Relative to the cost of everything else / inflation, games actually were pretty cheap. They had been $50/60 for nearly 30 years. Now we’re in the shitty time where it’s $70 for the base game, $30 for day 1 dlc, battlepasses, micro (really macro) transactions, etc.
If they’ve got a masters and 20 years of experience they’re either a genius or almost 50 years old. Children are already a huge commitment, being older makes it that much harder
Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, in his first remarks after being elected Wednesday afternoon, told Members of Congress that “Scripture” and “the Bible” are clear that they have been “ordained” by God.
YouTuber BOB_BestOfBugs, however, realized that there's nothing stopping you from putting a Netherstone into a container like a crate or a sack (crucial to the Shadowboxing speedrun tech) and then getting rid of that container. I was able to replicate the trick in my own game, but curiously I only got the game over on losing my...
Justice Brett Kavanaugh said Thursday that the Supreme Court is working on “concrete steps” to address ethics issues at the high court amid an array of recent news stories on justices’ travel and relationships with political donors....
The dude digs a hole and then grabs a bigger shovel
Some people just really love a company and will do anything to excuse their shortcomings
Starfield is poorly optimized and that’s really all there is to it. I’m sure in a few weeks modders will (once again) fix some obvious issues. Bethesda has no incentive to do the work themselves when the community will do it for free
I think this is mostly a US thing. Why use yearly salary? You’re not paid once a year, are you? Most likely once a month. Referencing monthly salary makes much more sense....
Need my current battery to go to shit, then I’ll upgrade. The only thing newer phones tend to get is incremental camera upgrades, so I’m not in a rush to drop another $600-1000+
Been seeing a lot about how the government passes shitty laws, lot of mass shootings and expensive asf health care. I come from a developing nation and we were always told how America is great and whatnot. Are all states is America bad ?
Last I checked, US had like 20% of the world’s prison population. Just absolutely insane, plus prison doesn’t exactly rehabilitate anyone, so people just end up back in it
Blizzard is reportedly asking Diablo 4 players if they're okay with $100 DLC (www.vg247.com)
Japan is on its own wavelength. (lemmy.world)
Reviews for Starfield on Steam drop to "Mixed" (www.aroged.com)
Target CEO says shoppers are pulling back, even on groceries (www.cnbc.com)
Target CEO Brian Cornell says shoppers are pulling back, even on groceries, as they feel stressed about their budgets....
How do poor people in the states give birth without money?
I’m Canadian. And I’m already sorry for asking an ignorant question....
Apple jacks prices to juice profits because $19.3B a quarter isn't enough (www.theregister.com)
'Scripture is very clear': New House Speaker tells Congress God has 'ordained' them (www.alternet.org)
Republican Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, in his first remarks after being elected Wednesday afternoon, told Members of Congress that “Scripture” and “the Bible” are clear that they have been “ordained” by God.
youtube getting more agressive blocking users after 3 videos (lemmy.world)
youtube getting more aggressive… i’ve got firefox and ublock but this shit is still coming up
US House passes bipartisan bill to avoid government shutdown (www.reuters.com)
The race for "Worst Dumpster Fire" is heating up. Everyone place your bets! (lemmy.ml)
PlayStation 5- how sre the visuals so good and games run so well on a machine with the equivalent of a GTX 2060? (midwest.social)
I simply don’t understand how Sony studios extract the visuals they achieve in their games from old hardware. It feels like tech sorcery.
US Sees Highest Ever Increase in Poverty (consortiumnews.com)
Many states are expanding their Medicaid programs to provide dental care to their poorest residents (apnews.com)
For months, Carlton Clemons endured crippling pain from a rotting wisdom tooth. He couldn’t sleep, barely ate and relied on painkillers to get by....
How the heck did we get here? Most best selling "cars" are now superzied pickups and SUVs. (www.caranddriver.com)
And I hate their blue-rich eye searing headlights to.
Found this antique prediction from around 2012. How did it pan out? (startrek.website)
Confused Automakers Braced for Strike at the Wrong Plants (theintercept.com)
You did it Mary! (lemmy.ml)
She also made $29,000,000 in 2022 for herself, cause she worked so hard and made so many cars herself. Ha
Sore throat, then congestion: Common Covid symptoms follow a pattern now, doctors say (www.nbcnews.com)
Doctors who treat Covid describe the ways the illness has gotten milder and shifted over time to mostly affect the upper respiratory tract....
Support your landlord! (lemmy.bleh.au)
All iPhone 15 Models Support DisplayPort for Up to 4K HDR Video Output to External Display (www.macrumors.com)
The EU has finally won this one! (feddit.de)
Unity adding a fee for devs for each time a game is installed, after certain thresholds (www.gamesindustry.biz)
[Spoilers] Baldur's Gate 3 has a secret, brutal game over scene for players who somehow overcome every safeguard to permanently lose a critical item (www.pcgamer.com)
YouTuber BOB_BestOfBugs, however, realized that there's nothing stopping you from putting a Netherstone into a container like a crate or a sack (crucial to the Shadowboxing speedrun tech) and then getting rid of that container. I was able to replicate the trick in my own game, but curiously I only got the game over on losing my...
Reddit repost bots are ruining Lemmy.
Brett Kavanaugh says justices are working on ‘concrete steps’ on ethics (www.cnn.com)
Justice Brett Kavanaugh said Thursday that the Supreme Court is working on “concrete steps” to address ethics issues at the high court amid an array of recent news stories on justices’ travel and relationships with political donors....
Todd Howard asked on-air why Bethesda didn't optimise Starfield for PC: 'We did [...] you may need to upgrade your PC' (www.pcgamer.com)
You heard him 4090 users, upgrade to a more powerful GPU.
What kind of asshole is buying this shit (2023 Wagoneer by Jeep). (www.jeep.com)
Starting at $61K, lol. Quite possibly the ugliest piece of shit I have seen in awhile.
What's with telling YEARLY salaries?
I think this is mostly a US thing. Why use yearly salary? You’re not paid once a year, are you? Most likely once a month. Referencing monthly salary makes much more sense....
EBAY Prices (i.imgur.com)
Why are so many things on Ebay even more expensive then what the item would be brand new from the store?...
Why are you on lemmy right now?
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What phone do you have, and what'll it take for you to upgrade to Pixel 8?
I have a Pixel 7 Pro, but for me it’s a few things....
I'd saw off my leg for my grocery store to start carrying something besides shitty IPA's and Budweiser (lemmy.ml)
[Andrew Struthers] Spiders On Drugs (www.youtube.com)
What is your "inexpensive" hobby that turned out to be expensive/ you gradually invested lots of money into?
Edit: so it turns out that every hobby can be expensive if you do it long enough....
Asus only cut the PC department in July, and now the commercial department is also going to be cut (Asus Zenfone 10 is their last phone) (finance.technews.tw)
Here is the English translation...
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‘Condensation Death' Is Breaking $550 AirPods Max and Driving Users Nuts (www.404media.co)
"Why im here" rule (lemmy.world)
Research funded by Big Neck Pain (lemmy.ca)
Is America Really That Bad?
Been seeing a lot about how the government passes shitty laws, lot of mass shootings and expensive asf health care. I come from a developing nation and we were always told how America is great and whatnot. Are all states is America bad ?