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Re:The Board Game of the Alpha Nerds (2014) on Friday September 25, 2026 @04:19AM (#49841662)
This was a fantastic read. Loved it. I will never play the game but i loved reading about it.
Re:Transit rewards (Waymo pays you to take the train) on Wednesday September 23, 2026 @04:49AM (#49813305)
No Absolutely not. I have had enough to do with them to believe this lie. They are broken people that are ruled by the drugs they are taking. they can be manageable when they have had their dose, but their entire life and existence is ruled by the need to find drugs for the next shot. And believe me. When they feel that withdrawal they do not give a flying F about you or your rights. They need that drug. People should not be forced to be around junkies
Froze my Brave browser on Windows for about 10 seconds. Every page turned white. then they refreshed and worked again, except the offending page. As the author speculated that tab was frozen.
Re:What do Visa and Mastercard do? An intro to card networks on Thursday September 10, 2026 @08:49AM (#49642910)
"What if there's no electricity!!!" "What if there's no roads!!!"

What if's can be used to kill a conversation or discussion because they are impossible to argue. "If there's no Electricity i'll just use my diesel generator to power the store. WhAt if YoU ForgoTT to FueL IT?!". There is no discussion to be had because one side is not interested in it.

What you should be asking is What is plausible. IS it plausible that you buy a phone that doesn't support the app? No, there's two OS's for mobile phones. They will have an app you can pay with.

IS it plausible you forgot your phone or it got stolen? Yes. But you are just as likely to have your wallet stolen. So its not really applicable.

"How are you allowed to function if the app is missing?" Is an illogical question. The apps already exists in several countries and works flawlessly.

Re:What do Visa and Mastercard do? An intro to card networks on Thursday September 10, 2026 @04:48AM (#49640490)
Visa and Mastercard are legacy companies providing a service that is outdated in the modern world. China generally doesn't use Credit cards because when they "Modernized" there was new technology and infrastructure so you didn't need a nosey middel-man to handle the transaction. Instead they use apps. Scandinavia is hopefully moving away from these card-providers soon. They have the bankaxept system that works flawlessly in their area and have started introducing Apps for payments and microtransactions. For some reason some of the apps require a debit-card, but i hope they will drop that requirement soon.

I just hope these leeches on society will sone go bankrupt.

Re:iPhone Duo on Thursday September 10, 2026 @04:37AM (#49640388)
I see apple keeps copying Microsoft. Can't they come up with any original ideas of their own?
Re:Fine, I'll build my own text editor on Wednesday September 02, 2026 @04:09AM (#49533289)
Oh God Not another text editor. I swear that text editors are to computer engineers what trains are to mechanical engineers. Or Satisfactory to Systems Engineers
Many people do not understand this concept!
Re:More German than many Germans on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @06:50AM (#49166800)
The thing about Germany and most European countries is that they are that way because of the native population. So unfortunately for MR. Mert Bulan, the more people like him that moves there the less it will feel like Germany, and it will feel more like "home"
Re:That time when I failed the Microsoft interview on Tuesday August 04, 2026 @06:13AM (#49166490)
"One mouthfull at a time"
Re:Earthion: A New Mega Drive-Style Shoot-Em-Up on Wednesday May 27, 2026 @02:16AM (#48290355)
Theres a lot of reasons. One is that their CEO is an unhinged ass. If you complain about something or return a defective product the ban you from buying form them ever again. And that they are basically scalpers. the "Limited" in theire name is an outright lie as they usually print a lot more copies of "rare single run games" and then sell them on ebay for an extra profit.

just your general allround asshole business. You can find more detail information on youtube

Re:Earthion: A New Mega Drive-Style Shoot-Em-Up on Tuesday May 26, 2026 @07:42AM (#48278372)
"Physical editions of Earthion are coming to North America! Pre-order the Standard or Collector’s Editions at Limited Run Games"

Yikes. Seems like i'm not getting a physical copy then. I'm not giving any money to LRG. Which is a shame because it looks like a cool game.