Wormwood. Pretty much banned everywhere now though.

But aligned with our field of view. We can see about twice as wide as we can see vertical. Which is why video moved away from square and 4:3. So now we are doing this, presumably so we can keep peripheral vision free to spot predators.

They bought it from totalwargaming. Impulse I think it was called. It was actually the most promising steam alternative at the time, and I had started to prefer to use it because it was fast, clean, functional and they had some DRM free options.

Then GameStop bought it, and turned it into a steaming shit pile in less than a year.

Was a long time ago though. Very early 2000s I would guess.

Fanta is probably the worst example I can think of for having a different recipe depending on where it is. So maybe whatever is wrong with Fanta is just where they live.

Sounds like you already have the alternative answer, now you just need the courage and the niche community to go with it.

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What’s maddening is even this pricing is about what it costs off the shelf in the UK on a private prescription, no insurance involved, and like a 10th of that through the NHS. Like they don’t even try to be consistent about it.

Uh. We have both of these. The home cupboard and the guest cupboard.

Also. Apple has alt app stores in other regions. Data transfer on Apple hasn’t needed iTunes for a long time, and it will read USB-c hard drives and keys. I don’t disagree with you that iOS is more locked down, just pointing out the gap keeps getting smaller. I have a Jolla pre order in, because I’m a fan of open hardware, but it will likely be my android phone that I drop in favour of it.

Just them. I wasn’t really arguing for or against subsidies though, just the absurdity of it being called out so often when Tesla et al got subsidised too. You can split hairs all you like on the nature of those subsidies, but they absolutely did get them. They also didn’t have to give up a share of the company to get them, unlike all the Chinese automakers, but again that’s another complex issue.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physical_Address_Extension

Not at release. It came later though for certain chipsets.

Nope. Buyer and sell side. Federal interest free loan, state business tax credits etc - they got 200 million pounds in grants in the UK alone. Buyer side was on top. Hell they lied about sales in Canada to try and claw in undeserved subsidies before the programme closed.

Always amused at the “Subsidised” cracks with the Chinese automakers like Tesla wasn’t subsidised up the wazoo. It’s like the only crime is passing on the saving. Not saying you are doing that here, but it’s odd it comes up so much.

Huh. See a police car around here and it’s “ey-up, they’ve found you.”

But I see you. Since kids I have found any phrase that is a song title (or key refrain) gets sung back to them just to be annoying too. Sometimes said track is immediately played in a vain attempt to not seem crazy.

I ran into something similar recently on a Debian NAS. It was something to do with the power management settings on the drive. Tweaked a couple of settings and the problem so far hasn’t arisen again 2+ months later.

Quest 3 was stunning at release for the price. They just can’t help but fuck about with things though. Barely use it now because of all the world’s shit cluttering it up. So fine jack up the prices. I’m just waiting on the Frame.

I preordered a Jolla. Chasing that “0.6 % Other” high.

Portugal runs a lot of technology/near-shore outsourcing for across Europe where English is still a common collaboration language, where Spain supports a lot of Tourists across the Eurozone, and generally supports those tourists in multiple languages.

I’d expect this contributes at least partially to the difference.

Maybe vasectomy clips count?

Steam Machines flopped because everyone with the badge thought it was a licence to print money and marked up mini PCs to the point where it made no sense to not buy a dedicatd gaming laptop instead.

We live in a very different world with 1080p capable mini-pcs abounds and SteamOS/Bazzite showing how a gaming OS should be.

I would love to see them sell the controller and mini PCs through hardware partners that get that this is an opportunity to shift units, not mark up, but I’m not optimistic, and if I save $200 by not having a little steam badge so be it.