I really don't think it's the devs driving these decisions...

...which implies the existence of integer women, real women, complex women, imaginary women, rational & irrational women.

And I'd bet "real bills" are only bills that the parent deems worthy

mortgage, car payment, etc. I'm guessing teacher pays rent, utilities, pays for groceries...

I think he didn't really get that "Picard gets a neurological link to the Borg" == "not good"...

Anybody want a peanut?

Elon has stated his distaste for Apple, and seems to be taking it out on its users. Who are notoriously, well...dedicated. Oh, and there are viable alternatives to Xitter, both federated and not.

What I'm trying to say is that I'm sure I'm just too stupid to see how this is a Big Brain move here...

...unless it's an N64 controller, and you just got blueshell'd in Mario Kart/Oddjob'd in GoldenEye, in which case that's perfectly normal behavior

and is nothing more than a figurehead

Fine by me.

Come November, I will not be voting for an old guy named Biden. I will be voting for the Biden administration, an administration that rejoined the Paris climate accords, has made progress wrt medical debt, has seen decreasing levels of uninsured Americans, and made progress on myriad other issues. Because the alternative is...well, you know.

I am not voting for my ideal candidate, or my ideal administration, but that's because 1) I'm not an accelerationist, and 2) I'm smart enough to know how this works given our deeply flawed voting system.

I'm not sure you can really have it both ways

the only alternatives for someone who doesn't want Trump but won't vote for Biden that I see are accelerationism, or complete and utter naivety...which is functionally equivalent to accelerationism.

Maybe a dumb take, but I think milking customers for all they're worth is much better option than what HP is seemingly doing

which is milking them for all they're worth this quarter.

Like, there are companies with a cult like following (Valve comes to mind) and while they could probably increase profit for a quarter or two, they seem to be playing the long game fairly well. Which is ultimately better for everyone

they get more money over your lifetime, and you get a product that you're happy with.

Please be direct and stop beating around the Bush.

It's not the paying taxes that's annoying, it's what we get in return that hurts.

Why should I have to pay bus or subway fare? Why is the only reason I have fantastic healthcare because I am gainfully employed?

I assumed it was housing.