I’m always vaguely jealous that I missed out on NES culture first time around.
In the UK, consoles weren’t really a big thing until the Megadrive and the SNES, and the NES seemed to be nowhere at all, at least where I grew up. A few people had Master Systems, but mostly it was Spectrums and C64s.
I’d see the NES in magazines occasionally, or in game ads in American comic books I got my hands on, and it always looked so cool.
In South Africa, we got the Famicom. I was young and not aware of any others until the Mega Drive. I don’t even remember the SNES. Arcades ruled. Until the Gameboy and PS1
Yeah, until about 1990… I’m not sure why, but I suspect it was because of the relative price of console games. It was a lot easier to swing 8 quid for a game than 30 quid for a NES game. Plus, there was an underlying delusion that parents were buying their kids a tool that could be used for learning if they bought a computer over a console.
Consoles were a niche thing that occupied a couple of pages in the multi-format magazines of the late 80s.
Good question; it doesn’t seem misleading to me. Here’s the relevant bit:
Willner is staying on in an “advisory role” but has asked Linkedin followers to “reach out” for related opportunities. The former OpenAI project lead states that the move comes after a decision to spend more time with his family.
That really depends on context. I use it at work all the time to say “got it” or “sounds good.” Basically, it’s an approval/acknowledgement of receipt, depending on context.
On social media though, it’ll be a sarcastic response.
So in this context, I would absolutely intend it as an approval/acknowledgment since it’s a business contract.
In the article, it details that the judge ruled this way because the guy had a history of accepting previous contracts with the other guy with short one word answers, so in that context, its valid.
It isn't the blanket ruling the headline makes you think it is.
Absolutely. I’m just saying that even without the context of the guy having done this multiple times, it still makes sense to see this as an approval.
I personally would never handle contracts this way, but if I sent someone a contract and they responded with that emoji, I would interpret it as an approval. If someone sent me a contract and I responded with that emoji, I would intend it as an approval. So even without the context of the guy’s previous contract approvals, I agree with the judge’s ruling.
The USA are really weird in that regard. On the one hand very progressive, but in regards to everything sexual they (as a country/culture) are completely prudish. Why, though? They also like to fuck. Why are they so childish that they can't look at a nipple or even - god forbid - genitals? And, even worse, why can't they even talk/write about it? One of the central things or any living being, and they treat it like a disease that needs to be purged.
Sure? I would at least extend that to Europe. The scandinavian countries, France, Spain, ... they are all quite open with nude presentations in media, from what I can tell.
On my first trip to the UK (from good old prudish US of A), I was surprised to have the TV station I was watching change to porn after 9pm. Mostly because it was right after some random sitcom and then bam nudity fires up.
I think it’s great and wished that the US wasn’t such a bunch of fearful cowards.
On my first trip to the UK (from good old prudish US of A), I was surprised to have the TV station I was watching change to porn after 9pm. Mostly because it was right after some random sitcom and then bam nudity fires up.
I think it’s great and wished that the US wasn’t such a bunch of fearful cowards.
Germany is an outlier even in Europe when it comes to FKK culture, etc. Parts of scandanavia are close. I used to lurk on r/askanamerican and there would be frequent questions along the lines of “why are americans so prudish” or alternately “why are americans so promiscuous?” The former question was always asked by a person from northern Europe, usually Germany. While the latter was usually asked by someone literally anywhere else on earth. Typically Asia.
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