Fair enough.

“on a whim”

this is a good source for global information regarding energy subsidies

It seems much more conceivable that we’ll manage to develop a propulsion system or other kinetic system to get us up there cleanly and economically than the myriad of issues with building a space elevator. I also have issues with what kinds of failures a space elevator can experience and the kinds of fallout from…

Humans are not dumb. Of course, there are 7 billion people, so even a small percentage of folks on the low end can create a powerful confirmation bias. But the degree to which lifeforms consume information critically is proportional to the cost of not doing so, so this kind of low stakes disinformation is particularly…

ugh, nerds are the worst

I’m NP’ing this for the colour alone. I just want to look at it. It’s quite green.

but at a standard $60 price point, $24 million works out to around 400,000 copies

Okie doke.

The answer to a bad system is finding a way to make it better, even if only in an incremental way.

I think you’re missing the point that the reason these tactics are used is largely in part due to the behaviour of the readers saying “gotcha”.

It’s available to Nintendo Switch Online subscribers through July 12

How is that a lie? It’s free right now. It requires no money to play. It doesn’t say free to buy, which would be inaccurate, nor does it say free to play for a limited time, which would be accurate and contain the precision some people are losing their minds over. Maybe you could try not lying before you expect the…

your stupid long-form essay above on why “Mario Kingdom Battle is free on switch right now” technically means whatever the free market wants it to mean or whatever

They complain because the site is annoying sometimes and getting others to agree with you is cathartic sometimes.

The internet makes mobs. The economics of internet properties being ad driven require that content platforms funnel people together via “trending” and other content-surfacing strategies. By the time anything reaches the mob stage, the thing the mob formed for really doesn’t matter by then. Everyone’s there, everyone…

1) Make engaging content that people want to see.

The demand exists, thus the supply exists. Somebody will do it because you and I are here. There is revenue to be generated by furnishing ad supported content in an ad publisher friendly format - ie, revolving around generating page views. This is ... most of the internet, my good friend. If it bothers you so much,…

I dunno why people think this is some kind of “gotcha”. Do you think people working here get their food and rent for free? How do they pay for living? By earning a living. How does a website earn money to pay writers (even if poorly)? It shows ads. How does a website show ads? By generating page loads. How does a…

The reason everyone says this is a very good game is because it is a very good game.