There will be a cohort of people out there who have always been of the opinion “I would prefer an iPhone, but I want to sideload”
Now that android is becoming closed, the main reason they chose it is going away, and therefore they move to Apple.
Not a perspective I personally agree with, but I imagine it’s quite prevalent.
This being a potentially contributory factor to why he hung himself.
Framework?
Because that’s a good example of where you can see things getting more expensive, especially because Framework is modular so the price is very transparent.
Didn’t sound to me untrue, or even critical. It’s just the market right now.
There are lots of games I sit at the PC and play with a controller because I find those types of game more enjoyable with one.
Platformers, racing games, any third-person game - all better for me on controller.
First-person games, management sims, deckbuilders and a bunch of others however - all better with mouse and keyboard.
Reads like nonsense to me.
A large part of why the neo is cheap is because they took a phone/tablet SoC and put it in a laptop.
The iPad can’t pull the same trick.
Even if Apple could release a cheaper iPad I doubt they would want to, because it would steal sales from the more expensive iPad due to being able to do all the same things.
The neo was in no danger of doing that, because anyone who needs a macbook pro knows they need a pro, and the neo doesn’t compete in that space.
So we can also say indirectly that Steam Deck wouldn’t have happened without the horniness of Yoko Taro who created that android ass in the first place.
What a chain of causality that is
When visiting the US I noticed that many restaurant menus were omitting any trailing zeros, and in the years since I’ve started seeing it on some menus over here in the UK.
The reason for that is marketing, because ‘simplifying’ the number and making it shorter makes it seem psychologically less expensive.
It may be that this pattern of simplification is catching on in wider contexts - intentionally or otherwise.
The Matrix.
Not sure how that isn’t mentioned yet!
First movie was a masterpiece that became a classic, the rest were completely unnecessary.
When my brother showed The Matrix to his kid, she asked “Is there another one?” and he said “No.”
The first movie was a complete package that told a story well, and where it ended was the right place to end it all.
But of course, money.
Really tarnished my feelings about the first movie and I don’t think I could even watch it the same way anymore.
Also something that might not occur to Europeans (and didn’t to me when I first visited the US) is that different states each have their own tax laws and can set the tax rate independently.
Which contributes to why it’s usual to show price before tax.
I hate it personally, but that’s how it is.
Including the villains, with equally cheesy name-based gags.
“I see they don’t call you ‘blo’-feld for nothing ;)”
Break a bone Any %
How it is in your head vs how it be.
Kinda reminds me of Chuunibyou actually.
One day is a step to every day. IMO this comic does a pretty good job in the context of its time for showing that domestic labour falls disproportionately on women, and demonstrating that change can happen if you make it happen.
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I did say “historically”
The thing about stereotypes is they tend to persist for a long time, even after they are no longer true (if they even ever were)
Glasses are seen as a sign of intelligence because intelligence correlates with having a good education - and (especially historically) so does being able to afford glasses.
There’s always the option of quietly letting yourself out and posting the key through the letterbox*
*may not be an option in non-letterbox-having regions
This game was responsible for many awakenings
Then you are in a very niche market