It’s just not really practical. It’s also a very situational advantage, but you have to carry the extra weight all the time.

Soldiers are better off just practicing reloading.

Well, if nobody contributes and nobody wants to work even to sustain themselves we’ll be back to prehistoric times in no time.

You’re allowed to live. But you’ll always have to do some form of work to sustain yourself. Whether that be hunting animals, farming, or working a day job, not having to put in any work is usually only for rich people. So you’ll have to at least contribute enough so it’s worth it to keep you around. Carry your own weight.

The rich got lucky. They navigate society in a different way. Either they got money through family, or because they worked hard and earned it.

That’s not 98% of humanity though.

So earning a living is perfectly fine for me. Being taken advantage of is not, but overall my job is fair for the workload.

But you’re not entitled to anything. Just like the rabbits in the wood will have to work for their food, the wolves have to work, the cow must eat his grass and move to a new field once the field is empty. You’re alive, that is given to you. The rest you’ll have to work for.

I don’t believe it is worth it. You’re much better off keeping your data off the Internet in the first place.

The problem is, if you employ a service like that:

• It is a cost that returns every month.

• What happens with your data? You have to give your data to the company so they know what to remove. Can you imagine what happens if they are hacked? Would they even tell their customers? Or just keep quite? They have everything you don’t want the Internet to know in one location, not only for you, but a lot of users. It’s a target, for sure.

For me, it’s not worth it. I keep minimal info out in public. I don’t have social media. If I Google myself, I find nothing. So why would I pay for a service that I don’t need?

Can you even see what data a service like that removes? And how often?

Now, if you know your data is on the Internet and it’s being used you may consider it. But it’s probably to late already. The people using your data already have it, and may sell it to their scamming buddies too. There’s not much a company can do about that.

Right. Consoles can’t be sold at a loss and stores never sell things at a loss at a sale because they make it back with other products that are sold at the same time…

It is very possible that if not enough people buy the subscription they will be at a loss.

However, I understand it from a business standpoint.

Cars are usually good quality now. They will probably last 15 years or more. Which means manufacturers are their own competition now. Not to mention that China is making some pretty cheap and impressive cars too.

So how does a brand keep existing? Extracting more value out of the customers they have. And hope that this minor thing isn’t enough to make them buy a different car. Or hope other brands do the same thing so it doesn’t matter.

I think on expensive brand cars, the buyers usually can afford a subscription. Odds are they also have a strong preference for a brand so they are not very likely to switch.

So for a Mercedes, Audi, Bentley, BMW etc I understand why they think they can get away with it.

I just hate it with a passion and will never ever go with it unless I literally don’t have a choice. My car, I paid for it. Want me to pay extra to build an extra option? Fine, but it is a one time fee of the cost of building that option on the car. If it does not require anything that is a returning cost to the seller, I am not paying a returning fee.

Vote with your wallet and the bullshit will eventually disappear.

Only half? You must be feeling kind today.

Anyone want to bet that there are inventions that are great but would cost some people serious money and that’s why we’re not seeing them?

It really depends on the team. For example, some guy left at work, and others got hired.

The guy that left was social and could be left alone without any issues. A reliable and trustworthy collegue. One other collegue remained, also capable and reliable.

The two next hires: one is slow and incapable. Just simply should not work in this position at all. I often end up having to fix his mess.

The second one: incredibly narcistic. Nothing is every his fault. He always knows better, is always praising himself and showing off what he did. Problem is, he thinks he’s special, but he’s basically beginner level. Making lots of little and bigger mistakes everywhere, but never adresses it or changes how he does things.

Not stupid , but if it does not go his way he claims it is stupid and makes a lot of noise about. If he was capable of adapting, he could be good. Now he cannot be left alone either.

So, the first group, sure I loved to work with them.

The group as it is now? I’d rather work alone. I have to do almost everything myself anyway. The two new ones are just like walking in the mud, only slowing me down and never changing.

So it really, really depends on the group.

I don’t follow pro sport at all. Only the formula 1, and only through articles on news sites.

I just don’t care. It’s not affecting my life.

I also find it hard to stay fan of a team, when the players constantly switch to other clubs. If the people are constantly changing, how can a club stand for anything?

This week players are all about how this club is their favourite, next week they get a transfer and suddenly that club is a better fit. …

I know this guy, did judo for at least 20 years. Stopped doing that, but kept doing the bodyweight training every other day. Push ups etc.

He’s now 70. I hope I can be as fit and strong as he is by that age. He still does his exercises every other day, and he still works in the garden etc.

So, what I do is even if I don’t go to the gym anymore, I try to do bodyweight stuff every other day or so. Push ups, belly exercises, squats, pull ups on something. Yes, the gym is more intense, but if I can keep this up for the rest of my life the gains will be there.

I also try to be careful about what I eat, and I’m failing hard at that. I do walk a lot though, I have an active job and also a dog.

So they protect your data by preventing you from acces to it. Makes sense…Oh wait it makes absolutely no sense at all.

Sucks though. Are you going to buy a new license? Because the game is nice, but I would not want to give assholes like that more money.

I have a pretty good amount of tools. I think I’ve made every single one back by now. I’ve done multiple renovations, lots of repair work, build some furniture, did a lot of flooring and also did my front and back yard including fences with it.

I think if I hired a contractor to do what I did myself it would have been faster, but at least three times the cost. There are still some things I cannot do myself or am legally not allowed to work on, but the rest I will definitely do by myself.

Troll post. Not falling for it. Bye.

Last week I canceled HBO. They increased prices and if I did not want that, I’d have to watch ads. I’m not watching ads. And they did not provide enough value to increase the price. Vote with your wallet. I certainly do.

The moment people start asking and demanding for one the value is lost in my opinion.

The Nobel prize should be something that is given to you for your efforts to better the world. Not something they give you because you want it.

Screw it, play one. If you don’t like that, don’t bother with the rest. If you do like it, play the others and connect the dots. What is there to lose?

This is exactly the kind of bs AI would generated. The picture probably is AI generated.

That, or somebody decided to get some inspiration from Escher and build it in RL.

Well, it is to be expected that police and military forces will be used to control the people. Essentially becoming a police state. This is the only way Trump will be able to keep control after his term ends.

He is already using the law to go after people that crossed him, that will just get worse.

Have you ever heard the name of the disorder of fear of long words?

SPOILER ALERT: it’s not a short word…

The problem obviously being that it is not the browser they want you too use, so they create “a problem”.

I think once you start doing calorie counting, you’re so focused on what you eat that you just start eating less anyway. Doesn’t have to be accurate, just close enough.