“If you’re not paying for the product, then you are the product.”

The phrase has its uses, but shit like this is what happens when it’s taken to the extreme.

What’s the worst that could happen if we eradicate all the rats, flies, mosquitoes, and sparrows?

hunter2

Payment processors, if left on their own, would take any money from any person for any reason. This is more to do with a patchwork of laws that are trying to snuff out anything “adult” and will absolutely sweep up every party even remotely involved in the transaction.

They’re covering their own ass. It’s cowardice, not righteousness.

They were living in 2025 when they posted that in 2023. I don’t think the stats software is the biggest story here.

Absolutely essential for the full experience in a retro roguelike.

Usually repetitive and boring in 3D.

Have they even said ‘thank you’ once for not dropping a nuke?

Yep. “1” is 12:00am on 1-Jan-1900

Numbers less than zero just give a weird error. Between zero and less than one give a nonsense date-formatted non-date.

Mentioning both Taiwan and Tiananmen in one post?

Straight to jail.

It was when I grew up there. 80s-90s.

But what if number bigger?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VsZr5KGNGM

Which came first, the plant or the seed?

“We’re putting cameras in every room of your house, but we pinky promise to only ever look at the feed from the kitchen.”

What Microsoft says: We’re getting rid of Wordpad.
What Microsoft means: We’re getting rid of Notepad.

You could even give it some sort of rocket propulsion.

Between “port” “starboard” “right” and “left” only two of the words have the same number of letters.

Left = Port

For the once per year I have to think about this, that’s my mnemonic.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=--LTYRTKV_A

The ninth wind is the strongest.

Also: https://bsky.app/profile/downpuppy.bsky.social/post/3logfwx7o5k2i

The statute he uses for emergency tariffs specifically excludes information, films, & art - https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/50/1702