The problem is targeted ads allow for really good data reporting. It’s really easy to show your ad dollars went to x million views with 98% of the audience in at least one of your demographics, and you had a Y% click through rate and a Z% conversion rate. This can make it look like it’s really effective, but it’s hard to say that it wasn’t some other advertising that got them there and the targeted spend was wasted.

Advertisers know a lot of their spending is wasted, but knowing which parts are actually a waste is pretty difficult.

I think we need more of everything else (except Linux and Star Trek) rather than less politics.

In the sense that the US is a product of British colonialism then yes. Global communication wasn’t anywhere near robust until the empire was in decline.

Every major infrastructure project that involves tunneling or digging runs into massive cost overruns, so basing the number on a cost estimate is already fishy. 100x is probably overkill, but not absurdly so. US infrastructure averages 8-12x more than elsewhere in the world, and it’s getting worse. New York adding less than two miles of track to their subway still cost more than double the estimate. California is spending infinite money on a rail line that may never exist.

Would you rather spend $100 for a 5% chance of losing power for 4-8 hours per year, or spend $10,000 dollars for a .1% chance of losing power for a minimum of 2 days?

Shootas Blood and Teef. A 40k themed side scrolling shooter with very heavy stylized graphics. If you like 40k it’s a good insight in how orks see themselves. If you don’t like 40k it’s still a mechanically solid game and it doesn’t really have the same grimdarkness that is common in 40k games.

Companies don’t stop hiring, at least in tech. They can force out more expensive talent and hire in cheaper areas or get more junior talent. You could very well interview your potential replacement.

I think it should require some proof that there was mutual intent to prevent or end a pregnancy, but otherwise it seems reasonable.

Halo infinite is technically cross platform between steam and MS, but the integration sucks for managing friends on steam.

The actual rules aren’t too terrible, plenty of these garbage patents would be invalidated with any real scrutiny applied to them. The problem is that it’s often cheaper to pay the settlement than the legal bill to fight, which is a more widespread problem that the legal system is too expensive and slow to be accessible to the vast majority of people. There’s also a secondary issue that patent officers are too generous in granting patents, and reform would be great. The problem is they are overworked so they can’t properly evaluate and research applications, and are encouraged to be overly permissive in granting patents.

There are anti-slapp laws to help with this, but they aren’t always used appropriately.

That’s not actually a solid defense as “fictional” characters that are obviously someone that exists can still be ruled libel. A common informal defense is to give the fictional person a small penis. It doesn’t change anything legally, but it does require someone suing you to admit in court that they have a small penis.

He did that in the run up to fable too, but games media wasn’t very widespread then.

I don’t mind RNG, I mind games that rely on it over proper design. Xcom has tons of RNG, but it’s generally still possible to win most maps with proper strategy. Most roguelikes have this problem where any given run is impossible to win regardless of play.

I do appreciate the games that give you quit and quit to desktop in the same menu.

• Games that offer stealth as an option over combat, but have mandatory combat bosses.
• games that have excessive grinding as part of the main gameplay.
• Games where randomness is the primary factor in winning and losing.

AI chat bots are actually a useful workaround for shitty web uis now. When you don’t know which icon is hiding the thing you want, you can just ask the AI to do it for you.

Tastebuds do change as you age, so you will probably find a lot of things you didn’t like starting to taste better. Also being able to prepare things the way you like them is huge.

The difference between a garden or farm fresh tomato and the things in the grocery store are enormous.

Department of feeding and testing kids.