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Bronzebeard@lemmy.zipto
Privacy@programming.dev•Woman Hailed as Hero for Smashing Man's Meta Smart Glasses on Subway
2·18 hours agoDon’t need to with a high powered laser pointer…
Yeah, even in the US (who Europe makes fun of for not knowing history) we spent a ton of time on the triangle trade with Africa (which Europe was very much the creator of and active participant in).
Like the “we didn’t have a lot of racism here” when they were the powers enslaving the native populations to sell to their other colonies…is an insane thing to say.
History lessons don’t have to be that way, that’s just the way they’ve decided to present these topics to remove the horrible shit their countries did during them
TF2 completely abandoned their whole design philosophy to cater to the gambling crowd…
They made multiple design documentary videos on their whole “recognizable unique sillouette” class design. Then they created loot boxes…
A long time? It’s only been in full swing for like ~2 years now. That is not a long time for financial bubbles.
You have to log into steam to be able to launch any game you own on steam. As opposed to launching the game standalone.
This is the gateway you have to cross to access what you paid for.
That’s the management of digital rights, right there. It’s not complicated.
At a certain point, making some functionality only available to part of your audience is more costly than just allowing it for everyone. Also the PR would have been horrible.
Now, being sued into doing it at all somehow made everyone in this thread fawn over them…
And I have an anecdote that counters your anecdote. I’ve been refused a refund. It was at their discretion. Game crashing withing 10 minutes of playing every time isn’t always enough to get them to deign to give you your money back…
So, yes, it IS true. Them occasionally making a PR friendly move and going against their own policy doesn’t change that
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zipto
World News@lemmy.world•Water leak in the Louvre damages hundreds of works, museum saysEnglish
201·20 hours agoSounds like those artifacts were in better hands with the thieves…
… So those lessons on the many centuries of European colonization** included zero self reflection on the racism involved?
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zipto
Technology@lemmy.world•Earth needs more energy. Atlanta’s Super Soaker creator may have a solution.English
31·22 hours agoWe can cover the current population of EV used, but we couldn’t cover the full population of car users on evs. Which means we need to expand our power production.
And given that most people are likely charging at night when production decreases…
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zipto
Meta@lemdro.id•Meta planning massive cuts to Reality Labs metaverse divisionEnglish
142·22 hours agoI remember people shouting me down when I said this meta verse shit was stupid and going nowhere.
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zipto
Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Rename football in America, Trump says, because soccer owns that titleEnglish
1·1 day agoAnyone can call anything anything they want! Names mean fuck all
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zipto
Health - Resources and discussion for everything health-related@lemmy.world•How chiropractors became the backbone of MAHAEnglish
44·3 days agoMakes sense a fake field of medicine would be in full support of the rise of a fake medicine proponent.
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zipto
politics @lemmy.world•Trump admin removes MLK Day, Juneteenth from National Parks fee-free days
7·3 days agoArkansas had made Robert E Lee Day the same as MLK Day. He has zero connection to the date, it was just out of spite.
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zipto
Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Rename football in America, Trump says, because soccer owns that titleEnglish
81·3 days agoCanada has a team in the league. It counts.
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zipto
Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Rename football in America, Trump says, because soccer owns that titleEnglish
21·3 days agoHe wasn’t shot. His guard hip checked his head mid tackle. That’s why they had to get a second opinion from their favorite lying doctor before releasing the medical report.
Bronzebeard@lemmy.zipto
Politics@sh.itjust.works•A CDC panel has struck down universal newborn hepatitis B vaccinationEnglish
5·3 days agoNot really. They tend to be pretty amateurishly written.


She wanted to run for Senate, but PEDOnald refused to endorse her, so now she wants to burn it down on her way out.