4) Self-driving robot cars, funded by the momentum and potential of the human-powered service, effectively eliminate 3+ million transport jobs and allowing Lyft, Uber, and Google to ultimately realize their profitable dreams. The technology is similarly ported into public transportation for a better experience and…

I’ve been waiting for the Schreier breakdown of how this fell apart far more than the game itself.

Gotta disagree hard on this one. IMO Jagged Little Pill holds up as a top 10 90s album. It’s a viscerally angry album and Alanis is SO GOOD at getting her emotions across.

So you didnt read it

it is not a throwaway line. It is very much a huge focus of the essay. 

You realize subways are electric, right? You also realize one train can move HUNDREDS of people at once, right? Breakdowns are due to deferred maintenance, not because the concept is flawed.

You realize that subways are electric right?

The subway is electric and breaks all the time. Being electric doesn’t mean it’s reliable at all.

soooooooooo.... what has the near-Nonagenarian been up too in the last 10 years

Setting aside all my other concerns about streaming... I participated in the pilot of Project Stream, and I have to say that it was light years away from replacing a console.

I’m extremely dubious. I beta tested Project Stream, and while it was, strictly speaking, functional, it didn’t run especially well. The stream would frequently struggle, leading to muddy graphics or frame rate drops.

One Of Us...

So online required 24/7, no lending games, no used games, basically the original Xbox One Microsoft wanted to launch which then got shit on by everyone. Now the question is, will consumers shit on this, or eat it up even though they were against it years ago?

Anytime.. Anywhere... so long as you have a connection, that’s good enough, and you didn’t run out of data, and the service is also up and running, and it never closes down, or the content is never removed...

And just like that, the Stadia is going to be deader than a week-old corpse.

The Google+ of video games, and just in time for Google+ disappearing forever

I can guarantee you there’s loads of examples of people that lived how they wanted, eating whatever they wanted, and dying early. There’s probably also loads of examples of people trying to be healthy who end up living long lives. And there’s probably examples of loads of people trying to be healthy but dying early…

Take it several steps further. Offer 3000+ Free scholarships for black American students every year.

Apex Legends got ruined in two ways for me very quickly.

The world is actively a worse place because of these people.