To be fair, those automated air pumps require upkeep (e.g. compressors fail after awhile and aren’t always super cheap to replace when factoring the cost of the part and labor to fix). So that’s what your money was paying for, not the air itself. But, I agree it is a bit ridiculous.

As a side note, I highly recommend those portable air compressors that can plug into your car’s aux port. Super convenient in the winter time when your tires’ air pressure drops.

Can try installing the dotnet files under the same prefix that your app is installed under? I know I had to do that to get Clarity working for Dragon Quest X on my Deck.

Assuming this is real, I don’t see how this is legal? There’s no way Tesla would win in court under any sane judge. If they bought the car outright and fully own it (i.e. didn’t lease it from Tesla), then that is the car owner’s property. The manufacturer can’t, effectively, sabotage your property without consequence. I truly hope this is not real, and if it is, they bring this to court ASAP and get precedent to squash this type of insanity right off the bat. If Tesla gets away with this bullshit–again, if it’s real–then other companies will very likely begin following suit.

Oh, well, that’s a different situation from the one I interpreted here, I guess. Yeah, unreasonably rude customers of any kind are awful.

But…why? I never faulted people asking for any sort of discount when I worked retail. Why blame them for simply asking if there was a way to get something cheaper? I couldn’t give a fuck if corporate was making less money while my fellow citizen saved some cash.

I’d say it’s part incompetence, part intentional sabotage. He truly is a fucking moron, but he also hates the US.

Rather, it isn’t sustainable at its current pricing model. It takes the average studio team 3-5 years to make 1 AAA game.

Microsoft’s internal studios (excluding the ones they just bought over the last 4-5 years) have made Halo Infinite and… Hmm… Is the Forza studio considered OG first-party? I’ll just lump them in as well, since they’ve been associated with MS for awhile. So 2 major games in the last ~8 years. Then you have the major studios they just bought: Bethesda and Blizzard/Activision. Bethesda has released 2 major AAA games in the last 5 years while under MS ownership (I think Doom Eternal came out before the purchase). Blizzard has done 1 and Activision has done 1 CoD game.

So MS paid $7.5b for Zenimax/Bethesda and $68.7b for Blizz/Activision, for a whopping total of $76.2b. Starfield sold around 3m copies, Diablo 4 has generated around $1b in revenue since release (chose revenue since it’s a live service game and that includes copies sold), and Black Ops 6 has sold… I’m not sure, a quick search doesn’t show any hard numbers, just Xbox propaganda that it “was the biggest release in franchise history.” (I say propaganda bc many of their larger shareholders weren’t super pleased with how much it cost to purchase Activision, so of course they wanted to spin it as being a smart investment).

And it costs MS a lot of money to license some of the bigger games to come to GamePass.

I just don’t see it being sustainable without cost increases. And if the cost goes up, they’ll turn off customers. And we’ve already seen that their cheaper, indie studios aren’t safe from being axed despite releasing successful hits.

We definitely play on the XSX as a family a lot more than the PS5 that’s collecting dust upstairs. Its smaller form factor makes it much easier to use as a gaming console in our main living area. But yeah, GamePass is a crazy good deal if you know how to use the conversion trick (buy GamePass core for like 2 years for $80-100 from key reseller, then convert it to Ultimate on MS site at a 2:3 ratio or whatever).

That being said, everyone knows GamePass isn’t sustainable long-term. Microsoft truly is killing their gaming division with such short-sighted planning.

I don’t think states have the ability to wage a war like they did in the 1800s. The federal government has centralized so much power since then. Back then, all you needed were muskets and cannons and bodies. Nowadays, it’s a completely different battlefield. And guess who has ultimate authority over every State’s national guard? The DoD. I would hope that the commanders of those national guard units would pledge loyalty to the Constitution and their States before whatever the fuck this regime is, but Trump and his lackeys have been actively pushing out all commanders that aren’t loyalists.

and hits health at every stage from extraction to disposal

I know this part is likely referring to the plastic itself, but due to the headline summary, it sounds like a super industrial, dystopic way of describing human birth and death.

Ahh yeah, I can vaguely see that now with my screen turned up higher. You’re most likely correct.

On the top left ad, I think the URL ends with “.mi”, which is the domain suffix for Malawi. Hard for me to tell with complete certainty, though.

I’ve met plenty of very athletic, strict diet people who snore. Tons of variables are to be considered as to what causes it.

To the OP’s question: It depends. Again, lots of variables. If they have any concerns, they should talk to a doctor and not rely solely on answers from the Internet when it comes to medical questions.

I, too, can’t handle 30FPS on many games. Fortunately, there are still lots of recent games that can hit ~45FPS, which–while not great-- makes it much more bearable. And if it’s too poor of performance, I will often just stream from my desktop while in bed or on the couch. But again, I primarily use it for less demanding games to begin with (e.g. I’ve been playing a lot of Dragon Quest X on it recently).

I’m not saying it’s worth it for everyone, but if the choice is between its closest competitors and the Deck, I think the Deck offers more value for the money spent.

100%, this. Not even most of the P2025 ghouls really support Trump’s absurd obsession with tariffs. But it’s the only real weapon he has to threaten countries with that don’t bow down to him. It’s why I’m surprised the billionaires-- I mean Congress–haven’t taken away this toy from him yet, since a fucked US economy will hurt their bottomline eventually.

Microsoft should be charged with criminal negligence. This is the same level of idiocy as them using China-based engineers to support their government contracts.

Have heard it struggles with the current games.

Truly depends on the game.

But yeah, there are quite a few AAA/higher graphical fidelity games I just won’t bother, even if it’s technically playable at a "smooth’ 30FPS. Like Kingdom Come 2 ran pretty decently on it, surprisingly, but damn did it really make the game look pretty rough.

I expect there’ll be a new Steam Deck in the next year or two.

But, honestly, I still use my Deck a shit ton, especially at work. It’s hands down the best portable emulator machine and there are tons of indie games that run great on it. It also works great as a small laptop in desktop mode. I use it almost daily at work.

Wondered if this was actually real since I saw the post and realized what community it was posted under, haha:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/bus-ticket-20-squats/

Mostly true

In Cluj-Napoca, Romania, a so-called “health ticket” was introduced that allowed individuals to use public transportation for free by completing 20 squats. However, the organizers only implemented it in one city for a limited time. As of this writing, it’s unknown if the program will resume at a future date.

It’s too bad it was only kind of a social experiment vs a real government-sponsored health campaign that was still ongoing. I think it’s a pretty great idea. However, I can also see it getting some negative backlash if the government funded it since those with certain disabilities wouldn’t be able to utilize it. I think it’d be easy enough to incorporate a variety of healthy exercises that are more accessible to get around that aspect, though.

Tidal is owned by Square (the mobile payment app/company), and I think Jack Dorsey (Twitter founder) owns that. So, probably safe to say it’s already pretty corporate.

It’s about damn time, there were times I’d just go watch the trailer on YouTube instead when it would be glitching out.

Now if they could just fix the UI when navigating screen caps in full screen on Steam Deck, that’d be great.