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Since everything is a car analogy...

A driverless vehicle doesn't require me to add a driver to reach a destination. A serverless solution doesn't require me to add a server to achieve the goal. Something is still driving the car, something is still serving the data. But it's out of my hands.

The tragedy of the commons is as pervasive as it is overlooked.

I disagree. I think that what college offers is more than an increase in salary. For hyperbole’s sake, you could use the argument of ‘my trust fund is already paying me more than your median graduate’s full-time job’ and most would roll their eyes at such a statement.

The friction coefficients in rain aren’t bad if you’re riding at posted speeds, outside of solid metal and painted lines. It’s riding right after it starts raining that you want to avoid - all of the oils which drip from vehicles get displaced by the initial deluge, and that is slippery stuff.

Why is this? Camcorders in the 80s weren’t weird. Home movies weren’t weird. Is it solely because the device has other primary functions? Because it’s not clear that if you’re pointing at something you’re likely recording?

I don’t remember being able to do this at school while in a classroom. So I guess that part is new. And likely a problem if that’s the only venue for required learning.

Because if you face the back of the boat the sides reverse. It’s similar to stage left. When you can’t afford to be confused, one name is better than a conflicting argument between your left and the boats left.

Indeed, and this is why they continue to downscale the number of people doing such tasks.

Guarana flavored soda is the original flavor of Bawls energy drink, based in the US. Pretty tasty.

The use of acronyms without definition is exhausting. A three letter one which has multiple uses all the more so.

Hearthstone has two main game ‘modes’. The constructed Magic: The Gathering is card packs, the battlegrounds auto-chess team building auto-battler is subscription (although arguably that doesn’t affect much). The other incentives are cosmetic, and there are other game modes which are more niche. The problem with Hearthstone is that because it has a swath of modes, and all those modes price differently, it looks like you have this perverse overlap when in reality it’s pretty disparate.

The engine and rules are the same, but the track is different. You change enough things you get a different game - you don’t change enough, and people get bored. I’d compare F1 to NASCAR. Building a new track isn’t cheap. The rules change every season making the cars require redesigns and try to use the available rules to eke out their own advantages. Part of the fun of hearthstone is its deck building, and if the available card pool never changes or updates in large ways, that aspect of the game dies.

I don’t mind paying for content on a monthly basis when it keeps the game fresh. To each their own though. I feel like Hearthstone for example is reasonably priced for what you get.