I doubt it. The bots amplified natural human tendencies by automating bad behavior at a vast scale, but all of that stuff was already there before the bots hit the scene. Maybe they’ve accelerated the decline, but they definitely didn’t cause it.

Mario and Luigi’s lesser known cousin, Pagliacci.

Whoa, you’re friends with Elon Musk’s kid??

10^9 Joules is roughly the chemical energy of a full tank of gasoline. The mass-energy of the car (or even just gas itself) would be many, many orders of magnitude higher.

Not to mention the toxic incentives it creates when the vendor is the only one allowed to repair the thing they sold you. If they get a paycheck every time they repair the thing they build, then obviously they’re gonna build that thing to break.

In the very top right of the browser window, there should be a little ‘X’ button. That’s the one you wanna click.

No, he means Sonic the Hedgehog. Duh.

Also, what “nicer stuff”? It’s practically impossible to find anything on Amazon anymore that isn’t cheap, disposable garbage. Amazon sellers have been in a race to the bottom to deliver the lowest price for more than a decade, and the result is that everything on Amazon is crap.

Projection is a hell of a drug, dude…

Right? Did AI right this title? Jesus…

Docker enshitification coming in 3… 2… 1…

Oh, we all understand. We’re just lamenting that the Internet has changed so much for the worse.

encourage innovation in the banking and financial system

What “innovation” do we need in the banking system?

It grows on teets!

For anyone else who is as curious as I was: https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/butterflies-parasitic-wasps-finland

Kinda wild that Halo didn’t make the cut… I guess it was only PC shooters?

The other cats.

“Then he said, ‘I’m going to be very honest, we have been testing the game with players and the results are too good. They like it too much. That means something is wrong; we have to change something.’ And he changed stuff in the script and the way some crucial stuff [happens] in the game because he thought his work was not polarizing and not triggering enough emotions.”

Is he saying people thought the script was too good? Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed the first game… but never in a million years would I say that the script was good. Apparently Kojima is so allergic to good writing that he uses positive feedback as an excuse to self-sabotage.

No, Mother! It’s just the northern lights!

…no