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The US has one of the worst ratios of representatives in their legislature per capita in the world, no less.

It’s still something I’d rather have than not; not having it makes for a less fluid experience.

Microsoft definitely did: https://www.zdnet.com/finance/blockchain/microsoft-is-shutting-down-its-azure-blockchain-service/

I wouldn’t be surprised if there were also serious internal discussions from some cryptocurrency booster within the ranks at Google as well.

And this is an example of the “AI as a continuation of the same grift as blockchain” pipeline, with exactly the same vague business wank with no substance behind it: https://www.aiunleashedglobalsummit.com/summit

A lot of companies investigated cryptocurrency obliquely; “blockchain” was the hype word for several years in tech. And several of those companies had a serious sunk-cost fallacy going when they perpetuated their blockchain projects, despite blockchain only at best being a case of Worse Is Better, where a solution that sucks, but exists can be better than a perfect option that doesn’t.

It’s also worth noting that the same VCs who backed cryptocurrency have pivoted to generative AI. It’s all part of the same grift, just with different clothes.

inb4 “hurting the feelings of the Chinese people”

He never ate his own balls like he said he would. Coward.

Sometimes, it’s about the perception of power, but these people tend to make the worst sorts of moderators. Sometimes, it’s about wanting to steer a community in a certain direction or to stabilise a community in the direction it’s already going in. As for me, I’ve gone through the first two, plus had a third path - I was effectively deputised as a moderator twice as a spam-catcher.

Strictly speaking, there are a few places where Imperial measurements diverge from US customary measurements; the sizes of a fluid ounce, pint and gallon are a few examples.

I’m inclined to think the Mega Drive port is actually more enjoyable than the arcade version, even if it gives up a bit in terms of graphics and sound. It’s definitely the version I prefer to play. It is always interesting, though, to see how widely Sega’s arcade games were ported in that era, even considering that they were console manufacturers themselves.

Well, yeah. They’re also partially responsible for the anti-choice movement in Ireland.

Actually used to be a member of a forum focusing on the Golden Sun games. I was very impressed with them back in the day; they felt like a prime SNES-era JRPG designed for the GBA. I especially liked how the Psynergy system was used for puzzles outside of combat; non-combat uses of magic is something I’ve considered to be lacking in JRPGs generally, so it was a nice curiosity.

My line is at the transition from 2d to 3d mostly.

Strictly speaking, the two co-existed long before 3D became the vogue on consoles; Revs is a proper racing simulator in 1984.

Considering that they didn’t introduce the CSS tools they promised for New Reddit way back when, consider me skeptical.

I’ve played Colossal Cave Adventure on an ICL 2900-series mainframe from the 1980s at The National Museum of Computing in Bletchley.

Most of the things Psygnosis did; the Wipeout series, G-Police and Colony Wars being the most obvious choices. Tomb Raider is another good one, as are the Tony Hawk games. X-COM: Enemy Unknown is meant to be a solid port of the classic turn-based tactics game. I’ve heard praise for the Twisted Metal games and Syphon Filter, but haven’t played them myself. While I know that old sports games are often considered anathema in the retrogaming sphere, Jonah Lomu Rugby is often considered one of the best games depicting rugby union ever made.