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An inconvenience fee, for pissing off your fellow lemmings.

I have never been able to read a book on a computer. It just feels completely unnatural, even though I read a ton of articles, forum posts, manuals, etc. on my phone or computer. Not a peasant because they could historically usually not read let alone afford a book, but I do love actual physical books.

Sopuli.xyz is run from Finland, so probably yes.

I didn't care one wit. I did look up who made it to the semis as I was curious if any non-Europen clubs managed to progress that far.

That being said, the prize money will keep enticing clubs to come. The second it runs out, the party is over. But hey, at least Infantino managed to line his pockets.

The report found that illegal downloads and streams can actually boost legal sales of games, according to the report.

This is the real kicker and something that has been observed many times over the years. It makes sense too. If something is really good, people want to support it and will look for ways to support the creators. It's basically free advertising. People who can't afford it aren't going to support it anyway whether they pirate something or not.

I actually enjoyed that movie. I went in with zero expectations though, so that probably helped.

The EU is slow moving. That can be detrimental to techhnological arms races sometimes, but the stability it provides also has a lot of benefits. Currently they are consulting start-ups in a bid to streamline innovation and incentivize venture capital. Germany is now actively trying to make business administration easier. So the necessary steps are being taken, but it will take time to implement as is the wont of the EU and its member states.

All change starts with talk, but I do think that European politicians see the acute need for a new innovation framework that is tailored to the times. Even when that framework is in place it will take several more years to visibly notice results. But then the EU per definition looks at the long game, so it's not a bad thing per se.

It's Boeing though...

Do you live in Burghley house or something like that?

Selective hearing probably

Almost? It absofuckinglutely did.

In other words: people are finding out the hard way what experts have been saying all along. Almost as if the experts might know a thing or two about what they're talking about.