As an avid player of tabletop fantasy roleplaying games, I appreciate the throwback to the middle ages of trade guilds that still persists today.
My only hope is if we can extend protection to state religion and important families, perhaps special consideration in our legal code for one of the founding families. Assuming they have documentation on their ancestors' trip on the Mayflower

And assume the hosting company is using or selling your data to train an AI.

I don't think anyone credible is saying that. At best the argument is that productivity is increased. Sometimes people connect the dots and argue that this will make our service economy cheaper. But at no point did capitalism promise you that you won't have to hustle anymore.

The economy is being carefully managed by Wharton School graduate.

And other games didn't get updates that severely needed them, like The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind for the original XBox.

I guess it's a chicken and egg problem:
Which came first? Bethesda releasing buggy or incomplete games under marketing pressure, or frequent software updates?

Only the ones I write myself. That's how copyright works. I don't own any books either, although I do have copies I can sell, I don't have the right to reproduce them.

A lot of people pay $50 for a game, and some games people will log hundreds of hours into them. It can be more economical than other forms of entertainment. Certainly better than movie tickets. But also better than a fee months of a streaming service. (assuming someone might watch Netflix heavily, say 15 hours a week for 3 months)

Give me a book that has all the answers, and isn't going to change its mind down the road. Nobody wants science, you can't build a foundation on its shifting sands. I'll take the certainty of an authority figure over reality any day of the week.

We will deny the economic problems until it is impossible to deny them. This unfortunetly means we will continue screwing this up and setting ourselves up for a very difficult recession.

First rule when you fibd yourself in a hole is to quit digging.
Instead, everyone is ordering more shovels.

You inply and interesting question. What place will luxury goods and services like overpriced videogames and premium online memberships have in next year's economy?

I would pay that much for a finished game on durable media like DVD, BR, rom cartridge (I guess if anyone wants to publish for my SNES, I'm buying because the console still runs)

Over the air updates have perverted development schedules to release in marketing timelines and backfill bugs later. The era where game development is about creating a carefully crafted experience, at least the games from the more respected studios, is over.

Go to a consumption tax. No more 1040 forms, no more April 15, no more deductions from your paycheck and biggest of all, no more having the government know how you earned every penny.

Before someone one-note-nelly's that the consumption tax is regressive, so is an income tax. They fixed the income tax, they can fix the consumption tax.

Replacing the income tax with a consumption tax would also allow major cuts at the IRS since they would only need to focus on businesses.

Wonderful time to be alive. We are no longer ruled by a superstition minority.

I paid between $7 and $55 per BTC. Sold most of it at $300 / BTC (almost 8 BTC total). Tidy little profit in a short time and I didn't have to play musical chairs or hang out with people who are "too" into crypto trading.
Got into NVDA before some of the splits at effectively $0.80/share. I got a fair amount of it because it seemed like a solid investment. I should have bought more, then I could have retired, but I don't actually have a crystal ball. (something a crypto bro would never admit)

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The UK Minister for Technology has urged citizens to stop using VPNs, to help them circumvent the new Online Safety Act.

Peter Kyle said that providing personal data to the state would keep save children in the UK.