avocado

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You will own nothing and you will like it! in c/memes@lemmy.world
[–] avocado@programming.dev 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

I hate big corporations as next guy, but 80-90% of video games sales today are digital sales. See sources below. To me it seems like an example of people preaching one thing, that they want physical media, and the vast majority silently doing the opposite, because it's more convenient. Isn't this at least partly our own fault?

https://www.levelup.com/en/news/as-digital-purchases-hit-80-playstation-will-cease-physical-game-sales-by-2028-but-are-players-really-to-blame/

https://www.g2a.com/news/features/85-of-playstation-game-sales-are-digital-is-physical-gaming-dying/

https://twicethebits.com/2025/06/19/the-shift-to-digital-gaming-why-physical-sales-are-declining/

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/how-digital-is-the-video-games-market-in-2024

Meta is developing a prediction market app called ‘Arena’ as [gambling] sector booms in c/enshittification@lemmy.world
[–] avocado@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago

So on brand for Zuck

Say it ain't so in c/memes@lemmy.world
[–] avocado@programming.dev 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I would guess some people like learning being a social experience

Stop telling me AI is the future [Still Vreni] in c/comicstrips@lemmy.world
[–] avocado@programming.dev 0 points 1 month ago (12 children)

I love people downvoting a completely rational take

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Have you noticed this phenomena on social media (programming.dev)
 

Every time I search something like “Why is X bad?” on reddit or other forums, the majority of comments is always people arguing the exact opposite. This has been my experience countless times over the years. Recently I started searching the opposite of what I want to know, like “Why is X good?”, and it works flawlessly.

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Have you noticed this phenomena on forums (programming.dev)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by avocado@programming.dev to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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Every time I search something like "Why is X bad?" on reddit or other forums, the majority of comments is always people arguing the exact opposite. This has been my experience countless times over the years. Recently I started searching the opposite of what I want to know, like "Why is X good?", and it works flawlessly.

Bjarne Stroustrup: How do I deal with memory leaks? By writing code that doesn't have any. in c/programming@programming.dev
[–] avocado@programming.dev -1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

C++'s so called smarter mechanisms are ugly af. I would rather my RAM crash and burn than use its standard library.