2. Litium

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People buy stuff for the image. Apple has cultivated a certain image with its branding that people are attracted to and buy their products because of it. I’ve heard it described as “People don’t buy what you make but what you are.” The image and brand of the company is often why people buy from them. Apple produces products for cool hip people, not the stuffy old guys in suits! You’re a cool person, right?

Something being expensive is often part of the image. People like to pretend they’re rich and the more expensive all their stuff is the more they can project that image. It can also be self validation. Owning expensive products can someone feel better about their lives.

We are currently clean on OPSEC

About that…

I did not have sexual relations with that cartridge!

glomps you

Gracias!

Hey Baby, schöner Arschbackenoberschenkelabtrennfalte!

Not having enough cash to eat food until your next payday is dystopian no matter how it’s done. I think this is more to hide the fact that Door Dash is charging way too much for their service. I’ve never used it but I’ve had friends quit using the app because of the realization that they’re paying $50 for McDonalds. Turning the checkout price into $12.50, that you’ll be paying four times over, reduces the sticker shock and avoids people getting a reality check.

c/PLASTT ?

Jesus quite literally loved prostitutes. It’s in the gospel.

Rust has become a very popular language for hobby projects but hasn’t gained lots of traction in professional development. It’s a joke to say finished Rust programs are like unicorns.

I watched this video essay by Benn Jordan on American Capitalism that suggests the ultra wealthy are trading their net worth for control. Companies don’t want to make more money, they want to have more control over your life. They’ll buy out every competing company and give out their products or services at a loss even if it means losing a billion dollars a year with no plan to turn a profit anytime soon. They do it with the goal of becoming the only company that provides something people rely on.

Musk’s net worth has dropped $100 billion but he now controls what government programs get funding and who gets government jobs. He traded his net worth for control.

The Tumblr Effect

The lead developers of Lemmy. They also develop the mobile Lemmy app Jerboa (personally, not my first choice).

Where’s the money, Lemeowski?

You don’t program in Rust because you want to finish a project.

Here in Canada, primary education is paid for by the province

Via property taxes.

$250 per day is $91,250 per year. What the hell are you buying??

Hoccine damnum?

The Wikipedia article on the yaoi hole is uhhh interesting.