USA operates the exact opposite of this. We use the government to do the big things that aren’t/won’t be profitable immediately to set things up for big business to rake in all the benefits later by building their businesses on that foundation. Of course, all those business owners “did it on their own,” neverminding the fact that the ground they walk on only exists because of everyone else.

Strong “Biggest Fan in the Oblivion Arena” vibes.

I’ve been using computers for well over 30 years. Teams is an unintuitive pile of shit.

I just want to say this is a masterful use of the format.

They also remember the before times, so they understand what was lost.

The best way to motivate is to build relationship and demonstrate a sense of excitement or at least show real-world connection to content. Relationship is the key, though. Students will care more about anything you say if they trust that you care about them.

We owe each other a lot.

What Utopia do you live in where the reason doesn’t end with “which means we won’t be able to line the pockets of our friends’ companies?”

Drive-through window clerk gets thanked a lot, too.

I’ve been using the patched Reddit Sync. Reddit is dead. I can’t put my finger on it, but the place has definitely changed.

Windows is actually right back where it used to be, to be honest. Getting pretty tired of the whole “ecosystem” tech philosophy.

A new house for my aging parents with no stairs.

I think those adventure games deserve the accolade considering they really were the pinnacle of the genre, and it hasn’t even really continued since then.

This is really all that needs to be said.

I 100% would have signed up for Reddit Premium and payed monthly for Sync access if they had allowed me to hand them the money. Oh well ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

I was on Reddit since just before the Digg migration and I still don’t know what karma even is not give two shits about it.

Only those that lack humility and/or fail to acknowledge privilege.

The slightest hint of financial superiority. Snobbery, if you will.

“That’ll be $3,267”

Not shown is the even bigger “Talking about Reddit on Lemmy” leviathan.