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by blargey 4y ago
In the videogames industry, it’s fundamentally the same category of competition (or stifling thereof) as an acquisition. When Sony or Microsoft acquire game studios or publishers, both the goal and method is the same - giving their platform
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by blargey 4y ago
Legal slap fights aside, it’s interesting to hear about these “block fees” that target this specific subset of Microsoft’s platform. Since it isn’t involved in the big launch sales, and feels more common among smaller budget / indie g
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by blargey 4y ago
“You see, your honor, it would foster more competition if we owned the developers/publishers outright and decided their distribution platforms unilaterally, instead of having to price our distribution platform to compete with other com
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by blargey 4y ago
In more hackernewsian terms, $10 million sitting in an investment account will outearn most software developers. Their salary has a higher salary than you.
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by blargey 4y ago
The necessary assumption for “children owe me for raising them” is “I have no obligation to raise or nurture my children”.
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by blargey 4y ago
> You never have to transfer from an east-west train to a north-south train (or vice versa). Literally everything is on your route. You can accomplish that in 2D by making the train line a ring, like the Yamanote Line of Tokyo. That wa
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by blargey 4y ago
Keep in mind it’s tens of millions of dollars of recurring monthly revenue . While first month sales are inflated compared to the average, it would be just as notable if their monthly revenue were to fall below 8 digits in the months (or y
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by blargey 4y ago
It’s rude towards Twitter . This is not a conversation, it’s a box in a form. One of many copies of the same form they’re churning through. I don’t understand why a CS rep / moderator reviewing appeals would take it as a personal slig
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by blargey 4y ago
The only “loaded and oversimplified” rhetoric here is your refusal to consider even the simplest facts of the matter beyond “ opioid receptors are activated at all!” The only “doublethink” is how you claim not to be opposed to exercise in
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by blargey 4y ago
So how much endorphins are released by intense exercise, and how much are introduced by opioid abuse?