+1 for the Fables comic series, entertaining and deep storytelling, they were great!

I switched to CubeTrek 2 years ago and have been generally happy with it. I sometimes miss the social aspects, but then I just text my friends and we ride bikes together anyway.

I assume they are all running for the public exit because they are losing money faster than they can raise it and don’t have any reliable business models to which they can transition in the near term. If they can’t become profitable, the next best thing is to go public while the hype is hot and to cash out ASAP.

That was WITH uBlock Origin enabled. I can only imagine what a hellscape that site is without it. But uBlock doesn’t block in-line images or inserts, and there were more of those than actual content of the article.

It makes about as much sense as growing a bunch of corn with heavy fertilization just to ferment it to ethanol. Which is to say, not at all.

Just an aside, that site (PC Gamer) is almost unreadable with the interstitial videos, popups, etc. I haven’t read anything there in a while, and I can’t say I’m eager to go back.

The only thing I bought after being advertised on a podcast was a Cleverhood jacket/poncho thing, and I have zero regrets, it’s a great rain jacket. But I had seen other people use them so it wasn’t a complete ad-based purchase.

Ooh, that is lovely, I like the dappled light. Thanks for sharing it!

Ecosia and Qwant are trying to change that, but it’s an uphill fight.

https://www.eu-searchperspective.com/

Ha, my first reaction to this title was “What, is the other half sailing the seven seas for shows?”

Considering that every Cybertruck ever produced has been recalled, it’s fair to point out that it has been a short, troubled history for this platform.

Also, 173 units is a devastating indictment, probably the wildest part of the article.

And you melt it down to form a sword that can reveal and vanquish serpent men.

If the reporting is accurate, your data is still sent to Google’s servers for processing. This doesn’t appear to improve privacy, it’s more like an extension of the user surveillance business model that Google has pursued in the past decade.

I’m loving the early 90s style. And I think I had my picture taken with that background at Olan Mills at some point.

I was in a small town in Maine that did that informally, there were a handful of shops and a ban at one store was applied everywhere. They all had signs warning about the policy. It was apparently very effective.

I had some okay experiences with Spirit, but they “rescheduled” a flight one time by 13 hours that was essentially a cancelation, and I swore never to use them again for any trip that mattered. Between “ceasing operations” and a taxpayer-funded half-billion dollar bail-out, I choose ceasing operations.

so if you shoplifted in a Nottingham Tesco’s, be prepared to be banned from Sainsbury’s in Swansea

This got a genuine chuckle from me, I love a bit of good writing in the wild!

Exactly right. Written for an audience of one—and not the judge. Essentially pseudo-legal bootlicking.

I’m still convinced these statements will age like milk.