You didn’t read my 2nd link huh

That’s not how the average was calculated, see the article I linked. And people can absolutely have a fun time without getting on an airplane. A weekend road trip or camping trip, visiting a zoo, hopping on a train - plenty of fun and affordable options that cover most of the US without flying or dropping two stacks and threatening yourself with homelessness just to have an experience that can wait until you’re more established.

Hell, my favorite vaca was completely free - I strapped a tent (free from Buy Nothing) to my bicycle (same) and rode a trail to a river front campsite that was also free (thanks, boy scouts) and sat by the water relaxing for a few nights. All I had to buy was food.

I did some more digging. 52% of Americans have flown in the past year, including 60% of 18-24 year olds. 70-75% of those flights were for leisure travel. (https://www.airlines.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/03/A4A-Air-Travel-Survey-Key-Findings-18Mar2025.pdf) So I’m still confused - I hear all the time from young people that they can’t afford necessities, that they’re one paycheck away from being homeless, that they’ll never own a home - but they’re able to drop an average of $2k/year on vacations? (https://www.chime.com/blog/average-cost-of-a-vacation/) Make it make sense. Seven years of vacations would be the a down-payment on the median home price. I didn’t take a vacation until my mid 30s because I was trying to ensure that my money went to life stability, so it’s just kind of a head scratcher to me that people are so loose with their money while knowing that it could very easily make them homeless.

I’m kind of blown away that 88% of Americans have flown on an airplane. If everyone is so broke, how are they affording to fly? And people just don’t care about the environmental impact? I’ve never flown, and I can’t imagine I ever will.

Automation is kind of the key point here

That’s a yikes from me dawg.

I’ll give it a shot but I don’t have wild expectations. Really I’m just bummed that they canned FFXI mobile and touted this as a replacement.

I think it’s interesting that Microsoft is leaning into Windows on Xbox devices. It lends credibility to the rumor that the next Xbox console will run Steam natively.

What’s a computer?

No. 34 million current gamepass subscribers. 40% of Xbox gamers are from US, so roughly 13.6 million subs in the US. There’s 131 million US households, thus 1 in 10.

40% of Xbox gamers are from the US. The US has 132 million households. That means that roughly 1 in 10 US households currently has a Gamepass sub. Hope that puts it into perspective.

PS Plus is closer to Xbox Live than Xbox Gamepass. Xbox Live had 40-50 million subs at the time in 2020.

Presently Xbox Live has 120 million users vs 33 million PS Plus Essentials subscribers. Gamepass has 34 million subs vs 14 million higher-tier PS Plus subs. Even if we drop Nintendo into the mix, Gamepass has an equal number of subs to Nintendo Online members. Seems like they’re doing just fine.

They hit 10 million subs 5 years ago. Not sure what your definition of “lots” is…

Amazing how I’ve been hearing the same thing since the service released 8 years ago. Will it eventually get shitty? Probably. But in the meantime it’s a phenomenal value.

Interesting, I didn’t realize that Google Suite enterprise options had become so robust.

How are you handling compliance/legal obligations like DLP policies on your email and cloud storage, legal holds and investigations, data tagging, and retention policies? I’m under the impression that only Microsoft offers those in a single product.

There’s really no competitor for large orgs with robust technology needs.

I only like open world games when I can really immerse myself into roleplaying. Oblivion and FFXI (if that counts) were perfect for this style of playing. Most open world games just don’t hit the mark, unfortunately, and I’d rather play a linear game that feels like reading a good book.

I am indeed still without power

Pittsburgh. (Only open link if you have an ad blocker, our local news websites are garbage.) https://www.wtae.com/article/pittsburgh-pennsylvania-storm-damage-restoration/64642751