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[–] [email protected] 13 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Not a lot of need for the app. But it's horse crap they're ALSO removing Bluetooth.

As someone who owns a bunch of their products I'm bummed that it's another company to not buy from anymore. It's like every good product gets ruined by a greedy CEO

[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 weeks ago

It will lol. Just got an apple tv for my new tv instead of Google cause on my Google TV devices I have shit like Burger King ads.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago

From Wikipedia: Link The Argand lamp had a sleeve-shaped wick mounted so that air can pass both through the center of the wick and also around the outside of the wick before being drawn into a cylindrical chimney which steadies the flame and improves the flow of air. Early models used ground glass which was sometimes tinted around the wick.

An Argand lamp used whale oil, seal oil, colza, olive oil[2] or other vegetable oil as fuel which was supplied by a gravity feed from a reservoir mounted above the burner.

A disadvantage of the original Argand arrangement was that the oil reservoir needed to be above the level of the burner because the heavy, sticky vegetable oil would not rise far up the wick. This made the lamps top heavy and cast a shadow in one direction away from the lamp's flame. The Carcel lamp of 1800, which used a clockwork pump to allow the reservoir to sit beneath the burner, and Franchot's spring-driven Moderator lamp of 1836 avoided these problems.

The same principle was also used for cooking and boiling water due to its 'affording much the strongest heat without smoke'.[3]

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago

It's still accepting a shitty situation because it is what it is. While it might show empathy or at least understanding of the situation, it still is just accepting it that way without digging into it further, or trying to change it.

That line is usually the end of the topic. "Yeah, us working folks sure get fucked over, but it is what it is". Doesn't continue the thought or conversation. It terminates it

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago

They're the 3rd largest video game company and the current highest valued company (by market cap, so yeah not a perfect metric) in the world.

They became that big of a video game company by using their ridiculous amount of money to buy up a bunch of other game companies, reducing the competition but hoarding the IP. While they might not be the "only" company in town I think it is safe to say that they're doing the most buying and consolidating

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Monopolies suck.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 3 months ago (1 children)

That was my take too. "We're spread too thin".... Then why the fuck did you buy up all these companies? Sure sounds like they just gobbled up all the good IP to hoard like a dragon on its pile of gold. Or to make sure those IPs don't make it to Sony exclusives, wish the FTC would hang them by the balls since they've basically done opposite of what they promised during the mergers.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago (1 children)

So confused... Is this a new timeline?

[–] [email protected] 21 points 3 months ago

Good reminder. Was happy I got to update mine. And for folks saying "future buyers should know about this bullshit", leave the original content, just update the rating and add some commentary.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

Looking forward to the lawsuits on this going forward.

Not really sure how you've bought a car if they can paywall physical features. otherwise folks should ask for pay for hauling /storing "tesla's" extra batteries around

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 months ago (1 children)

EDF is awesome. Maybe some folks will hop over to the starship trooper games. They're also a blast.

But mostly I don't think we'll see that big a dip realistically.

Let's be honest, most folks who play this aren't in the discord, Lemmy, or subreddit. They'll login and see the thing, sign up for a PSN and play.

But maybe, just maybe enough folks will review bomb or request refunds to get Sony to backtrack

 

I am so, so excited. I've talked so much with my friends before how awesome it would be to have an ATLA style anime of Cradle, I really hope this is awesome.

Love this series, literally led me to read every book Will Wight's written.

 

Will Wight's cradle series is one of my all time favorites. It got me to then binge read every other book the man has written.

The best part of this Kickstarter (IMO) is while reading his books the first time I just kept thinking how AMAZING the series would be as an animation and even talked with my friends about how we really wanted something like ATLA for this series.

But if I'm honest, if that show or movie was made by the normal folks who always seem to destroy my favorite pieces of literature when adapting them to film, I'd be sad. So I'm really glad that this is being done straight by the author.

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