Better, as in less bad, but not good.

I see, thank you for the explanation. I’m ashamed to say I never knew how any of this worked. I just knew it magically got me the games I wanted.

I’m so confused; I thought MC and VISA were payment processors. So when I buy a game off Steam, I have two companies handling my money?

Wow that’s dumb. Guess I won’t be getting it. It’s not that I don’t download games; but I hate that they’re taking away choices.

TIL Windows 11 SE existed.

I agree with essentially everything you’re saying but can’t wrap my head around the last sentence. Would you mind elaborating so I can add more fuel to my rage?

Wait, that’s actually their logo? A butthole?

I love how facts are just rendered to perspectives now.

Damn Alberta; always trying to leave the EU.

I’m hoping it’s going to be another WeWork situation for SoftBank — not because I have anything against SoftBank — but because I’d love to see OpenAI die.

so many of my regular tasks depend on tools made for Windows.

Ok but the OP is taking about people who just use their computer for browsing the internet, so how is this relevant?

He looks like he’s trying way too hard to look cool.

It’s he stupid? Why didn’t he just ask ChatGPT for the perfect price point?

MS ruined living rooms.

This is the first news about Americans doing something smart in a little while. Great job!

Remember when we used to talk to the producers of the used panties?

We probably don’t have the workforce to replace since we won’t open up to immigration lol

Methinks you are romanticizing a culture you don’t live in by only seeing the positives you like.

That’s kind of an insulting assumption as I’m Japanese and live in Japan. So while I may have a biased opinion, I wouldn’t say it’s romantisizing.

In fact, I’d say you’re the one that seems to be making assumptions based on snippets of our culture that you see on the internet. The weird vending machines that sell letters from your pretend grandma to used panties aren’t found everywhere you go — they’re in specific locations for the novelty.

Also having regular vending machines for drinks and food doesn’t exactly contradict my point. The vending machines are more for the customers’ convenience. They’re not installed specifically for removing human contact. Yes, we lose human contact as a result, but it’s a tradeoff to better serve customers whereas most companies that deploy AI support agents probably do so to save a buck.

Sorry about the rant.

I’ve heard\read there are many racist, paternalist, hierarchical and collectivist traits,

We definitely have all that!

Also, I found it interesting that someone mentioned how you used “collectivist” as a negative feature of Japanese culture. While it certainly could be, it’s actually nice to see when people are genuinely wanting to help each other. The problem is our hierarchical culture where some shitbag on top takes advantage of our collectivist mindset for their own gains.

*Everyone else is working unpaid overtime, why can’t you?! *Almost nobody being worked overtime is going to say that. Workers will take it for the good of the imaginary “team” because some manager convinced them it’s the right thing to do. Luckily, probably thanks to my Canadian upbringing, I’ve always been able to say no to ridiculous shit like this. That, and I work for myself, so the only ones who boss me around are my wife and kids.

Edit: Whoops, maybe collectivism isn’t the right word for what I found to be positive after reading your other comment. Sorry, but I hope you got my point.

It might actually be China. All the robots I see here are the one with the cat face and I’m pretty sure that’s where they come from. We don have remote control robot cafes where people with physical/mental disabilities to serve you using avatar bots which is cool!