Not for me. I’ve found a clever way to avoid these ads.

Yeah, but then it kept working, so I kept windows 7 installed.

Democracy belongs to those who show up…

it’s probably the interaction with (intelligent, educated, creative, talented) people

Heh, yeah I bet there are some of those people on the socials.

Why use social media though?

Ok, now I see what’s going on. You’re a bot or a troll.

This is a thread over two weeks old, nobody is reading this thread… You just posted this response less than an hour ago and it already has a lot of upvotes, more than all the posts nested above it (which have been there for two weeks).

Nobody is reading this, so there’s basically only one way to get any response that strong that quickly (negative or positive). A network of accounts supporting some posts and suppressing others.

And then you have to field uncomfortable questions with your kids when they ask about whether piracy is stealing. Or worse, the judgment from other parents when your kid brags to all his friends about having all the games and they don’t even pay for them.

Aren’t we at like… 4?

Is not a lie, that’s just what I remember. I remember messing around with computers, doing whatever I wanted with them, but that was back in high school when we’d just hang out at the mall; I haven’t been to an apple store in a long time.

What’s really weird is to make such a big thing about this. Why get all passive aggressive? I mean look, even when you’re sure someone is wrong about something, that doesn’t mean they’re maliciously lying, it just means they’re wrong… You can tell them that.

Policy may have changed…

I’m pretty sure there were flying mounts even before Skyrim. Hell, go all the way back to joust.

I’m a bit curious too. My theory is that it may have come down to licensing and trademark issue. Since the game used actual car brands and their logos and such, they may have had some agreement over their usage and perhaps the period of that agreement ended. It’s worth noting that the game was available from several different stores, and it became unavailable everywhere as far as I know.

Well that’s certainly good news! And I admit I wasn’t aware of that announcement.

No, you need to install them as well. It’ll work as long as it’s installed, but after they’re delisted, I don’t think steam can even distribute them.

I know I have at least one game “grid: race driver” that was delisted from steam, at some point I must have uninstalled it, and now I can’t download it, it doesn’t even show up in my library. I’ve been trying like hell to find a way to play it, but even pirated versions are being difficult.

Edit: judging from comments and downvotes, apparently this is rare? But it does definitely happen, I’m not making this example up. And I don’t know how you could predict whether a game will just be unavailable for purchase or totally disappear…

Oh, Musk is way too powerful and totally nuts, he’s gone off the deep end. Also he’s gone full asshole, there’s hardly anything redeemable about him these days.

That said, I’d drive any car that was given to me for free, and I won’t pretend otherwise.

Also, despite Musk, Tesla has done amazing things for the auto industry, I’m extremely pleased to see this shift to EVs across the board.

That’s impressive, or should I say scary? 150w is a lot of heat to dissipate… I hope those aren’t laptop chips…

Capitalism does not breed innovation, it steals it.

That does make me wonder though, which countries do breed the most innovation?

What’s the startup capitol of the world? How does one set of national policies stack up against another when it comes to the number of patents or successful businesses per Capita?

As much as the sentiment of your statement feels right, I wonder if the numbers back it up, or if it’s more truthiness than truth?

And to be clear, I’m really not trying to throw shade here, I’m actually curious, questioning my own preconceptions.

Ok, so let’s say you’re a performer and from time to time people yell something at you while you’re on stage. Given the context, let’s divide all comments into two categories.

1. Commentary on your performance. These could be statements like “wwooooooo!”, “you suck!”, “I love you!”, “get off the stage!” or “play free bird”.

2. Other bullshit. This includes any comments not about your music or the performance currently in progress. Basically anything off topic or not covered by category 1.

If someone yelled “do you support genocide?”, what category would you put that in?

Now once you’ve answered that question, I want you to remember that your answer doesn’t actually matter at all either way. Because in the end, a performer on stage is never obligated to respond to anything yelled at them from the floor.

But you’re right I guess, “political issue” was the wrong way to frame it. I should have said “other bullshit” (as laid out above).

It was both. It was a rhetorical question, which are technically questions while being functionally statements.

It’s worth noting though, arguing this semantic point doesn’t change anything or win any argument, it’s just pedantic.

No actually, I don’t like Thom Yorke. My problem was with a dumb comment trying to sound logical by throwing fancy words around.

If you want to use Occam’s razor in this situation, (a pretty inappropriate situation, because who can truly know what others are thinking or feeling) then I’ll show you how that works…

Occam’s razor: He walked off because he was in a bad mood and didn’t really feel like playing that show in the first place. The crowd comment seemed like a good enough excuse to walk off. That is probably the simplest solution.