They’ve continually devalued Sunday ticket as a product. I’m surprised Google isn’t more pissed about it, as they paid a fuck load for the rights to be the exclusive seller.
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ryathal@sh.itjust.worksto
A Boring Dystopia@lemmy.world•Gambling becomes America’s favorite pastime as Americans spend more on sports bets than movies, arts, museums, and music combined
2·3 days agoA lot of the problem is lack of regulation and enforcement. These apps play fast and loose with self exclusion and identifying problem gamblers, with no real consequences. They also tend to ban or heavily limit anyone who wins big. There’s also been a few stories of sports books canceling bets as obvious errors to avoid large payouts.
It would be a lot better if regulation more closely aligned with that of alcohol.
ryathal@sh.itjust.worksto
Technology@lemmy.world•Game Pass Was Supposed To Save Xbox – Instead, It’s Killing the CompanyEnglish
3·4 days agoGamepass never made sense to me as a product. Games make most their sales money in the first few months, but MS gave them away as day 1 additions. Games are heavily monetized with dlc, but a rotating catalog makes buying any less desirable since you could lose access unless you bought the game as well. The subscription seemed to push sales at you, but that’s a turn off for consumers. The used game market was still a thing, a 6 month subscription is less value than spending the same on a handful of games to keep permanently.
I’m not sure how it could succeed unless they stopped selling games at all for Xbox, which would probably kill it faster.
ryathal@sh.itjust.worksto
Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL that the USA only has one plant that produces gun barrels for the M1 Abrams tank, M777 howitzers, and Paladin self propelled howitzers. The Watervliet Arsenal in Troy, NY is the nation's oldest a…English
12·5 days agoBarrels are a wear item on these things, the Abrahams replaces a barrel at 1500 shots. While they may not lose many mechanisms, there’s still passive demand for barrels.
ryathal@sh.itjust.worksto
politics @lemmy.world•Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer backs Haley Stevens in contested Democratic Senate primary
3·5 days agoThere isn’t an incumbent in this race. The seat is held by a Democrat that is retiring.
ryathal@sh.itjust.worksto
Warhammer 40k@lemmy.world•What 40k unit could are Earth defeat and howEnglish
1·6 days agoKill with focused global efforts including nukes, most things. Kill in a firefight with conventional weapons, guardsmen, rippers, genestealer, gaunts, sister repentia, ork boyz, or anything else at roughly that level.
The only real difference is presenting original documents. NICS is already a bureaucratic process that can’t easily be fixed if you’re flagged.
ryathal@sh.itjust.worksto
Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•Someone should really develop this idea
1·7 days agoIt an investment return problem as much as a technical one. A computer could maybe reduce a team of 6 to a team of 2, saving optimistically 500k/year. The cost of building that system is likely at least ten million, putting a break even at 20 years minimum. When you factor in the costs of maintenance and running the program, it’s going to make it take even longer. Also because it’s not actually a solvable problem, you have to pick an accuracy level you are comfortable with, too low and you need too many people fixing things anyway, too high and people are cheaper.
I wouldn’t mind a remaster that updated to a more halo 2 or 3 design and did another pass on the levels. The game itself is pretty dated, anything that doesn’t at least tweak things a little doesn’t seem appealing.
ryathal@sh.itjust.worksto
Gaming@lemmy.zip•Sweeping, strafing and suppression: Total War: Warhammer 40,000 threatens to blow up Total War's combat fundamentalsEnglish
5·8 days agoLine of sight is simulated from individual to individual, rather than the unit as a whole, and the game will also track the contents of individual magazines.
RIP my PC of I try to run this.
ryathal@sh.itjust.worksto
politics @lemmy.world•Federal court strikes down New Jersey ban on assault rifles and large-capacity magazines
21·10 days agoGangs aren’t forcing you to buy, but they are causing vandalism, theft, and intimidating the locals from reporting crimes, and generally preventing investment in an area that would improve the local economy. It’s a self reinforcing loop.
There really isn’t. You’re just adding a connotative difference if it’s a socially acceptable reason.
ryathal@sh.itjust.worksto
Gaming@lemmy.zip•Reported lead of Obsidian's new Fallout game wants you to feel a "sense of agony" when playing an RPG, rather than being an all-powerful god-splattererEnglish
1·10 days agoThat’s generally how cult classics work. You see praise for The Big Lebowski because those that don’t like it mostly ignore it.
ryathal@sh.itjust.worksto
Gaming@lemmy.zip•Reported lead of Obsidian's new Fallout game wants you to feel a "sense of agony" when playing an RPG, rather than being an all-powerful god-splattererEnglish
3·10 days agoIt’s considered the best by those that like it, New Vegas is very much a cult classic.
It’s part of setting boundaries and letting someone know that they exist. You aren’t being a dick of someone chooses meth over a relationship. No one is entitled to a relationship, there are plenty of acceptable reasons that could be ultimatums to end a relationship.
ryathal@sh.itjust.worksto
Global News@lemmy.zip•Canada cancels joint bridge-opening celebration with US amid trade tensionsEnglish
7·10 days agoIt’s more about getting truck traffic out of downtown Windsor, and a fuck you to the billionaire that owns the bridge in Detroit.
ryathal@sh.itjust.worksto
Gaming@lemmy.zip•Palworld Hits Nearly 1 Million Concurrent Players 10 Days After 1.0 LaunchEnglish
9·10 days agoIf you’ve played before, 1.0 is a pretty significant change. If you quit playing shortly after it blew up on 2024, it’s nearly a different game.
It depends on the more on what is at stake more than just the ultimatum. Get sober or get out is very different than stop your hobby or get out. No matter how you try to get someone to give up their running club, it’s probably an abusive move.
ryathal@sh.itjust.worksto
Gaming@lemmy.zip•Reported lead of Obsidian's new Fallout game wants you to feel a "sense of agony" when playing an RPG, rather than being an all-powerful god-splattererEnglish
51·10 days agoThat’s 2/3 of what has been released this millennium. At this point it’s what the series is.




Japan cast cat girl, it was super effective. All knowledge of atrocities was erased from western nations.