coyootje

@coyootje@lemmy.world

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Penguins 🐧⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago⁩:

  I recently learned about the great auk, it’s so sad that they no longer exist. Humans really suck, so many species went extinct because of us. And in this case it wasn’t even necessary for survival, they just killed a ton of them for their feathers to make fancier pillows (and other stuff) but they weren’t eaten I believe…

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Football Manager 25 Delayed until March 2025⁩ ⁨⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago⁩:

  I agree, this will really be a shit show. It’s especially scummy that just last week they announced a road map and opened pre orders only to now suddenly delay the whole game by 5 months(!). There’s no way they didn’t know about this last week, why open pre orders then? I know it says you can get a refund but it’s not a good look to do it this way. Sports Interactive is so bad at marketing and timing things it’s insane.

  I think this delay will cause problems for both this game and the next one because they’ll either have to focus on FM26 and undercook this one or they’ll focus on this one and release a minor upgrade in FM26. There’s no real solution anymore, all because of how they’ve done things.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Carebear countdown⁩ ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  There’s nothing left to blast in ol’ Mitch, he’s already been running on fumes for way too long.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨YouTube warns it might make your viewing experience worse if you don't turn off your ad-blocker⁩ ⁨⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩:

  I know right? Executives just never seem to get that you actually need to provide value to have people want to sign up for it. Saying that though, there’s a lot of dumb consumers out there that just pay for it if needed.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨lemmy.ml⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  This whole conflict has just always felt like a massive grey area as an outsider. Both sides have done horrible things over the years, with the retaliation often being even worse. Most governments (including mine) are actually supporting both sides, for example through humanitarian aid. That’s just kind of weird when you think about it, in a way they’re enabling both sides to keep going. And I just don’t know if there’s any way out of this besides one side completely destroying the other. Peace talks have been had so many times and it just doesn’t lead anywhere. It just feels inevitable.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Youtube ads finally got me⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  The family plan sadly isn’t an option for me, I don’t have anyone in my family that uses YouTube as much as I do so they wouldn’t be interested in it.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Youtube ads finally got me⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I wouldn’t mind paying a little bit of money every month to get YouTube ad free. However, it costs €12 a month. That’s a lot of money if you only care about getting rid of ads. I personally don’t need the other features (downloading videos, background play and YouTube music). If they added a 5 to 7 euro a month tier through which you could get rid of ads then that would be much more interesting to me. Now I just feel like I should keep looking for ways around their pop up shenanigans.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A New Low: Just 46% Of U.S. Households Subscribe To Traditional Cable TV⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I usually just end up recording them if I really want to watch them so I can fast forward through the commercials when I watch it later.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨Cashing in on the algorithm — It’s not just pubs toying with dynamic pricing. It’s already here in sectors ranging from public transport to ecommerce⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  I suppose, except happy hour gives it a bit more of a positive spin. People like getting discount way more than having to pay more. They could’ve definitely handled this one better.

  Also, having people pay more at peak hours is potentially going to shift when people start drinking. Day drinkers will most likely become more common that way.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨What Are You Playing This Week? September 18, 2023 edition⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  After not having played it for a while I’ve picked up World of Warcraft again. It’s been fun to get back into it and I like that it’s a bit more of a seasonal game for me now. I can pick it up, play for a month or 2 and then drop it again for another game. Besides that I still really like Path of Exile.

• ⁨Comment⁩ on ⁨A thousand drones bring climate-change light show to New York’s skyline⁩ ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago⁩:

  Looks pretty cool, it’s interesting to see how fast drones have developed in the last 10 years