It has been a long time, about 20 years. That being said, jumping $20 in price overnight is bound to cause some fervor.

I also think that Mario kart world will probably justify the price, but Nintendo puts out a lot of junk that won’t.

Yeah, that thing is going to be around for a year and then just vanish, much like the kinect or eye toy.

The only think I’m salty about is the pricing and move away from physical games.

I think the console, game sharing, games and more all look great.

Definitely, and that’s why hard/strict laws or rules can be dangerous. Much like the famous “I know it when I see it” judgment on obscenity.

The biggest issue with this line of thinking is, how do you prove it’s CP without a victim. I suppose at a certain threshold it becomes obvious, but that can be a very blurry line (there was a famous case where a porn star had to be flown to a court case to prove the video wasn’t CP, but can’t find the link right now).

So your left with a crime that was committed with no victim and no proof, which can be really easy to abuse.

Edit: This is the case I was thinking of - https://nypost.com/2010/04/24/a-trial-star-is-porn/

Oh yeah, definitely.

There are a couple of benefits to credit cards (in the US at least).

• Protection: If some steals my credit card info, I can fight the charges with the credit card company (and am not out any money while sorting it out) . With debit cards the money is gone and you’re fighting to get it back.
• Rewards: most offer good cash back or point rewards. It means I save 2-3% on average compared to using a debit card
• Persk: Many cards will add coverage for car rentals or discounts just for using them for the purchase.

If you pay off the card each month you get all of those persk at zero cost. While technically credit card companies charge stores 2-3% for each swipe, in the US at least there is no price difference for the customer for cash/debit/credit.

Edit/TLDR: In the US it’s cheaper and safer to use a credit card (if you can pay the balance every month).

Refactoring a code base is kinda like general maintenance for the application. Over time deprecated features, temp fixes, etc. start to be a lot of the code base. By cleaning things up you can make it more maintainable, efficient, etc.

That being said, for systems this large you usually fix up parts of it and iterate over time. Trying to do the whole code base is hard cause it’s like replacing the engine while the car is in motion.

I’ve been to that museum. It is extremely bizzare with a bunch of real penises from all sorts of animals (and people) floating in jars. The facts on all the plaques are kinda fun, but many of the penises are in questionable state.

Also the museum was started by someone who was randomly gifted a whip made from a bulls penis. That kicked off a weird fascination and he started both collecting and being gifted more and more until he figured they might as well open a museum.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icelandic_Phallological_Museum

Make a fake account and just post random things so the government doesn’t think your lame when they check your social media.

Third prong, looking constantly for new information. Yeah, most of these sites may be basically static, but it’s probably cheaper and easier to just constantly recrawl things.

I always thought that was about compatibility. Was there another actual reason?

Can’t wait to find out it was just a guy in a suit.

Working in the field I think there is two things AI will make an impact on:

• Going after low skill white collar work (basically further automation of semi-skilled labor)
• Being an excuse to undercut high-skill white collar labor wages.

However, I suspect we’ll get a lot of the issues we saw with “outsourcing” where the end result is businesses pursuing cheaper outputs without concern for quality.

Thanks for jumping in on this. I just think OP has heard DRM bad and not thought about what DRM means. Once youre asking for a service that does everything for you, DRM doesn’t really play a role.

I could see an arguement for open playlist formats or something so you could move your account history around, but there is a limit to how useful or practical that would even be.

I mean I understand and support DRM free media, but I literally don’t understand what OP is asking for. If they don’t want to own/manage the music, then what part would be DRM free?

How would you define a DRM-free online service? If you aren’t managing your own files, why would DRM free matter?

You want them to do that regardless of the how the country keeps track of individuals. The point of all that asking is to make sure they have the right patient for the right procedure.

You don’t want to have something amputated or removed unless you have to.

I think the core takeaway is your shouldn’t outsource core capabilities. If the code is that critical to your bottomline, pay for quality (which usually means no contractors - local or not).

If you outsource to other developers or AI it means most likely they will care less and/or someone else can just as easily come along and do it too.

Maybe below what investors or OpenAI thinks, but I think I’d take it. Unless they’ve got more secrets up their sleeve I don’t seem them ever being worth that much.