You basically described VAT. Which works extremely well. Some small tweaks to capture all revenue (not just sales) and a wealth tax to discourage hoarding and revenue taxation would function quite well.

Honestly, I jumped the gun with the “destiny must die” statement. I got snookered by the article’s false dichotomy of “it must be one ore the other.”

The best thing bungie can probably do is to keep both of them running. Dropping destiny isn’t magically going to fix bungie. But, then again neither is dropping marathon.

If forced to choose, I’d still pick marathon. I don’t know if it’s the revenue maximizing choice, but Sony has already acknowledged that Bungie isn’t a $3.6 billion company. I’d rather have a smaller Bungie focussed on making good game(s) than a Bungie desperately trying (and failing) to restart the destiny money printer.

Destiny should die. The story has no where left to go and there literally no plan on how to fix PvP so it doesn’t suck.

Marathon is not great, but it has room to grow. I don’t know why the article thinks it’s a smarter idea for Bungie to “pause D2” and spend years thinking up, funding and implementing a currently nonexistent “Destiny 3”. Instead of just addressing user feedback in Marathon.

Then again, this is Forbes. These guys are a cancer on the creative industries. The basic strategy is to keep milking IP and never create anything new(ish). (I know i know. Marathon is existing IP. Sigh. Will we ever get anything new?)

I see red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple. Basically the rainbow flag.

Iran has gone woke. They’re supporting the gays.

Tbh, McCarthy destroyed civic society, because he was an antidemocratic cunt who wanted to destroy civic society. The soviets were just a handy scapegoat.

Tbf, the phrase “as the movies say”, makes it reasonable to assume that OP meant AGI. Not the broad definition of AI.

I mean, when is the last time you saw a movie about the dangers of the k-nearest neighbor algorithm?

She’s just trying to get him to drink less. AI wife cares.

Thoughts and prayers

Fading? Global support is about as visible as God during the holocaust.

The country is facing countless problems. Corruption, lack of infrastructure, deep poverty. And what do these fuckers focus on? Stopping buttsex. >.<

Oh my, that’s terrible. If anyone were to tell me however one could do something so dastardly, I would totally take active steps to avoid ever pirating the game.

I’m confused. What is this trying to say?

Theoretically you can lose more than 100%. If you first win 2000% and then lose everything, you’ve technically lost 2100% of your starting capital.

Does the underwear cover basic grooming and self care? I.e. do I still need to trim my fingernails, shave, apply sunscreen?

What about the health benefits of staying clean? I mean nice breath is fine, but if I stop brushing will I get cavities? If I get a cut, do I still need to clean the wound to avoid infection?

Gatorade for the win. My life changed when I discovered the healing power of gatorade.

Tbf, it depends. I just bought a pair of converse for 25 bucks. Granted they’re an unpopular color, but hey 25 bucks for a pair of chuck 70s is a good price.

Sounds like something a stalinist would say. Real communism requires the support the international proletariat, which can only be achieved through permanent revolution. Trotsky was on the money.

That’s very pessimistic. It assumes that there is a corporate led reform. Which is unlikely. If it was a grass roots campaign, the call for change would include a weekend proposal from the start. By the time businesses come around to supporting it, the weekend will alredy be defined as 3-work-2-off, or 7-work-3-off.

They do. Also, everyone older than 25 is a boomer.

I sometimes wonder if these tech bros are truly oblivious to how stupid their ideas are, or if it’s a deliberate con intended to fleece tech-illiterate investors.

I suppose it’s a little of column A and a little of column B, but I do wonder which is more prevalent.