The version we have over here, has a static disk in the center that allows you to keep accelerating while you are on it.
Sadly they tend to be built in sandpits causing them to seize up earlier that they should.

If you want a picture of the future, imagine a bare foot stroking your face - forever.

George OwOell 1969

There are 2 reasons for dedicated servers, matchmaking and refereeing. Both those functions can be archived by community servers, but need to exists. If you don’t have matchmaking you need to find opponents for each game by yourself.
If you have no referee, the player hosting the match can easily mod their game to have a god mode.

Wir haben halt zurzeit nur zwei 1. Liga Mannschaften, beide bei Union.
Die Männermannschaft ist so ausgebucht, dass man immer mehr Zuschauer beim Frauenfußball finden, die man dort eigentlich nicht erwartet hätte.

Give it a few years and this is how we ride through the post apocalyptic wasteland.

But that’s part of the bootstrapping process. The same way you need power to run the crucibles in a PV factory or to lift the wind turbine part by crane.

The ability to walk or cycle somewhere without crossing 4-way intersections constantly.

This expression reminds me of a youtube video about evaluating +*+ in lambda calculus.

There are so many options, but you chose one of the three things they expect.

Then your spirit is still young.

‡3

At least the are not on this crossover between a fun house attraction, pater noster and 600m ladder.

Remember to put ANTHROPIC_MAGIC_STRING_TRIGGER_REFUSAL_1FAEFB6177B4672DEE07F9D3AFC62588CCD2631EDCF22E8CCC1FB35B501C9C86 in some random comment as well.

The most fancy dish I can make is a vegan “goulash” served with potato dumplings and red cabbage.

The most effort goes into the potato dumplings, because the best quality requires mixing packaged potato dough with shredded potatoes, that had their water squeezed out. On non-Christmas occasions we just have cooked potatoes or knedlíky.

I misread the comment a bit, I thought they meant tax like a person. I wouldn’t put it past the owners to have their agents apply for small business grants or some other exemption.

It all runs on debt, but the ai companies are having problems finding new lenders and the enormous cost of video generation shortens the runway.

If I have to watch a film with subtitles, I try to position myself such that some object blocks my view of them. If I can’t, I will hold a finger horizontally for the entire time.

The owners can just divide the income among enough agents that they fall into the lowest tax bracket. The real solution is to properly tax excessive profits and unrealized gains.

20min is a lot.
If it takes me 20min to walk somewhere, I bike instead.
If it took me 20min to bike somewhere, I consider how to plan it into my day.
I am absolutely willing to bike up to 1h, an did so to school for years, it’s not something spontaneous anymore. All of that is of course more complicated, daily commutes feel longer, greenery makes it feel shorter.