Just to move away from the article, I want to make a comment about the car itself.
Over the 2010s, the SUVs were really at the point where they all looked like totally generic boring blobs. Just an shape. Souless and dull. All the same. You’d really struggle to pick a stand out one out of a line up of Vauxhall, Citroen, Ford, Kia, Hyundai, VW etc. There of course was some brands like Porsche, BMW and Audi which were different, but they were genuine evolutions of an already pretty timeless and classic look.
Then Ford and Hyundai came to the table with some absolutely great striking and honestly futuristic designs to kick off their EV range a couple of years ago with the 2020 F-series and Tucsons respectively and by extension the IONIQ ranges. Not to mention the absolute beauty of the Rivian.
And now everyone is doing the same. Rather than look to find an individual and unique design language, everyone copies the pioneer (most times). With the rare exception of the marques who have the confidence to go their own way (a-la BMW, Porsche, Volvo).
Anyway, there’s my totally off topic 2p on the matter.
But yeah, dude had no standing on which to bring suit. That doesn’t mean reddit won anything, it means the guy behind WSB is a douche which everyone already knew.
Sigh. People need to educate themselves on radiation. Its not overly complex and it’s actually really interesting. There’s no threat here, bananas are more dangerous.
Did not expect India to be the one to push back on the predatory behavior of micro transactions. Having lived in India for a long time, I’m not sure how much of it is greed but still a positive outcome I guess!
I think the comment implies it might not be for traditional gaming but rather mainstream gambling and apps like candy crush? Feel free to correct me if I’m wrong.
These days? Buying tomatoes which have become super-expensive in India (prices are almost 10x the usual). Fuel (petrol, diesel, and cooking gas) are also very expensive. India is facing runaway inflation coupled with high unemployment.
I hope you know the small population of people doing this are considered scum by the rest of India and even if you meant it as a joke it sucks to categorize a country filled with many kinds of people as scammers.
This is frankly fantastic news. You just need to classify gacha as gambling and you’re done. This is probably way easier than to legally define what a gacha game is.
I just watched folding ideas video essay about the metaverse (focused on one company, but I think many of the points would hold up for any metaverse thing)… And I think there’s an important point - the metaverse is (so far) ill defined, but the “prototypes” I’ve seen are basically 3d chat rooms (that existed in the 90s) and sort of Second Life style services. Which, just… only appeal to a very small group of people apparently. VR tech still isn’t there, and I’m starting to think it might be awhile (we must be on v3 of a big launch by now, right?).
reuters.com
Hot