It’s also worth keeping in mind that the goal of television for much of its recent history was to hit the right number of episodes that you could get picked up for re-run syndication, which was a cash-cow. Quantity mattered more than quality after a certain point.

I read OP’s comment as indicating they wanted tech to move to alternative layouts from QWERTY, and the argument is always improved wpm.

I type slow as hell, I don’t have a dog in the fight.

I’m curious how it goes with Apple. Historically they have only ever used software to drive hardware sales, and that generally keeps quality higher as shitty services don’t sell hardware… well maybe iCloud 😏

The last time I looked the service side was starting to show up in the profits.

True, but just look at how much better it has gotten in the last couple decades. Putting the news behind the paywall runs the risk of ending the battle for impressions and might force nuance into well researched stories.

Everything costs over 100M these days and usually much, much more. I heard someone say The Marvels was $250M

Duh, chainsaw is part of the arm. Anything else in the tool shed is fair game though.

A couple of months ago I would have taken that.

The bigger issue is that while the water still exists, it may no longer exist in a useful location. It could be pulled from a reservoir in a drought stricken area, evaporate and drift to some other area where it causes a flood.

That’s an extreme example, but I hope it makes the point that the location of water is just as important as its existence.

You are going to feel stupid when I tell you, but it’s the “Launcher” for “Epic Games”.

I don’t game, but I installed it once to play around with Unreal Engine once. The meme is quite accurate.

At the current rate it’s not cost effective to fly the helicopter between the yacht and the mainland more than twice daily. This is only the first step, but the goal is non-stop service by 2027.

Given they are accused of getting into politics and should stick to music by “fans”, the joke has legs.

Seeing how useless Rotton Tomatoes is as a barometer of quality, I’m not sure that the best metaphor.