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Brewchin

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Linux users: People have problems with web(p|m)? Huh, TIL.

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An important question, usually conspicuous by their absence with confirmation bias-related posts. But in this case, the source is provided. You can check for yourself and let us know, if you have a Xitter account to see the replies.

Unless Elmo’s added yet another layer of enshittification. It’s hard to keep up.

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“This is illegal!”

Bung in the post

“This is legal… for a fee!”

If the punishment is a fine, it is targeted at those who can’t afford the brib—I mean fee.

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I mean… what kind of person tells another that they’re having fun the wrong way? 🤷🏻‍♂️

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Great video. (For those unaware, the video’s title is just copying the one used by a UK newspaper when the game was released).

Parallax was one of my favourite C64 games, and Sensible Soccer and Cannon Fodder were my favourite Amiga 500 games. Just amazing.

Growing up outside the UK, I was completely unaware of the Daily Star’s manufactroversy and the RBL’s IP-related histrionics.

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Was just chatting about them recently with a a mate who lives in London. I’ve long held that PFI has almost universally sucked - over and over again - but Reading Buses are an (the?) exception.

Listed off their initiatives, features and service and his mind was blown. Even with the changes north of the river to routes 22-24, it’s still really good. It’s a low bar, sure, but RB are doing something right.

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The whole full circle thing aside, I’m delighted we’re still able to do this 🖕🏻 with the current protocols.

My choices > your shareholders.

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As someone once said about director’s cuts with films: they’re a double-dip scam.

If the cinema and home media releases were the same, they’re just trying to make you buy the same thing twice by pretending that this is what the director really wanted it to be. The distributor really likes your credit card.

Having said that, Taylor Swift has something like 28 versions of the same album out and her stans are going crazy for it, treating them like they’re Pokemon.

Whatever floats your boat. 🤷‍♂️ Don’t let this old dude yuck your yum.

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Same with me on the water. I grew up Australia.

Since moving to the UK, I’m still trying to get used to medieval bollocks. Gimme analogies, because Stones used to be 1 Stone of wheat was a different weight to 1 Stone of, say, actual stones. Mental.

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I definitely admire the integrity and the effort.

But, economically speaking, you get what you incentivise for: if you can game the system and get the click/eyeball ratio, then they’re going to do that.

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