In ye olde days software was obscenely expensive. That $74 is $260 inflation adjusted. Imagine losing your Word Perfect disks to an accident. That was a $2000 investment in today's dollars. Which means Zork II cost more than the latest Zelda. There was a reason people tied up phone lines for hours to get on the local BBS.
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Causing problems so they can offer the solution - Central Bank Cypto Currency (CBDC).
I bookmark subreddits and read them without logging in. Every time I feel the urge, I've got a hurdle to cross before I can type anything. Then it's immediately a "fuck it" moment and move on
Thank the good Lord, I get so bothered when I see a woman's ankles.
His name is Andy.
Mass adoption won't come easily. People treat social media just like broadcast and print mass media: they want to follow big names and brands. It's a change in mindset looking for niche communities instead. Look at Bluesky, it didn't really take off until big Twitter accounts moved and brought their minions with them.
It's all about the instance. For the Lemmy instance I chose I had to write a few sentences. For mastodon I had to provide a picture of my SubGenius pastor card. I intentionally picked ones that had requirements.
The D.U.M.B. conspiracy is a jolly good read as you browse the interweb. Evidently we have nuclear powered boring machines that just melt away the earth leaving glassy walls.
I sick of the red state garbage. Nearly every "red" state has "blue" cities. Stop blaming entire populations, age groups or other demographics. You're just falling for the divide and conquer message they want to use against everyone.
Sorry hon - you've hit your doll quota.
PDF gear is free (for now) and excellent
They purchase a huge amount of guns. You would think that they would have the ability to return the entire batch directly rather than resell them.