For once I would like to see the powerful people feel devastated
grrgyle
joined 2 years ago
What part of this is hot
Eh if the behaviour is changing then I think it's normal and good that the associated unit tests should also change.
Obviously you can get annoying with unit tests, but if they're tiny and fast, and trivial to update then I like them as a truth check that the behaviour is changing as I expect.
Well yeah, I suppose. But humanity isn't going to disappear in time to make a positive impact.
Humanity needs to be better. It's not going anywhere, though.
Yeah the scripted back and forth is not nearly as draining to the social battery. It's almost like when you're sitting quietly with someone enjoying three mute presence.
Not quite there, but like farther asking along that spectrum than say a conversation where actual information or promise to act is the goal.
Should the second be punished in some way because of that?
It's not a punishment. It's a correction, required to maintain a healthy market.
Your lemonade stand would be more like if there was a stand on every block: By virtue of the scale of their business they could afford to undercut any competition that tried to start up. If they did that they could be slapped on the wrist for being anti-competitive.
Is Valve/Steam anti-competitive? IDK. It's a monopoly, though, so you have to watch it extra carefully to ensure it doesn't abuse its position as a market leader.
lol I'm imagining a line item on all transactions like
Subtotal 13.21
Taxe 6.02
Platform fee 6.33
Yacht fee 10.00
***
Total $35.56 CAD
You're right that going public would virtually guarantee they enshittify, but staying private does not guarantee they remain customer focused. It's still a business, and right now the only thing making it so good for customers, IMHO, is an ideological vision that favours long term stability, and steady profits. That is not the norm in the business world (of tech platforms).
Yeah they were ahead of Steam there for a while.
I guess my parents didn't force me to eat, so I just had what they put out.
I thought that was the trans crab programming language