the next year or two.

    2. Gaming revenue took off in 2020-2021 because more people were spending all day at home. It has since flattened, or slightly declined as a) pandemic-era games that were written and designed in those tough circumstances turned out poorly. b) gaming company execs thought the gravy train would never end, so set projections too high. c) acquisitions and mergers due to a combination of a) and b) meant massive layoffs and low-effort slop. d) VCs bought up the shells of former successes and accelerated c). Oh look:

    A new report by Epyllion, a gaming industry advisory company headed by venture capitalist and market guru

    These two things have nothing to do with one another, besides coincidentally happening at roughly the same time.






    1. Already answered.
    2. Are you using a good quality new displayport cable, or the same old HDMI from your old monitor? 4k HDR needs a lot more data, and some cheap cables can’t handle it.
    3. 🤷 Change to colors to what feels right. Unless you’re a graphic professional, it’s more about preference than some perfect standard.
    4. Yeah. There’s a lot more pixels in a little more space. Each of them is smaller, and you may need to zoom on text-heavy apps that aren’t optimized for 4k.
    5. Lots of new monitors default to a power saving mode where brightness is capped. You’ll have to disable that to get the full brightness they advertise.