Instead of just sensationalization, it would be nice to have some scale for normal people not experienced in digging or tunneling... how deep do they normal dig to extract oil? What other things do we dig deeply for and how much (or less???) is this relative to that? Perhaps it’s implied, but this article doesn’t even…

They linked you to a specific pair of dirt cheap prescription glasses - they meant buy those and pop out the lenses because somebody made a mount sized for those basic round lenses. No need to do anything with your current glasses.

Remember Banjo Kazooie: Nuts and Bolts? 🥰

Is it too late to order seeds and start outside in the northeast? 

The “recycling” symbol on plastics doesn’t mean it’s recyclable :(

The article is pretty vague but I don’t think it’s referring to car share programs like that (Zip Car, etc) - I think it’s more or less a glorified month-to-month lease, albeit all inclusive (service, maybe fuel?). From an American perspective of “you need a car always”, of course a program like this is going to be…

With a scummy move like this (and more in the past it seems?), would we really put it past them for not putting a simple DRM protection in the app’s code to brick it if it can’t connect to their server? The fact that it’s a single player game that _shouldn't_ require internet connection is exactly the reason I would…

Yep, it’s very obviously maliciously intentional and frankly I think the article addresses the problem completely flipped: the #1 problem is the ongoing scam of in-game currency (that can be purchased with real money) and how it’s used to create these discrepancies that push people to spend more. And then waaaaay…

I don’t think it’s one of the bigger problems of OW2, but when the game deals in pseudo-currencies that can only be purchased or redeemed at even numbers and they intentionally do things to get users to end up with odd balances, thus pushing them to buy excess fake currency with real money, then it still very much is…

Wtf why wouldn’t they just give it away for free?! I get that perhaps there could be a technical reason they put something in the store (even if to track “purchase” metrics) instead of just giving it to everybody, but there should be no reason the system isn’t designed to allow free items.

You should read the article and find out 🙃

🙌 thank you! I swear I tried to get a custom ad adblock filter added to my browser but have up after having no luck with it - if I'm signed into Google all the time anyway, might as well disable this *ahem* feature...

I say if you don’t know a person well enough to get them a gift card to buy their own preferences, you maybe don’t need to be buying them a gift in the first place :P

Helps too that soymilk is also cheapest and arguably the best (imo ofc) nondairy milk because everything else is too watery.

Indeed, and all the more reason to continue publicizing it for the grossness that it is. The strategy is not new but it’s good that the latest numbers and parties involved are out there for us to judge and, who knows, maybe decrease its use and effectiveness ever so slightly over time.

But why?

It’s like being a pro-housing NIMBY (aka it’s not a thing). “Yeah we desperately need more and cheaper housing, but why don’t you build in that _other_ (read: poor) part of town, not near me...”

Gamestop sells used games too...

I think most concerns about PoIsOnOuS plants are needlessly exaggerated - this goes for indoor and outdoor. It’s especially absurd for outdoor plantings though, where some sources will advise against planting beneficial native plants because they’re poisonous to some animals.

Since fireplaces are infamously inefficient, it could be worth investing in a pellet stove insert which are incredibly efficient and still fairly sustainable being powered by an otherwise waste byproduct of the lumber industry.