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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

Good find, I had assumed people around here would at least have uBlock Origin with at least one Annoyances filter on (or similar), this is possible via Firefox mobile as well. I didn't get the prompt as well on desktop, probably because of the Annoyances filter that blocks the consent prompts anyway.

Here's an archived link, not sure if that helps: https://archive.is/qHSPD

 

Archived link: https://archive.is/qHSPD

I was just scrolling through my youtube recommendations out of boredom and then suddenly, out of thin air, youtube's algo comes in with a rare W: The Geoguessr World Cup 2024. This is the sort of entertainment I didn't know I wanted lol.

I only managed to start watching when the semi-finals were happening and my god, it was way too thrilling than I expected it to be.

VOD: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Llh4_h-vvKQ

Skip to Grand Finals (honestly watch the entire thing LOL): https://www.youtube.com/live/Llh4_h-vvKQ?feature=shared&t=26823

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago) (4 children)

I'm not sure I'm understanding this correctly, the prerequisite for a video game to be a "runaway success" is to do well sales-wise in the west? Why is the source of sales that important when the article mainly praises and discusses the game's launch figures, behind-the-scenes, the studio's lore, etc.... like any other video game articles do? The author isn't suggesting the sales are doing well in the west, so what warrants discussion of the games' sales in the west in the first place?

The article's headline alone says it's "One of the Fastest Selling Games In History". If we take the revenue value in the article to be true ($852 million in revenue in 2 weeks), then it beats Elden Ring by around a $100 million, give or take, in the first 2-week period (I'm assuming each copy costed 59.99$, so 12 million copies roughly translates to $720 million in revenue, since actual figures were never revealed, I think).

The article also states that it sold 10 million units in the first week, oh wait actually, that's 10 million in 3 days, beating other games that took at least a month to reach a similar milestone.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 4 days ago (6 children)

love how commenters around here haven't wasted any time to downplay the success and zeitgeist surrounding this game.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 5 days ago (3 children)

what blind "brand loyalty" to Apple and sinking cost fallacy combined looks like:

[–] [email protected] 12 points 6 days ago (1 children)

what sanctions does to a mfer 🤣

 

Lol. Sales stats for the iPhone 16 and Pro aren't out yet, or at least I couldn't find any. Will update this post once the numbers are out.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

simply put, i thought it'd be more interesting to do it that way

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 week ago

It seems that relations started in 1975, but formal recognition commenced in 2010:

https://www.gov.br/mre/en/subjects/bilateral-relations/all-countries/state-of-palestine

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 week ago

baited

or should I say, Barbaited!

it seems like they used the wrong colors if they intended to draw Barbados though, otherwise I couldn't find an exact match.

 

Yes it's real: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=AykLPesEHWc&t=1220

The countries in question:

Source: Wikipedia lol

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 week ago

That's right, the UK is a beacon of civility and cogency, they would never stoop to this level!:

https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2024/08/20/731706/Journalist-Richard-Medhurst-arrested-UK-Israel-Gaza-war

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 week ago

I think I'll stick with vanilla for the first few months and then consider an AftermarketOS, I've used Huawei's EMUI before so I think I have a little bit of an idea what to expect with MIUI, even though they're not the same.

 

Hello, I bought my first used phone (Xiaomi Redmi Note 13 Pro) and was wondering what are the best practices taken before using it. I've read the reviews of the merchant selling the phone, looked into ratings and asked some questions about the condition of the phone, so I'm sure of my purchase on that end.

What about after receiving the phone? I know I would run a factory reset, aside from that, is there anything else to do?

 

Some of the LinkedIn Responses are direct and on-point, and also hilariously/depressingly based depending on how you look at it:

EDIT: In hindsight, I think I should've looked into posting this in a different community.. It's closer to a silly "innovation".. soo.. is this considered FUD? I also don't support smoking or vaping, especially among kids. Original title had "privacy-violating" before the "solution".

 
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