no proof, but it can be attributed to a kind of addiction and dopamine association.

it is not that you start hating the average food, but your mind misses that dopamine hit the good food carries. think of it like a withdrawal like effect where your body is now conditioned and has a “higher bar” for things.

my very eager mother just served us nine

rip pizzas

I think he already got pay-to-search and AI-infiltrated subreddits.

He’s just trying new combos.

portable swamp cooler. it leaked and makes your carpet a swamp and maybe cooler. also luggable.

roller-type kitchen knife sharpener. the finer edge sharpener actually dulls the knife more.

tile tracker. it was so big, I didn’t lose it. I also hate the concept because it works like insurance does.

yes. but to so as not cause miscommunication problems, maybe keep it to close people who are in the know of what you mean.

and it gets more fun if there’s an alert for an impending amber alert

this amber alert alert is brought to you by alerts-r-us!

…

this amber alert is brought to you by alerts-r-us!

screenfetch?

Finally some news about the first human trial.

The part about them not issuing regular progress reports since day 1 (a month or so ago) is, how these doctors put it, concerning.

Apart from that, I think jumping from monkeys to human experiments when the success rate is low feels either rush work or some high person in charge decided to go all-or-nothing.

this could be its own twilight zone episode

fuck

whoever put that "reject all"s are mandatory should be getting praised.

it would suck to individually reject those 797 “partners”.

the hard drive portion feels more expected because there’s moving parts in there.

with SSDs and USB sticks it’s more chanced because we can’t see the insides before buying.

maybe it’s time for a clear/neon- plastic comeback but this time with usb sticks?

Data recovery firm CBL reports that memory chips in the most recent microSD cards and USB sticks are perhaps the most unreliable.

Homer: “the most unreliable so far”

Thank you very much! These answers are very insightful.

I think these points brought the point home on why some of their decisions seem absurd for me:

ads are common in mobile games and mobile games are trying to sell to people already playing mobile games

Once they’ve peaked, they’ve “served their purpose” in the companies eyes.

On top of that, by the time the game comes out, people likely won’t remember the ad, and they very likely won’t remember it was a bait.

mobile player pool is gargantuan

the market research aspect makes sense. but why go the roundabout way of surveying? isn’t it counterproductive to lose users this way?

i thought they finally caught on with the blood sacrifices~

yes. kinda sucks.

I believe there was a couple of attempts that tried to complain but got dismissed because the defense mentioned the complainant didn’t read the TOS.

When you click “buy” or “purchase” on a video on Amazon Prime, you’re not actually coming into ownership of that movie of TV show. Instead, you’re merely paying for a limited license for “on-demand viewing over an indefinite period of time", as warned in the very small print on the company’s website.

– GamesRadar

they can get away apparently because of this very small print.

yarr-har-fiddle-dee-dee/ if you love to sail the seeries of tubes

oh. anyways.

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you have a good point with “use” as a differentiator.

this is similar to buying non-potable water vs potable, with pretty much the potable water being more expensive.

I think it’s within reasonable bounds because the extra cost comes from the added iodine or the minute minerals in maldon to add the extra taste.