Someone crunched the numbers and worked out this was cheaper than dealing with people wanting refunds of their DLC content when the main game was delisted.

I can’t speak to the Xbox stuff but for the most part I feel the Dawntrail launch has gone really well. Yes, there’s some bugs, that’s usually inevitable for a launch of this size, but the only game breaking one I’ve seen was Syrcus Tower which was fixed in under 24 hours without bringing the game down for maintenance.

But I don’t think there’s been anywhere near as many queuing issues as there was in Endwalker, and while I’m only just past the first dungeon in the MSQ the only issues I’ve seen (other than ST) have been cosmetic.

That’s fair enough too. Man has earned some rest! As long as that’s all it is, was worried maybe he’d gotten sick.

Might have just missed it. Is Martin Brundle just not on commentary this weekend or is there a reason he’s not there? Missed him on the grid walk today.

Oh, I missed them having to backpedal on that! That’s good news.

Halocene. They got noticed for their covers of a variety of songs but they’ve also got their own music as well. Here’s a couple of my favourites.

Hold Me Help Me

Maleficent

Devil Inside Me

They’re currently touring as well through Europe and back around the US later this year.

It feels like the screenshot is breathing.

Just finished watching a replay cause I wasn’t staying up for a 4am race start, but that was easily the best race of the season. There was actual racing, good overtaking, different strategies in play, and you genuinely weren’t sure who would win for a good portion of the race.

More races like that please.

As a temporary measure could you set up a second account with different communities blocked? So browse on your main with everything as you have it but if you want to dive into the politics communities, switch to your alt account?

Isn’t Safari WebKit which is different again? Or is that a chromium base as well? (I realise you can’t exactly choose Safari unless you have Apple stuff, but I thought it was its own thing).

They posted a completed save file on their website and instructions on where to save it on your PC to be able to use it. So it’s not your own cloud save, but it does give you a completed save.

O doggo under the sofa, what is your wisdom?

We’ve had a McDonalds getting dragged over the coals this week for using the chip warmers to dry a dirty mop head. The McMop has been doing the meme rounds as a result.

So if they were basically regurgitating Reddit already, does that mean they were using AI before it was cool? They might have just used the Amazon approach to AI (I.e., why use technology when we can throw a bunch of minimum workers at the problem).

I didn’t know Bluetooth cassettes were a thing, although if I think about it then of course they are. What’s the sound quality like?

Oh crap. I shouldn’t have said there was a meeting. Oh crap. I definitely shouldn’t have said it was a secret. Oh crap. I absolutely should not have said it was to reserve all our 2nm chip capacity.

Oh, it’s too hot today.

To be fair, with no data to back it up, this is just an anecdote. So saying it’s stereotyping ageist bullshit is a perfectly valid response to it. I just felt it fit the question quite well so I went and dug it up and shared it. If you feel differently, no stress!

The reality is going to be different to everyone, and it’s as much a learned behaviour as anything else. It’s not like collectively an entire generation got together and decided “it’s ‘no problem’ now instead of ‘you’re welcome’, okay?” Language evolves over time after all, and knowing why that happens and the actual causes for it are something that will require a lot more analysis than a couple of anecdotes from the internet.

Here’s a response I’ve seen about this around the net for a while now that feels right.

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"Actually, the “you’re welcome/no problem” issue is simply a linguistics misunderstanding. Older ppl tend to say “you’re welcome,” younger ppl tend to say “no problem.” This is because for older people the act of helping or assisting someone is seen as a task that is not expected of them, but is them doing extra, so it’s them saying, ‘I accept your thanks because I know I deserve it.”

“No problem, however, is used because younger people feel not only that helping or assisting someone is a given and expected but also that it should be stressed that your need for help was no burden to them (even if it was).”

“Basically, older people think help is a gift you give, younger people think help is a requirement.”

https://didyouknowfacts.com/why-young-people-say-no-problem-instead-of-youre-welcome-and-why-older-people-hate-it/

What’s even wilder is if you look at the code of that package, all it does is include the is-odd package and then return !is-odd. And the is-odd package isn’t much better, it does some basic checks on the input and then returns n % 2 === 1.

This cover of Gangnam Style is one I’ve always enjoyed.

https://youtu.be/uEHQpYwGIDI

Halocene’s cover of Unholy is pretty good as well.

https://youtu.be/GBEU9tE8X_E