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European Consumer Organisation files complaint to European Commission against exploitative microtransaction practices in video games
  • As someone who played LoL for maaaany years, this is actually true, and I don't know why I didn't think about before.

    Their use of RP totally made me unaware of the cost, and I'm not even in the younger demographic.

    It would've been better for me if I payed with a currency I understood. I would most likely also buy less.

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    Sony announces the PS5 Pro with a larger GPU, advanced ray tracing, and AI upscaling
  • Not really on topic, but AI upscaling is no joke. It's actually very useful and saves alot processing power. Same with the extra fps, making a 30fps into a 60fps with ease.

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    I love piracy and seeders
  • I felt the same, but there's just things that's forever popular. I don't mind not seeding, if there's already 200+ doing it.

    But for all the niche things, and for personal favorites, I'll seed for a loooong time.

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    X says it is closing operations in Brazil due to judge's content orders
  • The Jesus and capitalism one is always the one that gets me. In the bible Jesus lost his shit twice, and both were because of capitalism. He hated that shit.

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    Lithium-Ion Batteries Have Gone Too Far
  • Very important use case as well. Safety.

    That's hopefully also something new battery tech will fix in the future, like solid state batteries.

    But there's probably still a few years before those are cheap enough to put in reasonable priced phones.

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    Sineng Electric launches world’s largest sodium-ion battery storage project
  • Sodium-ion has a lower power to weight ratio. Lithium is better in this regard.

    Sodium-ion is used on the ground as storage for this reason. It's not to be beneficial to put it into a moveable object.

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    Ad industry initiative abruptly shuts down after lawsuit filed by Elon Musk’s X
  • He literally bullied a non-profit organisation set in the world to use advertisement money responsible into ceasing operations.

    Loss for the world once again, and the article even says that Republicans celebrated. That country is sick.

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    Trump’s ‘no choice’ comment on EVs reveal partisan divide over green tech
  • I agree with you, but people need to stop looking at the economy as a "free market".

    Almost every single government are putting restraints on one product or another.

    Yes, we want to support domestic construction. We need competition, and we don't need to ship goods across the world as much as we do.

    But the market is not free. And that's a good thing.

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    Taking Pirated Copies Offline Can Benefit Book Sales, Research Finds.
  • I think there's a big difference in writing books as in literature, and writing school books with the purpose of passing on knowledge.

    For me, knowledge is 100% fine to pirate, while literature is okay, but buy the ones that you liked to support the writer. Just like games/movies.

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