It’s the Kroger kids isn’t it?

POE2 looks lackluster at best. One class, no acts, econ reset.

Mark Klein showed us this was true years ago.

Tried calling a new Indian place in town and they wanted a credit card to book a reservation. Didn’t end up going.

There are extended security options for win10. Might be worth it to consider kicking the can a bit farther down the road. https://0patch.com/

Entrenched companies often want more regulation to prevent startup competition. Pulling the ladder up behind them.

BadLuckMax also snagged several pieces of ill-gotten Mythic gear, including the unfortunately named Rushed Beta Launchers boots which, being leather (and thus useless on a Paladin) feels like a brutal jab at Blizzard.

Is this a retail thing where Paladins can only wear plate or is the author not familiar with the mechanic? Plenty of paladins taking cloth/leather/mail in OG and Classic.

In your experience, what large organization restricts this? I’ve worked at a few SaaS companies and a FAANG that always gave us full install rights and browser choice. Granted we are on the software side, but I haven’t experienced this at all.

Why the dichotomy between the chrome listing on the store then?

Their new cookie is a miss too, just tastes meh. Not worth the calories.

Between the food court quality going down, constant vendor harassment, and app enshitification, we are reconsidering our renewal in May.

How many gloves are in there?

Problems exist, but there’s never been a safer time to be a homosapien on Earth. A book called Abundance helped me gain a little perspective in these gloomy days.

It varies by org but yes verticals are usually product silos that serve certain types of customers or needs.

I read it as people with family history in Japan, but living in Brazil and wanting to move to Japan.

Have you read A City on Mars yet? I’d recommend it!

People are very fervent about space travel as humanity’s ‘destiny’ or last hope, which i agreed with until the book convinced me otherwise. You’re correct, we are basically infants coming out of the cradle and expecting to run (space) when we should be learning to walk (Earth).

Ultra Processed People by Chris Van Tulleken is a great read on the topic of UPF and tackles several of the claims in this thread such as is this just cico in disguise, and UPF as a health tax on the poor. I’d recommend it!

The phrase is champing at the bit. I was 35 years old before I learned that, so thought I’d pass it on. Thanks for posting!

Just like our grandparents, check engine light can turn on if you cut the wire…

120%

Did you try any mods that remove some of the limiter features? For example I played with encumbrance set to zero and all vendors with gold to sell you. Both were huge QoL improvements.